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Architects and Engineers in Holloway
Contemporary architecture and engineering for Victorian terraces and villas across Holloway, from first feasibility to a finished project.
Living and Building in Holloway
Holloway was recorded as "Lower or Nether Holloway" as far back as 1553, with its earliest terraces, Paradise Row's 31 houses, built in 1766-67 long before the grander developments of neighbouring Barnsbury began.
Diagram X brings genuinely modern AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) into streets that filled in through the 19th century with Victorian terraced housing of real variety, from large villas along Holloway Road to more modest rows to the west.
Planning in Holloway
Holloway's Victorian terraces fall within Islington's extensive network of conservation areas, with the borough's residential streets having survived largely intact, meaning conservation area status should be assumed until confirmed otherwise on nearly any given scheme.
Each scheme is assessed against the specific heritage character of whichever conservation area it falls within, rather than a single standard across Holloway.
Refurbishing in Holloway
Behind Victorian terraced facades, Diagram X strips back dated, compartmentalised layouts in favour of open, minimalist interiors with honest materials and broad glazing.
The historic frontage stays untouched, while the space behind it becomes something genuinely of today.
Construction in Holloway
Conservation area restrictions, Article 4 Directions, and narrow Victorian plot widths demand careful sequencing on nearly every scheme.
Diagram X runs structural engineering, waterproofing, and site logistics as one coordinated process, protecting historic character while new space takes shape behind it.
Planning a Holloway Home Project?
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