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Atelier Fenwick

Architecture studio · est. 2014

Atelier Fenwick — Edinburgh, Scotland

A practice of extensions, annexes and second lives

We are nine architects and designers working on the edges of existing places: the back of a terrace, the yard behind a library, a dairy that stopped making milk. Small buildings, drawn slowly, built well.

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Taking on two new projects from spring 2027

Buildings completed
41
Avg. kWh/m² a year in use
31
Architects and designers
9
Fig. 1Halden Road Library annex — Wexmoor Borough Council, 2024

Selected projects

Six buildings, from a back extension to a boathouse

Each project has its numbers next to it: floor area, measured energy use, time on site and cost per square metre. We publish them because clients ask, and because they keep us honest.

All work

01Wexmoor Borough Council2024

Halden Road Library annex

  • Civic
  • CLT
  • Conservation area
  • Extension

02Private client, Hartwell2022

Lowther Street rear extension and retrofit

  • Residential
  • Extension
  • Retrofit
  • Brick

04Fernlea Primary School2021

Fernlea timber classroom pavilion

  • Education
  • Prefabricated timber
  • Passivhaus standard

05Orchard Yard Cohousing Group2026

Orchard Yard: cohousing for 14 households

  • Housing
  • Cohousing
  • CLT
  • Passivhaus

06Kestle Rowing Club2020

Millrace rowing club boathouse

  • Sport
  • Flood resilience
  • Glulam
  • Riverside

Kind words from clients

They told us honestly that our first idea would not get planning, and then showed us a better one. The extension cost what they said it would, which still surprises our friends.
Placeholder portrait of Dev RamanDev RamanHomeowner, rear extension
  • “As a public client we need fixed fees and paperwork that survives an audit. We got both, plus a building the town is proud of.”
    Placeholder portrait of Marguerite HolmMarguerite HolmCapital projects manager, district council
  • “Our hall was a damp shell. They worked out which walls could stay, which could be repaired, and how to heat it for less than we spent on the old boiler.”
    Placeholder portrait of Father Anselm PriceFather Anselm PriceParish priest, St Brannoc
  • “The best site meetings I have been to. Clear drawings, quick answers and an architect who knew every detail because she drew it.”
    Placeholder portrait of Gareth LyleGareth LyleContracts manager, timber builder

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Most of our projects start with a site visit and a cup of tea. Tell us what you have in mind, and we will tell you honestly what it might take.

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