The practice

London architectural technology, done right.

Architectural Drawings is a Shoreditch-based chartered practice of architectural technologists. We handle planning applications, building regulations and the messy in-between — for London homeowners, landlords and developers who want their project taken seriously without architect-tier fees.

CIAT Chartered Practice £2m PI insured ICO registered
Architectural Drawings London team correcting drawings
Years in practice
11
London approvals
2,400+
First-time approval rate
98%
Boroughs we've submitted to
33/33
The team

Chartered technologists, not juniors.

Every project is led by a MCIAT chartered architectural technologist. No offshore drafting, no bait-and-switch to juniors.

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Sarah Ojo MCIAT

Founder & Practice Lead

Chartered 2016. Fourteen years in London residential and commercial. Previously at Allies & Morrison and Conran+Partners. Specialism: conservation area mansards.

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Miguel Prado MCIAT

Technical Director

Chartered 2014. Part L/MEES specialist and BIM lead. Runs our Revit environment, trains the team on Part S EV charging and new Future Homes Standard.

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Reema Javed MICE CEng

Chartered Engineer (in-house)

Chartered civil/structural engineer. Handles all structural calcs in-house — no waiting weeks for subcontractors. Specialism: Victorian terrace interventions and mansards.

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Tom Burke ACIAT

Senior Technologist

Associate CIAT, eight years in London planning. Runs our Article 4 / Prior Approval workstream. If it's got a Class letter attached, Tom's submitted one.

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Aisha Ibrahim

Planning Coordinator

Handles Planning Portal submissions, tracks council determinations, manages pre-app coordination across all 33 boroughs. The reason things don't get lost.

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James Cole

3D & Visualisation

Trained at Bartlett; Enscape and V-Ray specialist. Delivers the committee-ready CGIs that tip borderline applications into approvals.

Our story

Started in 2015, above a bakery in Shoreditch.

Sarah founded Architectural Drawings after a decade at big-brand London architecture practices. Her thesis was simple: most London homeowners don't need a full RIBA practice — they need someone who actually understands Part L, knows the Islington planning officers by first name, and charges accordingly.

Eleven years later we're a team of fifteen across Shoreditch and a satellite desk in Clapham. Still chartered, still technologist-led, still 30% below the architect rates we used to charge.

Engineering tools and architectural drawings

Credentials in full.

Every claim here is independently verifiable. Ask for our CIAT practice registration number or PI certificate — we email copies on request.

CIAT Chartered PracticeRegistration #CP-2416-8832
Professional Indemnity£2m with Hiscox · renewed annually
ICO RegistrationData controller ZA847291
Cyber Essentials CertifiedIASME · renewed 2025
Companies HouseArchitectural Drawings Ltd · No. 14872049
LABC RegisteredConstruction professional

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