Practice

It takes a huge team effort to create the 4831 workplaces, 422 exclusive boutiques, 230 small workshops, 113 private houses and 14 hotels that Househam Henderson have designed in the last 10 years — not to mention the mission critical facilities, CHP plants, bingo clubs and stables that we've produced for our 328 demanding and discerning clients.

Our team has worked with 94 international designers, 472 contractors, and numerous engineers, surveyors, plumbers, electricians, groundworkers, acousticians, lighting experts and even newt experts to overcome all the challenges of a building project. No wonder we place a premium on people-skills.

We've spent 789,601 working hours — and 521 flights, 3127 train journeys and 6524 miles by road — to look after 217 sites in 40 countries.

This part of the website gives some more information about who we are and how we work.

Working for Househam Henderson

People who work for Househam Henderson do not get company cars, gym membership, long liquid lunches, or free snooker.

People who work for Househam Henderson do get respect, variety in their work, competitive salaries, an annual bonus, a stakeholder pension, and a positive culture. We have staff reviews twice a year and offer flexible working and home working. Graduates working towards a professional qualification such as RIBA Pt. 3 get mentoring, study leave and financial support towards course fees. There is - in the UK at least, a subsidised cycle scheme to get you to work.

Company Structure

Househam Henderson is owned by the people who run the business and manage the architectural service. There is a holding company, WBL Holdings Ltd. with seven shareholders who represent all the offices in the Group. This ensures that we operate as a single unit with common purpose. There are separate companies in each country

UK: Househam Henderson Ltd. Company No. 2763353
DE: Househam Henderson GmbH No. HRB 72991
FR: Househam Henderson SELARL SIRET 437 627 631 00017 / APE 711Z
ES: Househam Henderson SL No. B-82782566

Each entity is a Private Limited Company under the direct control of the owners.

History

The company in its present form was founded in Winchester in 1980 by Chris Henderson, although the 'Househam' part of the name reflects our roots in a partnership in Lesotho, Southern Africa set up by Clive Househam in 1966. Duncan McKellar and John Mullan joined the Winchester practice in 1990. Eddie Miles was recruited in 1992 to work on hotel projects in Germany. This led to the establishment of an office in Berlin which Eddie managed until 1995 when he moved to London to set up our second UK office.

Our European presence led to retail and telecoms work in France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain during the late 1990's. In 2000 we opened offices in Paris and Madrid. By 2004, these had grown into full locally-managed offices, able to offer a full architectural service to our multi-national clients. The three managers of these offices, Leo Faoro, Eva Diego Garcia and Leo Faoro work closely together and in 2006 became shareholders in the Group. Tony Luck joined Househam Henderson in 1998 and became a Director in 2008.

Address of Registered Office

WBL Holdings Ltd. Company No. 3694027
3 Charlecote Mews, Staple Gardens, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8SR

Staffing

The number of people employed by Househam Henderson has grown over the last four years and is now around 55 full-time staff.

Quality Management

Househam Henderson is committed to providing a quality service for all clients on all projects. This is achieved via a Quality Management System that follows BS EN ISO 9001:2000. The Quality System checks that reasonable skill, care and efficiency are exercised in every aspect of the services we provide. We are inspected every 6 months by BSI to ensure we are adhering to the Quality Management System. The UK offices are certified by BSI and hold certificate number: FS29913.

The Berlin, Paris and Madrid offices use the same procedures and work to the BSI standard, although they are not registered under the UK scheme.

Memberships

Royal Institute of British Architects
Architects Registration Board
Constructionline
Centre for Accessible Environments
Green Register

PI Insurance

The Group maintains public liability insurance in each country and holds a Group professional indemnity insurance policy to cover all are countries of operation.