How we work together
Most practices make you request this page. Here is what an engagement costs, what the figure is calculated from, and what moves it — so you can decide whether to write to us at all.
01 — Three ways in
You do not have to know which of these you need. If you pick wrong, we will say so in the first conversation rather than after invoicing.
You have a site or a building and need to know what is possible before committing.
From 4,800 EUR
Fixed fee, agreed before we start
Most projects
A new building or a substantial alteration, carried from first sketch to completion.
8–12%
Of final construction cost, billed by stage
The inside of an existing building, or one stage of a project you are running yourself.
From 780 EUR / day
Day rate, or a fixed fee once the scope is clear
02 — Stage by stage
Each stage is agreed, invoiced and finished on its own. You can stop at the end of any of them and keep what it produced.
| Stage | What it produces | Typical time | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Listen |
| 2–4 weeks | Fixed fee, from 4,800 EUR |
| 02 Test |
| 4–8 weeks | Fixed fee, from 9,500 EUR |
| 03 Resolve |
| 3–6 months | 4–5% of construction cost |
| 04 Build |
| Through to completion | 2–3% of construction cost |
| 05 Return |
| Year one, and year five | Included |
Percentages above are shares of the final construction cost and together make up the 8–12% full service. Fixed-fee stages are quoted in writing before any work begins. What happens in each stage
03 — Scope
Included
Not included
04 — Variables
Four things account for almost every difference between the figures above and the quote you receive.
Reuse costs more to design than new build and less to construct. Surveying, structural investigation and consent for protected fabric all sit in the design fee.
A green belt, a conservation area or a listing adds months of drawing and correspondence that a straightforward site does not.
Below roughly 300,000 EUR of construction, a percentage stops covering the work. We quote a fixed fee instead and say so up front.
Testing a fourth and fifth scheme is worth doing sometimes. It is extra work, and it is priced as extra work rather than absorbed silently.
05 — Questions
Anything not answered here, put in the enquiry form. We would rather settle it before a meeting than during one.
Yes. Every stage is quoted and invoiced on its own, and each one ends with something you own and can take elsewhere. Nothing obliges you to continue.
Monthly, against work completed, on 14-day terms. No deposit beyond the first month on fixed-fee stages.
On percentage stages the fee follows the final cost, so it moves with the project. We agree the basis in writing at the start and flag any change as soon as we see it, not at the end.
Yes, across Europe. Travel beyond Denmark is charged at cost and estimated before it is incurred.
No. The first meeting, on site or in the studio, costs nothing and carries no obligation on either side.
06 — Start a conversation
Even a rough number helps. It tells us which of the three routes above fits, and whether we are the right studio for the work at all.