James Bell is a Director at MSMR Architects, specialists in the central London residential market.

With two decades’ experience of delivering complex projects in central London, the practice has welcomed the increased emphasis on city living to create a truly mixed-use urban fabric. Current projects include the re-building of Morley House on Regent Street for the Crown Estate to provide rental apartments above retail, and a new-build scheme for 118 apartments, with commercial space and significant public realm improvements at Ransome’s Wharf, Battersea.