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Mark Fairhurst Architects is a design led, award winning London based studio established in 2002.

The company offers a full architectural service from concept design to contract administration for a wide range of building types.

12/10/2026

Rediscovering Le Moulin: A historic watermill landscape in southern France 🇫🇷

What can the remains of an old watermill reveal about the landscape around it?

Working with architect Nigel White, we recently undertook a preliminary survey of Le Moulin, a historic mill complex in the Tarn region of southern France.

Beyond the surviving mill buildings, we discovered traces of a fascinating hydraulic system, including historic dams, water channels, sluices and remnants of water-powered machinery along the River Dadou.

Millstones, wheel chambers and other surviving features offer clues to how water was once harnessed to power the site. There are also intriguing signs of a possible former sawmill.

For us, this is a reminder that historic buildings cannot always be understood in isolation. The surrounding landscape, engineering and watercourses are integral to their story.

Our investigation is an initial step towards understanding the site's history, assessing what survives and exploring how this remarkable piece of industrial heritage might be conserved for the future.
Discover more in our latest blog:

🔗 https://www.mark-fairhurst.co.uk/le-moulin-tarn-rediscovering-a-historic-watermill-landscape/

15/03/2026

Joseph Paxton Statue Restoration 2026

19/01/2026

Revisiting Roppongi Hills – 20 years on

On a recent trip to Japan, I had the chance to revisit Roppongi Hills in Tokyo – a mixed-use development that still feels remarkably relevant two decades after completion.

While working at Conran & Partners, our team designed three of the residential towers within the wider ‘compact city’ masterplan led by Mori Building Company, alongside the Mori Tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox and retail by the Jerde Partnership. Within this framework, we reimagined the residential façades so that each tower had its own identity while contributing to a cohesive skyline.

The project transformed a dense, low-rise neighbourhood into a vertical city combining homes, workplaces, culture, retail and generous landscape. From terracotta-clad towers with deep balconies to a delicately detailed stone façade supporting rooftop gardens, architecture and urban planning worked hand in hand.

Landscape was central to the scheme. Working with Dan Pearson, the podium and rooftop gardens created calm, green spaces above the city, while tree-lined streets softened the retail environment at ground level.

Roppongi Hills also responded to Tokyo’s seismic realities and was advanced for its time in terms of sustainability, incorporating on-site energy generation, water recycling, rainwater harvesting and solar panels.

Two decades on, it remains a compelling example of how dense, mixed-use development can reshape cities in a more integrated and human way.

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