Retrouvius is an architectural salvage and design business, established in 1993. Partners Adam Hills and Maria Speake studied architecture before starting the business in Glasgow. We moved to London in 1997. Our motto is "bridging the gap between destruction and construction".

We have an idiosyncratic warehouse in London’s Kensal Green, a home for our ever changing stock of materials and design pieces. Through huge teak doors the ground floor reveals our raw materials, amid the architectural antiques are palletised stacks of stone and timber. Upstairs in contrast is a more gallery type space where prototypes and finer pieces can be seen.

Through retrouvius we explore the life cycle of buildings, this you can see throughout our website; our stock pages show our broad and eclectic interests which extends well beyond the usual market for period fittings, in our design work you will see how some of these elements have been re-used not always obviously, our events pages reveal our ongoing process of collaborations with artists and designers looking at new ways to interpret salvage.