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Enrique Soler

Head of Interior Design · Willmott Dixon Interiors

Head of Interior Design and Architecture at Willmott Dixon Interiors

Current role
Head of Interior Design
Practice
Willmott Dixon Interiors
Location
London, United Kingdom
On the podcast
1 episode · 2025

The story so far

The path behind Enrique's work.

Enrique Soler is Head of Interior Design and Architecture at Willmott Dixon Interiors, the fit-out and refurbishment specialist within the Willmott Dixon Group. He leads the in-house interior design and architecture team, which takes projects from early briefing and concept design through technical design to delivery on site.

A qualified architect originally from Spain, Enrique has spent two decades working in the UK across residential architecture, retail design, shopping centres and commercial interior design. Working increasingly closely with contractors convinced him that designers embedded within a contractor can close the communication gap between the design studio and the site. Before joining Willmott Dixon Interiors he was a director at a London design practice that collaborated regularly with the contractor, and he brought his team in-house after making the commercial case for it.

Cover artwork for Breaking the Architect Mold: Enrique Soler’s Shift to Interior Design at Willmott Dixon Interiors

Episode 0229 · Architecture Social · 42:26

Breaking the Architect Mold: Enrique Soler’s Shift to Interior Design at Willmott Dixon Interiors

Architecture careers do not have to stay on the most obvious path. Interiors, contracting, retrofit and client-side delivery can all offer serious design work and a broader view of the industry.

Inside the conversation

6 moments to start with
  1. 01

    00:00 · Introduction and episode overview

  2. 02

    01:35 · Meet Enrique Soler at Willmott Dixon Interiors

  3. 03

    02:15 · Enrique's career journey from architecture to interiors

  4. 04

    05:58 · Moving into main contracting

  5. 05

    09:57 · Technical skills in design

  6. 06

    10:54 · Architects in interior design

Profile in brief

The work and context behind Enrique's conversation.

Current role
Head of Interior Design
Practice
Willmott Dixon Interiors
Location
London, United Kingdom

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Meet the practice behind the work.

The specialist fit-out and refurbishment arm of the Willmott Dixon Group, with an in-house interior design and architecture team based in London.

  • Greater London
  • Commercial
  • Healthcare
  • Retrofit

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    Meet Enrique Soler at Willmott Dixon Interiors

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  2. 02:15
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    Enrique's career journey from architecture to interiors

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  3. 05:58
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    Moving into main contracting

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    Technical skills in design

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  5. 10:54
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    Architects in interior design

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    The risk of excessive specialisation

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Selected work from Willmott Dixon Interiors

Three projects, one connected practice.

A closer look at the practice’s work

  1. 8 Albert Embankment, London, United Kingdom

    London Fire Brigade Headquarters

    Preconstruction and design-development work for the future refurbishment of London Fire Brigade's Grade II listed former headquarters.

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  2. Westminster, London, United Kingdom

    Grade II Listed Government Building

    A live-environment CAT B refurbishment creating a more accessible and flexible government workplace in Westminster.

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  3. 200 Buckingham Palace Road, London, United Kingdom

    British Transport Police Headquarters

    A seven-floor refurbishment of 200 Buckingham Palace Road for British Transport Police, delivered while the building remained operational.

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Related conversation

Architecture careers do not have to stay on the most obvious path. Interiors, contracting, retrofit and client-side delivery can all offer serious design work and a broader view of the industry.

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