Architecture & interiors · London and Lisbon
We design buildings that belong where they stand.
Stair hall, Hollin House
The practice
Every project starts on site, at different hours and in different weather. We listen to the land, to the people who will live with the building, and to the materials already there. Then we draw as little as possible, as carefully as we can.
Selected work
Thirty-eight buildings since 2009, from a one-room chapel to two hundred homes. A few of them:
- 01Hollin HouseCumbriaResidential2025
- 02Wren LibraryBristolCultural2024
- 03Saltmarsh HousesNorfolkResidential2023
- 04Tanner's YardLondonAdaptive reuse2023
- 05Meadow ChapelAlentejoSacred2022
- 06Fairfield RowLeedsHousing2021
Details, up close
How we work
Three habits we have kept since the first house, whatever the size of the brief.
IListen
Two days on site before a line is drawn: morning, evening, rain if we can get it. Then long conversations with the people who will live with the building.
IIDraw less
One clear idea, carried through every scale. We model by hand first and keep the material palette short enough to remember.
- III
Build well
We stay on site through construction, work with local makers and design details to weather well, so the building gets better with age.
They spent two days on the hill before they drew a single line. Four years on, the house feels as if it was always there.
- 38
- buildings completed
- 11
- national design awards
- 2
- studios, London and Lisbon
- 94%
- of clients come back or refer
Have a site in mind? Let's walk it together.
First conversations are free and unhurried. Tell us about the place and what you hope it can become.