Architecture & Design Community
November 21, 2023
Hannah Tourell, Derek Gibbons and Eric Parry discuss how the practice has utilised long-standing relationships to maximise shared learning on materials and ensure a smooth specification process. Senior architectural technician Derek Gibbons (left), principal Eric Parry and associate Hannah Tourell. Words Jason Sayer Photos Agnese Sanvito In 1983, Eric Parry set up his eponymous studio […]
September 28, 2023
David Storring and Amelia Brown explain how the practice’s changing approach to materiality is being driven by environmental concerns, modern methods of construction, and the growing importance of the circular economy. Architectural assistant Amelia Brown and director and sustainability lead David Storring. Founded by Joe Morris in 2018, Morris+Company is a 61-strong practice based in […]
August 9, 2023
Paloma Gormley, Summer Islam and George Massoud discuss how the Hackney-based practice is radically rethinking its attitudes towards materials for a post-carbon future. Words Jason Sayer Photos Agnese Sanvito When you visit the Material Cultures’ website materialcultures.org you are greeted by a series of clips of materials in action: brown sludgy stuff being extracted, wood […]
October 24, 2022
Ross and Emma Perkin met at Edinburgh University. After working in larger practices, the couple gradually started to go it alone, eventually setting up Emil Eve Architects in 2009. Today, they occupy an office on a fifth floor in Hackney that offers views over the Regents Canal and, crucially, provides an ideal home for growing […]
July 11, 2022
Director Andrew Waugh and associate Rachel Crozier discuss working with timber and other low-carbon materials and the challenges involved in changing the way we build. Rachel Crozier and Andrew Waugh present a selection of samples of low-carbon materials in the mezzanine meeting area. Playful wooden models surround the space. Shoreditch has always been home for Waugh […]
May 9, 2022
Maria Lisogorskaya discusses the collective’s approach to combining bespoke materials and finishes with off-the shelf products. Maria Lisogorskaya is one of the founding directors of Assemble, a collective whose work sees frequent overlaps between architecture, design and art. Assemble, an architectural collective founded in 2010, runs from its self-designed Sugarhouse Studios within a retrofitted school […]
February 28, 2022
Amin Taha and Jason Coe explain the guiding principles behind the practice’s often innovative and always expressive use of materials. Jason Coe (left) and Amin Taha pictured in Groupwork’s purpose-designed London studio. Credit Agnese Sanvito and Timothy Soar Groupwork is a London-based employee ownership trust chaired by architect and founder Amin Taha. Established in 2003, […]
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