&tradition is a Danish design company established in 2010 with the founding principle of tradition tied to innovation. Their unique library of furniture and lighting spans from the 1930´s to the present day and includes designs by internationally renowned designers. Its ethos brings together the best in Nordic tradition and heritage to contemporary design, reshaping, redefining and reinventing materials, techniques and forms. They have a strong respect for nature – for the raw materials it provides – and believe in design that is made to last.

Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead are an interior design duo with big aspirations to change the face of interiors and push the boundaries of how we live in our homes. Design columnists and regular contributors to national press they are #makinglivinglovely one project at a time.

“Our shared love of design was clear from the start. We met as actors and when we joined forces our lives took a different direction. We bought our first home together, postcode ending 2LG and our friends came up with a business name that stuck. Gradually, design began to take over our lives and now we live and breathe it, believing that good design can change your life.”

Photography by Megan Taylor

31/44 Architects was founded in 2010 by Will Burges and Stephen Davies. Today the practice has grown to a team of nine, based in East London, and has picked up a few nominations and awards along the way, most notably for No. 49 and Red House. Their projects range in size from small-scale residential work to strategic masterplanning.

A-Zero Architects is a RIBA chartered practice based in London.

Since 2010, the studio’s work has focused on designing and procuring buildings in a way that doesn’t harm the environment. Working predominantly in the residential sector, the practice enjoys working at a variety of scales from residential retrofits to new build houses, to mixed use developments. They strive to create joyful spaces using a palette of natural materials, whilst targeting low energy performance, including the Passivhaus standard.

A-Zero works collaboratively with clients through all stages of a project, from feasibility, planning, detailed design, and tendering to contract administration during construction, and aim to embed environmental considerations through all of these stages, combining functional, cost-effective architecture with a sense of specificity to the client and the place.

A.M.P. Interiors is a luxury design consultancy specialising in bespoke, elegant and timeless interiors for an international clientele. Their work includes high-end residential and commercial commissions in Europe and the Middle East, luxury yacht interiors and customised furniture design. Recent commissions include an artist’s home in downtown Athens, a private residence at the Mandarin Oriental in London and a complete renovation of a townhouse in Fulham.

Abigail Ahern’s inimitable dark and dramatic signature style has cemented her place as one of the industry’s most celebrated interior designers. After launching her eponymous brand in 2003, Ahern’s first product line followed in 2008 with an offbeat collection of ceramic dog lamps. Big name high street collaborations soon followed, as well as spots in both Selfridges and Heal’s and her own Islington flagship store, Atelier Abigail Ahern.

Her seasonal offerings encompass furniture, lighting, sculpture, accessories, textiles and exquisite faux flowers and plants which frequently feature on her hugely popular Instagram feed, where she posts styling tips and tricks from her East London home. Ahern also regularly runs a series of style masterclasses from the same house, where attendees can learn about the transformative power of earthy, tonal colours and sumptuous clashing textures.

British architect Adam Richards BA(Hons) BSc(Hons) DipArch(Cantab) RIBA founded his eponymous practice in 2000. Based in London and Sussex, Adam Richards Architects encompass a broad remit, with projects across the arts, cultural, heritage and residential sectors. ARA aim to create engaging, critical, spatial and social environments that transform the deeper cultural themes which contextualise each project.

Despite often being challenged with unusual sites or unique objects, Adam Richards Architects have built a reputation for the quality of their designs. Working collaboratively, their approach combines inspiring, inventive and affordable ways to realise their ideas. The practice has won national and international awards, such as the Royal Institute of British Architects National Award for Walmer Castle and Wallpaper* Magazine Worldwide Best New House 2020 for Nithurst Farm.

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Image credits: Nithurst Farm by Brotherton Lock (1-7); Quinta da Serra (8-11); and Mission Hall (12-14).

Adjaye Associates was founded in 2000 by Sir David Adjaye OBE – an award-winning Ghanaian-British architect who infuses his synonymous practice with a dedication to community-driven projects and acute artistic sensibilities. His clever use of materials, bespoke designs and unique vision are widely recognised. So much so, he was awarded a knighthood in 2017, and listed as one of the 100 most influential people of the year in TIME magazine.

Adjaye Associates have a stellar portfolio that spans a wide range of projects, from commercial and cultural buildings to educational facilities, and even product design. Their residential projects never fail to both innovate and inspire, whether through their creative use of site, homage to a home’s history, or meticulous mix of materials. Adjaye Associates have studios in Accra, London and New York and, most recently, won the 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.

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Image credits: Dirty House (1-2); Mole House by Ed Reeve (3-6); Carriage House (7-8); Hill House (9-10); Nanjing House by Ed Reeve (11-12); Nkron Private Villa (1-14); and Sunken House / Ed’s Shed by Ed Reeve (15-16).

Founded by James Alder and Thom Brisco, this London-based architecture practice works across the UK, designing spaces to live and work, as well as exhibition spaces and furniture. Alder Brisco has had its projects featured in Dezeen, Architects’ Journal and the RIBA Journal.

Their innovative ‘attic of warm wooden curiosities’ for Studio Represent was shortlisted for the Architects’ Journal’s Small Projects Award, and Alder Brisco’s four cast benches – a collaborative work at Rectory Lane Cemetery in Hertfordshire – have been shortlisted for RIBA Journal’s 2021 MacEwen Award, which celebrates ‘architecture for the common good’.

Alder Brisco was recently included in the fourth edition of New Architects – an influential series of publications that features the best British practices that have been established in the last 10 years, which work across architecture, urban design, public space and related specialisms.

Image credits: Studio Represent by Agnese Sanvito (1-4); Studio Nencini by Nick Dearden (4-6 & cover)

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Since setting up her own firm in 2017, North London-based garden and landscape designer Alexandra Noble already has a clutch of awards to her name. Her residential gardens and landscapes – noted for their compositions rich in colour and texture – have featured on BBC 2 and Gardener’s World, as well as in British Vogue, the Telegraph, ELLE Decoration and Enki magazine.

Noble originally obtained a degree in Architecture from the University of Bath before changing tack to study Horticulture at Capel Manor in Regent’s Park. A two-year stint at the studio of Luciano Giubbilei followed, as well as work with Jo Thompson, before Alexandra Noble Design was formed. Since then, the practice has completed projects across sites including an installation at London Bridge and a house on the borders of Hampstead Heath ponds, paying special attention to the surrounding natural habitat with schemes that encourage plant pollination and local wildlife to thrive.

Alma-nac is a London based, RIBA-Chartered architecture practice. They work with private, commercial and public clients across a wide range of scales and sectors. Critical to their approach as an architectural studio is ideas. Be they small or large, it is the strength of their ideas that form the crux of all Alma-nac projects. And this is obvious in the creative, innovative projects they produce. As they state, “we believe great ideas come from an in depth understanding of the environment they inhabit or the constraints with which they are bound, be they cultural, legal, environmental, physical, or even ontological.”

A rustic renovation of a dilapidated Cheshire garden workshop offers a beautifully contemporary and light-filled commercial workspace for the six associates of Annabelle Tugby Architects. Working around just one desk to create a level working structure, the team use the same collaborative approach across their architecture, urban design, interior and furniture design work, specialising in high-end residential projects.

With a contemporary, vernacular style, Annabelle Tugby Architects focus on textural contrast, light and acoustics alongside finely crafted, minimalist detailing for both their individual residential builds and larger multi-occupancy projects. Creating intricate card and timber models in-house, clients are able to envisage complex projects including exterior, interior and elevation detail. The firm’s principles include designing buildings that become intrinsic to their setting and respect their surroundings, as well as a design process that focuses on feeling to create joy for everyone involved.

The company was shortlisted for the 2020 Architects Journal Small Project Award and was a finalist in two categories at the Surface Design Awards 2020.

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