Space Group’s present works have their roots combined in the past, such as forgotten methods, and in future technologies. Every project, built or un-built, follows a key-narrative that is identified at an early stage. Once it is found it is rolled out over the entire project no matter what scale. This is why Space Group prefer to be involved in projects down to the last detail – from the urban context to the architectural space to the finishes and furniture.

Landscape architect Stefano Marinaz has carved out a career from his life-long love for plants, having grown up in a family of horticulturalists in Northern Italy. After completing degrees in both Agronomy and Landscape Architecture in his native Italy, as well as an MA in Landscape Architecture at the University of Greenwich, Marinaz worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew and Arne Maynard’s studio, with private clients that took him across the globe. In 2012 Marinaz established his own practice, undertaking commissions that range from large-scale, hard landscaping projects on country estates to smaller, urban plots. His work extends well beyond the usual plant schemes to include furniture, lighting, sculpture and fencing, as well as a thorough follow-up maintenance programme with the help of two Kew-trained gardeners that he employs.

Image credits: Queens Park by Ed Reeve (1-2); Rus in Urbe (3-4), North London (5-6) and Gasholders (7-9) by Alister Thorpe.

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Ben Allen founded his eponymous, award-winning, multidisciplinary design practice in 2014. Based in London, Studio Ben Allen approaches projects from the space where architecture, design and art meet, affording it a varied portfolio of completed work. After graduating from Mackintosh School of Architecture, Ben went on to work for Jonathan Tuckey Design before moving to Berlin, where he spent almost 10 years working for spatial research specialists, Studio Olafur Eliasson.

Studio Ben Allen is dedicated to ‘unique and engaging spatial sequences’ and incorporates a wealth of disciplines to bring a project to life. Working alongside Ben Allen himself are a host of experienced, in-house collaborators, including Omar Ghazal, who was Project Lead on House Recast – overall winner at the ‘Don’t Move Improve’ Awards 2021.

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Image credits: Room for One More by French+Tye (1-4); A Room in the Garden by Ben Tynegate (5-6); Vault House by 24mm Photography (7 & 10) and Mel Yates (8-9).

Studio Calvagno approaches design with a sensitivity to both the visible and the intangible — a practice rooted in intuition, experience and a deep understanding of how spaces are lived in. Each project is shaped in close dialogue with the client, resulting in interiors that are not only finely crafted, but also deeply personal.

Balancing comfort with quiet aspiration, Studio Calvagno’s work draws on the architectural potential of furniture, objects and light. Natural materials, nuanced tones and a considered blend of old, new and bespoke elements inform a design language that feels both grounded and elevated.

The studio was founded by Filippo Calvagno, whose creative background spans the worlds of art and dance. Born in Germany to Sicilian parents, his early exposure to artistic freedom continues to shape his approach today.

Photography by Jeff Hahn

Studio Hagen Hall is a London-based multidisciplinary design studio working across architecture, interiors, furniture, product and textiles. Research, materiality, craft and detail underpin every project, regardless of scale or typology. The studio balances beauty, pragmatism and comfort equally, producing work that is precise in its execution yet warm and approachable in character.

Founded in 2021 by Louis Hagen Hall, the studio has quickly established a reputation for thoughtful transformations of early to late modernist buildings. Prior to setting up the studio, Louis studied at the Royal College of Art and the Architectural Association, and gained experience with notable practices including Peter Eisenman, Seth Stein and DSDHA before establishing Studio Hagen Hall.

Since its founding, Studio Hagen Hall has been recognised for its ability to preserve and reinterpret modernist architecture with sensitivity and clarity. Awards to date include a 2025 RIBA London Award for Pine Heath and Best House Interior at the Dezeen Awards 2021 for Canyon House, with further shortlisting across the Architect’s Journal Retrofit & Reuse Awards and the British Homes Awards. In recent years, Studio Hagen Hall’s work has been widely published in national and international media outlets including Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration, House & Garden, the Financial Times and the Observer. Louis Hagen Hall has also been nominated for the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize in 2025.

Studio Hagen Hall is an RIBA Chartered Practice and works with a close team of architects, interior designers and assistants, supported by a trusted network of craftspeople and consultants. Together they pursue projects that combine rigour and craft with the aim of producing spaces that are enduring, tactile and deeply lived in.

Studio Knot was founded by Mark and Sinead Hanlon, after their idea to collaborate with artists to create one-off rug designs took off, selling out at its debut exhibition at Truman Brewery. From there, a host of private commissions kept the pair busy for a couple of years, leading them to found Studio Knot in 2014. For Mark and Sinead, rugs are a journey of story and creativity; they hold meaning and feel so personal that they transcend aesthetic fashions and fads.

Whilst the rugs are designed in Studio Knot’s Bruton-based workshop, they are handmade in one of three mills in either Nepal, India or Iran. Traditional and modern design methods are combined with age-old craftsmanship to create each rug. The process is intricate and expert, with as little as only 10-15cm of carpet made each day, meaning a rug can take months – or even years – to create. Studio Knot’s previous commercial clients include The Conran Shop, Locke Hotels and P Joseph.

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Hand-making furniture in their London workshop since 2016, Studio Manolo brings together traditional craftsmanship with modern design and technique. They specialise in the use of solid wood, delivering bespoke projects and aftercare to architects, interior designers, commercial brands, and private homeowners. Designing, making, and installing fine furniture and joinery, they deliver sustainable, long-lasting work using responsibly sourced materials.

Founded in 2001 by designer and academic Ilse Crawford, Studioilse is a multi-disciplinary London-based design studio that places human emotion front and centre of everything it does, be it furniture and product design, or interior-scaping for private and commercial clients.

Crawford’s illustrious design credentials include the editorship of Elle Decoration – a title she founded in 1989 – and a stint as Vice President of Donna Karan Home. She set up her own firm to create spaces for clients that include Soho House, Electric Cinema and Aesop, as well as product collaborations with IKEA and Bolon. Crawford is also the founder of the Man and Wellbeing department at the Design Academy Eindhoven in Holland, and has written several books: Sensual Home (1997), Home is Where the Heart is? (2005) and more recently A Frame for Life (2014) – all exploring the idea of interior design rooted in one’s experience of a space, rather than simply what looks good in a room together.

Suzy Hoodless founded her eponymous studio in 2000, and it has since grown into one of Britain’s most exciting interiors brands. Based in West London, Suzy and her team create characterful spaces that combine contemporary and vintage elements with a distinguished use of colour, whilst remaining mindful to both comfort and function. The studio’s designs feel good to live in, and are inspired around their owners’ personalities in an authentic and thoughtful way.

Suzy herself was part of Wallpaper* magazine’s founding team, acting as Interiors Editor. Her experience art directing shoots for the publication formed the foundations of, what’s now, her unrivalled reputation as an interior designer. Suzy Hoodless regularly appears on House & Garden’s list of the top 100 interior designers. Most recently, the studio won ‘Best Residential Project’ at the Home & Gardens Design Awards 2021, and appeared in By Design: The World’s Best Contemporary Interior Designers (Phaidon, 2021).

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Image credits: A sophisticated townhouse by Anthony Crolla (1-2); A slow-designed home by Paul Massey (3-4); A modernist home by Will Pryce (5-6); A home of bold contrasts by Lucas Allen (7-8); A curated family home by Elsa Young (9-10); and A highland haven by Tom Mannion (11-12).

The Soho-based architecture and design practice, Szczepaniak Astridge, take a research-led approach to their work, prioritising wellbeing and the climate whilst marrying artistic spirit with the strength of science to create ‘Sensory Architecture’.

Szczepaniak Astridge’s approach to the procurement, collaboration and fabrication of their designs results in efficient and affordable outcomes that allow the culture’s they complement to thrive. The practice embrace the ephemeral, and consider it a key component to their designs, as it allows their constructions to change with time, growing into their true depth through their unrepeatable experience.

Szczepaniak Astridge work with ambitious individuals and organisations across the world, taking on all manner of projects – from residential homes to beauty and spa brands, and world-leading technologists – to create spaces that invigorate the senses and balance commercial and emotional value masterfully.

Image credit: Nicholas Worley

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Tamzin Greenhill was born and educated in London and studied at the London School of Design, forming Tamzin Greenhill Designs in 2003. She prides herself on her style that is sophisticated, comfortable and timeless. Her work has taken her to projects in London, New York, Geneva and Los Angeles and she has designed for clients including Charles Finch, Eddie Spencer, Nat Rothchild, Ellie Shultzman and collaborated on homes for David Bowie and Claudia Schiffer.

Thomas Griem holds a BA and a diploma in architecture, studying in Berlin and London, where he won the Hubert Sands Memorial Award. In 2011 he formed TG-Studio, an interior architecture practice offering tailored bespoke concepts and architectural services to commercial and residential clients in the UK and internationally. The Studio offers planning, new build and refurbishment architecture, interior design and decoration and product design. They work in the UK and internationally.