Founded in 2015 in South West London, Tom Massey Studio takes on horticultural projects both in the UK and internationally, producing award-winning, sustainable and ecologically designed gardens for a mix of commercial and private clients. Since opening his studio, Tom has brought to light a range of pressing issues through his thought-provoking garden designs, most notably; the effect of climate change, food supply, drought and prejudice faced by refugees.

The studio’s recent accolades include a gold medal and BBC People’s Choice Awards for its 2021 Yeo Valley Organic Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Alongside running his studio, Tom also tutors frequently at the London College of Garden Design in Kew and has recently appeared as a garden designer on BBC Two’s Your Garden Made Perfect.

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Image credits: The Yeo Valley Organic Garden, RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021  by Britt Willoughby Dyer (cover and 1-3); East London Garden by Justin De Souza (5-6); Twickenham Garden by Alister Thorpe (7-9); and The Yard House by Alister Thorpe & Landscape Associates (10-11).

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).

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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Fuelled by his lifelong passion for horticulture, Alasdair Cameron founded this eponymous garden design, build and maintenance company in 1992. Based in West London, the award-winning Cameron is steered by an experienced team that fuses knowledge and innovation with an authentic, collaborative spirit. Cameron’s principal ethos is to ‘break new ground’ using a considered balance of artistry and discipline, however large or small the project.

Whether domestic or commercial, Cameron works in balance with nature and its seasons to create gardens that grow with their clients. The environments that Cameron realises are designed to be immersive and energising, affording their users new perspectives. This is achieved through the practice’s curated network of additional contacts – be them lighting specialists or interior designers – and an eye for detail that only the lifelong obsessive gardener can possess.

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DESIGN & THAT was founded in 2016 by interior architect Emma Shone-Sanders. This creative and contemporary studio brings together Emma’s appreciation for well-crafted furnishings and considered materiality to bring about unique and modern spaces that retain a warm and relaxed ambience. Collaboration with clients is elemental for this small and amiable studio, be them residential or commercial. DESIGN & THAT also offer an acutely curated selection of furniture, lighting and accessories through their online store. The pieces presented here all reflect Emma’s passion for well-crafted pieces and intuitive use of material.

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Image credits: Victoria Park I (1-2); Lion House (3-6); Kensington I (7-10); Cleland House (11-12) by Leo Davut.

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects was established in 2016 by Jody O’Sullivan and Amalia Skoufoglou. Both Jody and Amalia studied Architecture at the University of Po­rtsmouth and the University of Cambridge, before going on to work for deBlacam and Meagher Architects in Dublin. Based in London, O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects pride themselves on creating imaginative yet considered responses to their clients’ briefs. Meticulous with their materials and careful with construction, the practice works on projects of assorted scales and styles, and in varying locations.

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Images credits: Dewsbury Road by Rory Gardiner (cover and 1-4); Grove Park (5-7), Balcorne Street (8-9) and Riversdale Road (10-11)  by Ståle Eriksen.

Founded in 2003 by industrial designer, Jack Trench, the eponymous company has maintained its original ethos of delivering bespoke kitchens and furniture with an emphasis on timeless design and attention to detail. Joined by Edd Thurston in 2008, who played a crucial role in steering the growth and design direction of Jack Trench, and became co-director in 2014. The growing team of cabinet-makers, fitters, designers and studio staff are based in its Tottenham Hale factory and studio, with a Clerkenwell showroom where they welcome visits by appointment, allowing customers to get a close look at the quality of design and build. Using highly detailed CAD software, more commonly used for mechanical engineering, allows the team to design to a particular level of technical detail. As Corian-accredited fabricators, they are able to develop the use of this countertop material in numerous joinery applications.

Jack Trench projects have gained extensive coverage in top design publications, notably World of Interiors, House & Garden, Elle Decoration and Architectural Digest.

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Borne from a love of nature and belief in the importance of sustainable building practices, Clayworks founders, Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce, travelled extensively to learn about the traditional techniques of using clay as a building material. They were already running a small company in Cornwall specialising in cob wood, stone, clay and lime, but their continued research built on this foundation, developing a particular fascination with the aesthetic qualities of clay as a finish for interior surfaces. Through centuries old knowledge learned from master plasterers around the world, experimentation and science, the pair focused on creating easy to use, ready mix clay plaster finishes. Clayworks now offer a variety of finishes from the polished concrete effect to Arakabe, the Japanese tradition of using straw in clay. On offer are 88 naturally pigmented shades, and all clay plaster finishes are made from 100% natural materials, are low carbon, compostable and non-toxic. Continual learning will always be central to the company’s philosophy, as will its vision to use building mediums that are both beneficial for the environment and the user.

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Images credits: Nicholas Worley (1-5); Rachel Boston (6); Nicholas Worley (7); Matt Austin (8); Edmund Sumner (9); Clayworks (10); Matt Austin (11); Clayworks (12)

Interdisciplinary architecture and design studio, THISS, is driven by a sense of curiosity and exploration. Led by Tamsin Hanke and Sash Scott, projects by the London-based practice sit within the realms of architecture and landscape and by using carefully selected materials and low-impact methodologies, they apply a climate conscious approach, with Tamsin recently Passivhaus Certified. The studio has an adventurous perspective and specialises in nurturing a spirit of possibility, collaboration and resilience, finding interesting ways to make challenging things happen. Both Tamsin and Sash are actively involved in teaching architecture which carries a continual focus of innovation and experimentation through the studio’s work.

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Sheila Jack Landscapes is a small design studio based in central London, creating elegant, contemporary gardens characterised by precise attention to detail and effusive, naturalistic planting. Working alongside leading architects and interior designers, they collaborate with highly skilled landscape contractors, craftsmen and specialist designers to create unique designs for every client that most importantly, feel good to live in.

Sheila came to garden and landscape design after a successful career as an Art Director for publications such as US Vogue and UK Harper’s Bazaar before deciding to pursue a lifelong passion for design, architecture and horticulture, re-training as a garden designer at the LCGD, Kew. She received the college prize and went on to work with leading UK garden designers Emily Erlam, Marcus Barnett, Butter Wakefield and McWilliam Studio. Sheila is a Society of Garden Designers Awards double winner and was also shortlisted for the 2021 Awards. She collaborated with furniture designer Tom Raffield at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 which was awarded five stars.

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Image credit: Lisa Linder (1-5, 7, 8, 10)

Founded in 1989 by Loughborough University design graduates, Philip DeVries and Paul O’Leary, deVOL has grown to become a renowned design-led manufacturer of bespoke kitchens, interiors and bathrooms. The headquarters at Cotes Mill, a 16^th century water mill in Leicestershire, is where every piece is designed and made, with woodworkers, ceramicists and metalworkers all based at the historic site. Known for the quality of their craftsmanship, impeccable design and compelling imagery, deVOL are a benchmark of British kitchen design. With two London showrooms – St John’s Square and Tysoe Street – and their first US showroom on Bond Street, Manhattan opening in 2019, the deVOL brand is developing far beyond kitchens to become a fully-fledged design house.

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Established in 2017 by Michael Collins and Anna Milroy, Hertfordshire-based architecture and design practice, Michael Collins Architects, is particularly interested in exploring how the specific qualities of rural and urban environments can generate new forms of architecture. The practice places emphasis on the inventive use of building materials, the qualities of light and the relationship between building and landscape. Michael Collins has a RIAS accreditation in Sustainable Architecture, and the studio combines practice with teaching and research on sustainable urban planning and construction systems, funded through the University of Cambridge.

The practice’s work has attracted a number of awards; a RIBA East award in 2019, HAA Award in 2020, and the New London Architecture Award. Their work has also gained recognition in the press, being featured in Dezeen and ArchDaily.

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Image credit: Michael Collins Architects (1-8); Jacob Milligan (9-10)