Designers should have a keen and strong ability to observe and feel

Martino Gamper (b. 1971, Merano, Italy) lives and works in London. Starting as an apprentice with a furniture maker in Merano, Gamper went on to study sculpture under Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. He completed a Masters in 2000 from the Royal College of Art, London, where he studied under Ron Arad.

Matthew works in architectural practice and research, drawing on over two decades of activity in these fields and on broader experience in self-building, property development, set design, and architectural education – always in collaboration with others. He studied architecture at Cambridge University and the Bartlett UCL, and has worked in architectural practice at Buschow Henley in London and Jestico & Whiles in Prague. As a co-director of MPH Architects (with Catherine Phillips and Dido Milne), from 2015-2018 he led a research team of industry and academic partners on ‘Solid Cork Building Envelope’, part-funded by Innovate UK and EPSRC. The subsequent Cork House, completed in 2019, was designed with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton, and self-built by Matthew. He is currently Director of Research & Development at CSK Architects in Eton.

McDowell+Benedetti was formed by Jonathan McDowell and Renato Benedetti in 1996. The practice has established a growing reputation for design excellence across an unusually diverse range of projects of different types and scales. We believe this breadth of experience enriches our approach. The practice has won a number of prestigious awards and international competitions. Our work has been published widely in the UK and abroad, in books and periodicals, and the design and construction of our...

We create buildings people love. We believe inspirational architecture is possible in every project; it has the power to enrich all our lives. Mikhail Riches are architects, led by David Mikhail & Annalie Riches. Our talented team live & breathe each project, deliver outstanding design & have fun doing it. We have bought sites, built & lived in our own schemes. Our commercial acumen, creativity & strong focus towards a low-energy future enhance each stage of the process. We’re known...

I am the co-founder of SplinterWorks. We are a highly creative design company based in Bath, England. From sculptural pool slides to playful furniture designs, we reimagine familiar objects as works of functional sculpture. ​ Our ambitious projects are fuelled by our passion for absolute quality, technical ingenuity, artistic integrity and a solid belief in creating the most considered and exquisite work befitting of its purpose.