The practice
We believe a building should feel obvious in hindsight. Our work begins with what a place already knows about itself: its brick, its light, its stubborn party walls. We draw slowly, build carefully, and stay involved long after practical completion.
- Buildings completed
- 43
- Listed building consents
- 17
- RIBA awards
- 6
- Approvals first time
- 92%
Selected projects, 2011 to 2027
Project index
- MF.041 Hollis Yard Mixed use Bermondsey SE1 2027 Stage 2
- MF.038 Calder Row Almshouses Walthamstow E17 2026 Stage 4
- MF.036 Fenwick Foundry Adaptive reuse Deptford SE8 2026 Planning granted
- MF.031 Whitmore Wharf Workspace Haggerston N1 2025 On site
- MF.027 Brickfields Nursery Education Bow E3 2025 Completed
- MF.024 Ledbury Terrace Housing Hackney E8 2024 Completed
- MF.015 St Aldhelm's Hall Community Peckham SE15 2023 Completed
Featured project
Fenwick Foundry
A 1911 iron foundry in Deptford, reworked as workspace for forty makers. The retained steel trusses carry a new cross-laminated timber gallery, and the brick skin is being repaired with eleven thousand reclaimed London stocks. Planning was granted in March 2026; we start on site this autumn.
- Client
- Fenwick Works CIC
- Area
- 2,400 m²
- Services
- RIBA Stages 0 to 6
- Structure
- Retained steel, new CLT
- Status
- Planning granted
People
A studio of eighteen
Founded in 2011 in a railway arch in Haggerston, the practice now works from Perseverance Works in Shoreditch. Directors lead every project from first meeting to final account, and most of the studio has been here longer than five years.
- Eleanor Marden Founding Director ARB, RIBA
- Daniel Field Director ARB, RIBA
- Priya Shah Associate, Conservation ARB
- Marcus Okafor Associate, Delivery ARB
- Sofia Andersson Senior Architect ARB
Plus thirteen architects, technologists, and a very good office dog.
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