Lecture

Lecture 04.11.2024

Ted and Paul have been invited to speak about the work of the practice at the University of Cambridge Architecture Society (ARCSOC) on 04.11.24.

The Four Winds

The Four Winds 10.10.2024

Fabrication of The Invisible Compass, an artwork by Fabio Lattanzi Antinori, part of The Four Winds project, is underway.

izé collaboration

izé collaboration 03.10.2024

The practice has collaborated with izé to design and develop a range of doorknobs, a furniture pull, and a coat hook. They are available to order here.

Teaching

Teaching 13.06.2024

The work of Unit 7 Diploma Students at London Metropolitan University will be on display from 18th June (private view) – 29th June. 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP.

Image: Ricola Storage Building, Herzog and de Meuron, 1:20 model by Inger Moksnes Hernes, Nicholas Hincks and Wilber Ilett.

Beck Road

Beck Road 05.06.2024

Works have commenced at Beck Road. The project will repair, remodel and upgrade the existing Victorian terraced house to meet contemporary building standards and provide a live/work home for an artist.

Summer Exhibition 2024

Summer Exhibition 2024 31.05.2024

Our model of the Artist Studio at the Bamff Estate has been selected for display at this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

The Four Winds

The Four Winds 15.05.2024

Planning permission has been granted for The Four Winds, an artist and architect collaboration at Cardinal Place in Victoria for Landsec.

Teaching

Teaching 25.08.2023

Ted will be teaching Unit 7 at London Metropolitan University with David Grandorge again this year. The studio will continue to address how global heating impacts the practice and production of architecture, this time, through the design of a low embodied and operational energy factory on Frog Island, Rainham, Essex.

The Manser Medal 2023

The Manser Medal 2023 24.08.2023

Rhossili House has been named on the shortlist for the Manser Medal 2023 – AJ House of the Year Award. The Medal was conceived in 2001 to inspire innovation in house design, and to show how social and technological aspirations can be met by intelligent design. The prize is named after the British architect, RIBA president and Royal Academician Michael Manser.

2023 RIBA House of the Year

2023 RIBA House of the Year 09.08.2023

Rhossili House has been selected for this year’s RIBA House of the Year longlist. RIBA House of the Year is awarded annually to the best example of a one-off house designed by an architect in the UK, celebrating excellence and innovation in home design.

Architect of the Year Awards 2023

Architect of the Year Awards 2023 02.08.2023

The practice has been selected as a finalist in the Individual House Architect of the Year category at the Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2023.

Gold Medal for Architecture

Gold Medal for Architecture 30.06.2023

National Eisteddfod of Wales 2023

Rhossili House has been shortlisted for the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gold Medal for Architecture. The annual Eisteddfod is Wales’ most important national cultural event. The architecture award is given in partnership with the Design Commission for Wales and the Royal Society of Architects Wales.

2023 RIBA National Awards

2023 RIBA National Awards 22.06.2023

Rhossili House has won a RIBA National Award. Thirty buildings have been named as winners this year, the RIBA National Awards are given to buildings across the UK in recognition of their significant contributions to architecture.

Summer Exhibition 2023

Summer Exhibition 2023 15.06.2023

Elevation Study of the Artist Studios at the Bamff Estate is on display at the Royal Academy in Room VIII, curated by David Remfry.

2023 RSAW Awards

2023 RSAW Awards 30.05.2023

Rhossili House has won a RSAW Welsh Architecture Award and Project Architect of the Year Award at the RIBA Regional Awards 2023. The project was described as ‘both modest and exceptional at the same time.’ The full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury can be read here.

Summer Exhibition 2023

Summer Exhibition 2023 24.05.2023

Our Elevation Study of the Artist Studios at the Bamff Estate has been selected for display at this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

2023 RSAW Awards

2023 RSAW Awards 01.03.2023

Rhossili House is one of four projects shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Society of Architects Wales (RSAW) Welsh Architecture Awards.

Poetic Pragmatism

Poetic Pragmatism 28.02.2023

Paul and Ted will be taking part in a symposium on 25th March at Waterloo City Farm alongside Apparata, Cairn, Casswell Bank and Fielden Fowles. Organised by David Grandorge, the five architecture offices will give papers addressing low embodied construction, low operational energy servicing and ecology in their projects.

Publication

Publication 15.12.2022

Rhossili House has been included in Domus Magazine’s selection of the Best houses of 2022.

Mews House

Mews House 23.10.2022

Refurbishment work on a former factory and design studio in north London has been completed. The project extensively upgraded the existing building to meet EnerPHit (Passivhaus) standards using natural and breathable construction materials.

Architect of the Year Awards 2022

Architect of the Year Awards 2022 19.10.2022

The practice has won the prestigious Young Architect of the Year Award.

Structural Timber Awards 2022

Structural Timber Awards 2022 13.10.2022

Rhossili House has been awarded a High Commendation in the Private Housing Category at the Structural Timber Awards.

Teaching

Teaching 26.09.2022

Ted will be teaching Unit 7 alongside David Grandorge at London Metropolitan University again this year. The studio will continue to address how global heating impacts upon the practice and production of architecture, in this case, through the design of low and medium-rise housing for social rent in east London.

Notting Hill Gate

Notting Hill Gate 31.05.2022

Maich Swift Architects has been shortlisted for a new public realm installation in Notting Hill Gate. The practice is working in collaboration with Wood Street Walls, thinkFOUNDATION, Linett Kamala and Greg Bunbury. The London Festival of Architecture was commissioned by Kensington and Chelsea Council to run the competition, encouraging London-based architects and designers to share their ideas to reimagine the street.

A Century of the Artist’s Studio

A Century of the Artist’s Studio 01.04.2022

Maich Swift took part in a series exploring the typology of the artist’s studio and the challenges of delivering studio provision today, developed by the Architecture Foundation in partnership with the Whitechapel Gallery. The series coincides with the gallery’s current exhibition A Century of the Artist’s Studio 1920 – 2020 which runs until 29 May 2022. A recording of the presentation of the design for artist studios on the Bamff Estate can be viewed here.

Publication

Publication 17.03.2022

Wallpaper* Magazine has published an article on Rhossili House. The review can be read here.

Publication

Publication 14.02.2022

Rhossili House is reviewed in Domus Magazine. The article can be read here.

Publication

Publication 20.01.2022

Rhossili House is reviewed in the February edition of RIBA Journal. The article can be read here.

Bamff Estate

Bamff Estate 28.09.2021

Planning permission has been granted for our proposals on the Bamff Estate in North East Perthshire.

Highgate

Highgate 28.08.2021

Works to remodel an Edwardian home in Highgate have reached practical completion.

Teaching

Teaching 12.08.2021

Ted will be teaching Unit 7 at London Metropolitan University alongside David Grandorge this year. The unit will explore the idea of Good Nature, an attempt to reconcile strong architectural and ecological intentions with many of the realities of contemporary construction.

Mews House

Mews House 28.07.2021

Structural works have commenced at a former factory and design studio in north London. The project will extensively upgrade and retrofit the existing building to meet EnerPHit (Passivhaus) standard.

Rhossili House

Rhossili House 23.03.2021

Internal works on the Rhossili House are complete.

New Architects 4

New Architects 4 07.10.2020

Maich Swift will feature in the Architecture Foundation’s forthcoming book New Architects 4, a major publication surveying the best British architectural practices established in the past ten years.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 23.09.2020

Our 1:10 section model of Potemkin Theatre and drawing of Rhossili House have been selected for display at this year’s Royal Academy Summer Show.

Teaching

Teaching 23.08.2020

Ted will be teaching Unit 7 at London Metropolitan University alongside David Grandorge this year.

Burnieshed

Burnieshed 09.06.2020

We have been appointed to carry out a feasibility study for the repair and adaptation of a group of buildings on the Bamff Estate in the uplands of North East Perthshire. The buildings will provide studio space and accommodation for artist residencies adding to the wide range of activities on the 1300 acre estate which include a wetland rewilding project.

Rhossili House

Rhossili House 17.04.2020

Installation of the cross laminated solid timber (CLT) superstructure for Rhossili House has begun and will be installed over 3 weeks. The use of CLT as a building material is an energy efficient and economical solution to construction on remote sites.

AJ Specification 02.20

AJ Specification 02.20 12.02.2020

Chiltern Street is included in The Architect’s Journal Specification 02.20 as a case study for floors, stairs and signage.

MacEwen Award 2020

MacEwen Award 2020 23.12.2019

Potemkin Theatre has been longlisted for the MacEwen Award 2020. The award was launched in 2015 to recognise socially responsible design in the built environment and architecture for the common good.

Lecture

Lecture 19.11.2019

Paul will be speaking about our first projects and the work of the practice at the University of Nottingham on 19.11.19.

Form-Givers

Form-Givers 18.10.2019

Ted has been invited to speak about the work of the practice at London Metropolitan University on 18.10.19. The lecture series is about young practices throughout Europe, confident and inventive ‘Form-Givers’ who are delivering their first projects.

Rhossili House

Rhossili House 18.09.2019

Site clearance has begun in Rhossili on the Gower peninsula in South Wales in preparation for a new solid timber house. The project is due for completion next summer.

Potemkin Theatre

Potemkin Theatre 26.08.2019

Visit the Potemkin Theatre website for updates on events over the next few months. First up, San Rocco Plays The Potemkin Theatre.

Potemkin Theatre

Potemkin Theatre 09.07.2019

The construction of Potemkin Theatre is nearing completion. A variety of events during August and September will be announced soon.

Potemkin Theatre

Potemkin Theatre 16.06.2019


We have started construction of the Potemkin Theatre. The self-build project is due for completion in July. The proposal featured recently in a review of summer pavilions by Catherine Slessor for the Observer. + Read more

Tir Hen

Tir Hen 23.05.2019

Our proposal to remodel a 200 year old Welsh longhouse and barn in the Brecon Beacons National Park has been submitted for planning approval.

Turk House

Turk House 23.04.2019

Works to refurbish and extend the lower floors of a listed Georgian townhouse in London have reached completion.

Potemkin Theatre

Potemkin Theatre 15.03.2019

We have won the Architecture Foundation’s Antepavilion 2019 competition. Our proposal for a timber structure clad in colourful panels of painted canvas, which will act as both a canalside theatre and rooftop cinema, was chosen by the jury from almost 200 entries.

Potemkin Theatre

Potemkin Theatre 27.02.2019

We have been shortlisted as one of five finalists for the Architecture Foundation’s Antepavilion 2019 competition.

WW House

WW House 25.01.2019

We have recently been appointed to remodel, refurbish and extend a Grade II listed property in central London.

Turk House

Turk House 21.11.2018

Site works have commenced on a project to refurbish and extend the lower floors of a listed Georgian townhouse in London.

Islington

Islington 20.10.2018

We have recently completed the refurbishment of a listed property in North London. The project involved the restoration and extension of an existing family home and the design of freestanding pieces of furniture.

Chiltern Street

Chiltern Street 29.09.2018

Works at Chiltern Street with Sophie Hulme on their flagship store are now complete.

Rhossili House

Rhossili House 16.08.2018

Planning permission has been granted for Rhossili House, a solid timber (CLT) building which will occupy a dramatic position on the limestone cliff overlooking Rhossili Bay.

Tir Hen

Tir Hen 26.07.2018

We have been appointed to remodel a 200 year old Welsh longhouse and barn in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Tir Hen is located on the crest of a south-east facing hill giving a 180-degree aspect towards the Usk Valley, Carmarthen Fans and the Black Mountain range.

Chiltern Street

Chiltern Street 26.06.2018

Works at Chiltern Street are nearing completion. The project uses natural materials with subtle variation in pattern, tone and finish.

Garden Room

Garden Room 20.04.2018

The Garden Room in North London is currently being installed after being fabricated off-site making use of simple materials; stained solid douglas fir and rotary cut douglas fir plywood.

Chiltern Street

Chiltern Street 20.03.2018

We are continuing our collaboration with Sophie Hulme on a forthcoming flagship store located on Chiltern Street in London which builds on themes present in the Burlington Arcade project. The internal works have commenced on site and the project is due for completion in July 2018.

Rhossili House

Rhossili House 11.01.2018

Our project in the village of Rhossili has been submitted for planning approval. The proposal deals sensitively with the village and exceptional scenic qualities of the site which is part of the first designated Area of Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom. The coastline is a Heritage Coast and much of the surrounding land is under the stewardship of the National Trust, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as well as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC).

Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill 27.12.2017

Site works have now commenced on a project to refurbish a Victorian townhouse in Primrose Hill. The project is due for completion in early 2018.

Burlington Arcade

Burlington Arcade 15.11.2017

A temporary pop up shop at Burlington Arcade for accessories studio Sophie Hulme is now open.