Background
He was born in London and educated at Kingston School of Architecture at Kingston University before apprenticing at practices in Rome and later in London, where he was project architect for the house of art collector Charles Saatchi.
He was born in London and educated at Kingston School of Architecture at Kingston University before apprenticing at practices in Rome and later in London, where he was project architect for the house of art collector Charles Saatchi.
In 1991 he established his own practice. Building Design hailed Brick Leaf House as "a statement of real capacity" and in 2004 honoured the practice with the Building Design Architect of the Year Award. Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud chose Brick Leaf House as one of his "twenty perfect houses." The practice’s work ranged from private houses and apartment buildings through to arts, educational, commercial buildings and interiors.
Ijaz Apartment, London, 1991 The Lion Rooms, London, 1993 Ziggurat Studio, London, 1993 & 1998 Pocket House, London, 1998 Brick Leaf House, Hampstead, London, 2003.
Mayfair Offices, London, 2006 Two Mayfair Penthouses, London, 2007 Monkey Puzzle Pavilion, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2007 Bloomsbury Apartments, London, 2008 Painted House, London, 2009.
In 2003 the practice completed Brick Leaf House in Hampstead, North London, which received a Royal Institute of British Architects Award and a Civic Trust Award, and became the first private building to reach the mid-list of the United Kingdom Stirling Prize. The practice won international competitions in Milan for furniture and in Dublin for urban regeneration and in 2007 received an Honorary mention and 7th place amongst the 1,170 entries of the international competition to extend Eric Gunnar Asplund’s 1930s Stockholm City Library. His Brick Leaf House (Double House) received Royal Institute of British Architects and Civic Trust Awards in 2004.
