Roster

Everybody, by desk

Ten of us across three desks. The label is the only thing in the section that ranks anything, and what it ranks is the work rather than the people.

Practice

Head and shoulders of a woman in their 50s with wavy dark hair to the shoulders with a few grey strands, wearing a charcoal blouse, against a warm grey background.

Ada Merrow

Founding partner

Runs the practice and still draws every stair detail herself.

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Ivo Reyes

Head of practice

Turns a won competition into a set of drawings somebody can build.

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Nadia Kirsch

Design director

Leads the housing work, from the first sketch to the handover.

Delivery

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Tomas Egede

Principal, interiors

Chooses every surface you will actually put a hand on.

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Beatrix Lyall

Project lead

Holds four sites, three clients and one budget in the same week.

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Sam Okonjo

Studio manager

Books the room, feeds the team, and knows where the drawings went.

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Priya Raghavan

Associate

Our quietest person, and the one the contractors ring first.

Making

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Ken Adeyemi

Technologist

Builds the models the rest of the office is measured against.

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Hilde Brandt

Heritage lead

Reads a listed building the way most of us read a plan.

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Otto Mensah

Landscape

Everything between the front door and the pavement is his.

Three desks, one roster. People move between them for the length of a job and the list is redrawn on the Monday after.