Roster

Everybody, on one page

Ten now, twenty in a busy year. The row is the only unit in the section, so the list holds twenty people without changing shape.

Name

Role

The work

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.

Head and shoulders of a man in their 60s with medium-length swept-back silver hair, wearing a navy sweater, against a warm grey background.

Ivo Reyes

Head of practice

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

Head and shoulders of a woman in their 50s with silver-streaked dark hair loosely tied back, wearing a navy blouse, against a warm grey background.

Nadia Kirsch

Design director

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

Head and shoulders of a man in their 40s with short dark hair, wearing a stone shirt, against a warm grey background.

Tomas Egede

Principal, interiors

Chooses every surface you will actually put a hand on.

Head and shoulders of a woman in their 30s with chin-length copper-red bob, wearing a stone sweater, against a warm grey background.

Beatrix Lyall

Project lead

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

Head and shoulders of a person in their 20s with short straight dark hair with a side part, wearing a charcoal shirt, against a warm grey background.

Sam Okonjo

Studio manager

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

Head and shoulders of a woman in their 30s with straight dark shoulder-length hair with centre part, wearing an olive blouse, against a warm grey background.

Priya Raghavan

Associate

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

Head and shoulders of a man in their 20s with short curly dark hair and neat short beard, wearing a navy shirt, against a warm grey background.

Ken Adeyemi

Technologist

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

Head and shoulders of a woman in their 20s with short natural coily hair, wearing a charcoal shirt, against a warm grey background.

Hilde Brandt

Heritage lead

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

Head and shoulders of a man in their 40s with shaved head, wearing an olive shirt, against a warm grey background.

Otto Mensah

Landscape

Everything between the front door and the pavement is his.

We are hiring a project architect and a part two. Write to the studio rather than to a portal, and say which of the rows above you would want to sit next to.