The studio draws on extensive building expertise to shape design-led solutions. We offer clients a hands-on, professional, and personalised approach, guided by the proven RIBA project work stages.

By listening closely and collaborating with our clients, we craft designs that balance aesthetic appeal with environmental responsibility and long-term resilience. Core principles such as simplicity, natural light, and human scale are integral to our process, allowing us to refine the essential elements of function, place, orientation, and site geometry—key factors in the success of our clients' projects.

Our design process emphasises getting the fundamentals right, creating healthy, uplifting, and adaptable spaces that enhance how buildings are experienced and used.

As an RIBA chartered practice, our design processes use tried and tested work stages to help clients' plan ahead, manage demands and guide design decisions that can achieve design quality, while helping manage budgets and time.

example services

◦ Strategic brief development
◦ Preparation of project briefs
◦ Feasibility studies
◦ Pre-purchase design appraisals
◦ Planning guidance and applications
◦ Design review and development
◦ Technical design
◦ Tender information
◦ Construction technology
◦ Self-Build assistance

Building and development isn't easy and requires investment of all kinds. We offer our experience and knowledge to clients, throughout the various project stages, maintaining a proactive and impartial custodian of the evolved design.

specialist areas

• Small site development
• Residential design
• Gap sites
• Mixed use buildings
• Reuse and building adaptation
• Micro-communities
• Repurposing, extensions and retreats
• Retrofit
• Bespoke houses and retreats
• Low energy, low carbon building
• Environmentally conscious design

quality

At studio24 architects, we define design quality through three key measures: cognitive appreciation, emotional engagement, and a clear sense of purpose.

We are dedicated to offering clients an informative, engaging, and professional design experience. Adhering to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Code of Professional Conduct, our project architects are registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB). As an RIBA Chartered Practice, we provide new clients with the confidence and assurance that our commitment to design excellence, professional service, and project delivery is both accountable and of the highest standard.

Studio24 Architects was established in 2012 by Mark Richards, a Chartered Architect with extensive experience in architectural design and project delivery. His career spans international design practices, where he has led and designed large-scale projects in both the UK and abroad. Mark has a strong interest in blending building typologies, environmentally conscious design, and simplifying complex challenges. In 2017-18, Mark served as the RIBA-elected member of the Cambridge City Design Review Panel and continues to support the local RIBA chapter, the Cambridge Association of Architects.