about

RIBA chartered practice studio24 architects create human-centred design for private and developer clients across a variety of project scales. Our Cambridge studio has won local awards for small site commercial development and residential buildings. The studio's interests include urban interventions, remodelling and repurposing places, sites and buildings influenced by localised contexts.

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how

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The studio has an accumulated building knowledge to inform design-led ideas. We provide our clients with a hands-on, professional, and tailored design approach, founded on the RIBA's tried and tested project work stages.

We listen carefully and work closely with our clients to create designs that translate visual appeal, while balancing environmental impact and building resilience. Reductive overtones, daylight and human scale are embedded qualities that help distil the specifics of function, place, orientation and site geometry, which make our clients' projects successful.

Our design process focuses on getting the basics right, designing healthy, uplifting and adaptable design, that supports and enhances the way we make buildings.

design services

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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


We think of design quality having three distinct measures; cognitive appreciation, emotional engagement, and having a sense of purpose.

The studio is committed to providing our clients with an informative, stimulating and professional design service. We follow the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Code of Professional Conduct. Project architects are registered with the ARB (Architects Registration Board). The studio is an RIBA Chartered Practice, to give new clients confidence and assurance that the quality of service they receive, commitment to design excellence and delivery, is professional and accountable.

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The studio was founded by Mark Richards in 2012. Mark, a Chartered Architect, has extensive architectural design and delivery experience gained during international design practice, designing and leading large-scale projects in the UK and overseas. He has a keen interest in mixing building typologies, environmentally conscious building and an aptitude for simplifying complex problems. Mark was the RIBA elected member of the Cambridge City Design Review panel in 2017/18 and supports the local RIBA chapter; the Cambridge Association of Architects.


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