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Our collective strength is our approachability and desire to meet common goals.

Philip Marsh

Philip Marsh

Director
BA, DIPARCH, RIBA

Philip Marsh is a founding Director of dRMM, having established the practice in 1995 with Alex de Rijke and Sadie Morgan. Philip retains a hands-on role within the practice’s projects, driving his belief in social usefulness through every stage of a project from concept to completion. A creative pragmatist, Philip’s designs balance design with viability and buildability to gain planning permission and deliver on time and budget.

Philip Marsh

Community and social inclusion is the thread which connects Philip’s work. He has led the team behind many of dRMM’s flagship projects including Kingsdale School, Faraday House, Kings Cross ArtHouse and Clapham Manor School and Trafalgar Place, both of which were shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize.

Philip came to architecture through interior design and this is manifest in his people-focussed ‘inside out’ approach, which puts the users experience of space and their journey through the building at the forefront of the process, with external appearance driven by function rather than aesthetics. Proving socially conscious architecture doesn’t have to be worthy, colour is a recurring theme in Philip’s work, favoured for its ability to foster a sense of identify and bring joy. Housing projects such as Wansey Street and Brill Place, and Clapham Manor and Wintringham Primary schools use colour as a means of bringing art into the cityscape.

His belief in community and user experience means that placemaking and public realm are essential ingredients in Philip’s designs, with generosity in landscape and public space for the common good a signature touch. At projects such Kings Cross ArtHouse and Trafalgar Place, buildings are arranged around public spaces and the quality and value of the overall development is enhanced as a result. Most recently this has been embodied at Wintringham Primary Academy, a new school constructed from dRMMs beloved engineered timber, with an open wooded grove at its heart.

Collaboration is another hallmark of Philip’s work. He thrives on the exchange that springs from working with other creative minds, with often spectacular results, such as the Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic dome he developed with engineers MHA and timber expert Gordon Cowley for the theatre at Kingsdale School. The structure perfectly fulfilled the brief for a performance space at the heart of the school in an unexpected way, pushing creative boundaries whilst maintaining an economy of means.

Philip’s ability to build a rapport with people from all backgrounds makes him a natural at working with multi-head clients and stakeholder groups, as well as leading complex multi-disciplinary design teams. His genuine approach and down-to-earth approach helps him unite teams behind a shared vision for exceptional projects. His obvious commitment to achieving the best outcome for the communities he works with brings everyone involved a project along with him.

Outside of the studio Philip is recognised as an industry leader and puts his expertise in residential and civic architecture and urban design to use as a design review panel member for Old Oak Common & Lambeth; visiting critic at Liverpool University and formerly as a tutor at the Architectural Association.

People

Alex de Rijke

Alex de Rijke

Director
[UK / NL]
Philip Marsh

Philip Marsh

Director
[UK]
Sadie Morgan

Sadie Morgan

She/her
Director
[UK]
Jonas Lencer

Jonas Lencer

He/him
Director
[DE / UK]
Judith Stichtenoth

Judith Stichtenoth

She/her
Director
[DE / UK]
Saskia Lencer

Saskia Lencer

She/her
Director
[DE / UK]
Tamsin Pearce

Tamsin Pearce

She/her
Finance Director
[UK]
Steven Wallis

Steven Wallis

He/him
Associate Director
[AU]
Alexis Hewitson

Alexis Hewitson

She/her
Executive Assistant to Sadie Morgan
[UK]
Andy Matthews

Andy Matthews

Project Architect
[UK]
Auzar Tehrani

Auzar Tehrani

She/her
Senior Architectural Designer
[IR]
Benedetta Montaguti

Benedetta Montaguti

She/her
Architect
[IT]
Catherine Clarke

Catherine Clarke

She/her
Associate, Studio Manager
[SA / UK]
Ceren Mihlar

Ceren Mihlar

She/her
Architectural Designer
[TR]
Chris Bennett

Chris Bennett

He/him
Arch Assistant
[UK]
Chris Cornelissen

Chris Cornelissen

He/him
Senior Architect
[NL]
Denice Mann-Toyinbo

Denice Mann-Toyinbo

She/her
Architect
[UK]
Eva Neumann

Eva Neumann

She/Her
Architect
[DE]
Finbar Charleson

Finbar Charleson

He/him
Architect
[UK / SE]
Fin Orme

Fin Orme

He/him
Arch Assistant
[UK]
Findlay McFarlane

Findlay McFarlane

He/him
Architect
[UK]
Helen Buchholz

Helen Buchholz

She/her
Architectural Designer
[DE]
Joe Morris

Joe Morris

Senior Arch Assistant
[UK]
Kat Scott

Kat Scott

She/her
Associate, Regenerative Design Manager
[UK]
Lily Teeling

Lily Teeling

She/her
Studio Assistant
[UK]
Lorenz Krauth

Lorenz Krauth

Architekt
[DE]
Mark Laverty

Mark Laverty

He/him
Arch Assistant
[UK]
Mathilde Schaal

Mathilde Schaal

She/her
Arch Assistant
[FR]
Michael Baldwin

Michael Baldwin

He/him
Senior Arch Assistant
[UK]
Myah Phelan

Myah Phelan

They/them
Arch Assistant
[UK]
Nazli Usta

Nazli Usta

She/her
Senior Associate
[TR]
Olivia Chan

Olivia Chan

She/her
Arch Assistant
[UK]
Paris Gazzola

Paris Gazzola

She/her
Arch Assistant
[AU]
Regina Kertapati

Regina Kertapati

She/her
Associate
[AU]
Sam Skogstad

Sam Skogstad

He/him
Senior Arch Assistant
[NZ]
Tara Ryan

Tara Ryan

She/her
Business Development
[UK]
Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith

He/him
Architectural Assistant
[UK]
Tonia Tkachenko

Tonia Tkachenko

She/her
Senior Associate
[RU]
Victoria Hale

Victoria Hale

She/her
Senior Associate
[UK]
Will Howard

Will Howard

He/him
Senior Associate
[UK]
William Marshall

William Marshall

He/him
Senior Architectural Designer
[AU]