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Philip Marsh
Director, Studio London/BerlinBA, 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.

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
DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Philip Marsh
DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Sadie Morgan
DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Jonas Lencer
DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Judith Stichtenoth
DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Saskia Lencer
DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Tamsin Pearce
Finance DirectorStudio London/Berlin

Steven Wallis
Associate DirectorStudio London

Alexis Hewitson
Executive Assistant to Sadie Morgan and Jonas LencerStudio London

Anastasia Suzdaltseva
Arch AssistantStudio London

Andreea Stanuta
Arch AssistantStudio London

Anna Shpuntova
Arch AssistantStudio London

Auzar Tehrani
Senior Architectural DesignerStudio London

Benedetta Montaguti
Project ArchitectStudio London

Catherine Clarke
Associate, Studio ManagerStudio London

Charlotte Ward
Arch AssistantStudio London

Chris Bennett
Arch AssistantStudio London

Chris Cornelissen
AssociateStudio London

Defne Narsap
Arch AssistantStudio Berlin

Denice Mann-Toyinbo
Project ArchitectStudio London

Elle Thompson
ArchitectStudio London

Emilie Burns
Studio CoordinatorStudio London

Eva Neumann
ArchitectStudio Berlin

Finbar Charleson
ArchitectStudio London

Findlay McFarlane
ArchitectStudio Berlin

George Ahern
Project ArchitectStudio London

Gerda Mukhanova
Studio CoordinatorStudio Berlin

Helen Buchholz
ArchitectStudio Berlin

Hugo Santos
Senior Sustainability & Regenerative Design ManagerStudio London/Berlin

Jacqueline Wheeler
Associate, Communications ManagerStudio London/Berlin

Kallum Lightfoot
Arch AssistantStudio London

Lorenz Krauth
Project Architect and Bid ManagerStudio Berlin

Martina Riva
ArchitectStudio London

Miranda Musson
Arch AssistantStudio London

Muiris FitzGerald
Arch AssistantStudio London

Nazli Usta
Senior AssociateStudio London/Berlin

Regina Kertapati
Senior AssociateStudio London

Romain Muller
Senior ArchitectStudio London

Rosie Fishburn
Arch AssistantStudio London

Sam Skogstad
Senior Architectural DesignerStudio London

Tonia Tkachenko
Studio LeadStudio Berlin

Victoria Hale
Senior AssociateStudio London

Will Howard
Senior AssociateStudio London