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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 MorganStudio London
Anna Shpuntova
Arch AssistantStudio London
Auzar Tehrani
Project Architectural DesignerStudio London
Benedetta Montaguti
ArchitectStudio London
Catherine Clarke
Associate, Studio ManagerStudio London
Ceren Mihlar
Project Architectural DesignerStudio London
Charlotte Ward
Arch AssistantStudio London
Chris Bennett
Arch AssistantStudio London
Chris Cornelissen
AssociateStudio London
Denice Mann-Toyinbo
Project ArchitectStudio London
Elle Thompson
Arch AssistantStudio London
Eva Neumann
ArchitectStudio Berlin
Finbar Charleson
ArchitectStudio London
Findlay McFarlane
ArchitectStudio Berlin
George Ahern
Project ArchitectStudio London
Helen Buchholz
Architectural DesignerStudio Berlin
Hugo Santos
Senior Sustainability & Regenerative Design ManagerStudio London/Berlin
Jacqueline Wheeler
Marketing ManagerStudio London/Berlin
James Young
Project ArchitectStudio London
Joe Morris
Architectural DesignerStudio London
Kallum Lightfoot
Arch AssistantStudio London
Kat Scott
Associate, Head of Sustainability and Regenerative DesignStudio London/Berlin
Kieran Tam
Arch AssistantStudio London
Lily Teeling
Studio CoordinatorStudio London
Lorenz Krauth
Project Architect and Bid ManagerStudio Berlin
Martina Riva
ArchitectStudio London
Michael Baldwin
Senior Arch AssistantStudio London
Nazli Usta
Senior AssociateStudio London/Berlin
Olivia Chan
Arch AssistantStudio London
Paris Gazzola
Arch AssistantStudio London
Regina Kertapati
AssociateStudio London
Romain Muller
Senior ArchitectStudio London
Sam Skogstad
Project Architectural DesignerStudio London
Thomas Smith
Arch AssistantStudio London
Tiago Santos
BIM ChampionStudio London
Tonia Tkachenko
Studio LeadStudio Berlin
Victoria Hale
Senior AssociateStudio London
Will Howard
Senior AssociateStudio London