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In 2016 in Bristol we set up a small studio dedicated to designing and creating. There we brainstormed and designed our first joint architectural project. We found the design process across the two disciplines to be really exciting and rewarding. This was the starting point for us and when we moved back to London in 2018 we decided we didn’t want to stop, so we set up a new collaborative practice - &U studio. In London in 2018 Cedric Mitchell RIBA ARB architect with a background in conservation and accessible design joined the studio as an associate director.

We feel that over the last 30 years or so a lot of architecture has lost sight of it's real purpose and potential, especially with regards to learnt intuitive environmental knowledge. The focus has been more towards academic theory and delivery of monuments to fashion, status, ego and financial reward. With buildings built to boast and battle against the environment rather than work with it. We believe that architecture not only has a responsibility to shelter and inspire humans, but also to protect and enable society and the wider natural environment.

What if the places in which we live and work could aid equality and help make us and the environment healthier and happier through an architecture that inspires and provides spaces where we all want to live, work, play and can grow. We are particularly interested in community driven design and the life cycle and legacy of architecture.

How about architecture as part of a sustainability positive eco-grid for the future - nurturing the production of food, biodiversity, energy, health and happiness - cleaning the air we breathe and generating more energy than they use.

We want to create sustainable inclusive communities with a sense of identity and place. An architecture that is beautiful and built for life and living. The bridge between people, nature and culture.

With over fifteen years designing and delivering architectural projects ranging from new build to deep retrofit and refurbishment including landscape, private domestic, larger scale commercial, community and education buildings.

I was a founder member of INBUILT, a multi disciplinary practice working with major house builders to design code compliant housing, a co-founding partner of SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN LLP and previously worked for J.R. DAVIES ASSOCIATES with a focus on education buildings. Most recently I have worked with SOMETHING AND SON Ltd (an arts led collaborative) who work across art, design and architecture on socially and environmentally driven projects.

As a partner of SbyD I was on the design team for three BRE Passivhaus competitions as successful finalist and delivered sustainable low energy new builds and cutting edge retrofits.

I use 3D modelling as part of the design and analysis processes. I'm a member of the London Revit User Group for BIM (Building Information Modelling).

I have always been fascinated by the psychological and physical impact our environments have on us. I see a vital link between human wellbeing and the need to protect the planet.

I am also a photographer and occasionally a furniture maker.

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As a filmmaker, he has cemented his status as one of the UK's most sought after Production Designers. He collaborated with Joanna Hogg on her debut feature, Unrelated (2008), as well as her subsequent features Archipelago (2010) and Exhibition (2013) and recently The Souvenir (2019) starring Tilda Swinton and Honor Byrne Swinton which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance film festival. Other work includes Sally El Hosaini’s My Brother the Devil, Bypass directed by Duane Hopkins and Francis Lee’s BIFA winning and BAFTA nominated God’s Own Country.

Stéphane is also a painter and visual artist - as interested in design and architecture as he is in Cinema. He is always exploring the latest digital technologies and where they might take us.

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Offering over 30 years experience in both residential and commercial design in the UK and France. Past clients have included the National Trust, the Field Studies Council, Outward Bound, Chailey Heritage and Macintyre Homes as well as numerous private clients. He has been the recipient of two Prince of Wales awards, a Civic Trust commendation and a project shortlisted for an RIBA award. He holds a dual British and French nationality and is fluent in both English and French. He is a member of the Ordre des Architectes and is fully qualified to practice in the UK and France.

He has been for many years a committee member of the Franco British Union of Architects and is also a member of the Association of Self Build Architects and the Green Register.

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