Hugh Strange Architects

Hugh Strange Architects are based in London and have developed a reputation for producing practical and cost effective buildings that marry an attention to material and structure with precise, contextually considerate responses to sensitive urban and rural sites. Their design approach starts with a detailed understanding of the client’s brief, and carefully looking at the surrounding context, so that their buildings are wholly situated, embodying a thoughtful capacity to understand place.

The practice works with models throughout the design process, favouring simple floor plans and eschewing the formal excess. The qualities come instead from an interest in articulating the structural necessities of a project, from an enjoyment of the visual and tactile qualities of materials, and from an interest in direct, but delicately realised construction.

The Modern House Says
"Hugh has a natural flair for craftsmanship, often combining brick and timber while emphasising the natural patina of inherited structures."

Hugh Strange Architects on The Modern House