Useful Studio Architecture

Useful Studio is an architecture and design practice committed to being a force for good in the built environment. We work closely with our clients and collaborators to design beautiful, useful and sustainable places and enjoy building strong and lasting relationships with local authorities, landowners, developers, schools and universities at all stages of development: from an early strategic level through to completion and occupation. We are part of the Useful Simple Trust, a family of professional design practices driving change as a B Corp, Social Enterprise, Employee-Owned Organisation and Carbon Literate Organisation. Our experienced and committed engineers, architects, designers and strategists work side-by-side creating purpose-driven design for our changing environment. Our unique position within the Useful Simple Trust allows us to engage leading engineers, sustainability experts and communication designers in every project we undertake, irrespective of scale or budget. Our shared ethos of useful, ethical and intelligent design permeates everything that we do. We are committed to developing high-quality solutions. We listen, learn, analyse and interpret: for us conversation is an essential tool for design. This approach, combined with a genuine commitment to sustainable living, generates projects that are contextual and considered, with a timeless elegance and inherent beauty. Selected Clients West London College, Berkeley Group/St James, London Borough of Hounslow, City & Provincial Properties, The Blackstone Group, Lendlease, TCN Developers, St Mary’s University, Isleworth & Syon School for Boys, Milton Keynes Council and the Diocese of Westminster.