RISE Design Studio
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RISE Design Studio. We design buildings that breathe, adapt, and last.
With Passivhaus principles, adaptive reuse, and 3D tech, we create low-energy homes, thoughtful retrofits, and future-proof spaces.
Sustainable, smart, built for people.
With Passivhaus principles, adaptive reuse, and 3D tech, we create low-energy homes, thoughtful retrofits, and future-proof spaces.
Sustainable, smart, built for people.
Four peaks, borrowed from 1855.
RISE Design Studio's speculative, pro bono pavilion concept for the Grade II listed chapels at Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, shaped with local resident Tessa Morrison.
https://bit.ly/4yo779C
RISE Design Studio's speculative, pro bono pavilion concept for the Grade II listed chapels at Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, shaped with local resident Tessa Morrison.
https://bit.ly/4yo779C
September 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Four peaks, borrowed from 1855.
RISE Design Studio's speculative, pro bono pavilion concept for the Grade II listed chapels at Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, shaped with local resident Tessa Morrison.
https://bit.ly/4yo779C
RISE Design Studio's speculative, pro bono pavilion concept for the Grade II listed chapels at Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, shaped with local resident Tessa Morrison.
https://bit.ly/4yo779C
Flower House is nearly complete.
RISE Design Studio's Victorian terrace extension in Queen's Park: lime-rendered arches, roof glazing and a canopy with a circle left open for a tree.
https://bit.ly/4AUKHP1
RISE Design Studio's Victorian terrace extension in Queen's Park: lime-rendered arches, roof glazing and a canopy with a circle left open for a tree.
https://bit.ly/4AUKHP1
September 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Flower House is nearly complete.
RISE Design Studio's Victorian terrace extension in Queen's Park: lime-rendered arches, roof glazing and a canopy with a circle left open for a tree.
https://bit.ly/4AUKHP1
RISE Design Studio's Victorian terrace extension in Queen's Park: lime-rendered arches, roof glazing and a canopy with a circle left open for a tree.
https://bit.ly/4AUKHP1
Warm air rises. A stair with an opening rooflight on top will purge a warm house for nothing. New on the RISE journal: how the stack effect works, where it fails and how it fits with MVHR.
https://bit.ly/4xTefdD
https://bit.ly/4xTefdD
September 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Warm air rises. A stair with an opening rooflight on top will purge a warm house for nothing. New on the RISE journal: how the stack effect works, where it fails and how it fits with MVHR.
https://bit.ly/4xTefdD
https://bit.ly/4xTefdD
From the archive: a yoga retreat RISE Design Studio designed for a working farm above Lake Krøderen, Norway. Two timber cabins from the courtyard, a spa dug into the slope on the lake side. Taken to planning stage. https://bit.ly/4r9z6af
September 14, 2026 at 11:40 AM
From the archive: a yoga retreat RISE Design Studio designed for a working farm above Lake Krøderen, Norway. Two timber cabins from the courtyard, a spa dug into the slope on the lake side. Taken to planning stage. https://bit.ly/4r9z6af
A Gaudí house in the middle of nowhere. Sean Ronnie Hill of RISE Design Studio visits the Xalet del Catllaràs, built for Güell's mining engineers at 1,371 m and confirmed as Gaudí's work in 2026. https://bit.ly/4xTl2nE
September 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
A Gaudí house in the middle of nowhere. Sean Ronnie Hill of RISE Design Studio visits the Xalet del Catllaràs, built for Güell's mining engineers at 1,371 m and confirmed as Gaudí's work in 2026. https://bit.ly/4xTl2nE
Sustainable clothes in Barcelona, in a shop built to last. RISE Design Studio on INDOI Ghar, Poblenou: organic and regenerative cotton, made to order, in a restored bajos with its original terrazzo and timber doors. https://bit.ly/4xiimyK
September 11, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Sustainable clothes in Barcelona, in a shop built to last. RISE Design Studio on INDOI Ghar, Poblenou: organic and regenerative cotton, made to order, in a restored bajos with its original terrazzo and timber doors. https://bit.ly/4xiimyK
José Dengra of RISE Design Studio spent a day at Can Lis, Jørn Utzon's stone house on a Mallorcan cliff. Four pavilions, windows with no visible frames, furniture built from the walls. What it teaches about light and material in London homes: https://bit.ly/466ehTl
September 2, 2026 at 8:46 AM
José Dengra of RISE Design Studio spent a day at Can Lis, Jørn Utzon's stone house on a Mallorcan cliff. Four pavilions, windows with no visible frames, furniture built from the walls. What it teaches about light and material in London homes: https://bit.ly/466ehTl
Why solar shading belongs in a home's design from the start, not bolted on later: the main types, what suits each orientation, and why external beats internal. RISE Design Studio, featuring Ribbon House in Queen's Park. https://bit.ly/4ayT72U
July 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Why solar shading belongs in a home's design from the start, not bolted on later: the main types, what suits each orientation, and why external beats internal. RISE Design Studio, featuring Ribbon House in Queen's Park. https://bit.ly/4ayT72U
Architecture is not the product. Trust is. The architecture is the outcome
RISE Design Studio founder Sean Hill on what he got wrong in the first five years, and the lesson that reshaped the practice https://bit.ly/3RU5PCN
RISE Design Studio founder Sean Hill on what he got wrong in the first five years, and the lesson that reshaped the practice https://bit.ly/3RU5PCN
June 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Architecture is not the product. Trust is. The architecture is the outcome
RISE Design Studio founder Sean Hill on what he got wrong in the first five years, and the lesson that reshaped the practice https://bit.ly/3RU5PCN
RISE Design Studio founder Sean Hill on what he got wrong in the first five years, and the lesson that reshaped the practice https://bit.ly/3RU5PCN
RISE Design Studio imagined a padel court on the edge of Regent's Park: a full-height glazed wall framing the green, a glulam roof storing carbon, a court that answers the canopy outside. The Japanese call it shakkei, borrowed scenery.
June 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
RISE Design Studio imagined a padel court on the edge of Regent's Park: a full-height glazed wall framing the green, a glulam roof storing carbon, a court that answers the canopy outside. The Japanese call it shakkei, borrowed scenery.
Two windows on one wall, designed never to match. One follows the sun across the timber ceiling, the other holds the view and the later light.
The new RISE Design Studio Journal piece begins with the Douglas House kitchen, and the sketch drawn before it was built. https://bit.ly/4xmwwjV
The new RISE Design Studio Journal piece begins with the Douglas House kitchen, and the sketch drawn before it was built. https://bit.ly/4xmwwjV
June 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Two windows on one wall, designed never to match. One follows the sun across the timber ceiling, the other holds the view and the later light.
The new RISE Design Studio Journal piece begins with the Douglas House kitchen, and the sketch drawn before it was built. https://bit.ly/4xmwwjV
The new RISE Design Studio Journal piece begins with the Douglas House kitchen, and the sketch drawn before it was built. https://bit.ly/4xmwwjV
Most renovation plans are careful. The layout. The materials. The contractor.
Insurance tends to come later. Sometimes too late.
RISE Design Studio on the nine policies worth understanding before work begins.
https://bit.ly/3RAXFz3
Insurance tends to come later. Sometimes too late.
RISE Design Studio on the nine policies worth understanding before work begins.
https://bit.ly/3RAXFz3
May 29, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Most renovation plans are careful. The layout. The materials. The contractor.
Insurance tends to come later. Sometimes too late.
RISE Design Studio on the nine policies worth understanding before work begins.
https://bit.ly/3RAXFz3
Insurance tends to come later. Sometimes too late.
RISE Design Studio on the nine policies worth understanding before work begins.
https://bit.ly/3RAXFz3
6am. Serpentine Lake. 23.7°C.
Sean Ronnie Hill swims here year-round. In January it is 4°C. Same lake. Completely different proposition.
The best buildings work the same way. You stop noticing the environment because it has already taken care of itself.
Full blog: risedesignstudio.co.uk/journal
Sean Ronnie Hill swims here year-round. In January it is 4°C. Same lake. Completely different proposition.
The best buildings work the same way. You stop noticing the environment because it has already taken care of itself.
Full blog: risedesignstudio.co.uk/journal
May 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM
6am. Serpentine Lake. 23.7°C.
Sean Ronnie Hill swims here year-round. In January it is 4°C. Same lake. Completely different proposition.
The best buildings work the same way. You stop noticing the environment because it has already taken care of itself.
Full blog: risedesignstudio.co.uk/journal
Sean Ronnie Hill swims here year-round. In January it is 4°C. Same lake. Completely different proposition.
The best buildings work the same way. You stop noticing the environment because it has already taken care of itself.
Full blog: risedesignstudio.co.uk/journal
Sean Ronnie Hill of RISE Design Studio visited Matiz Gallery in Barcelona last week and wrote about Adam Weismann's unfired rammed earth panels-compressed geology, honest material, no paint, no pretence.A reminder of what natural materials can do when allowed to be themselves https://bit.ly/4uCJg47
May 27, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sean Ronnie Hill of RISE Design Studio visited Matiz Gallery in Barcelona last week and wrote about Adam Weismann's unfired rammed earth panels-compressed geology, honest material, no paint, no pretence.A reminder of what natural materials can do when allowed to be themselves https://bit.ly/4uCJg47
Samsung Germany filmed their latest campaign at Herbert Paradise, a low-energy EnerPHit home in Kensal Rise by RISE Design Studio.
They weren't looking for a stylish backdrop. They were looking for calm. And that calm is a product of building science as much as design. https://bit.ly/3PRZF5t
They weren't looking for a stylish backdrop. They were looking for calm. And that calm is a product of building science as much as design. https://bit.ly/3PRZF5t
May 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Samsung Germany filmed their latest campaign at Herbert Paradise, a low-energy EnerPHit home in Kensal Rise by RISE Design Studio.
They weren't looking for a stylish backdrop. They were looking for calm. And that calm is a product of building science as much as design. https://bit.ly/3PRZF5t
They weren't looking for a stylish backdrop. They were looking for calm. And that calm is a product of building science as much as design. https://bit.ly/3PRZF5t
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🌍 Tomorrow at Futurebuild: UK Architects Declare + Architecture Today bring the Regenerative Architecture Index to the Main Stage. With Anna Liu, Laura Baron & Jan Kattein, chaired by Isabel Allen.📍ExCeL London 🕑 14:45–15:45
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May 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
🌍 Tomorrow at Futurebuild: UK Architects Declare + Architecture Today bring the Regenerative Architecture Index to the Main Stage. With Anna Liu, Laura Baron & Jan Kattein, chaired by Isabel Allen.📍ExCeL London 🕑 14:45–15:45
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Most UK homes were built when energy was cheap. The buildings have not changed. The energy market has
RISE Design Studio on why fabric-first design, not tariff switching, is the only durable answer. https://bit.ly/42LvShC
RISE Design Studio on why fabric-first design, not tariff switching, is the only durable answer. https://bit.ly/42LvShC
May 4, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Most UK homes were built when energy was cheap. The buildings have not changed. The energy market has
RISE Design Studio on why fabric-first design, not tariff switching, is the only durable answer. https://bit.ly/42LvShC
RISE Design Studio on why fabric-first design, not tariff switching, is the only durable answer. https://bit.ly/42LvShC
Planning approved for Sutton Churches Tennis Club's new low-carbon mass timber clubhouse in Sutton, London. RISE Design Studio shares what every sports club committee needs to know before appointing an architect. https://bit.ly/4cudobm
April 23, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Planning approved for Sutton Churches Tennis Club's new low-carbon mass timber clubhouse in Sutton, London. RISE Design Studio shares what every sports club committee needs to know before appointing an architect. https://bit.ly/4cudobm
Scallop House, Winston Road N16 - RISE Design Studio has completed developed design for this sculptural Victorian rear extension in Stoke Newington.
The palette has evolved significantly from concept - clay plaster, lime render, oiled oak, and a Japanese-influenced garden
https://bit.ly/4cnGR5n
The palette has evolved significantly from concept - clay plaster, lime render, oiled oak, and a Japanese-influenced garden
https://bit.ly/4cnGR5n
April 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Scallop House, Winston Road N16 - RISE Design Studio has completed developed design for this sculptural Victorian rear extension in Stoke Newington.
The palette has evolved significantly from concept - clay plaster, lime render, oiled oak, and a Japanese-influenced garden
https://bit.ly/4cnGR5n
The palette has evolved significantly from concept - clay plaster, lime render, oiled oak, and a Japanese-influenced garden
https://bit.ly/4cnGR5n
What does it actually cost to build a new home in London in 2026?
We have published a detailed, no-nonsense breakdown - construction costs, professional fees, planning, VAT advantages etc
Worth a read if you're thinking about building.
https://bit.ly/41AQit5
We have published a detailed, no-nonsense breakdown - construction costs, professional fees, planning, VAT advantages etc
Worth a read if you're thinking about building.
https://bit.ly/41AQit5
March 31, 2026 at 11:03 AM
What does it actually cost to build a new home in London in 2026?
We have published a detailed, no-nonsense breakdown - construction costs, professional fees, planning, VAT advantages etc
Worth a read if you're thinking about building.
https://bit.ly/41AQit5
We have published a detailed, no-nonsense breakdown - construction costs, professional fees, planning, VAT advantages etc
Worth a read if you're thinking about building.
https://bit.ly/41AQit5
The client's brief had one rule.
No glazed box.
Scallop House, Winston Road N16. Curved lime render. Elliptical rooflights. Walls thick enough to remember the heat of the day.
RISE Design Studio. Stoke Newington https://bit.ly/41szqEQ
No glazed box.
Scallop House, Winston Road N16. Curved lime render. Elliptical rooflights. Walls thick enough to remember the heat of the day.
RISE Design Studio. Stoke Newington https://bit.ly/41szqEQ
March 25, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The client's brief had one rule.
No glazed box.
Scallop House, Winston Road N16. Curved lime render. Elliptical rooflights. Walls thick enough to remember the heat of the day.
RISE Design Studio. Stoke Newington https://bit.ly/41szqEQ
No glazed box.
Scallop House, Winston Road N16. Curved lime render. Elliptical rooflights. Walls thick enough to remember the heat of the day.
RISE Design Studio. Stoke Newington https://bit.ly/41szqEQ
What does a house extension really cost in London in 2026?
RISE Design Studio has published an honest guide - drawn from a real project - breaking down every cost from construction to ASHP, MVHR, airtightness and architect fees.
No vague ranges. Just real numbers.
→ https://bit.ly/4rLYjpM
RISE Design Studio has published an honest guide - drawn from a real project - breaking down every cost from construction to ASHP, MVHR, airtightness and architect fees.
No vague ranges. Just real numbers.
→ https://bit.ly/4rLYjpM
March 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM
What does a house extension really cost in London in 2026?
RISE Design Studio has published an honest guide - drawn from a real project - breaking down every cost from construction to ASHP, MVHR, airtightness and architect fees.
No vague ranges. Just real numbers.
→ https://bit.ly/4rLYjpM
RISE Design Studio has published an honest guide - drawn from a real project - breaking down every cost from construction to ASHP, MVHR, airtightness and architect fees.
No vague ranges. Just real numbers.
→ https://bit.ly/4rLYjpM
RISE Design Studio has published a new piece on biophilic design in Notting Hill - exploring how Victorian terraces are being transformed through natural light, living materials, and the dissolution of the indoor-outdoor threshold.
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4bO2vk6
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4bO2vk6
March 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM
RISE Design Studio has published a new piece on biophilic design in Notting Hill - exploring how Victorian terraces are being transformed through natural light, living materials, and the dissolution of the indoor-outdoor threshold.
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4bO2vk6
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4bO2vk6
RISE Design Studio is working pro bono on QPK at the Chapels - a community vision to restore Grade II listed Victorian Gothic chapels at Paddington Old Cemetery, Queen's Park, into a neighbourhood hub of learning, culture and community. Read full story: https://bit.ly/4bila6d
Why We Give Our Time to Architecture That Matters: RISE Design Studio & the Paddington Old Cemetery Chapels
Pro bono architects RISE Design Studio are helping restore Grade II listed Victorian Gothic chapels in Queen's Park, Brent into a community hub
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March 11, 2026 at 9:13 AM
RISE Design Studio is working pro bono on QPK at the Chapels - a community vision to restore Grade II listed Victorian Gothic chapels at Paddington Old Cemetery, Queen's Park, into a neighbourhood hub of learning, culture and community. Read full story: https://bit.ly/4bila6d
England's planning appeals process changes on 1 April 2026 - Inspectors will only consider what was in the original application - no new evidence, no second chances. RISE Design Studio breaks down what this means for your project: https://bit.ly/46LgxjH
March 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
England's planning appeals process changes on 1 April 2026 - Inspectors will only consider what was in the original application - no new evidence, no second chances. RISE Design Studio breaks down what this means for your project: https://bit.ly/46LgxjH