ScottWhitbyStudio is a London-based architecture and urban design practice founded on listening, learning and immersion. We work closely with an eclectic array of clients and collaborators in a rigorous, dextrous process where inquisitive observation, research and discussion are the catalyst for design.

Everywhere that we can, we aspire to retain, re-use and recycle. Where new interventions are required, we combine our light-touch with a low-embodied energy material palette in search of a more responsible architecture. Our precise unpicking of layers of history, combined with a desire to create ambitious architecture that endures for generations has led us to working on numerous Listed Buildings, Heritage projects, and schemes within complicated, historic planning contexts.

‘Deep Immersion’ is an integral part of our process that allows us to investigate the past, innovate in the present, and build for a flexible, low-carbon future. We have volunteered in soup kitchens to better understand the complex logistics of a homeless charity whose premises we helped reinvigorate; we have cooked dinners with our clients, within their existing ad-hoc set-up, helping us create a space more suited to their social patterns; we temporarily moved our office into a commercial building whilst undertaking the feasibility study for its restoration and re-use; we have also asked families to create individual video diaries so that we can appreciate the unique and shared rituals of family members, accommodating everyone within the proposals.

Alex Scott-Whitby
Director

Passionate about education, Alex combines leading ScottWhitbyStudio with being Associate Professor of Architecture at Kingston University. Prior to this he was senior lecturer at the University of East London, and led the Architecture and Physical Design Cluster. He holds a visiting faculty position at the Berlin International University of Applied Science where he runs a course on restoration and conservation. Previously, he was a Diploma unit master at the Architectural Association, visiting lecturer at The Welsh School of Architecture, and a visiting professor at the International University of Architecture, Venice. He frequently gives lectures and talks about architecture and the work of the studio to schools and universities worldwide. Alex's interest in the future of the profession saw him sit on RIBA Council for 10 years, during which time he sat on the Board of the British Architectural Trust as well as Education, Membership, and International Relations committees, and was a member of the British Architectural Library committee. His work and the work of the studio has been exhibited and published internationally, and in 2016 he was named by the RIBA Journal as one of the Rising Stars of British Architecture.

Osman Marfo-Gyasi
Associate

Osman is part of the original team at ScottWhitbyStudio where he has a central role in the preparation of presentation materials. He is able to bring together all his talents as an architect as well as photographer and digital artist, and manages the graphic output of ScottWhitbyStudio’s London office, ensuring that the team works efficiently and effectively. This eye for detail has also been key in all of Osman’s work from the creation of a luxury private villa in the Middle East to the renovation of a family home in Oxfordshire. He enjoys working closely with the client to ensure that their needs are met practically as well as aesthetically. He has personally guided his Oxford client through the design process and works tirelessly to create a home that will serve the needs of this family both today and tomorrow.

Past Members: Alex McGill, Anna Pizova, Cherng-Min Teong, Elza Liang, Joshua Doyle, Kirk Slankard, Michael Eleftheriou, Michaela Bortolozzi, Nana Ayisi, Oliver Taylor, Paulina Huukari, Pierre Blanc, Raghav Dixit, Renata Fassio, Roger Whiteman, Rosa Vane, Tamara Curtis.

AWARDS

CLIENTS

British Council
British Land
Broadgate Estate
City of London Corporation
Crown Estate
Design Museum 
Financial Conduct Authority 
Jubilee Pool Penzance 
London Centre Of Self Realization Fellowship
London Festival of Architecture 
McGee
National Church Institutions
Nine United
North Page 
Qatar Foundation
Royal Academy of Arts
Sir Robert McAlpine 
Southwark Council
St. John’s College Cambridge
The Corporation of the Church House
The Diocese of London
The Simon Community
The Trustees and Elders of Westminster Chapel
Winchester City Council