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TOP ARCHITECTS 2018
BEN ADAMS – FOUNDING DIRECTOR, BEN ADAMS ARCHITECTS
Established in 2010, Ben Adams Architects has quickly developed a reputation for elegant, contextual
architecture balancing function with an appropriate degree of innovation and fl air. Its portfolio
demonstrates an ability to design buildings that fulfi ll clients’ immediate needs, but
which also provides enough fl exibility to meet changing requirements in the
future.
Ben Adams, the founding director, has a particular expertise in the
intelligent refurbishment of existing buildings, delivering projects which
are contemporary yet respectful of their site, surroundings and historic
conditions. The company diagnose the existing strengths and weaknesses of
a building to fully unlock its potential, rationalising circulation, entrances or
social spaces to add experiential and commercial value.
CAROLINE SMITH – WISH LONDON
Caroline Smith has been working in professional practice for more than 30
years, a decade of which she spent working with Fox Linton Associates.
In 2009 she set up WISH London with the backing of specialist multi-
disciplinary surveying and design consultancy, GIA.
Over the course of her career, Smith has designed architectural interiors
for many private clients, hoteliers and luxury brands, as well as some of the
main commercial developers in the UK. WISH recently provided the concept
scheme and narrative for a 223-key design hotel in Eastern Europe.
DAVID ARCHER – DIRECTOR, ARCHER HUMPHRYES ARCHITECTS
David Archer, who is the visionary behind Chiltern Firehouse, Great Northern
Hotel, LaLiT London and The Gainsborough Bath and Spa, has a way of
designing hotels with a strong focus on the people who would use the
spaces.
His architecture and design displays a keen sense of how people behave, or
can behave, within a built environment. Within all of his past projects there
is a harmony and unity between architecture, the interiors, the location and
the provenance, which creates a great sense of continuity and congruence.
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