Architecture for homes and art spaces, from Kew

Crouch End Studio · Crouch End

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RIBA Chartered PracticeBased in Kew, Richmond
Renzo Piano Building WorkshopSeven years, Paris and London
Our own practice since 2016Homes, galleries and art spaces
London and the South WestAny size or scope of project

Galleries and restaurants

Art spaces for Stuart Shave, Emalin and Sadie Coles HQ, and the Jidori restaurants.

Sadie Coles HQ
Gallery · Savile Row, Mayfair
Stuart Shave Modern Art
Gallery · Bury Street, St James
Emalin
Gallery · The Clerk's House and the Lazarus Building
Jidori
Restaurants · Covent Garden and Dalston

Homes

Houses, extensions, conversions and studios across London.

Dining room with sash windows and a herringbone floor — **Kew Gardens Extension**Extension · Kew

Stone courtyard garden with potted plants — **Islington House**House · Islington

Timber-lined room with three windows onto trees — **Muswell Hill Edwardian House**House · Muswell Hill

Pale timber loft with white beams and arched windows — **Bermondsey Coach House**Coach house · Bermondsey

Oak doors opening onto a room with a herringbone floor — **Kilburn Conversion**Conversion · Kilburn

Bright living room with arched windows and yellow chairs — **Mortlake Apartment**Apartment · Mortlake

Garden studio with timber beams and paper lanterns — **Crouch End Studio**Studio · Crouch End

Studio with a brick column and a timber-framed glazed screen — **Islington Artist's Studio**Studio · Islington

White room with French doors onto the garden — **Hampstead Studio**Studio · Hampstead

Pale blue room with a period fireplace — **Kilburn Phase Two**House · Kilburn

“Impeccable portfolio of work: researched, refined, and enduring. I have found Giles to be a perfectionist in projects of every type and scale. Recommended.”

Joseph Asghar5.0 from 1 Google review

The ambition is to create contemporary buildings and interiors with a straightforward, relaxed character, in which traditional construction is quietly expressed.

The practice

Giles Reid Architects is an RIBA Chartered Practice based in Kew, Richmond, serving London and the South West.

Giles was born and educated in New Zealand. He worked for seven years for Renzo Piano Building Workshop, in Paris and then London, and then for Matheson Whiteley as project architect for Stuart Shave Modern Art, Helmet Row, Clerkenwell.

He set up his own practice in 2016, with a focus on bespoke domestic projects and art spaces, including Stuart Shave's Bury Street gallery in St James, The Clerk's House for Emalin and, most recently, Sadie Coles HQ's gallery on Savile Row, Mayfair.

New ZealandBorn and educated
Paris and LondonRenzo Piano Building Workshop, seven years
Matheson WhiteleyProject architect, Stuart Shave Modern Art
Kew, 2016Giles Reid Architects

Research and writing

The work is integrated with ongoing research and writing, in particular on the work of several important but neglected New Zealand architects.

Claude Megson Architect
Claude Megson: Counter Constructions
Russell Withers
Henry Kulka
Nicholas Kennedy / Ian Bisman
Ivan Juriss
Len Hoogerbrug
John Scott

Discuss your project

I am always happy to hear from you and discuss your project, no matter the size or scope.

Kitchen and dining room under roof lights, Kew Gardens Extension — Kew Gardens Extension · Kew