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We are Ambient Studio - an explorative architecture and design practice making buildings, places and spaces

We create designs that inspire change through innovation. Our work combines intelligent and contextual, strategic idea-based thinking with material and aesthetic exploration, detail driven design and construction logic

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Architectural proposal for a charred timber clad, two-storey house that curves its corner between two streets in a residential area of Beckenham, London, UK.
Architectural proposal for a contemporary modular house with a distinct volumetric appearance and prominent roofscape. The houses features a white corrugated metal clad volume over a timber and glass ground floor screen.

Developers

We specialise in delivering singular one-off developments on complex small sites and multi-unit developments on wider urban sites.

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Our strategic approach is tailored for assisting developers in appraising, unlocking and maximising a site’s development potential, and adding value through innovative, contextual design, meticulously honed and narrated for planning approval.

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Architectural proposal for a double-height living space, designed in a natura minimalism style with oak veneered walls and timber floors, connected to the rear garden via large glazed openings.
Contemporary ground floor side and rear extension to a Victorian London terraced house, featuring full-height glazed doors and paving extending from inside to out.

Homeowners

We thrive when creating beautifully articulated homes for unique living, either through sustainable, contemporary retrofit and extensions, or new build projects.

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Our collaborative hands-on approach helps homeowners to define objectives to reflect their vision, make design decisions to unlock the potential of their property, successfully navigate the planning and regulatory process, and partner with reliable and trusted builders.

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Contemporary ground floor side and rear extension to a Victorian London terraced house, featuring full-height glazed doors connecting kitchen and dining space to garden.
Atmospheric cocktail bar in Manchester city centre, with fitted furniture and ambient lighting, located within a listed building.

Commercial Clients

We love collaborating with aspirational, like-minded organisations to deliver interior retrofit and new build commercial, hospitality and retail spaces.

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With our explorative and conceptual nature, we strive to develop designs which reflect and embody our client’s unique brand and values, creating environments which boost happiness, morale and productivity, attract new clientele, and leave a lasting impression on customers.

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Proposal for a flexible hanging system designed to provide hanging options for art, signage or exhibition displays within the Blavatnik Hall at the V&A Museum, as part of their Exhibition Road Quarter project.
Architectural proposal fo a circular, timber framed  interpretation space with an upper floor viewing deck, located within an urban ecology park at Greenwich Ecology Park, London, UK.

Public Clients

We work with charities, public bodies and community land trusts seeking to positively contribute to their community through a shared belief in good design.

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With our participatory approach, we strive to inspire and empower clients, helping them to develop their ideas into realised projects at a range of scales, be that landscape interventions and pavilions, public buildings and community developments.

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Architectural proposal fo a circular, timber framed  interpretation space with an upper floor viewing deck, located within an urban ecology park at Greenwich Ecology Park, London, UK.