About the practice

DRDH Architects was established in 2000 by Daniel Rosbottom and David Howarth. The work of the practice is characterised by its responsiveness to both physical and cultural contexts and for the quality of detailing and construction, often achieved within stringent time and budget constraints. The practice works across a breadth of scales, contexts and building types, both in the UK and overseas. The practice are currently delivering a number of projects, won in international competition including a new city library and a theatre & concert hall for the Norwegian arctic city of Bodo and a housing project and social centre for the elderly in Aarshot Belgium. In the UK, DRDH have established themselves within the higher education sector having completed a new library for the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham and the design of a new administration building and refurbishment of the existing art school at UCA’s Rochester campus. A studio building for The Workshop in Sheffield won an RIBA Award in 2010 and was named best building in the RIBA Civic Trust Sheffield Awards for architecture 2010. The practice situates itself within a wider research context that includes teaching and writing on art, architecture and the city. Its work has been published and exhibited internationally. Within its central London studio, the practice has expertise in, and access to, a wide range of physical and digital techniques for design development and representation, from physical model making and photography through to computer visualisation and Building Information Modeling (BIM).