About the practice

Modern Elegant Sustainable Architecture - MESA. Our thinking is Modern - in that it represents the present day, and we draw our influences from Modernism. However, unlike the Modernists, we don't believe that all new technology renders the old style of buildings obsolete, rather that we should look back at technology historically, returning where appropriate to simple principles, particularly those that make a building more sustainable. We believe in simplicity and clarity of form, and in an absence of clutter. We tend to emphasise the materiality of the building, the geometry of form and the functionality of the plan. Elegance is synonymous with grace, taste, dignity, flair, style, dash and chic. Our buildings embody these qualities. Our buildings are sustainable; their designs follow the principles of economic, social and ecological sustainability. Our designs support the development of renewable energy sources. We are the table around which ideas develop into buildings.