About the practice

Christoph and Esther have founded Recort Architects in 1999 as a think-tank and a space for small scale experimentation, which successfully developed into a full time engagement and a busy architectural practice dedicated to residential projects in London and the South East. First of all we listen to the client and we help to establish a brief as loose or as fixed as appropriate for the property, the scale of intervention, the budget and the time frame. The more abstract the ideas the more room there is for design development. We are trained to translate your wishes into the most desirable spatial solution considering all technical possibilities and negotiating planning, budget and context constraints and potentials. We can develop very special and playful design ideas or advise on the most cost effective and straight forward options of refurbishing and extending your house. There may only be a limited number of house typologies in central London and, although many of the technical problems are repetitive, the actual design outcome on every project is so different. For us it is the context, the light, the views, the surroundings and the individuality of the people using the space in their own way, which makes them all unique and the design process exciting.