About the practice

Studio DS are an international design practice based in London specialising in the field of architecture, interior design and masterplanning. Our philosophy is rooted in combining sustainable traditional craft with innovation. Our core values are to create efficient, adaptive and effective communities by establishing stakeholder needs through design. Each solution is uniquely tailored to maximise social economic and environmental potential of each individual site. Founded in 2012 by Diba Salam following an extensive career within the UK, the Middle East and Asia, the practice provides high quality design and its successful delivery. Our project work covers a wide variety of types and scales, reflective of our team’s wide ranging experience in both commercial and social sectors. Our recent projects cover retail and hospitality along with housing at all scales. The studio actively runs research and development programmes, from the theoretical to the technical, which form our design tools. Our research focuses on our core values; Health & Wellbeing, BIM & Virtual Reality and Smart Design for the Smart City.