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Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects

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DSDHA is a London-based architecture, urban design and spatial research studio.

DSDHA
Practice information
Key architectsDeborah Saunt, David Hills
LocationLondon

Practice

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DSDHA (Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects) was established by Deborah Saunt and David Hills.[1] Tom Greenall and Martin Pearson were made directors in 2021. The practice has a variety of projects including arts and culture, education, housing, urban and landscape, and workplaces. The studio had received 20 RIBA Awards, been shortlisted for the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize,[2] and twice been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.[3]  

Selected projects

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Education

Arts and culture

Workplaces

Residential

Urban design and landscape

Research and teaching

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DSDHA carries out funded research into critical urban issues,[23] such as cultural infrastructure[24] and the future of London's urban mobility, as well as embedding a strong element of research into all its projects.[25]

The studio has twice been awarded the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851’s Research Fellowship in the Building Environment, to research the public realm of Albertopolis[26] and active travel in London.[27]

Members of the practice are or have been teaching at the London School of Architecture, the Royal College of Art, the University of Navarra, and Yale School of Architecture.[28]   

References

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  1. ^ "The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2017 - Visualisers: Architects". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ "RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist 2010". Dezeen. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "EUMiesAward". www.miesarch.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "How can a building alter behaviour?". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ^ Jessel, Ella (4 February 2020). "DSDHA's expansion of National Youth Theatre approved". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. ^ Kucharek, Jan-Carlos. "Edmund de Waal studio, London". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Alex Monroe Workshop, Tower Bridge". RIBA Journal. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Mayfair flatiron: South Molton Street by DSDHA". The Architects’ Journal. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. ^ Pearman, Hugh. "Free spirits". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. ^ Pearman, Hugh. "Free spirits". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  13. ^ "London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2017: high-tech designs, luxe interiors and eco-friendly features scoop top prizes".
  14. ^ "Corner House by DSDHA". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  15. ^ "SUFFOLK HOUSE WINS BEST SMALL DEVELOPMENT AT THE NATIONAL HOUSING AWARDS!".
  16. ^ "Awards".
  17. ^ "DSDHA draws up plans to transform Tottenham Court Road". The Architects’ Journal. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Her Majesty The Queen officially opens the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps at the Royal Albert Hall". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ^ "The City Of London Is Getting This Brand New Public Park". Londonist. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  20. ^ Hill, Dave (16 July 2019). "Creating Cundy Street Quarter: Deborah Saunt, spatial strategist". OnLondon. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  21. ^ "Adam Khan, DSDHA and Duggan Morris scoop £40m Somers Town overhaul". The Architects’ Journal. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  22. ^ Stathaki, Ellie (7 June 2018). "The Smithsons' Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed". Wallpaper. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  23. ^ Turnbull, Jessie. "The business of research". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  24. ^ "The London Salon: Cultural Infrastructure". The London School of Architecture. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  25. ^ "Research". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Re-imagining Albertopolis". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  27. ^ "The Beautiful Everyday Journey". royalcommission1851. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Deborah Saunt". Yale Architecture. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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