Feilden Fowles

Since its founding in 2009, Feilden Fowles has built a reputation for sensitive, sustainable and socially enriching public architecture. Established by University of Cambridge contemporaries Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles, the practice is based in a self-built studio on an inner-city farm in Waterloo, London,working across the UK to design well-built, characterful and purpose-driven buildings that preserve heritage, enrich biodiversity, and provide lasting social value.

Passionate advocates of passive environmental design, Feilden Fowles adopts a consciously low-tech approach, fusing local construction traditions, low-embodied-carbon materials and renewable energy strategies. A focus on longevity, minimal environmental impact, and natural materials has made the studio adept at handling projects in sensitive settings, earning it a growing international reputation and a host of awards – including a Stirling Prize nomination for the Weston at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This in turn has led to major museum commissions, including the Natural History Museum’s ‘Urban Nature Project’ in London, and Central Hall at the National Railway Museum in York.

Zetteler’s film-making team first worked with Feilden Fowles in 2017 to develop a short documentary about the creation of their self-designed studio. Claire Curtice has been driving publicity for the practice for the past nine years and now we’re working together to combine our strengths in supporting the practice as it extends its reach into Europe.

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