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pad Design is a Bristol based, employee-owned, architectural practice engaged in a wide portfolio of work that draws on the integration of masterplanning, architecture and urban design disciplines.

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Our aim is to support our clients, ranging from national developers and local authorities to private individuals, in creating and enhancing places in which people work, rest and play. We are committed to the relationship between people and places and a clear understanding of the context of a site is central to our approach. Whether working on vacant land or a listed building we aim to turn its constraints into opportunities — economic, social and environmental.

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We believe the integration of Masterplanners, Architects and Urban Designers brings together a range of complementary skills that enable us to design sustainable, deliverable and creative solutions that meet and exceed client objectives and user needs.

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pad Design is a RIBA Chartered Practice and a member of The Green Register of Construction Professionals. Our offices are based in the Tobacco Factory, Southville, Bristol. 

office space, interior, desks

Our practice publications can be downloaded by clicking the links below:

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"Design a thing by considering it in its next largest context.
A chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in a community, a community in a city."

Eliel Saarinen

Our Team 1

our team

David Archer

David Archer

Director

Martin Douglas

Martin Douglas

Director

James Essery

James Essery

Urban Designer

Luke Gallagher

Luke Gallagher

Associate Director

Pablo Gomez

Pablo Gómez

Associate Director

Jana Grune

Jana Grune

Practice Manager

Paulina Konopacka

Paulina Konopacka

Architect

Our Team 2
Ben Metcalfe

Ben Metcalfe

Director

Christin Peglow

Christin Peglow

Director

Simon Rowe

Simon Rowe

Associate Urban Designer

Matt Rutty

Matt Rutty

Director

Our Team 3
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