RISE Design Studio

RISE Design Studio is a creative architecture studio focused on creating low energy design-led solutions crafted to individual client requirements.

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Architecture is not the product. Trust is. The architecture is the outcome.

RISE Design Studio founder Sean Hill on what he got wrong in the first five years, and the lesson that reshaped the practice.

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RISE Design Studio imagined a padel court on the edge of Regent's Park: a full-height glazed wall framing the green, a glulam roof storing carbon, a court that answers the canopy outside. The Japanese call it shakkei, borrowed scenery.

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Two windows on one wall, designed never to agree. One follows the sun, one holds the view.

The new RISE Design Studio Journal piece starts with the Douglas House kitchen, and the sketch drawn before it existed. https://t.co/ah45ASH7HA

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6am. Serpentine Lake. 23.7°C
Sean Ronnie Hill swims here year-round. In January it is 4°C. Same lake. Completely different proposition
The best buildings work the same way. You stop noticing the environment because it has already taken care of itself
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Sean Ronnie Hill of RISE Design Studio visited Matiz Gallery in Barcelona and wrote about Adam Weismann's unfired rammed earth panels-compressed geology, honest material, no paint, no pretence.Reminder of what natural materials can do when allowed to be https://t.co/75G8PQ8OJU

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Samsung filmed their latest campaign at Herbert Paradise, a low-energy EnerPHit home in Kensal Rise by RISE

They weren't looking for a stylish backdrop. They were looking for calm. And that calm is a product of building science as much as design. https://t.co/4DXAI1KrfJ

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Most UK homes were built when energy was cheap. The buildings have not changed. The energy market has.

RISE Design Studio on why fabric-first design, not tariff switching, is the only durable answer. https://t.co/Dh9ApmF4Ro

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As snow hits London, many homes are fighting the cold - draughts, freezing rooms and soaring energy bills.

Low-energy architecture changes that.
Warmth held gently.
Comfort you can trust.

Why it matters now: https://t.co/i4gW6aFZeR

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Origami House is a low-energy extension to a Victorian terrace in London, combining folded geometry with a fabric-first retrofit, solar PV and an air source heat pump.

Architecture shaped by performance, not compromise. https://t.co/XA0Nw0TWnd

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RISE Design Studio speaks with Adam Weismann of Clayworks on clay plaster, healthy buildings and sustainable architecture that breathes.

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Overheating is already affecting homes across the UK.

RISE Design Studio explores how shading, material choice and passive cooling can reduce heat gain and improve comfort naturally.

Read the blog: https://t.co/lOfHAKNezr

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Rightmove and Octopus Energy just made low-energy homes visible to the market.
RISE Design Studio explains why this marks a shift in London renovations, and how sustainable architecture adds real value to extensions and retrofits. https://t.co/LukLWYE02e

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RISE Design Studio has completed its first slow fashion boutique for INDOI in Barcelona - a 30m² retail space shaped by material honesty, tactility and cultural storytelling.
Project journal: https://t.co/wAXJIYkDbb

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RISE Design Studio reveals Origami House – a folded copper wraparound extension to a Victorian terrace in Haringey. Triangulated form shaped by planning lines, with ASHP and high insulation for a low-energy home. Read more: https://t.co/fg3sTJLHpC

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RISE Design Studio has published a new journal on Biophilic Architecture in London, featuring Twelve Arches – a low-energy retrofit shaped by nature, light and material honesty.
Read here → https://t.co/JnVonDsDXt

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RISE Design Studio appears in Domus Nova’s Autumn Edition, highlighting their work as Queen’s Park and West London architects focused on low-energy, sustainable design.
Read more → https://t.co/0ILhopNoph

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RISE Design Studio unveils Corten House – an AECB standard low-energy retrofit in Kensal Rise.

Corten-clad extension, generous daylight, improved thermal comfort and a transformed family home rooted in sustainability.

Full story → https://t.co/nzTl4BKgRL

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A dawn swim at the Serpentine inspired a new RISE journal entry.
Sean Hill explores the surprising parallels between cold-water swimming and Passivhaus design - clarity, discipline, comfort.

Read more → https://t.co/jV16NnW29G

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New from RISE Design Studio: Sean Ronnie Hill breaks down professional fees for self-builders - what architects, engineers and QSs cost, how fees work, and why the right team saves far more than it costs.

Full interview + guide here: https://t.co/yIyIUnlULL

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Planning next: a CLT tennis pavilion with a red zinc roof for Sutton Churches Tennis Club, London
Clubroom → courts
Shaded viewing terraces
Fabric-first, AECB-aligned
Identity that helps membership grow

Images: Gabriel Spera Visual https://t.co/WJfQ71CmgP