How to Design a Modern Tennis Clubhouse: Inside RISE’s New Pavilion for Sutton Churches
by Imran Jahn on Sep 2, 2025
Design in Motion Every clubhouse begins as a conversation. Before drawings, before models, before SketchUp or Archicad builds, there’s a moment where a club expresses what it wants to become. At Sutton Churches Tennis Club, that conversation started with a simple question.
Rebuilding Our Future by Returning to the Ground Beneath Us
by Sean Hill on Sep 2, 2025
Every so often in architecture, an old idea taps you on the shoulder and reminds you that the future doesn’t always lie ahead. Sometimes it lies below our feet. At RISE, we often say that progress doesn’t mean adding complexity. Progress means rediscovering what already works, then el …
A Museum for a Living Visionary
by Sean Hill on Sep 2, 2025
Designing a museum for David Hockney is not an act of preservation. It’s an act of faith in the creative spirit. Hockney keeps reinventing himself, and any building that houses his work must breathe with the same restless curiosity. At RISE, we imagine this museum not as a monument, b …
Sustainable Architects in London | RISE Design Studio
by Sean Hill on Aug 29, 2025
Building a Greener Future, One Project at a Time London is a city of heritage and ambition. A place where Georgian terraces, industrial warehouses, and post-war housing estates sit side by side with new towers and cultural landmarks. But in the face of the climate emergency, one quest …
Architects’ Fees in the UK – A Guide to Value, Vision, and Legacy
by Sean Hill on Aug 27, 2025
Why the Conversation About Fees Matters When we talk about architects’ fees, we’re not simply talking about numbers on a page. We’re talking about the value of vision. About trust. About the long-term decisions that shape how you live, work, and thrive.
London Homes Are Overheating — But We Can Design Our Way Out of It
by Sean Hill on Aug 16, 2025
Earlier this week, I sat down with BBC London’s Alice Bhandhukravi for an interview about a growing issue that’s impacting homes across the capital — and shaping the way we design. While my contribution was a small part of the final broadcast, we spoke for nearly an hour about overhea …
Backland Development - Turning Hidden Plots into Purposeful Places
by Sean Hill on Aug 10, 2025
In the spaces most people overlook - behind houses, between gardens, down forgotten lanes - there is an untapped opportunity.
Start with Strategy: Why Feasibility is the Smart First Step
by Imran Jahn on Aug 9, 2025
Every great building begins long before the first sketch. It starts with asking the right questions.
A New Era for Elmwood Lawn Tennis Club
by Imran Jahn on Aug 8, 2025
How sustainable materials and prefabrication are shaping one of London’s most forward-thinking tennis clubhouses Across London and the home counties, tennis clubs are facing a familiar challenge:
Building Down to Rise Up: Understanding Basement Costs in London 2025
by Sean Hill on Aug 7, 2025
In London, space is a luxury. And in a city where growth is restricted upwards and outwards, we often find ourselves looking in the opposite direction - down. Not because it’s easier. But because, done well, it can transform the way a home lives and breathes.
