Meet the team
We’re not your average architecture practice. We’re a small family business, and we’re just as happy in front of the drawing board as we are donning our hard hats and steel capped boots.
Meet Nick
Architect – Ba (Hons), MArch, PGDip, ARB
Nick became a chartered architect in 2016, after gaining his qualifications from The University of Kent and Westminster University. During his career, he’s worked for property developers and contractors where his role has always surpassed that of a typical architect. Nick doesn’t just design; he’s worked closely with contractors on site and acted, not just as the project architect, but as the contractor, project manager and as the site foreman. It’s these roles that have given Nick an understanding of how construction works in reality, not just on drawings.
Nick founded Raw Architects in 2019, having seen the shortfall of traditional architects during his time as a contractor. His approach is simple and straightforward: he believes successful projects stem from a strong relationship between you, your architect, and your contractor. In his eyes, an architect’s job is only done when the final lick of paint is applied, not once the drawings are submitted.
When he’s not designing your homes, he’s busy designing and renovating his own home. He might be trained to do the drawings, but he loves doing the building work just as much. Much to his wife’s despair, he will only consider living in a house that he can completely redesign and remodel himself. They’re now onto their second renovation in Surrey, where they live with their two cats – the ever-mischievous Loki & Odin.
Meet Emily
Office and Marketing Manager
Emily is Raw’s office manager, responsible for organising the meetings, sorting the accounts, and generally keeping the company ticking along. By trade, she’s a writer, editor and content marketer, so it was only natural for her to manage the marketing side of the business too, from the social media to the website – she even wrote this sentence you’re reading.
When she’s not trying to organise Nick’s work diary, she’s busy organising his social diary… in her other role, as his wife. They’ve been working together in the same office for the last five years until they realised their different skill sets would complement each other quite nicely, and the rest is history. Despite living, working and renovating houses together, they’re still happily married.
Meet Loki & Odin
Chief Distraction Officers (CDOs)
Loki & Odin ensure that all members of the Raw Architects team are suitably distracted every day.