OEB Architects create imaginative architecture through strategic thinking, open dialogue and enthusiasm for making.
 

We’ve honed a solution-orientated process which empowers clients to make informed and confident decisions, delivering the spaces they need with originality, technical clarity and warmth.  People bring us on board as knowledgeable and pragmatic partners for arts centres, community spaces, rural estates, city-centre regeneration and individual homes.
 

Our exploratory and considered approach ensures that buildings – old and new, and of any function – are useful, adaptable and inventive.

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We have studios in London and Brighton and work across the UK.
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TEAM

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OEB began in 2018 with Tessa Baird and David Eland, friends who have been building together for twenty years, with a shared passion for design and hands-on making.   ​After founding a voluntary collective designing and delivering community buildings in Europe - and gaining wide ranging experience in established practices - they set up OEB to offer an imaginative and inclusive approach to architecture.

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​Now a talented team, the studio has cultivated a supportive culture where ideas and exploration are combined with a rigorous process of design and delivery.

 

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TESSA BAIRD

Director ​

tessa@oebarchitects.co.uk

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Tessa is a registered architect with extensive experience working on projects in sensitive historic environments, for both public and private clients.​  Tessa has led design teams with multiple participants through all RIBA stages, ensuring design integrity is maintained through technical resolution and construction.

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Tessa has taught at a number of universities, and serves on the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Conservation and Design Advisory Panel.

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DAVID ELAND

Director ​

david@oebarchitects.co.uk

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David is a registered architect with over fifteen years experience working in architecture and construction, predominantly designing and building contemporary timber structures.  David was previously director of Ozkurt and Eland Architects specialising in bespoke and hand-made projects, leading a number of high quality residential projects through all RIBA Stages to completion.  He has lectured widely on community self-build and has been a guest critic at a number of universities.

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GABRIEL GEORGE​

Architect

gabriel@oebarchitects.co.uk

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Gabriel is a qualified architect, leading a number of projects in the office.  He has worked for a number of respected practices, gaining experience in hospitality and housing design, including a large infill housing scheme and the redevelopment of a warehouse into commercial & residential units in East London.

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Gabriel is interested in all scales of construction, having previously worked on site to deliver on small build projects, shop fit-outs and architectural models. 

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RYDER KIRK-NEWSTEAD​

Architect

ryder@oebarchitects.co.uk

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Ryder studied at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 2021 with his thesis project ‘Cliff Road Apartments’ nominated for the RIBA Presidents Silver Medal Award.  He has gained experience at Witherford Watson Mann Architects, working on the restoration and adaptation of a historically significant Manor House.  

 

Ryder is now leading on the strategy and detailed design for a Grade 2* listed farmhouse and conversion of its outbuildings into art studios.  Ryder has a particular interest in the nuanced and productive relationship between art reference / practice and architecture and regularly paints in oils outside of work.

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Previously:

Nompsy Chigaru
Emily Dan

Dominic Eley
Ricky Kwok
Marie Magnien

Amrit Sandhu
Punya Sehmi
Simranjit Singh Rahi​