About BenRidley
Ben founded Architecture for London in 2009 and has since designed a number of widely published and award-winning projects.
Ben is an architect with significant technical expertise in the design of eco homes and low energy buildings. He was a member of the jury for the RIBA / Grand Designs House of the Year Award 2022, and was a member of the peer review panel for the 2024 'Don't Move, Improve!' awards.
At Architecture for London, Ben leads on design, sustainability, practice management and strategic direction. The practice designs residential projects with natural, breathable materials that achieve the highest sustainability and comfort standards, including Passivhaus and EnerPhit. He has significant technical expertise in the design of low energy buildings, and he is also a BIID Registered Interior Designer.
Ben has specialist experience working with heritage buildings in London, including sensitive refurbishments and extensions of listed buildings and historic homes.
Ben's own house is a low-energy refurbishment of an Edwardian property in Muswell Hill. The project aimed to be an exemplar for the sustainable refurbishment of a typical terraced house in London, with a constrained budget. Both embodied energy and energy in-use were considered in depth.
Architecture for London's residential projects include new build architectural homes, refurbishments of heritage properties and house extensions at all scales. They can offer a complete turn-key solution with AFL Build, their design and build contractor, sustainability, interior design, joinery and garden design.
They create healthy buildings with natural, breathable materials that achieve the highest sustainability and comfort standards, including Passivhaus and EnerPhit. This approach creates warm, low-energy homes and workplaces that are a joy to inhabit.
Many of Architecture for London's projects are for either listed buildings or period homes in conservation areas. Recent projects include heritage properties in Camden, Islington, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea.
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