Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects

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DSDHA is a London-based architecture, urban design and spatial research studio.

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DSDHA
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Key architects Deborah Saunt, David Hills
LocationLondon

Practice

DSDHA (Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects) was established by Deborah Saunt and David Hills. [1] Tom Greenall and Martin Pearson were made directors in 2021. The practice has a variety of projects including arts and culture, education, housing, urban and landscape, and workplaces. The studio had received 20 RIBA Awards, been shortlisted for the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize, [2] and twice been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. [3]  

Selected projects

Education

Arts and culture

Workplaces

Residential

Urban design and landscape

Research and teaching

DSDHA carries out funded research into critical urban issues, [23] such as cultural infrastructure [24] and the future of London's urban mobility, as well as embedding a strong element of research into all its projects. [25]

The studio has twice been awarded the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851’s Research Fellowship in the Building Environment, to research the public realm of Albertopolis [26] and active travel in London. [27]

Members of the practice are or have been teaching at the London School of Architecture, the Royal College of Art, the University of Navarra, and Yale School of Architecture. [28]    

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  13. ↑ "London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2017: high-tech designs, luxe interiors and eco-friendly features scoop top prizes".
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  15. ↑ "SUFFOLK HOUSE WINS BEST SMALL DEVELOPMENT AT THE NATIONAL HOUSING AWARDS!".
  16. ↑ "Awards".
  17. ↑ "DSDHA draws up plans to transform Tottenham Court Road". The Architects’ Journal. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Her Majesty The Queen officially opens the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps at the Royal Albert Hall". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "The City Of London Is Getting This Brand New Public Park". Londonist. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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  26. ↑ "Re-imagining Albertopolis". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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