People ︎
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Alex Smith
Founding Director
Alex is a qualified architect who has previous experience of working in
Copenhagen for Julien De Smedt and in London for Hawkins/Brown where he completed a series of innovative award winning buildings including The Cube Building in Hackney and Hilden Grange Prep School in Kent.
Alex founded [Y/N] Studio in January 2017 and has led every project they have undertaken with support from a talented team. Since it’s inception the studio have been working on a diverse range of commissions, including carefully detailed residential extensions, 100+ multi-unit housing schemes, a large workspace in Dalston, a masterplan in Portugal, a mixed-use tower in South London, a footbridge for Network Rail and a temporary tree house for Kew Gardens.
[Y/N] Studio completed the extension and refurbishment of the Bradbury Street Workspaces which face onto Gillett Square in Hackney. Bradbury Works includes around 1500m2 of new and refurbished affordable workspaces, and start-up retail units which will help to ensure continuity
of the unique and diverse community that has emerged since the square was constructed nearly 20 years ago. The project has been shortlisted for the AJ Architecture Awards 2023 in two categories. In 2023 [Y/N] Studio were shortlisted for the Young Architect of the Year Awards.
Alex and his team are active in teaching and academia and appreciate the importance of architectural education. Alex currently teaches at Canterbury School of Architecture and Oxford Brookes University and examines at University of Westminster and London Metropolitan University.
Alex Smith
Founding Director
Alex is a qualified architect who has previous experience of working in
Copenhagen for Julien De Smedt and in London for Hawkins/Brown where he completed a series of innovative award winning buildings including The Cube Building in Hackney and Hilden Grange Prep School in Kent.
Alex founded [Y/N] Studio in January 2017 and has led every project they have undertaken with support from a talented team. Since it’s inception the studio have been working on a diverse range of commissions, including carefully detailed residential extensions, 100+ multi-unit housing schemes, a large workspace in Dalston, a masterplan in Portugal, a mixed-use tower in South London, a footbridge for Network Rail and a temporary tree house for Kew Gardens.
[Y/N] Studio completed the extension and refurbishment of the Bradbury Street Workspaces which face onto Gillett Square in Hackney. Bradbury Works includes around 1500m2 of new and refurbished affordable workspaces, and start-up retail units which will help to ensure continuity
of the unique and diverse community that has emerged since the square was constructed nearly 20 years ago. The project has been shortlisted for the AJ Architecture Awards 2023 in two categories. In 2023 [Y/N] Studio were shortlisted for the Young Architect of the Year Awards.
Alex and his team are active in teaching and academia and appreciate the importance of architectural education. Alex currently teaches at Canterbury School of Architecture and Oxford Brookes University and examines at University of Westminster and London Metropolitan University.
Team (past and present) ︎
Elena Gruber
Maegan Icke
Stanley Chick
Edward Crooks
Michael Waters
Raffaela Swoboda
Ayse Cagin Bailey
David Lomax
Margherita Zompa
Carolina Borgatti
Daniel Ford
Ainhoa Valle
Ezmira Peraj
Roxani Tseranidou
Luna Ozbek
Jobs ︎
We are always interested to hear from talented people as we look to expand our team.We believe that a competitive meritocracy leads to the best projects. All team members of [Y/N] Studio are expected to contribute design ideas and criticism and as a result our projects evolve without single ownership.
To be considered, please email your CV/short portfolio to us at: mail@ynstudio.eu
We will review every CV and keep them on file, if you do not hear from us you have not been considered for a position at this time.
Elena Gruber
Maegan Icke
Stanley Chick
Edward Crooks
Michael Waters
Raffaela Swoboda
Ayse Cagin Bailey
David Lomax
Margherita Zompa
Carolina Borgatti
Daniel Ford
Ainhoa Valle
Ezmira Peraj
Roxani Tseranidou
Luna Ozbek
Jobs ︎
We are always interested to hear from talented people as we look to expand our team.We believe that a competitive meritocracy leads to the best projects. All team members of [Y/N] Studio are expected to contribute design ideas and criticism and as a result our projects evolve without single ownership.
To be considered, please email your CV/short portfolio to us at: mail@ynstudio.eu
We will review every CV and keep them on file, if you do not hear from us you have not been considered for a position at this time.
Services ︎
Architecture
Interior Design
Urban Design / Masterplanning
Landscape Design
Principle Designer
Computer Generated Images
Model Making
Clients ︎
Tech City Ventures
Pocket Living.
Gung Ho Communications.
Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC.
The Greater London Authority.
L&Q Housing Association.
TRADAS Bank.
Kurapatwa Ltd.
Setha Group.
Shetson Properties.
Folkestone and Hythe District Council.
New Horizon Youth Centre.
Oslo Architecture Trienale.
Broads Authrority Norfolk.
St Martins Church Brighton.
Cabildo de Lanzarote (Lanzarote Council)
The Landscape Institute
Guimaraes Capital of Culture 2012, Portugal.