Stephen Taylor formerly in partnership as Houlton Taylor Architects since 1993 formed the registered limited company Stephen Taylor Architects in February 2002.
With a continuing commitment to Architecture’s social dimension as well as its capacity for artistic and cultural expression we recognise the collective process by which buildings and cities are made as part of an ongoing process of economic social and cultural continuum. Amongst our interests lie a strong concern for the direct emotional effect that Architecture can have through its physical and pictorial presence, material association and constructional directness. An Architecture that can be consensual and catalytic, mundane and dramatic.
We are committed to the ‘craft’ of sustainable construction and to the research of new technologies in pursuit of making buildings that fulfil not only our clients expectations of space, light and air, economic and efficient procurement, but also environmental responsibility and constructional accountability.
Based in East London our projects range geographically from the north of England to France and Switzerland and include a diverse body of work in both the commercial and private sector. Projects include buildings and interiors for education, the arts, housing, offices and health care services as well as Strategic Urban Studies and master-planning. Our approach to urban design and masterplanning is based on accumulating and understanding of what already exists. By recognizing both salient and latent features of the urban landscape and its cultural context, we seek to define frameworks that allow for future change. We are committed to the sustainable evolution of urban fabric through the development of appropriate typologies with particular concern for the potential for public spaces to contribute to civic life.