The following are the most famous designers in UK
1. Adam Architecture
Arguably the leading practice in the UK for Neoclassicism and tactful updates of listed country houses, Adam Architecture uses ‘a progressive approach, taking the lessons of the past into the future’. It is currently converting an 18th-century Oxfordshire house into a boutique hotel.Famous interior designers in UK
2. Adam Bray
Adam’s distinctive style is both urbane and witty. His elegant interiors are informed by his parallel life as an antique dealer, with stock that is an amalgam of items of serious provenance and unusual finds. Another string to his bow is product design, and he has most recently partnered with Soane on a fabric collection.
3. Aldridge & Supple
Saffron Aldridge and Scarlett Supple formed their studio in 2020, having met when Scarlett was working as an interior designer for Soho House. Their warm, understated rooms have a focus on carefully chosen antiques and bespoke pieces, natural materials and luxurious fabrics. The duo has also produced their own range of fabrics inspired by antique fragments they acquired in Japan. A welcome addition to this list – and a studio to keep an eye on.
aldridgeandsupple.com
4. Alex Dauley
She came to our attention in 2020, the year she and Sophie Ashby founded the diversity charity United in Design. Since then, Alex has helped to galvanise the industry into action in myriad ways and co-presented The Great Home Transformation on Channel 4. Keep an eye out for one of Alex’s projects in House & Garden later this year: the south London house of a fashion stylist. Another current project is the groovy reimagining of a Notting Hill villa.
5. Anna Haines
This boutique studio works on only a handful of projects at a time, so Anna can ensure she is closely involved with every part of the design process. Her schemes are appealing and practical, while remaining sympathetic to a building’s history and architecture.
6. Architecture for London
Founder Ben Ridley set up his practice, which now includes 15 architects and designers, in 2009. It is particularly experienced in working with – and adding to – London’s period terraced housing in original, imaginative ways.
architectureforlondon.com
7. Beata Heuman
It has been a big year for Swedish-born, London-based designer Beata Heuman, who opened an appointment-only showroom on Hammersmith Road, W6, in late 2023. Here, clients can immerse themselves in the designer’s world over the three beautifully decorated floors of a Georgian house. The queen of harmonious contrast, she likes to create eye-catching schemes with a distinctive use of colour and playful, imaginative details. House & Garden’s Designer of the Year in 2018, Beata has gained a huge following with clients and admirers all over the world.
beataheuman.com
8. Ben Pentreath
This multidisciplinary studio is known for creating elegant yet playful interiors, houses and even towns, informed by an encyclopaedic knowledge of authentic, traditional detail. A farmhouse in Gloucestershire, designed with a strong sense of sustainability, and the redecoration of a Jacobean castle are just two of its existing projects.
benpentreath.com | Pentreath & Hall
9. Berdoulat
Based in Bath, Patrick and Neri Williams specialise in the dec-oration and the restoration of period buildings and have an appreciation for a way of life with simplicity at its core. ‘We like to consider the building as our client, too, and respond to its character, its mood, its style and its spirit,’ explains Patrick.
berdoulat.co.uk
10. Benedict Foley
‘I start by finding the story of a project,’ explains Benedict, who won a 2023 House & Gar-den Rising Star award. ‘That means who the client is and who they want to be while in the space, and discovering the building’s story.’ His individual take blends the classic with the outlandish. He is a rare talent.
benedictfoley.com
