TDO

TDO is a creative architecture studio founded by Doug Hodgson and Tom Lewith in 2012 with fellow Bartlett graduate Owen Jones. The practice’s first built project, Forest Pond House (2012), a timber-framed meditation space and children’s den cantilevered over a garden pond, is emblematic of TDO’s approach: it is characterised by simple forms and self-finished materials, with a focus on environmental and social sustainability, and wellbeing. Significant built works include: Old Church Street, an infill townhouse in Chelsea (2015); Fab House, low-cost modular terrace housing in North Shields, for Places for People and Urban Splash (2018); the headquarters for The Modern House, Southwark (2018); and the light-touch redevelopment and reuse of arches along the Low Line in Bankside and Bermondsey (2021) Current projects include Great Suffolk Yard, the redevelopment of industrial warehouse buildings in Southwark into a thriving new workspace. TDO is working on MMC developments across London. The practice is also currently working with sustainable development specialists Human Nature, establishing an MMC strategy for the redevelopment of the former Phoenix Industrial Estate in Lewes, East Sussex. The practice featured in The Architecture Foundation’s New Architects 3 (2016) and more recently in the Architects’ Journal’s 40 under 40 - a showcase of architecture’s brightest up- and-coming talent (2020).