Benjamin Machin directs an architecture studio in east London, working across the United Kingdom and occasionally abroad. The studio finds beauty everywhere and likes making non-original, generous buildings.

The studio is an RIBA Chartered Practice and is small by design, with Benjamin leading the design and management of each project. The practice is a signatory of both Architects Declare and the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge. Alongside directing the studio, Benjamin is actively engaged as a visiting critic at various schools of architecture across the United Kingdom and has led a teaching studio at Loughborough University since 2021. 

Design starts by looking carefully at what is already there: the street, the ground, traces of use. These ordinary things carry meaning, and we take them seriously. We seek out what excites — buildings, objects or stories that can make this ordinariness feel newly alive. 

Benjamin has been selected for inclusion in New Architects 5, the Architecture Foundation’s definitive guide to Britain’s emerging architectural talent, due for publication in summer 2026.


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