Private house · 2025
Hillcrest House
A cantilevered concrete family house on a steep hillside plot, with a glazed ground floor opening onto the garden.
Architecture & interiors · Est. 2002
Architecture with clarity in every line.
Studio Linea Architects designs homes, workplaces and cultural buildings that are calm, light-filled and low-carbon. From the first feasibility sketch to handover day, one team draws, models and delivers your project.
- Houses & cultural buildings
- Net-zero ready design
- Feasibility in 3 weeks
- 140+buildings completed
- 24 yrsof architectural practice
- −48%average embodied carbon
- 31design awards & commendations
- Fixed-fee feasibilityScope, cost range and timeline in 3 weeks
- One team, start to finishDesign, approvals and site delivery
- Low-carbon by defaultEvery scheme modelled for energy & carbon
- In 3D from day oneWalk through your building before it is built
Selected projects
Architecture projects that age gracefully.
Private houses, libraries, workplaces and retreats. Each one designed around its site, its light and the people who use it every day.
Public library · 2024
Ashgrove Community Library
A timber-finned public library that glows like a lantern at dusk and doubled its visitors in the first year.
Adaptive reuse · 2023
Foundry Works
A Victorian foundry turned into a light-filled workplace for 180 people, keeping the brick, steel windows and sawtooth roof.
Hospitality · 2025
Saltmarsh Cabins
Three timber guest cabins on stilts above a tidal marsh, prefabricated off site and placed in a single week.
Residential · On site
Meridian Courtyard Homes
Forty-two brick homes around a shared garden courtyard, with deep window reveals and generous balconies.
Gallery · In design
Kiln Gallery
A white vaulted gallery for ceramics, lit from above through a single oculus.
Private houses/Cultural buildings/Workplaces/Hospitality/Interior architecture/Masterplanning/Adaptive reuse/Passive house design/
Clarity at every stage
Always know where your project stands.
Every client gets a live project tracker: drawings, decisions, approvals and costs in one place, kept up to date by the architect who leads your project.
- A shared 3D model you can open on any device
- Planning and approval milestones tracked live
- The cost plan checked at the end of every stage
Architectural services
From first sketch to handover day.
Full architectural services, or just the stage you need. Every service comes with a clear fee basis, a programme and a named architect.
Fixed fee · 3 weeks
Feasibility studies
The best money you will spend on a building project. We test your brief against the site, the rules and the budget...
% of build · 12–30 months
New-build architecture
One team designs, coordinates and delivers your building, with a cost check at the end of every stage so there are no...
Fixed or % fee · 6–14 months
Extensions & renovations
The right extension changes how a whole house works. We look at the plan as a whole, not only the new room....
Fixed fee · 3–9 months
Interior architecture
Good interiors are built, not decorated. We design the details you touch every day: handles, stairs, shelves, light.
Fixed fee · per stage
Planning & technical design
Well-prepared applications are approved faster. Well-drawn details are built better and cost less.
Fixed fee · 2–6 months
Masterplanning & sustainability
Big decisions are made early. We help clients get the plan, the phasing and the carbon right before any building is designed....
How we work
Four stages, one clear line.
A simple, proven design process, so you always know what happens next, what it costs and what you need to decide.
Brief & feasibility
We visit the site, listen to how you want to live or work and test what is possible, with a cost range and timeline.
Concept design
Sketches, physical models and a 3D walk-through explore two or three directions before we refine one together.
Approvals & technical
We prepare the planning application, coordinate the engineers and draw every detail your builder needs.
On site & handover
We inspect the work, answer the contractor's questions and stay with you until the final certificate.
Low-carbon by design
Materials chosen for beauty and carbon.
We measure embodied and operational carbon from the very first sketch, favouring timber, lime and recycled steel, so every building is beautiful, efficient and ready for a net-zero future.
- Whole-life carbon assessment on every project
- Passive design first: orientation, daylight and shading
- Local, low-impact materials that age well
The studio
Architects who listen first.
A studio of twenty-two architects, interior designers and technologists. The architect you meet first is the one who leads your project.
Theo Hart
Founding Director
Sana Lee
Associate Director, Interiors
Ines Marlow
Project Architect
Daniel Okoro
Architectural Technologist
Client words
Trusted with places people love.
They turned a steep, awkward plot into the calmest house we have ever lived in. Every decision was explained, every cost was clear, and the build finished on budget.
The new library doubled our visitors in its first year. Studio Linea listened to staff, readers and neighbours, and it shows in every corner.
Our team actually wants to come to the office now. The daylight, the timber and the acoustics are better than we ever imagined.
Journal
Notes on architecture & design.
How much does it cost to build an architect-designed house?
Build cost per square metre, design fees, consultants and contingency: an honest breakdown of where the money goes.
Passive design first: five decisions that cut energy bills for good
Before solar panels and heat pumps, orientation, glazing and shading do most of the work. Here is how we use...
Why the greenest building is often the one already standing
Adaptive reuse saves embodied carbon, keeps character and is often faster to approve. Lessons from Foundry Works.
Let us draw your next building.
Tell us about your site, your brief and your budget. We reply within two working days with next steps and a fixed fee for feasibility.
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