Casswell Bank Architects

Casswell Bank Architects creates architecture that leaves a positive impression on a place and its people whatever its scale and purpose. The role architecture plays in creating a welcoming home, a successful institution or a vibrant neighbourhood may only be a small part of the story, but we strongly believe that architecture is integral to people’s wellbeing and produce rigorous designs attuned to the life of its users.

We shape unique architectural responses to our client’s vision, the qualities of a place, and a range of cultural and historical references. We look to bring a sense of generosity to every project and exceed expectations regardless of scope or budget.

Construction is important to us as something tangible that can surprise and delight. We acknowledge the emotional quality inherent in building materials and are committed to bringing them together with care. Inventive drawings and physical models help us test spatial and material ideas and share them with our clients and the public.

Practice Directors, Sam Casswell and Alex Bank, are closely involved in the design of all projects and reinforce the themes and processes explored in the practice through their research as leaders of Studio 1 at the London Metropolitan University School of Art, Architecture & Design.

Our work has featured in the national press, architectural publications and talks given in the UK, Venice and Moscow. Casswell Bank Architects participated in the Architecture on Stage: New Architects lecture series at the Barbican Centre in 2019. The Linney project won an Architects' Journal Retrofit 2021 Award and we were recently featured in the Architecture Foundation's publication New Architects 4.

Selected Clients

• Cafe Deco
• Hauser + Wirth
• Institute of Psychoanalysis
• La Grotta Ices
• Lina Stores
• Lisson Gallery
• Mason + Fifth
• The Island
• 40 Maltby Street