Practice

Practice Profile

IPT Architects is an award-winning RIBA Chartered practice that was founded in 2003 by Amira Idris and Lee Town, and its energetic studio is located in central London. Both partners have worked on projects throughout the UK and Continental Europe, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Montenegro.
IPT Architects is an award-winning RIBA Chartered practice that was founded in 2003 by Amira Idris and Lee Town, and its energetic studio is located in central London. Both partners have worked on projects throughout the UK and Continental Europe, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Montenegro.

IPTA works at all scales from product design to residential, education, commercial and public projects, and has a diverse portfolio of completed work. The practice has private, commercial and public sector clients and has wide experience of working on projects in diverse locations, from tight urban spaces to controversial rural sites. They are experienced in maximising development opportunities and in negotiating planning consents on sensitive sites.

Studio

Our open plan studio provides the infrastructure for creative and energetic thinking. Our projects are informed by a rigorous research into materials, construction techniques, sustainability and a sensitive approach to place. Having a workshop in-house allows us to test and experiment with diverse materials and modern method of construction by creating mock-ups of building fragments. This way we maintain absolute control over the entire process and ensure that the integrity of our design and its execution is always met.
IPTA is recognized for its work in architecture that has been internationally published .The practice has won a number of awards for its projects, including RIBA Awards and an Award for Innovation in Interactive Public Space, UK. IPT Architects was also finalist of the Young Architects of the Year in 2011.

Practice Approach

We are very interested in the multilayered and often complex journey of architecture, and how contemporary society influences our approach to practice and making places. We believe in the value of powerful ideas that are embedded in the built form regardless of its scale. Our design emerges from close examination of the site’s qualities and its context whilst creating a contemporary and sustainable building embodying high quality design and craftsmanship. Our aim is always to deliver projects on budget and on time without compromising on the quality of the design by ensuring a methodical dialogue with our clients, stakeholders and collaborators. We focus on creating architectural solutions that not only respond sensitively to the site and the environment, but also are innovative, practical and delightful. Ultimately, every building we create is designed to make people’s life better.

We continually explore the boundaries of the profession of architecture within the broader context, which has motivated us to work beyond the traditional practice model by collaborating with other creative and commercial industries. This has allowed us to be proactively engaged and involved architecturally in the complete process of creating and making buildings. We have been inspired to think laterally, which continues to enrich our experiences within a multifaceted practice.

Awards
2016
Architect of the Year Awards 2016
Shortlisted for Individual House Category
2016
Winner of the Supreme Award 2016
Surface Design Awards 2016
Howe Farm
2016
Housing Category Winner
Surface Design Awards 2016
Howe Farm
2016
Housing Category Winner
Surface Design Awards 2016
Howe Farm
2016
Housing Category Winner
Surface Design Awards 2016
Howe Farm
2016
Housing Category Winner
Surface Design Awards 2016
Howe Farm
2015
Blueprint Awards
Best Non-Public Use Project – Residential
Howe Farm shortlisted
2015
Architecture Awards
Award for Innovation in Interactive Public Space – UK
IPT Architects Winner
2015
World Architecture Festival Awards
Howe Farm finalist
2015
RIBA Award
South Regional Award 2015
Howe Farm won
2015
RIBA Award
South Special Award 2015 Small Project of the Year
Howe Farm won
2014
Architect of the Year Awards
London Triumph Pavilion 2014 shortlisted
2014
ArchTriumph International Competition
2014 London Pavilion @ V&A Childhood of Museum
IPT Architects – 1st Place Winner
2014
Home of the Year, Grand Designs Awards
Aggie Retreat shortlisted
2014
New London Architecture _ Don’t Move, Improve! Awards 2014
Alaska Apartment shortlisted
2011
Young Architect of the Year Award
IPT Architects finalist
Press
2018
Publication: Book ‘Nomadic Living’
Date: 1st edition 2018
2017
Publication: Financial Times
Date: September 2017
2017
Publication: Blueprint
Book of Winners 2017
2016
Publication: Studio
Date: March 2016
2015
Publication: Blueprint 342
Blueprint Awards – the shortlist
Date: September/October 2015
2015
Publication: Inhabit – architecture today
Date: July 2015
2015
Publication: The RIBA Journal
The Awards 2015
Date: June 2015
2014
Publication: The Sunday Times
Date: 04/05/2014
Revealed: the seven best new designer homes in Britain
2014
Publication: Book ‘Workplaces Today’ by Juriaan van Meel
Date: Published 2014
2012
Publication: Book ‘1000 Tips by 100 Eco Architects’
Date: Published 2012
2011
Publication: Building Design
Date: 07/10/2011
Article Tile: BD’s Young Architects of the Year
Shortlist announced
2011
Publication: Book ‘1000 European Architecture’
Date: Published 2011
2010
Publication: Book ‘Low Price Houses’
Date: Published 2010
2010
Publication: Book ‘Traum Hauser unter 200.00 Euro’ by Christian Troester
Date: Published 2010
2010
Publication: Evening Standard
Date: 31/03/2010
Article Title: Very Cool Parents Get It Sorted
2009
Publication: The Sunday Telegraph
Date: 11/03/2009
2009
Publication: Evening Standard
Date: 29/07/2009
2009
Publication: Ryanair Inflight Magazine
Date: 16/04/2009
Article Title: Tips and Debate
2009
Publication: London Lite
Date: 22/04/2009
2008
Publication: Ottagono Publication
Date: 01/08/2008
2008
Publication: Avivre
Date: 01/04/2008
2008
Publication: Image Interiors
Date: 01/02/2008
Article Title: Meerkat Manor
2007
Publication: T3Home
Date: 01/07/2007
Article Title: Great Escapes
2007
Publication: Map Mag
Date: 01/10/2007
Article Title: Village Direction
2007
Publication: In-Flight magazine of EasyJet
Date: 01/09/2007
Article Title: House to Go
2006
Publication: The Daily Telegraph
Date: 30/05/2006
Article Title: Richard Dorment reviews the outstanding new Constable Exhibition
2006
Publication: Esquire
Date: 01/06/2006
2005
Publication: Building Design
Date: 18/11/2005
Article Title: How we cracked it.
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