About us
Minifie Architects is an award-winning RIBA Chartered practice based in Shoreditch and was established in 2012. The studio has taken on a healthy creative impetus, attracting like-minded clients and professionals brought together by a unified attitude in producing innovative, sustainable, and thoughtful design. Our ethos includes actively rethinking and remodeling what surrounds us in the work we do. We enjoy the design process focusing on materials, repurposing, reusing, transforming, upcycling, and adapting within every commission.
Implementing sustainable design is important to us and we have some key examples of our conscious efforts through learning and adapting to the climate emergency. We work on a mixture of projects of different scales, sectors, and locations but all linked by our desire to create original work which concentrates on providing an intimate, creative and highly focused service. The practice has been progressively growing a reputation for its down-to-earth, approachable knowledge of insightful design, taking complex briefs, and translating them into high-quality projects.
The team
Ben Minifie
Director
Ben founded Minifie Architects in 2012 and is the director responsible for all project delivery, office output, sustainably-led design and to make sure Minifie Architects provide the best service throughout each project.
Ben formed the practice with a strong stance on collaborative design, which sees all members of the team discuss and express their ideas to find the best solution for both small and large obstacles. With over 20 years of professional experience, Ben’s personable character, and intuitive working methods ensure a satisfied, familiar, and loyal client base.
Olive McAndrew
Architect
Olive joined MA in 2018 and since then has completed her Part II at the University of Sheffield and is on to starting her Part III at the University of Westminster. Her interests lie in innovative natural materials and the technologies behind adaptable architecture as she feels strongly about these design principles being key to successful architecture, given the ever changing built environment. She enjoys conceptual design through model making and sketching and her dream ambition is to design and build a treehouse that facilitates multiple climbing walls and a skatepark.
Greg Cockburn
Part II Architectural Assistant
Greg joined MA in 2019 having completed his part I at Oxford Brookes University and is now currently studying for his part II at the University of Sheffield. He is keen to drive sustainable design practices with a particular interest in the use of low-impact materials and design for reuse, enjoying the tactile nature of materiality in buildings. In his spare time, Greg can be found oil painting or cooking and one day hopes to build his own kitchen with which he can cook all the vegetables he grows in his garden.
Nichola Barner
Architect
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Eren Eylul Yapici
Architect
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Rashmika Gunathilaka
Part II Architectural Assistant
Rashmi joined MA in 2022 after completing his MArch at the University of East London. His particular interest in developing new innovative materials has won him the RIBA ‘Skin Thinking’ award. He has a passion for exploring new sustainable materials and creating spaces and experiences that are fun for the people that encounter them. In his spare time, Rashmi can be found in the pottery studio making somewhat functional mugs.
Natasha Kearney
Project Architect
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Kostas Kyrsanidis
Architectural Visualizer
Konstantinos joined MA in 2016 as a visualizer. He brings many of the projects to life through computer-generated images.
John Barnett
Accounts
John has been part of Minifie Architects since 2013. He assists with accountancy functions, including invoicing and supplier management. John works closely with the directors to meet the company’s organisational needs, assists the company’s accountant, and makes sure it is possible for the office to function efficiently.