Architect of the Week: William Smalley

January 11th, 2017

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William Smalley established his office in 2010. An architect of rare sensibility, he has developed his own distinctive design language, which rests somewhere between a profound reverence for tradition and an uncompromising minimalism. He shares a deep understanding for old buildings and their contexts with an excitement for new spaces.

Known for his use of simple, quality materials and his understanding of craft combined with understated luxury, his work has the comfort of simplicity, a quality that is often evident in the cool, lime-washed walls of a medieval building, filtered and made lucid through a completely modern sensibility.