Vine Architecture Studio

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T +44 (0) 207 377 5465
E [email protected]

1st Floor
132 Whitechapel Road
London E1 1JE

Oxford Innovation Space
46 Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HT

At Vine, we design buildings that live and last. They live because they are people focused, created with local insight and community understanding.  They last because they are based on first principles evolving from simple forms, richly composed and robustly detailed.

The places we make bring people together.

The possibility of connecting communities is present whatever the setting, but the most engaging places help people to feel that they belong, encouraging them to participate in civic life. We achieve this in our work through conversation and consultation, making architecture that feels inevitable and enriching because it is built out of values shared with its users.

We commit to designing places where people feel they belong.

The places we design are made for now, and for the future.

We endeavour to create buildings that endure, using minimal embodied energy to mitigate climate change. We favour the lower-tech and the local - natural materials found close-at-hand. We believe in subtle moves rather than grand gestures, looking to understand the history and development of an area and apply considered, pragmatic and site specific proposals that are informed by the inherent spirit of the site.

We commit to designing buildings that will last for one hundred years and beyond.

We work in the best interest of our clients, collaborators and those that use our buildings, recognising that really successful architecture only happens when the right team comes together around a shared goal.  Our approach is founded on respect, professionalism and creative rigour.  We have offices in London and Oxford, and our work extends across the UK to settings both urban and rural. 

Our team began in 2014, when Rory Pennant-Rea founded the studio. Since then we have grown into a dedicated, diverse group of individuals, with a broad range of skills and experience across many different project types, and connected by our shared interest in the positive social impacts of good design.

Rory studied at Newcastle University, the Architectural Association – where he was awarded the Henry Saxon Snell Scholarship – and the Bartlett School of Architecture, London. He has considerable experience across residential, commercial, transport, public realm, cultural, arts and education projects, and a particular belief in the positive role of town planning in the creation of successful, lasting places. He has taught in schools of architecture across the UK.

Clients and Collaborators

Private Clients

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Arup

Avison Young

Aviva

Bell Cornwell

Bespoke Hotels

Capital Estates

Central Saint Martins

Compton Scorpion Estate

Develop Land

Engineers HRW

First Plan

Friend of Ruskin Park

FRT Developments

GVA

Investland Group Plc

JMS Planning

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

London Borough of Lambeth

London Borough of Wandsworth

Marina Projects

Oxford University Developments

Paragon

Price & Myers

PT Projects

Savills

Southbank Centre

Turnberry Investment Group

Unicef

Union Street Partners

University of Tokyo

Webb Yates Engineers

Weston Williamson + Partners

XCO2

Awards

Architect's Journal Retrofit Awards 2024

Whitechapel Road - Shortlisted

Dezeen Awards 2024 (international)

Whitechapel Road - Longlisted

New London Architecture Awards 2021

Ponders End Housing - Shortlisted

British Homes Awards 2021

The Old Granary - Finalist

Arch Daily - Building of the Year 2021 (International)

Love Walk - Nominee

British Home Awards 2020

Mile End Road - Finalist

British Home Awards 2020

Love Walk - Finalist

Don't Move Improve Awards 2020

Mile End Road - Shortlisted

Don’t Move Improve Awards 2020

Love Walk - Shortlisted

New London Architecture Awards 2019

Capital Corner - Winner

Architect's Journal Retrofit Awards 2019

Mile End Road - Winner

Architect's Journal Retrofit Awards 2019

Love Walk - Shortlisted

Architizer Awards 2019 (International)

Anerley Housing - Finalist

Architizer Awards 2019 (International)

Victoria Wharf - Special Mention

Architizer Awards 2019 (International)

Mile End Road - Special Mention

Dezeen Awards 2019 (International)

Love Walk - Longlisted

Dezeen Awards 2019 (International)

Mile End Road - Longlisted

Build Magazine Awards 2019

Anerley Housing - Winner

Publications

Grand Designs Magazine 2024

Whitechapel Road

Architect's Journal 2023

Whitechapel Road

Wallpaper Magazine 2023

Whitechapel Road

Wallpaper Magazine 2023

Beck Farm and Studio

Best New Architects 2020

Ponders End

Architect's Journal 2020

Ponders End

London Evening Standard 2019

Mile End Road

Grand Designs Magazine 2019

Love Walk

Wallpaper Magazine 2019

Mile End Road

Casa Vogue 2019

Mile End Road

New London Architecture 2019

Capital Corner

Dezeen 2019

Love Walk

Architecture Today 2019

Mile End Road

Arch Daily 2019

Love Walk

Architect's Journal 2019

Mile End Road

Elle Decor 2019

Mile End Road

Dezeen 2019

Mile End Road

Wallpaper Magazine

Broadway Market Mews 2017

London:
1st Floor, 132 Whitechapel Road
London E1 1JE

Oxford:
Oxford Innovation Space
46 Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HT

Talk to us:[email protected]+44 (0) 207 377 5465+44 (0) 207 377 5465
London / Oxford

Work with us:

To join the team, please send a CV and short portfolio to [email protected]

Press:

For any press enquiries please email [email protected]

1st Floor, 132 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JE

Oxford Innovation Space, 46 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HT

London:
1st Floor, 132 Whitechapel Road
London E1 1JE

Oxford:
Oxford Innovation Space
46 Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HT

Talk to us:[email protected]+44 (0) 207 377 5465+44 (0) 207 377 5465
London / Oxford

Work with us:

To join the team, please send a CV and short portfolio to [email protected]

Press:

For any press enquiries please email [email protected]

1st Floor, 132 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JE

Oxford Innovation Space, 46 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HT