Thoughtful residential architecture for London homes

Thoughtful residential architecture for London homes

Thoughtful residential architecture for London homes

Thoughtful residential architecture for London homes

Homes Designed for a Changing World

You deserve a home that supports the way you live now and is ready for the years ahead.

A home that is warmer in winter, calmer day to day, healthier to spend time in and easier to look after.

At Studio CMA, we help London homeowners make considered changes to period and existing homes, bringing together space, light, comfort, materials, energy and interiors so the result feels coherent, practical and built around everyday life.

Thoughtful changes that make everyday life better

Bespoke plywood wardrobes and fluted timber cabinetry under rooflight in sustainable loft extension, Islington, London

Why work with Studio CMA?

Whole-home thinking

We look at how space, light, comfort, materials, energy and everyday life connect, so changes feel coherent rather than piecemeal.

Sensitive retrofit

We help older homes become warmer, healthier and more efficient while protecting their character and long-term fabric.

Clear design support

We guide decisions in the right order, helping reduce overwhelm, avoid costly mistakes and keep the project aligned with your priorities.

Studio CMA co-founders Daniela Ciarcelluti and Greg Mathers at their London studio, reviewing sustainable retrofit design plans

Step 1 | Start your enquiry

Tell us about your home, your priorities and where you are in the process. We will review your enquiry and let you know whether Studio CMA is likely to be the right fit.

How to Get Started

Step 2 | Discovery Call

If the project looks like a good fit, we will arrange an initial call to understand your aims, clarify where you are in the process and suggest the most useful next step.

Step 3 | Choose the right route

Depending on the project, the next step may be a Home Visit and Appraisal, a Retrofit Strategy, Retrofit Architectural Services, our Full Architectural Service or Architectural Interiors.

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Find the right route for your project

Whether you are still shaping the brief or ready to move into design, we help you choose the right level of support for your home.

Home Visit and Appraisal

For homeowners who need clarity on scope, feasibility, budget and the best route before committing to a larger process.

Explore the Home Visit and Appraisal

Retrofit Strategy

For retrofit-led projects where direction, ambition, phasing, options and risks need to be defined before design or construction begins.

Explore the Retrofit Strategy

Retrofit Architectural Services

For defined retrofit projects needing design development, coordination, specification or builder-ready information.

Explore Retrofit Architectural Services

Full Architectural Service

For larger renovations, extensions, reconfigurations and whole-home projects needing a fuller design and delivery process.

Explore the Full Architectural Service

Architectural Interiors

For kitchens, bathrooms, joinery, storage, lighting and materials considered as part of the wider home.

Explore Architectural Interiors

Homes made warmer, calmer and easier to live in

Selected projects showing how careful design can improve comfort, light, materials and everyday life.

A Hackney Victorian home transformed through careful retrofit, compact planning and integrated joinery, creating calmer rooms, better storage and a warmer, easier-to-live-in family home.

A dated conservatory replaced with a comfortable, light-filled garden room, reconnecting the kitchen, hall, terrace and garden through careful geometry, daylight and year-round comfort.

A subdivided period property carefully reunited and upgraded for modern family life, with calm interiors, improved comfort, natural materials and restored Victorian character.

Useful guidance for planning a better home

Practical articles on retrofit, renovation, comfort, cost and design decisions for London homeowners.

What clients say about working with Studio CMA

  • "The amount of light we now have in the house has changed our wellbeing."

    - Russell and Olivier -

  • "Greg’s guidance brought clarity to what had become a confusing and overwhelming process, and helped us prioritise what mattered most within the budget we had."

    - Chris La Rocca -

  • “We are delighted with the end result and the design has been a beautiful, ergonomic and uplifting space to live in.”

    – John –

  • “The house is much more comfortable now. The rooms connect nicely, and the house has metamorphosised into a much more enjoyable place.”

    - François and Kirstin -

  • “Greg and Daniela were able to take the council’s concerns on board and adapt the plans accordingly, whilst not losing sight of what we needed.”

    - E. Frankal and V. Miller -