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Founder: Gurvinder Khurana and Nigel Tresise
Profile
align, co-founded by Directors Nigel Tresise and Gurvinder Khurana, is a London-based interior architecture and design practice, specialising in workplace design, but also active across a variety of sectors, including hospitality and residential interiors.
The company won the Gold Award at The London Design Awards 2018 for its workplace scheme for Spark44 at The White Collar Factory on Old Street Roundabout, within a building developed by Derwent London. The company also won Gold at the same awards in 2015 for its scheme for BrandOpus, which additionally took the Annual Space Office Award at the Modern Decoration International Media Awards in China.
In 2017, align completed ‘Omeara’, a live music venue, events and bar space for client Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons, winning the coveted ‘Hospitality Venue of the Year’ award at Mixology 2017.
Biography
Gurvinder Khurana
align Director and Co-founder Gurvinder Khurana is an interior designer with a long experience of consultancy, backed up by a wide range of design & build experience across various construction sectors. Whilst the bulk of her experience has been in workplace/commercial environments, she appreciates the value of working across various sectors.
Gurvinder absorbs all that she comes into contact with and allows those experiences to feed into her work and aesthetic resources, whether they come from fashion, design, architecture, typography or nature.
Gurvinder is conscientious and passionate in her approach and always strives to deliver client-focused solutions. She seeks to have meaningful collaborations with every member of the team contributing to the design development in order to get the best out of everyone – the antithesis of the ‘design diva’ attitude!
Gurvinder believes in a holistic approach that balances the commercial and emotional requirements of an organisation and its people and looks to “get under the skin” of her clients, in order to really understand their needs and aspirations, whilst balancing this against a solid understanding of business priorities.
She has been a judge at both the FX International Interior Design Awards and Mixology North.
Nigel Tresise
align Director and Co-founder Nigel Tresise's experience covers the whole spectrum of construction from commercial office, residential, retail and hotels to academic projects in the UK and Europe.
Prior to moving into consultancy, Nigel worked for a US-based construction company on large projects, such as the 45-storey Hotel Arts in Barcelona. His experience on site has given him a deep understanding of construction and of fast-track fit-outs in particular.
Nigel was previously Creative Director at designers Cochrane McGregor in London, where he was involved in projects for commercial clients such as Zürich Financial Services and UBS, as well as retail projects with Debenhams and a boutique for high-fashion shoe supremo Jimmy Choo.
Since working with Gurvinder, Nigel has completed strategic planning projects with Old Mutual Asset Managers, as well as for multi-award-winning creative agencies Dare Digital and Lowe Worldwide, where he coupled his creative design skills with rigorous analytical data analysis methodology.
Nigel completed a Masters in Design Studies at Central St Martins in 2006 and was elected Fellow of the RSA later that year. A central part of his MA research was the development of tools to assist in understanding the analytical and emotional factors that affect organisations during project briefings.
Awards
Brand Opus: Gold Award, London Design Awards 2015
Brand Opus: Annual Office Space Award, Modern Decoration Int’l Media Award 2015 (China)
Brand Opus: Finalist - Small/Medium Commercial Interiors Project of the Year, Mixology 15 Awards
AAT Winner: Change Management & Best Small Firm, MCA Management Today Awards 2008
Founder: Gurvinder Khurana and Nigel Tresise
Profile
align, co-founded by Directors Nigel Tresise and Gurvinder Khurana, is a London-based interior architecture and design practice, specialising in workplace design, but also active across a variety of sectors, including hospitality and residential interiors.
The company won the Gold Award at The London Design Awards 2018 for its workplace scheme for Spark44 at The White Collar Factory on Old Street Roundabout, within a building developed by Derwent London. The company also won Gold at the same awards in 2015 for its scheme for BrandOpus, which additionally took the Annual Space Office Award at the Modern Decoration International Media Awards in China.
In 2017, align completed ‘Omeara’, a live music venue, events and bar space for client Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons, winning the coveted ‘Hospitality Venue of the Year’ award at Mixology 2017.
Biography
Gurvinder Khurana
align Director and Co-founder Gurvinder Khurana is an interior designer with a long experience of consultancy, backed up by a wide range of design & build experience across various construction sectors. Whilst the bulk of her experience has been in workplace/commercial environments, she appreciates the value of working across various sectors.
Gurvinder absorbs all that she comes into contact with and allows those experiences to feed into her work and aesthetic resources, whether they come from fashion, design, architecture, typography or nature.
Gurvinder is conscientious and passionate in her approach and always strives to deliver client-focused solutions. She seeks to have meaningful collaborations with every member of the team contributing to the design development in order to get the best out of everyone – the antithesis of the ‘design diva’ attitude!
Gurvinder believes in a holistic approach that balances the commercial and emotional requirements of an organisation and its people and looks to “get under the skin” of her clients, in order to really understand their needs and aspirations, whilst balancing this against a solid understanding of business priorities.
She has been a judge at both the FX International Interior Design Awards and Mixology North.
Nigel Tresise
align Director and Co-founder Nigel Tresise's experience covers the whole spectrum of construction from commercial office, residential, retail and hotels to academic projects in the UK and Europe.
Prior to moving into consultancy, Nigel worked for a US-based construction company on large projects, such as the 45-storey Hotel Arts in Barcelona. His experience on site has given him a deep understanding of construction and of fast-track fit-outs in particular.
Nigel was previously Creative Director at designers Cochrane McGregor in London, where he was involved in projects for commercial clients such as Zürich Financial Services and UBS, as well as retail projects with Debenhams and a boutique for high-fashion shoe supremo Jimmy Choo.
Since working with Gurvinder, Nigel has completed strategic planning projects with Old Mutual Asset Managers, as well as for multi-award-winning creative agencies Dare Digital and Lowe Worldwide, where he coupled his creative design skills with rigorous analytical data analysis methodology.
Nigel completed a Masters in Design Studies at Central St Martins in 2006 and was elected Fellow of the RSA later that year. A central part of his MA research was the development of tools to assist in understanding the analytical and emotional factors that affect organisations during project briefings.
Awards
Brand Opus: Gold Award, London Design Awards 2015
Brand Opus: Annual Office Space Award, Modern Decoration Int’l Media Award 2015 (China)
Brand Opus: Finalist - Small/Medium Commercial Interiors Project of the Year, Mixology 15 Awards
AAT Winner: Change Management & Best Small Firm, MCA Management Today Awards 2008
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