Studio Verve Architects

Profile

Founded in 2009 Studio Verve is an award-winning design-led RIBA Chartered Architecture Practice based in London with a growing portfolio of works internationally. Our studio is made up of a bunch of talented and motivated people from across the world. Our portfolio of works include one-off bespoke houses and apartments, warehouse conversions, housing, hotels, restaurants; exhibition stands,offices, mixed-use and religious buildings. These areas of work span across Listed Buildings, green belt, conservation areas and even Unesco World Heritage sites.

To achieve an outstanding product; we provide a full service from feasibility, planning, architectural design and construction supervision to also include interior and graphic design. Our client base is made up of largely repeat business and projects won through recommendations and competitions. Our designs; often bold and contemporary are underpinned by an interplay of imagination and technical rigour; mostly accompanied with an element of surprise in its concept and delivery. The spaces we create are well-used and loved and can only be so by careful engagements with the end-users.

We value lateral thinking and non-conformity; both qualities evident in our growing body of work. We aspire to challenge and exceed the client’s brief and provide innovative and sustainable solutions that are both delightful and spatially inspiring. We are excited about the discovery of new materials and new ways of putting things together; we also strive to work with artists and craft men to achieve a seamless product. Our work has been well documented in numerous prestigious publications, books and exhibitions.


Biography

Vivian Chan

Vivian is the director and founder of Studio Verve Architects. Vivian was born in Malaysia, winning the ASEAN scholarship to study in Singapore at the young age of twelve. She obtained her Masters in Architecture at the National University of Singapore in 1999 and gained her RIBA Part III with distinction from the Bartlett School of Architecture in 2004. In Singapore, she worked for CIAP on a variety of residential, commercial and religious projects; in particular the award-winning Garden of Remembrance Columbarium.

Vivian moved to London in 2002 to join Foster + Partners where she worked on the prestigious Kamakura House. Subsequently she worked at David Morley Architects where she was the project architect on several education and higher education / sports laboratory projects to include The Campus in Weston-Super-Mare that won the RIBA 2005 award. She joined Walters and Cohen in 2008 and was leading a BSF project in Bristol. After cutting her teeth at some of the best practices in the country, she decided to set up a private design practice in London in 2009. As the founding director, Vivian is responsible for the creative design direction of every project that comes from the studio; ensuring that designs are worked through with rigour and passion.

Narrow Lane Farmhouse won both the West Lancashire Design and Sustainability Awards in 2015 via unanimous votes by the Jury whilst the Domino Houses in London won the Special Mention Architizer A+ Award for 2016. Vivian enjoys painting and conceptual installation art and contributing architectural articles to design magazines.