McLaren Excell

Founded in 2011 by Luke McLaren and Rob Excell, London practice McLaren Excell designs calm, highly crafted spaces. Working with original structures, such as a Victorian house in Kew (pictured) or Shepherd’s Bush, or an 18th century barn in Oxfordshire, the team restructures and reformats seamlessly using materials such as concrete, solid oak and limestone. mclarenexcell.com
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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