Meet the Team

Welcome to our chartered design and planning studio.  We are dedicated, dynamic, and above all we believe ourselves to be unique in what we do.  We were set up with a focus on cafe culture and franchise store modelling, but with a key difference in that we have developed from an architectural and planning consultancy background.  Not only do we therefore focus on the highly specialised and fast paced world of the commercial interior but we are unique in being able to maximise the economic potential of any site with a complete architectural package, from remodelling right through to major residential and commercial development. To view more about what we do take a look at our services.  

​These are our key members:

Matt Phillips

BA(hons) DipArch AA ARB RIBA MCSD
​The founder of Architecture Design, Matt specialises in cafe culture, retail, leisure and residential development. Currently working with retail clients and franchisees of both global brands and boutique stores; designing, planning, branding, and re-imaging them. An unrivalled planning experience of over 1000 shops taken successfully from conception to completion. 

Residential projects are also a passion having exhibited work on the future of London housing, bespoke planning and construction of new homes, extensions, conversions, and the design of major development.

Having studied architecture at the Architectural Association and the University of Greenwich, Matt graduated with a first class honours degree and a distinction for postgraduate studies. He has received RIBA medal nomination for work and also received awards for performance in architecture, design technology, and CAD. 

Matt is chartered as both an architect with the Royal Institute of British Architects and as an interior designer with the Chartered Society of Designers.

Kamlesh Singh

BAS MA
Our resident coffee shop expert, there isn't much he doesn't know about the world of franchise and coffee design. His architectural background also means that any shop fit-out is built looking at the bigger picture, be it simple structural alterations through to mixed use redevelopment of the entire site. Your contact for any new commercial feasibility study and planning development.

Marius Pustai

MSc(Arch) MSc(Eng)
Marius not only works on our extensive range of coffee shop designs but has recently broadened our folio to include bakeries whilst simultaneously multitasking with a number of residential schemes along the way. He is also fast becoming our in house cad and rendering guru, so if something needs visualising, he's all over it.

Kemi Rahman

BA
Kemi works with our coffee shop brands and is skilled in designing for both new store openings and the contractual re-imaging of existing stores. If you also need to know if your site is feasible, what goes where and how to lay out fixtures and fittings for optimised flow, she's your point of call.

Cedric Shostia

MSc BSc
Cedric specialises in dessert parlour design as well as coffee shops and and small residential works.  He is an expert in feasibility studies and general layout arrangements through to furniture, lighting, artwork, advertisements, shop fronts, and all of the elements you require to achieve a full fit-out.

Monika Stafford

FdA
Monika has joined our team with a large design portfolio of numerous boutique cafes and restaurants. She has now quickly adapted to the world of franchise design and is busy working on the planning and design of our coffee shop portfolio.

Lee Ironmonger

Our technician, Lee, currently works on planning and assuring franchise designs meet all of the relevant building regulations and local constraints ready for construction.  As with the rest of our team, he's also swiftly becoming an expert in coffee shop layouts.

Bernita Lorentson

​Bernita is a jack of all trades, from office organisation through to bookkeeping and accountancy, she orchestrates day to day life in the office.  If ever you need to find out what’s happening or query a job, guaranteed, she'll have the answer.