In a frenetic world, our senses bombarded with imagery and choices, we yearn for clarity and simplicity. The essence of our architecture is the resolution of all the competing challenges of brief, site budget, planning and building regulations without these struggles being noticeable in the final result. We aspire to an architecture of composed permanence, not overwrought or forced in any way.
Ours is a free-flowing and relaxed aesthetic, a restful place to withdraw from the fast pace of life. Our work explores themes we consider of paramount importance: rational and precise space planning, the texture and simple beauty of natural materials, and the transformative effect of internal daylight.
Ultimately, architecture is not truly found in drawings, models, computer simulations or websites such as this, however seductive we may endeavour to make them. Nor can it be fully explained in theories and the spoken or written word. Architecture is above all a practical art and is a physical thing you can touch, move through and shelter within. Great buildings reflect this reality and are the stronger for it, durable, joyful and uplifting.
MEET THE TEAM
David Money Architects is a small team of experienced architects working closely together. While based in London, together we have trained and practiced across three continents, from Buenos Aires to Milan, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.
David Money
David founded the practice in 2002, after working at associate level at both Rivington Street Studio (1992-1997) and Hawkins Brown (1997-2002).
He has considerable experience in residential projects, both private and commercial. He has also worked in the arts, education, retail and commercial office sectors. He is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and of the University of Brighton.
A devotee of Bob Dylan and Tintin, David also loves the performing arts and is a trustee of the Streatham Space Project in South London.
Fernando Chehtman
With both his parents practicing architects, Fernando was already visiting construction sites and producing technical drawings long before he began his studies at the University of Buenos Aires. He moved to London in 2007, after spending ten years working in Argentina, for Alvarado Font Sartorio on complex hospital and healthcare buildings, then on major residential developments with Gradel & Kopelioff Arquitectos. He joined DMA in 2008, where his technical expertise has been integral to the development of the practice, his meticulous attention to detail bringing exceptional rigour to every project from concept through to completion.
Louise Clayton
Louise has a diverse range of experience from small bespoke projects as a sole practitioner working on Listed buildings through to new build houses to large scale projects such as Chek Lap Kok airport with Foster Asia.
Prior to joining David Money Architects in 2021 she was working on a variety of projects including Passivhaus housing, estate regeneration, masterplanning and large scale residential and Third Age schemes at Pollard Thomas Edwards.
Carla Motola
Carla joined the practice in 2021, after working at DSDHA and Astudio.
She gained her BA at the Polytechnic of Milan, MArch at Central Saint Martins (UAL) and her Part III with RIBA North.
She has exhibited her work at the V&A Museum and for the RIBA during the London Design Week as part of the Art & Architecture collective WUH.
Annabel Little
In addition to being a qualified architect, Annabel has an MA in Performance and is currently studying for a PhD in Creative & Performing Arts with research exploring the intersection between art, architecture and performance.
She lived and worked in Italy for many years and ran her own design practice in Milan. She has also worked with renowned Italian architecture magazine Domus for over twenty-five years.
Ethan Urquhart
Ethan attributes his early fascination with the design of space to having moved house a total of eleven times as a child. He was already teaching himself SketchUp as a teenager and went on to study architecture at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 2021.
He joined the practice as a Part I Architectural Assistant, impressing the team with the realisability of his student schemes. He subsequently broadened his experience at Donald Insall Associates in Chester, specialists in listed buildings and heritage, and then at Høeg Architects in West London. He returned to DMA in 2025 and is due to begin his MArch at the Royal College of Art alongside his work at the practice.
Jian Jun Lim
Originally from Malaysia, JJ worked in Kuala Lumpur before moving to London to complete the final stages of his architectural training. He joined DMA in 2026, bringing experience across high-end residential projects in London as well as his background spanning hospitality, schools and masterplanning in Kuala Lumpur.
His project Pier House took second place in the 2022 Impact Design Micro-Housing Competition and he has worked on mixed media installations that have been exhibited in both London and Malaysia. Outside the studio he can be found at the gym or on the water, dragon boating.
