What We Do

We are residential specialist RIBA & ARB qualified Architects with a passion for creating high quality and well designed homes for both homeowners and property investors across the UK.
We place design at the forefront of everything we do and firmly believe that great design is proportional to our creativity, resourcefulness and effort, not budget.
We pride ourselves on our ability to maximise the potential of property through intelligent and practical use of space whilst creating beautiful homes that people love it live in.
​In addition to our architectural services, we also invest in property ourselves acquiring unloved, unmodernised properties and transforming them into well designed, high quality contemporary homes complete with our signature Scandinavian style interiors.

Who we are

Pedersen + Smith was founded in 2017 by us, Emma Smith and Mikael Pedersen. We met at Liverpool University during our architecture studies and have since continued our architecture journey in London and the South East.
We are passionate about designing and improving properties. In particularly unlocking the potential of dilapidated and rundown properties.
In addition to running our architecture studio, we keen 'DIYers' with several home renovations under our belt. Through our own investment projects and years of experience, we have developed a unique and pragmatic approach to our design.
We are inspired by Mikael's danish roots and our design is influenced by the Scandinavian 'open and honest' approach to design and architecture. 

Our Core Values

Design at the Forefront

We believe everyone should live in a well designed and quality home that they love and feel relaxed and comfortable in. We believe design quality is not proportional to budget, it is proportional to our creativity, resourcefulness and effort which we pride ourselves in.​ 

Quality in Service

We are committed to providing high quality designs and service alongside clear and accurate information and advice to our clients. We focus on achieving your goals and do all we can to achieve the desired outcome. ​

Integrity

We have strong moral standards embodying our principles of truth, trust and reliability. We conduct ourselves in the best possible manner so that our company reflects our own good character. 

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Meet The Team

Mikael Pedersen
Development Director

About Mikael

Mikael has over 8 years experience within the construction industry and extensive experience in delivering projects on site. Mikael started his Architectural career working for world renowned architectural practice Fosters and Partners before working for leading building contractors specialising in the site delivery of multi million pound projects. At Pedersen Smith, Mikael focuses on site projects and building P+S's own portfolio utilising his expertise to effectively managing builders and trades, foreseeing and resolving any issues that may arise and delivering projects snag free, on time and on budget. Originally from Denmark, Mikael also has a strong eye for contemporary design and a passion for Scandinavian design. 

Emma Smith
RIBA Architect & Director

ABOUT EMMA

Emma is a fully qualified ARB and RIBA Chartered Architect with over 8 years experience within the industry. Emma founded Pedersen Smith Architects in 2017, after many years of working at residential specialist architectural practices in London and having built up track record of both gaining planning consents and delivering projects on site to completion. Over the years Emma has amassed a great deal of experience, skills and knowledge across a wide range of residential projects ranging from modest homeowner extension projects to new builds to multimillion residential projects for high net worth individuals to HMO conversions, commercial to residential conversions and large scale masterplanning projects.

Julia Smith
RICS Building Surveyor

ABOUT JULIA

Julia is a chartered member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Julia graduated from Northumbria University with a 2.1 undergraduate degree in Building Surveying following a years industry placement with Baily Garner LLP, a multidisciplinary construction consultancy in Birmingham. She then began a graduate building surveying scheme at Savills (UK) Ltd in London where she became a Chartered Building Surveyor (MRICS) after having undertaken a diverse range of building surveying services for private, commercial and institutional clients over three and a half years eventually specialising in residential refurbishment.
Julia works with Pedersen + Smith Architects as a building surveyor as well as a architectural draftsman. Julia has two cats, Liam & Noelle and a cocker poo called Monty

Shelley Malaluan
Executive Assistant

ABOUT Shelley

Shelley is from the Philippines and worked in a corporate set-up for more than 13 years. After years of contemplation, she decided to leave the four corners of her cubicle to lead a simpler, more peaceful life away from the norm of waking up early to brave the traffic in the city. After hundreds of tries, she finally got into the amazing world of freelancing. She's now working alongside entrepreneurs and property investors based in the UK as a virtual professional. P+S Architects is her very first client which she considers as her lucky charm.  She does all her work in the comforts of her tiny house in the Philippines, which she designed herself and built after leaving the busy city life 2 years ago. With a generally relaxed personality, she enjoys biking in the countryside, planting veggies and playing with her adorable dogs in the morning. In the next few years, she sees herself visiting (and staying for a while) in other beautiful countries experiencing different cultures, living an even fuller, awesome life.

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Awards

Shortlisted 2019 RIBA Journal's Rising Star Award
​Sir Charles Reilly Medal
RIBA Silver Presidents Medal Nomination
Resident Magazines 'Space of the Month'. 
​Sheppard Robson Sustainabiity Award