
RA Dorfman Award nominee APPARATA
APPARATA is an architectural practice founded in 2015 by Astrid Smitham and Nicholas Lobo Brennan. Based in London, they are known for their community work emphasising collective life and the construction of buildings as a critical practice.

London, UK (2016)
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APPARATA is an architectural practice founded in 2015 by Astrid Smitham and Nicholas Lobo Brennan. Based in London, they are known for their community work emphasising collective life and the construction of buildings as a critical practice. The firm has recently completed A House for Artists, a new form of low rent co-housing combined with a community arts centre in Barking, London. APPARATA’s design defines a new model of housing, where social relations can be developed thanks to the shared spaces throughout the building. It is one of the Observer’s best 5 buildings of 2021 and has been covered in the Guardian and The RIBA Journal amongst other places. Astrid and Nicholas currently lead a studio at Kingston School of Art where Nicholas is Associate Professor of Tectonics.
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16th Venice Biennale (2018)
London, UK (2015)
London, UK, (2021)
London, UK (2021)
London, UK (2021)
London, UK (2021)
London, UK (2021)
London, UK (2021)
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