About 

Hi, I'm Tom Joseph


I'm an architect and builder striving to make joyous buildings that are environmentally conscious, in harmony with people & place, both in materiality and function.


Having completed my Part I at the University of Bath and Part II in Copenhagen, I qualified as an architect in 2019. I've worked in various architectural practices on a diverse range of projects in London, Bath and Copenhagen. I currently work for Grain Architecture, a small ethical design practice specialising in the use of natural low-carbon materials.

I'm passionate about the craft and the making of buildings with a particular interest in wood. Before joining Grain I spent a year learning carpentry in a Chestnut woodland in Sussex, where I helped to build two beautiful Sweet-chestnut cabins and designed a garden studio made of Douglas Fir, Sweet-chestnut and Cork. I believe that the environmental movement is a rich source of inspiration for architecture which forces us to confront some difficult questions about how we live, leading to new solutions often inspired by old practices.

Currently based in Bristol, I'm interested in integrating more natural materials and craft into the architecture of the city and bringing more of the natural world into our urban spaces.

A keen cyclist, I want to explore the world by bike, having cycled from London to Athens in 2021 and then to Lisbon in 2022, I'm slowly making I'm way around Europe.


 

ARB registration number: 092750C