Why More Homeowners Are Choosing Studios That Manage Both Architecture and Interior Design

Choosing an architect and an interior designer for your project can feel overwhelming. Here at OVS, we understand the value of selecting a studio that can do both - combine exterior architecture with interior design. By working with a practice that manages every aspect of the design, at every stage, the results can be exceptional.

If you are seeking a smooth streamlined process that brings harmony to your project – choose a combined architecture and interiors practice.

Here’s why more homeowners are choosing studios that manage both architecture and interior design...

Concept to Completion

Have you ever walked into a space that feels disjointed or incoherent? Working with a multidisciplinary or integrated studio ensures harmony between the interior design scheme and its architectural envelope.  

Separating the two can lead to missed opportunities or even creative clashes. When both disciplines are integrated within one studio, every aspect of the project can be approached holistically. From the first sketch to the finishing decorative details, the building and its interior are developed in tandem, ensuring that one enhances the other.

Take, for example, a well-placed skylight. From an interior design perspective, a well-designed skylight can flood a space with natural light, creating a bright airy aesthetic and a feeling of a more expansive space. Architecturally a skylight provides opportunities to be structurally creative, opening up new volumes and layouts. A skylight also has the potential to improve energy efficiency, supporting passive heating and ventilation.

Communication

Smooth streamlined communication cannot be underestimated. If architecture and interior design are handled by separate entities, communication delays are inevitable.

Design projects involve dozens of decisions and just as many revisions. Important information can get lost in translation, and mismatched timelines can cause costly errors or rework.

Back-and-forth conversations between separate contractors and teams, can be frustrating at best, and cause significant delays at worst. When working with an integrated studio, those all-important decisions concerning ceiling heights, lighting, and material finishes become part of a single conversation.

Having both services in-house means team members can collaborate daily, often in real time. With shared digital tools and aligned schedules, changes can be discussed and resolved quickly. The result is a smoother, faster, and more cost-effective design and construction process.

Cohesive Aesthetic

A home where the interior speaks a different design language to the exterior can create a disconnection and compromise the overall success of the project. Many of our conservation architecture projects have involved achieving harmony between a listed building’s heritage and its interior functionality.

Our Ecclestone Mews project is a perfect example of this, although located within one of London’s historically significant buildings, the interior had suffered an unfortunate subdivision in the 1970s. With careful planning, a new layout, a considered interior design scheme, and the restoration of historical period details, we were able to transform a disjointed and uncomfortable space into a contemporary home within a beautiful grade II listed property.

When architecture and interior design are handled by the same studio, the aesthetic language remains consistent. Materials, textures, and colour palettes are selected with both exterior and interior in mind. With this holistic approach, small design details can make beautiful aesthetic statements. This was true of our Herringbone House project where a subtle Herringbone element in the property’s construction and interior became part of a continuous design narrative. This cohesion results in spaces that feel intentional, immersive, and emotionally resonant. 

Client Experience

For clients, working with a single studio that offers both architecture and interior design offers convenience new creative opportunities as well as convenience. With one point of contact, one contract, and one vision, this unified approach reduces stress and confusion. construction.

Budgets and timelines are coordinated across all disciplines, reducing the potential for unwelcome surprises. And because an integrated studio has a complete understanding of your needs and lifestyle, they are in the perfect position to meet your end goal - both functionally and aesthetically.

Conclusion

Architecture and interior design are two sides of the same coin. When they work together, not as separate disciplines, but as a single creative force, the results are more cohesive, more efficient, and more compelling. Get in touch with OVS today to see how we can help you achieve your design goals