Orms

Orms are democratising architecture by co-creating equitable spaces.

From our studios in Old Street, London, we bring meaningful solutions to urban life, creating modern structures of clarity, beauty, and rigour, delivering a real and positive impact on people’s lives. The starting point for our projects is storytelling and deep assignment, and we look to understand our role as custodians of the places and spaces we work in. We call this approach to architecture “Ultrapractical”.

Orms is active in a range of sectors including offices, residential, hospitals, schools and leisure. This combination of broad experience and deep specialism enables us to create truly mould-breaking projects. With a strong ethos on repurposing and repositioning existing buildings, the practice has been pioneering the reuse of materials on live projects.

Orms became a BCorp in 2024. As silver sponsors to the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard and co-authors of a policy paper on Materials Passports with Lancaster University, they are leaders in research and innovation within the industry.