Business Details
Award-Winning Architects in Derby
We are a design-led, award-winning architecture and interior design practice dedicated to creating purposeful and sustainable environments. Since 2013, we have successfully created over two thousand school places and delivered numerous projects across various sectors. Our passionate, experienced team collaborates and innovates constantly to find the best approach for your specific project requirements. We are proud to be part of the SCAPE Group, which allows us to offer architectural services that consistently deliver the results you are after. Through our unique three-tier approach, we ensure you find a build route that meets your brief and delivers enhanced outcomes. Our dedicated professionals, including directors, senior architects, and technical leads, bring a high level of expertise to every stage of development. We guide our clients from the initial concept through to final completion, ensuring a seamless and supportive experience.We pride ourselves on maintaining excellent levels of communication throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring your office or educational facility is perfectly set up to support future development. By designing for function, place, and climate, we provide both standardised and bespoke solutions that save time and cost. We actively involve stakeholders, pupils, and teaching staff in the design process to ensure planned facilities work best for current and future needs. Our commitment to full transparency and client satisfaction is reflected in the positive feedback we receive from headteachers and construction partners alike. Ultimately, we strive to design exceptional spaces that positively impact the communities they serve.
Services
Architectural Design
Interior Design
Modular Design
Sustainable Architecture
Education Projects
Commercial Projects
Residential Projects
Strategic Definition
Concept Design
Biomimicry
Highlights and features
- We have created school places since 2013.
- We deliver projects through a unique three-tier approach.
- We provide bespoke solutions saving time and cost.
- We have achieved numerous planning approvals successfully.
- We are part of the SCAPE Group.
What people say
Magical place already
Positive space for children
Impressed with involvement
Perfectly set up for future
Design exceeds expectations
Services
Architecture
We create and deliver exterior solutions designing for function, place, and climate. Our experienced architects guide clients from concept to completion, ensuring enhanced outcomes. We provide standardised and bespoke architectural solutions that save time and cost.
Interior Design
Our interior design services deliver tailored solutions that bring your specific ideas to life. We design perfectly set up spaces to support future development for commercial clients. Our team ensures levels of communication remain consistently high throughout the project.
Education Projects
We create purposeful, sustainable, and inspiring learning environments for schools. Our team involves pupils, families, and teaching staff to ensure facilities work perfectly. We have successfully created over two thousand school places since 2013.
Commercial Design
We deliver commercial design solutions that perfectly support your future development requirements. Our team ensures impressive communication throughout the project to realise your vision. We provide functional spaces designed specifically for place and climate.
Residential Design
We design bespoke residential spaces that respond precisely to your unique living requirements. Our experienced team collaborates with you from the initial concept through to completion. We ensure a seamless process that brings your residential ideas to life.
People
Simon Reid
Managing Director
With extensive public sector experience, Simon leads Lungfish Architects' strategic vision, emphasizing collaborative design and technical excellence. He champions innovative approaches that balance creativity with buildability, ensuring client objectives translate into award-winning architectural solutions.
Craig Taylor
Director
Craig oversees project delivery, leveraging his multidisciplinary expertise to maintain technical standards across complex architectural schemes. His focus on modern construction methods and sustainability drives efficient, future-ready building solutions for education and commercial clients.
Yasmin Dunn-Nally
Associate Architect
Yasmin contributes design leadership to key projects, specializing in education architecture. Her attention to spatial quality and user experience ensures functional, inspiring environments that support learning outcomes and community engagement.
Nathan Webb
Associate Architect
Nathan specializes in modular construction techniques, applying offsite expertise to deliver cost-effective, sustainable buildings. His technical knowledge supports innovation in prefabricated architecture while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
Nathan Moore
Creative Design Lead
Nathan drives interior design innovation, creating cohesive spatial narratives that enhance architectural concepts. His occupant-focused approach ensures functional, aesthetically compelling environments across residential and commercial sectors.
Questions
What architectural services do you specialize in?
We specialize in education, commercial, and residential architecture, with expertise in modular construction, sustainable design, and public sector projects through our SCAPE Group partnership.
How do you ensure project sustainability?
Our sustainability approach integrates biomimicry, passive design principles, and lifecycle analysis to create energy-efficient buildings that meet net-zero targets while maintaining technical and cost performance.
Can you handle complex public sector projects?
Yes, with extensive public sector experience and SCAPE Group membership, we deliver complex education and infrastructure projects with speed, certainty, and compliance.
What makes your design process unique?
Our three-tier approach combines diagrammatic clarity, technical rigor, and collaborative stakeholder engagement to create buildable, innovative solutions tailored to client-specific needs and environmental contexts.
Do you offer interior design services?
Yes, our occupant-led interior design services create cohesive, functional spaces that complement architectural exteriors, focusing on user experience and long-term adaptability across sectors.
