A kitchen extension can look deceptively simple on a moodboard. But once it involves moving walls, bringing daylight deep into a plan, gaining consent, specifying cabinetry and making a busy family home function beautifully, the question of architect vs interior designer becomes much more meaningful. The right answer is rarely about choosing one creative vision over another. It is about identifying the expertise your project needs, at the point it needs it.

For a home or commercial space to feel genuinely resolved, its structure, flow, light and material character need to work as one. That is where an understanding of each discipline - and of how they can collaborate - changes the experience as much as the finished result.