The Senior Team
DIRECTOR Paul Ruff
In 2014, Paul formed RUFFARCHITECTS; a practice with a simple ambition to design and deliver residential, cultural and commercial architecture that makes a difference. For almost a decade they have done exactly that.
Building on his extensive portfolio of leading both large scale, complex mixed-use schemes as well as intimate, bespoke projects
Paul has since honed a careful approach founded on a sensitivity, resourcefulness and responsiveness to client needs.
From the intricate refurbishment of The Barbican Centre, to the challenging construction of London Olympic Athletes’ Village, Paul’s ethos of craft and collaboration from concept design through to delivery is always evident. Paul has crafted an ethos of agility and nimbleness, reflecting differing skills each project requires, fostering within the wider team an innovative and accountable approach.
Prior to establishing RUFFARCHITECTS, Paul worked for Stirling Prize Winner, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, and at the award- winning Ian Ritchie Architects on major national and international schemes.
As an extension of this work, Paul is an invited lecturer and critic at Oxford Brookes University and guest critic at Central Saint Martins’ architecture faculty.
SENIOR ARCHITECT Teodora Petrova
Teodora joined RUFFARCHITECTS from PTE, bringing with her a broad and detailed knowledge of all types and scales of multi-residential schemes. Her focus is on ensuring site viabilities can create beautiful, deliverable masterplans and housing typologies.
As Senior Architect, Teodora oversees all early-stage design in the studio, coupled with delivering some of our largest residential projects, including consistent notable projects over 18m. She chairs peer design reviews at each RIBA stage, which include buildability and sustainability checklists based on our studios key values of innovative, sustainable, and accountable design. Teodora's in-depth experience provides the perfect basis for initiatives and lessons learnt at all stages to be incorporated into deliverable design development.
Alongside her extensive residential portfolio Teodora’s passion is community based and cultural projects and she has led the design on a number of our key repeat client commissions. RUFFARCHITECTS experience in sensitive sites, ranging from listed buildings, conservation areas and areas of outstanding natural beauty provide a wide range of considerations to be carefully integrated into each emerging scheme design.
SENIOR ARCHITECT Lucy Ashton-Griffin
Lucy joined RUFFARCHITECTS from shedkm and specialises in technical design and delivery. An inquisitive and keen problem solver as well as an experienced Architect and BIM Manager. As Senior Architect, Lucy oversees technical
design in the studio, assisting project leads with technical reviews and detailed project planning. A knowledge of project programming and delivery assists with the management and resourcing of staff. Lucy monitors workflows and studio standards to maintain a level of quality in the RUFFARCHITECTS output.
Lucy has a wealth of residential and mixed-use project experience, having worked on residential schemes for both private and public sector clients including a portfolio of modular social housing and large-scale apartment schemes. Since joining RUFFARCHITECTS she has lead projects in a number of different sectors such as residential, senior living and healthcare.
Having a passion for onsite delivery work across different procurement routes, Lucy provides knowledge of contract administration and the Principal Designer role. A continuity and opportunity for shared knowledge that the studio provides through feasibility, planning and our multiple large scale construction stage projects.