Studio MAY was founded by Louis Mayes as a practice with an equal focus on both design and research.

Projects include a self-build cottage in the Peak District, an office inserted into a timber yard in Clapham, a workshop and artist’s studio within a Dorset AONB and a poured earth house in rural Ghana. 

Collaboration is key and and the practice always undertakes an extended research period on any project before undertaking a design phase. MAY works between workshops, writing and designing.

Studio MAY’s research arm, River Walks, has conducted research into the estuarine and riparian relationship between the Thames and cities, manifesting itself in a series of walks and talks with the London Festival of Architecture. Louis currently leads undergraduate Unit M at Oxford Brookes University. Unit M is proud to have had three RIBA Bronze Medal nominations for the last fours years of teaching, as well as winning the Architect’s Journal Student Prize 2024. See examples of the student’s work here.

Telephone        +44 (0) 7855 012858
Email                 studio@studioMAY.uk

Louis Mayes
Architect ARB
Louis studied at London Metropolitan University, the University of Reading and the University of Cambridge.

Louis worked with a range of practices including Karakusevic Carson Architect, Cottrell & Vermeulen, Clementine Blakemore and Emil Eve, including working on the Stirling Prize shortlisted Wraxall Yard.















Past and Present Collaborators:
Alan Milliken
Charlotte Bate
Emily Hadley
Finn Kramer
Luke Vouckelatou
Lou-Adélaïde Feliu