NOOMA Studio Selected Among the UK’s Emerging Practices for New Architects 5

NOOMA Studio has been selected for New Architects 5, a major publication by the Architecture Foundation profiling the most significant emerging architectural practices in the United Kingdom.

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NOOMA Studio has been selected for inclusion in New Architects 5, the latest edition of the Architecture Foundation’s long-running series documenting the most compelling emerging architectural practices in the UK.

Published periodically over the past two decades, the New Architects series provides a snapshot of the country’s most thoughtful and ambitious young studios. The fifth volume will present the work of ninety-three practices established within the last ten years and is scheduled for publication in summer 2026.

NOOMA Studio is a London-based architecture practice founded by Ramsey Yassa and based in Islington. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team with diverse and often non-traditional backgrounds, the studio’s work is grounded in a clear purpose: to design for public good.

The practice works across urban regeneration, social housing, public realm and cultural projects, creating places that support everyday life, wellbeing and community. Its approach is rooted in a careful understanding of place, allowing each design to respond specifically to the social and spatial conditions of its context.

Recent work includes Passivhaus social housing developed with local authority clients, combining sensitive estate infill with new homes, community facilities and public realm improvements. Other projects include Pavilion for All at Clitterhouse Playing Fields for Argent Related, a concept-stage community building exploring timber and rammed earth construction, green roofs and planted terraces to create a strong tactile connection between people and landscape.

Founded to challenge conventional models of architectural production, NOOMA Studio has developed a reputation for designing with — rather than for — communities, embedding inclusivity and storytelling into projects to respond to the social complexities of each place.