Speakers

David is one of our founding directors and has been responsible for Goldsmith Street for Norwich City Council, The Housing Delivery Programme for City of York Council and post-graduate accommodation for Queens’ College, Cambridge.

Before forming Mikhail Riches in 2014, David had already built a reputation building exemplary one-off homes with his practice David Mikhail Architects, (Hoxton House, East London House, Richmond House) whilst with sister practice Riches Hawley Mikhail, he was able to deliver innovative housing projects (Clay Fields, Brentford Lock West).

Mikhail Riches started life by developing a slice of unpromising land at Church Walk Hackney, which went on to become the RIBA London Building of the Year 2013. With Mikhail Riches, David is now realising his ambition of working with a team of talented practitioners to deliver environmentally and socially engaged places around the UK.

David is interested in biodiversity and UK woodlands, having built his own Passivhaus home using sweet chestnut coppiced from a local woodland in Kent.