Fisher Cheng practices collaborative architecture with a socially motivated agenda. We deliver designs that delight, where the process is just as engaging as the outcome.
We work with purpose towards the common good, across sectors of housing, community spaces, public realm and grassroots-led placemaking.
Our passion lies in shaping the future of places hand in hand with their communities, through creative engagement and dialogue. We believe the long-term success of a project lies in the custodianship of local stakeholders.
Often working in the context of regeneration, our designs encourage neighbourliness and conviviality, celebrating the civic aspects of everyday life.
BA(Hons) DipArch ARB RIBA
Certified Passivhaus Designer
Richard believes good design should be accessible to all, championing meaningful and inclusive engagement as a central part of successful placemaking.
With a strong understanding of policy, Richard embraces the structural complexities of regeneration projects and seeks to ensure that designs reflect the ambitions of each community and the distinctiveness of the site.
Previously while at Hawkins\Brown, Richard had a key role leading the design team during the early stages on a number of significant housing projects, in particular Grange Farm in South Harrow, which required collaborative working with the local community and council.
Prior to this, Richard worked for small practices in Devon and Oxford focusing on bespoke, highly-crafted and highly sustainable private houses, one of which, Cobb House, featured on the programme Grand Designs.
BA(Hons) MArch ARB RIBA
Certified Passivhaus Designer
Yuting co-founded Fisher Cheng in 2018 with a mission to deliver socially driven architecture that delights, through collaborative and equitable means.
Prior to establishing Fisher Cheng, Yuting worked at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, most recently helping to deliver the public realm and social housing element of the ‘ruthlessly inclusive’ Hammersmith Civic Campus to planning stage.
Yuting's Masters thesis envisaged the reworking of Canvey Island Town Council as a civic piece of seaside architecture which was nominated for the RIBA Silver Medal. She was the recipient of the RIBA South Student Prize, Scott Brownrigg and Spratley Studios prize.
Yuting is also an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University for the Level 7 apprenticeship in Architecture, and a Practice Mentor for MA Interior Design students at the Royal College of Art.
Highly Commended Civic Trust Awards
BD Young Architect of the Year Finalist
Architecture Foundation Young Architects Residency
Winner of the NLA Award Meanwhile Category
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The People’s Pavilion, Oxford Brookes University
Future Practice Pecha Kucha, The Bartlett UCL
Community Retrofit, EnCaf online
Social Infrastructures, Pollard Thomas Edwards
Engagement Led Design, Oxford Brookes University
High Streets For All Round Table, City Hall
Housing, Our Streets & Development, EnCaf Palmers Green Hub
Ecosystems for Impact, Goldsmiths Centre
Spaces for All, LFA at the Dugdale Centre
Architecture Can Change the World, Enfield Careers Fair
Gascoigne Community Centre, Southern Sweden Design Days
Practice in Progress, AHMM
Diversifying Regeneration, London Real Estate Forum
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BeFirst Regeneration
Greater London Authority
London Borough of Enfield
London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Haringey
London Borough of Harrow
Mind in Enfield
Populo Living
Vistry Partnerships
Adam Tarasewicz
AKT II
Al Jawad Pike
Assemble
Augarde & Partners
Bell Phillips
BLOQS
Bud Studio
Delft University of Technology
Doodle Designs
Engineers HRW
Exodus Youthworx
Fore Street For All CIC
Hanna Benihoud
Harrow Arts
Hawkins\Brown
Henley Halebrown
Hive Curates
HTA Design
Jan Kattein Architects
Jas Balla Works
Jestico + Whiles
Kjellander Sjöberg
KM Dimensions
Kristofer Adelaide Architecture
Launch It Trust
London Festival of Architecture
Matchbox Collective
Maxability
Mae
Nimtim
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Open City Young City Makers
Open House
Periscope
Planit-IE
REACT
University of Northumbria
Urban Projects Bureau
Urban Radicals
Sullivan Brothers
The Glass House Community Led Design
The Loop/Groundwork London
Tiger Monkey UK Ltd
Walker Primary School
WSP
ZCD Architects