VDF studio profiles: Transit Studio is a multidisciplinary design practice that has avoided developing a house style in order to build a portfolio of varied and engaging spaces.
The London-based studio was founded in 2017 by Ben Masterton-Smith ? the winner of the inaugural RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship ? and specialises in both architecture and interior design services.
By spanning architecture and interiors, the studio offers a comprehensive design approach that has lead it to work with international clients across a variety of sectors and scales in the last three years.
Transit Studio is the multidisciplinary design practice behind the EartH arts venue. Photo is by Luke Hayes
Transit Studio prides itself most on its creative process, which begins by dissecting both a client's brief and the team's initial reaction to the site and context within which it is working. In this way, the studio rejects conforming to trends and avoids confining itself to a particular style, which has helped give rise to a distinctive portfolio.
The EartH arts venue is built within an art deco cinema in London. Photo is by Luke Hayes
"Although traditionally many architects work narrowly in one sector, we didn't want to be pigeonholed, we hope we can bring something different to every project," Masterton-Smith explained.
"Each project is unique ? we listen to the client and then start to investigate how we can help them," he continued. "We don't have a house s...