Surrey-based studio elle is RIBA Chartered architecture and interior design studio focusing on providing bespoke residential design and improving your experience of materialising your vision. Whether it is interior design, a renovation, an extension or a new-built, our main objective is to simplify and inspire your journey. We believe in more than providing an architectural service. We provide an experience - one that empowers the Client through guidance, communication, and problem solving in order to collaboratively create a space that is tailor-made for your life. The current projects include bespoke homes and extensions in the Green Belt; AONB’s located within Surrey Hills and Hertfordshire.

Having developed a priceless set of tools and techniques from the high-end residential sector working on projects in Notting Hill and the French Riviera, studio elle is combining experience of award-winning architecture, interior and project management to deliver the same level of design and care to new curated projects.

Guided by architectural and material honesty; our spaces are crafted around your particular needs, yet underpinned by attentiveness, elegance and permanence, serving as a canvas for your life to unfold inside.

Proudly featured in Dwell and Surrey Homes magazines.

“We provide an architectural experience - one that empowers the Client”
— elle, founder
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“A tailored service listening to and reacting to our many requests. A result that has given us something we would’ve truly never considered.”
— Andrew - Bagshot, Surrey

Experience

Our core objective is to deliver more than an architectural service. Our objective is to deliver a seamless, informed and empowering experience of creating your dream space. We take pride in the tailor-made solutions to solve your problems and uniqueness of each Client, guiding them along the way.

our approach

Quality

Our standard for work that leaves the studio is like no-other. Be it clarity of written communication, sketches or formal drawings, our Clients can expect to see painstaking quality every step of the way. Attention to detail is no consequence - your space deserves this time and care.

Collaboration

We put our Client at the heart of the design process. Exceptional design happens in collaboration to one another, not isolation. It is your home and your haven. We will hold your hand and educate you on making the most informed and suitable decisions for your needs.

behind the name

studio elle is founded by Elle Bytautaite, ARB registered and RIBA Chartered Architect counting 10 years in the field of architecture, interior and project management.

Elle has worked as an Associate Architect at one of the most high-end, bespoke studios in West London, gaining invaluable design and project management experience of meticulously designed turn-key projects. She has previously graduated with a Distinction from Kingston University; University of North Carolina at Charlotte,USA and the prestigious Architectural Association.

Alongside studio elle, Elle teaches architecture and runs an undergraduate-level studio at Kingston University School of Art in collaboration with Reed Watts Architects, supervises architectural dissertations and supports Part 3 Professional Practice course at the Architectural Association.

studio elle will be speaking at the annual Royal Institute of British Architects ( @riba ) Guerrilla Tactics 2023 conference - discussing trial and error in authentically establishing a new studio; conveying your brand values and building digital and
Sometimes, the process is just as appealing as the final product. A snapshot of our #surrey Micro-Home during its renovation - exposed original floorboards beautifully complemented the matt finish of the half-built dove-grey kitchen units.
Internal staircase inspiration - mixing materiality; concrete and timber which guides you upwards. Inspiration by @bindlossdawes
The sense of touch - beautiful selection of objects by @porter_studio__ , showing the best of tactility in spaces.
How much iteration goes into design? Newest project in East Surrey - an extension to a 1910’s residence, initial 4 options each with distinct pros and cons, offering interventions from the smallest (internal remodel) to the largest (demolition
Framing the view - our design proposal for an extension in Godalming, #surrey framing and creating a space for contemplation and celebration of the ever changing countryside.

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