Find out more here: www.kettle.co Kettle Collective is a multi-award-winning multidisciplinary design studio founded in 2012 by Tony Kettle and Colin Bone. The practice operates internationally, with offices in Edinburgh, London, Dubai, Muscat, and a recently opened studio in Cairo, working as one connected team across all locations. Collaboration sits at the heart of how Kettle Collective works.
Projects are developed around a round-table approach, bringing together designers, engineers, cost consultants, and specialist partners to form a bespoke team tailored to each brief. Ideas are shared openly, challenged constructively, and shaped collectively. Rather than simply responding to a brief, the studio works closely with clients to refine it—asking the right questions early to uncover stronger, more meaningful design outcomes. This process leads to clear, cohesive concepts that are carried consistently from initial idea through to delivery. Design at Kettle Collective is driven by storytelling, informed by a cross-fertilisation of cultures, experience, and perspectives. The studio values original thinking and remains open to new ideas and emerging technologies, using advanced tools and BIM workflows to support innovation and precision throughout the design and construction process. Above all, Kettle Collective believes that well-designed spaces have a direct impact on the quality of people’s lives. The studio approaches its work seriously, but not solemnly—fostering a friendly, collaborative environment that values curiosity, clarity, and a sense of humour along the way. Kettle Collective’s work has been recognised internationally, with awards including Best Future Tourism and Leisure Building Middle East (2014), Most Sustainable Building Middle East (2014 and 2016), Best Future Residential Building Middle East (2015), the Architecture Prize from the Royal Scottish Academy, and the SEPA One Planet Award at the Scottish Business Awards (2016). In 2016, on Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday, the practice received The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, followed by a second Queen’s Award in 2021 for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.
