Nathaniel Mosley and Henry Thorold formed Mosley Thorold Architects in 2017, and since then have worked closely with clients to help them navigate the building process and interrogate the questions of how to maximise the opportunities it presents.
Both directors had academic backgrounds in other subjects before meeting at the Architectural Association towards the end of their architectural studies. They subsequently gained experience in a number of sectors before a series of collaborations led to them joining forces.
They seek to create spaces that delight and share a passion for making at all scales, responding to each brief and site in a rigorous and thoughtful way, and often finding that physical modelling is the best way to both explore and communicate a spatial proposition. The way a building sheds its water, filters light, stimulates conversation, and ages gracefully are all sources of inspiration.
Nathaniel co-founded Mosley Thorold having previously worked as a sole practitioner, as a project lead in various UK architectural practices, and as a tutor at a number of international architectural schools. He has a passion for the construction process, for the excitement and rigour of nursing a carefully developed architectural idea into its built reality.
Nathaniel studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture and The Architectural Association winning prizes for his work at both. Prior to this he studied for a degree at The Courtauld Institute where he focused on architectural history.
Ever the glutton for education, Henry came to architecture via the unusual route of a physics and philosophy degree from Oxford University. Following the completion of his training at the Architectural Association he spent two and half years in practice at Hopkins Architects, working on projects in the Residential, Health and Education sectors, including the Smith Campus Centre for Harvard University.
Since joining forces with Nat, he has applied a rigorous and detail focussed approach to his practice, finding joy in the design and realisation of buildings and objects at all scales. Henry is training to become a certified passivhaus designer, and interrogating the ways in which existing buildings can be sustainably retrofitted in often challenging regulatory contexts is a particularly urgent focus.