What Studio MUTT does

Studio MUTT is a UK-based architecture and design studio incorporated as Studio MUTT Ltd. in England and Wales, with headquarters at 91 Kempston Street, Liverpool, and a secondary studio at Netil Corner, London E8 4RU. Founded in 2015, the practice employs 6-8 people and operates as a founder/partner-led private studio with no external institutional funding. Its work spans exhibition design, museum and cultural space design, retail interiors, public realm and town centre regeneration, building retrofit, and residential architecture, with a project numbering system running past 170 indicating a substantial and ongoing portfolio.

The studio generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, negotiated per project based on scope, scale, and client type. Clients are acquired through direct pitches, design competitions, invited tenders, and referrals, with recurring relationships demonstrated by Universal Works (multiple retail stores), V&A (multiple exhibitions), and General Projects (multiple workspace projects). Pricing is bespoke and project-based, with no public tiered pricing, and billing spans multi-year commitments for larger regeneration commissions. The studio's technology stack is conventional for architectural practice, with no proprietary software, platforms, API offerings, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Studio MUTT's customer base is concentrated across three primary verticals: museums and cultural institutions (V&A, Tate Liverpool, Sir John Soane Museum, Science & Industry Museum, Design Museum), retail brands (Universal Works, Selfridges, Halfpenny London), and local authorities and property developers (Bruntwood Works, General Projects, Argent, Liverpool City Region, Trafford Council). Geographic reach is UK-wide with selected international projects in Turkey, Latvia, and Mexico. The firm has received notable recognition including Dezeen Emerging Architect of the Year 2019, Davidson Prize 2023, and multiple Architects Journal Small Projects finalist entries, and is privately held with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external shareholders disclosed.

Name

Studio MUTT

Legal name

Studio MUTT Ltd.

Website

https://studiomutt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Studio MUTT is a UK-based architecture and design studio operating from Liverpool and London, delivering exhibition design, retail interiors, public realm, and residential projects for cultural institutions, retail brands, and property developers. The firm is founder-led, privately held, and has no external funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional services revenue from architectural design, exhibition design, interior design, and public realm projects. Fees are negotiated per project based on scope, complexity, and client type. The studio works with a mix of public sector (cultural institutions, local councils), commercial clients (retail brands, property developers), and private individuals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Studio MUTT is an architecture and design studio delivering project-based design services for museums and cultural institutions, retail brands, public realm regeneration, building retrofit, and residential clients. Work spans exhibition design (e.g. V&A), flagship retail interiors (Universal Works, Selfridges), town centre regeneration (Stretford King Street, Camden Highline), and distinctive residential projects, all delivered as bespoke commissions rather than packaged products.

Product overview

Studio MUTT is an architecture and design studio operating as a single unified practice rather than a platform-based model. The studio offers comprehensive architectural and design services spanning museum and cultural space design, streets and town centre regeneration, building retrofit projects, retail interior design, and residential architecture. Their portfolio demonstrates work across multiple project types including exhibitions (V&A Bags: Inside Out, V&A Hallyu! The Korean Wave), retail spaces (Universal Works stores, Selfridges), public realm interventions (Camden Highline, Coventry Pool Meadow), housing projects (Liverpool Townhouse, Stretford King Street), and cultural installations. The studio is based in Liverpool and London, working on projects across the UK and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services Full-service architecture and design studio offering comprehensive design solutions for museums, cultural spaces, public realm, retrofit projects, retail interiors, and residential developments. Work draws influence from art, film, pop culture, and everyday iconography to create spaces that are both familiar and peculiar, and is delivered as bespoke commissions rather than packaged products.

Quantifiable outcome

• V&A Bags: Inside Out exhibition - 665 sqm of designed exhibition space
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Camden Town UnlimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Camden Highline pocket park project (phase 1). Studio MUTT worked with Camden Town Unlimited, Howard Miller Design, Hawley School, and local volunteers to deliver a pocket park transforming unloved green space into active public realm.
• NeighbourhoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment company collaborator on Helping Hands social housing project in Bootle, Liverpool, addressing homeless accommodation needs.
• Hugh Baird CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation and training institution collaborator on Helping Hands project, providing skills and training element to social housing scheme.
• The Independence InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomeless services provider and client for Helping Hands project, addressing urgent need for temporary accommodation and support services.
• Universal WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecurring creative partnership spanning multiple store designs: Berwick Street Soho, Coal Drops Yard, and ongoing collaboration. Studio MUTT designs retail environments that retain and exaggerate building character with bold material insertions.
• General ProjectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty developer collaborator on multiple projects including Stratford Workshops (3700 sqm 19th century printworks), Metropolis space simulator, and other workspace developments.
• Bruntwood WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty developer collaborator with Trafford Council on Stretford King Street retrofit project, transforming shopping centre into open-air high street.
• Fielden Clegg Bradley StudioscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitecture firm co-collaborator on Stretford King Street project alongside Studio MUTT.
• EvolveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper client for Northampton Microshops project reactivating empty department store with low-rent kiosk incubator spaces.
• Thomas AdankminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitectural collaborator on V&A Hallyu! The Korean Wave exhibition (900 sqm).
• Studio ZNAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitectural collaborator on V&A Bags: Inside Out exhibition design.
• Howard Miller DesignminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign collaborator on Camden Highline pocket park project.
• Spiers MajorminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLighting design consultant on Coventry Pool Meadow bus station transformation.
• Creative GiantsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArts consultant on Coventry Pool Meadow project, providing site-specific artworks.
• Heyne Tillett SteelminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering collaborator on Metropolis pavilion and The Pottering Shed projects.
• solidspaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty developer collaborator on Liverpool Townhouse competition-winning design.
• Yakel PropertiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty client for Oriel Chambers Grade I-listed building refurbishment in Liverpool.
• Arrant LandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty developer client for De-Construction House New York project.
• Sirinkoy (Private Client)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate client for Sirinkoy House in Turkey - Mediterranean villa reinterpretation on dramatically sloping site.
• Try & Lily PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty owner of Try & Lilly hat factory converted to creative workspace, housing Studio MUTT's Liverpool studio. The conversion serves as a testbed for spatial ideas.
• ArgentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper revitalising Coal Drops Yard, collaborating with Studio MUTT on public realm interventions including restaurant pavilion and wayfinding.
• Corbin WoodminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerM&E engineering on Stratford Workshops project.
• Owen HopkinsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurator for Sir John Soane Museum 'Out of Character' exhibition project.
• Priya Khanchandani + Rashmi VarmaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurators for The Offbeat Sari exhibition at Design Museum, exploring contemporary Indian fashion.
• Dr Lucia SaviminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurator for V&A Bags: Inside Out exhibition.
• Rosalie Kim + Youjin ChoiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurators for V&A Hallyu! The Korean Wave exhibition.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Studio Egret West: London-based architecture and masterplanning practice working across mixed-use regeneration, retail, and public realm. Comparable on developer-led regeneration (Bruntwood, Argent-style clients), retail-led projects, and UK town-centre repositioning.
• DRDH Architects: Small-to-mid-sized London architecture practice working across cultural, residential, and adaptive reuse projects. Comparable on UK scale, mixed cultural-residential portfolio, and emphasis on crafted, context-driven design.
• Carmody Groarke: London-based architecture practice of comparable size with a strong exhibition and cultural-institution specialism (V&A, Design Museum, Royal Academy). Directly comparable on exhibition design, gallery interiors, and storytelling-driven cultural commissions.
• Mikhail Riches: Stirling Prize-winning London architecture practice of comparable size, focused on housing and retrofit with strong sustainability credentials. Comparable on small-team delivery of award-winning social-impact and residential projects.
• Jamie Fobert Architects: London-based architecture studio with strong exhibition and gallery design credentials (Tate, V&A). Closely comparable on exhibition design, narrative-driven cultural work, and small-teamed delivery of high-profile UK cultural commissions.
• Haworth Tompkins: London architecture practice with a long track record in cultural and theatre buildings (Royal Court, Young Vic, National Theatre). Comparable on cultural-sector focus, retrofit of heritage buildings, and UK exhibition and public-realm commissions.
• Casson Mann: London exhibition and museum design consultancy with a long track record of major UK cultural commissions (V&A, Imperial War Museum, Wellcome Collection). Comparable on exhibition design for marquee UK cultural institutions and storytelling-led interpretive design.
• 6a architects: London architecture studio of similar size specialising in cultural, educational, and public projects (South London Gallery, MK Gallery). Strong peer on cultural-sector commissions, gallery and exhibition design, and small-team delivery of signature buildings.
• Assemble: UK-based multidisciplinary design studio of comparable size, known for cultural, public-realm and community-focused projects (Turner Prize 2015). Shares Studio MUTT's narrative-driven, hands-on approach, cross-sector practice, and emphasis on co-creation with local communities.
• Tonkin Liu: Smaller London architecture practice with a strong craft-led, narrative design identity (RIBA Stirling-shortlisted). Comparable on boutique scale, design-led reputation, and award recognition in cultural and residential commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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