EBBA is an ambitious and diverse team of architects and designers based in the studio’s Haggerston office. Together they bring extensive expertise across sectors including architecture, culture, product design and fashion, allowing us to offer services to clients on projects of all scales in the cultural, housing and retail worlds. All of our work is shaped by a strong foundation that seeks to put the individual at the heart of the design process.

Benni Allan, Founding Director
Born and raised in Spain, Benni Allan founded EBBA to unite his passion for architecture, design and making. A graduate from the Bartlett School of Architecture, Benni was named as One to Watch by the British Design Council in 2015 and won RIBA Journal’s Rising Stars Award in 2019. 

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Since establishing his practice in 2016, Benni has overseen a diverse mix of projects, from considered dwellings to cultural spaces and progressive retail for brands and institutions including Adidas, Erdem, Royal Academy, Tate Modern, TFL and V&A to name but a few. Alongside his architectural output, Benni leads EBBA Objects, a home for the studio’s experimental furniture and product design. 

Benni is a Design Lecturer at the University of Greenwich and acts as external critic at the Bartlett School of Architecture, the Royal College of Arts and the Cass. Benni is also the co-founder of AORA, an acclaimed virtual gallery designed to promote calm and wellbeing, and A Tavola, a new concept designed to bring friends of friends together across creative disciplines and locations through food.

He was also held positions as chair of the Young Trustees of the Architecture Foundation, led the ‘Part Four’ lecture series, has been a RIBA Ambassador for schools in Hackney and more recently became a member of the Design Review Panel for Harrow Council.

Team past and present

Jacob Ashton
Jack Bailey
Sarah Brooke
Albert Chandra
Ivana Cobejova
Samuel Coulton
Ana Layosa Delmo
Marta Fernàndez
Lucy Irvine
Sam Jones
Rikard Kahn
Alberte Lauridsen
Habib Najib
Anya Martsenko
Gabi Meszaros
Genevieve O’Sullivan
Femi Olateju
Jacek Rewinski
Sam Rigby
Sheryl Si
Gareth Smyth
Elliot Wang

Collaborators

Thomas Adank
Aljawad-Pike
APFEL
Apsara Studio
AORA
Cairn
Daly Lyon
Dawn Ng
James Retief
Charlotte Taylor
OMSE
Sophie and Hans
Studio Nicholson
Studio Manolo
William Maclean
Kristofer Adelaide