Architect Your Home Portugal (AYH) acquired the parent of Architect Your Home UK, becoming the owner of the brand, with two current operations in Portugal and the United Kingdom. His plans now include taking the UK-based company to new heights and expanding the concept across Europe. oh AYH in England Having already developed over 7,000 projects over 20 years, it has a successful history of over £30 million (approx. €35.2M). It currently has 16 associated offices in London and Edinburgh.
The company and concept was founded in 2003 by Hugo and Jude Dugman. In 2012 they accepted the challenge of a young Portuguese architect who believed in the brand and methodology and wanted to take the concept to Portugal. In 2023, after 10 years of operating the brand in Portugal, plans were made to consolidate the Portuguese representative headquarters in the United Kingdom and expand the brand globally.
“I am very proud of this move, for a Portuguese company to buy an English parent company is undoubtedly a sense of achievement. As AYH UK has many ongoing projects, there is a huge responsibility associated with it, but adapting to new markets will be an interesting challenge – to expand to other countries in Europe. We plan to bring our way of doing architecture to a wider audience.” Mariana Morgato Pedroso represents General Manager of Architect Your Home Portugal and United Kingdom.
oh Architect Your House was born in Portugal In 2012, it brought an innovative model of architectural services to our country with a license from its parent company in London. During this first decade, a portfolio of loyal customers was created, with more than 600 projects created. Over the past two years, the company has maintained its regular billing, declining in the first quarter of 2020 and recovering throughout 2021 and 2022, reaching the same billing rates as in 2019 in 2022, and finally making a complete recovery compared to the last 2. years . As of today, the company has invoiced 7 million euros – says the person in charge of Architect Your Home.
By 2022, the company has delivered 110 new projects and currently has around 200 active projects in its portfolio. Clients are of Portuguese and foreign origin (significant), there is a good share of projects in the residential investment area (buildings for real estate developers), and many services are carried out in the area – offices and restaurants.
The group of AYH Architects maintains 12 related offices, increasing the total team to 30 people and opening a new company headquarters in Paço de Arcos (company from its foundation in the Oeiras Valley).
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