We are a Manchester-based interior design and architecture practice.
We are leaders in the design of BTR and PBSA interiors.
We have won multiple regional, national and international awards and have an enviable list of future-facing, ambitious clients.
Those clients come to us looking for imagination and a cutting-edge design eye…
… but most of all for the kind of respect for building fabric and understanding of how to make interior spaces work commercially, operationally and aesthetically that we possess, enabling these spaces to attract end-users and help regenerate our urban fabric for this and coming generations.
About 74’s Founder
Architect David Holt founded 74 in 2014, after many years working at leading Manchester practices.
His vision for the practice was to combine the strengths of architectural rigour with the human-centred focus of interior design and the strongly contextualised discipline of place-making.
‘When I first set up the practice and brought interior designers on board, I found it a brilliant addition to our offer.’
David believes in getting under the skin of each project in order to understand its particular challenges and opportunities, making sure the practice respects site and project history and anticipates the needs of future generations in its designs.
‘Inspiration really has to come from the ground up for a project to have true integrity. It has to be about place, history, material fabric, adjacencies and end users. Our most ‘inspired’ projects are often the result of an inspired client. It’s the clients who push you all the time who make you exceed your limits. There’s little more inspiring than that. We’re very lucky with the clients we have and we want to continue to work with clients who place design at the centre of the development process and realise the value it can bring to both their assets and the communities they’re building.’