Jestico + Whiles is an award-winning architectural and interior design practice with offices in London and Prague. Founded by Tom Jestico and John Whiles, the practice has grown steadily building on its reputation for design quality and innovative solutions to challenging briefs.

Jestico + Whiles’ design reputation covers new-build and the sensitive, contemporary refurbishment of historic buildings. It also incorporates a specialist studio of experienced hotel and hospitality designers including architects, interior designers and FFE specifiers. The ambition to bring design excellence to the rejuvenation of existing building stock exemplifies its commitment to sustainability and quality of design in all forms of construction. The practice’s reputation for excellence is well established both nationally and internationally, with recent projects completed and on-going in the UK, India, Australia, the Gulf, Africa and throughout Europe.

Jestico + Whiles has always been proud of the diversity in its workload, ranging from schools to university departments; five-star boutique hotels and restaurants; master-planning of residential developments to high-end apartments; individual office fit outs and corporate headquarters.

Jestico + Whiles recently completed the RIBA award-winning National Graphene Institute in Manchester, UK along with Shilling Brewing Co. in Glasgow, set inside the former Commercial Bank of Scotland, and House 19: an exemplar eco residential project which fuses traditional forms and local materials. The practice is currently working on a number of high profile projects including the restoration of Sir John Soane’s Pitzhanger Manor in London, a five-star hotel for the new Edinburgh St James development, the Zuri Zanzibar hotel on the island of Zanzibar and Tower Works, a mixed-use urban regeneration project in Leeds, UK.