Useful Simple Trust

The Useful Simple Trust is a family of professional design practices. Our 60+ talented and committed engineers, architects, designers and strategists work side-by-side creating purpose driven design for our changing environment.

The Trust’s four practices are Expedition Engineering (civil and structural engineers), Useful Projects (sustainability consultants), Useful Studio (architects) and Thomas.Matthews (communication designers).

The Trust practices share space, ideas and experience, and regularly collaborate on a range of high-profile projects in the UK and internationally. This constant exchange of inter-disciplinary ideas informs and enriches all our work. Through our naturally collaborative approach we engage our clients and users to deliver valuable and positively impactful outcomes.

We are a social enterprise and employee-owned organisation in the final stages of B-corp certification. Our people are highly motivated and committed because our values mean that our combined success is shared equitably.

Our mission is BOLD. Our goal is industry transformation on carbon reduction, climate adaptation, resource reduction and social value creation.

Contributors Sorted by recent

Annabel Judd

Judith Sykes

Eva MacNamara

Contact Details

Useful Simple Trustee Limited

Hamilton House

1 Temple Avenue

London, EC4Y 0HA

Phone: +44(0)20 7307 8880
Email: info@usefulsimple.co.uk
Website: www.usefulsimple.co.uk

Projects Sorted by recent

Olympic Delivery Authority Community Engagement

Built

A public roadshow of information displays and interactive components allowed the public to feed in ideas and opinions on the legacy plans. It travelled by bicycle to reinforce sustainability focus.

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Bridgewater Triangle

Proposed

Masterplan scheme for Bridgewater Triangle to provide 575 new homes under the Olympic Legacy Communities programme, realising the LLDC’s vision for resilient, green, low-carbon and affordable homes.

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Olympic Park Entrance Markers

Built

Ten 6m diameter bronze or stainless steel ring sculptures that hung around their marker trees to mark the entrances to the Olympic site.

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Stratford Cultural Placemaking

Built

Public realm improvements to make the town centre more welcoming. The large, brightly coloured murals on the Broadway shopfronts are part of a wider strategy delivered over two years.

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London 2012 Olympic Velodrome

Built

A world class sports venue designed around sustainability and legacy use, pushing the boundaries of efficiency in every aspect of the design – including its structural and environmental performance.

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