NORD are architects who engage with the world outwith their own discipline. The practice takes great inspiration from the UK’s legacy of ‘making things’. Streets nowadays have become generic and we face the danger of having every city in Britain looking all too familiar. This understanding and passion for materials, technological innovation, for detail, craftsmanship, texture and pattern is something, which underpins the work of NORD.NORD are often provoked and inspired by social and cultural issues inherent within the contemporary city and this allows a response in form and materiality. This has led to the development of a series of buildings, places; products and objects, which respond to 21st century needs but celebrate the British tradition of craftsmanship and love of materials. With a foundation in delivering award-winning architecture and commissioned research into the built environment, we are driven by an aspiration to create genuinely unique architectural solutions.