RIBA and COACV registered, the practice was first established in 1985 by British Architect, David Weston. In 2016, it was reestablished as Weston Vula Architects through the merging of two family legacies and by the partner integration of Neil Patrick David Weston and Lirika R. Vula.

Specialising in functional and practical Design, WV is defined by its ability to explore new ideas and harness innovation while collaborating with clients who share its vision of Architectures. Drawing on strategic relationships with multidisciplinary partners and associates, WV is able to collectively provide you with a full-spectrum immersive service. Whether it is Transforming, Extending or New Build, cooperation is the foundation of WV’s objective to create value in design, responding to context, and conforming to client needs.

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Neil P. D. Weston

"Designing future-Architecture with the knowledge of yesterday and the foresight of tomorrow"
Lirika R. Vula

“An Architectural object in its individual context, is designed to belong, coexisting in surrounding nature effortlessly.”

RIBA and COACV registered, the practice was first established in 1985 by British architect, David Weston. In 2016, it was reestablished as Weston Vula Architects through the merging of two family legacies and by the partner integration of Neil Weston and Lirika Vula.

Specialising in functional and practical Design, WV is defined by its ability to explore new ideas and harness innovation while collaborating with clients who share its vision of Architectures. Drawing on strategic relationships with multidisciplinary partners and associates, WV is able to collectively provide you with a full-spectrum immersive service. Whether it is Transforming, Extending or New Build, cooperation is the foundation of WV’s objective to create value in design, responding to context, and conforming to client needs.

Neil Weston

"Designing future-Architecture today with the knowledge of yesterday and the foresight of tomorrow"
Lirika Vula

“An Architectural object in its individual context, is designed to belong, effortlessly coexisting in its surrounding nature.”
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OUR PRACTICE

RIBA and COACV registered, the practice was first established in 1985 by Britisharchitect, David Weston. In 2006, it was reestablished as Weston Vula Architects through the merging of two family legacies and by the partner integration of Neil Weston and Lirika Vula. 

Specialisingin functional and practical design, WV is defined by its ability to explore newideas and harness innovation while collaborating with clients who share its vision of architecture. Drawing on strategicrelationships with multidisciplinary partners and associates, WV is able tocollectively provide you with a full-spectrum, immersive service, within the disciplines of architecture and design. 

WV partners with clients through each phase of the design process, whether it’s transforming, extending or new build. This cooperation is the foundation of WV’s objective to create value that conforms to client needs and expectations.

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Neil Weston and Lirika Vula
The best cover letter you can have is your own office. When I first walked into Weston Vula I remember that it gave me a feeling of pure harmony and style, just what I was looking for, for my new project.

Cristina Belmonte
Superyacht Operations Manager
La mejor carta de presentación que puedes tener es tu propia oficina. Cuando entré por primera vez en Weston Vula recuerdo que me dio una sensación de pura armonía y estilo, justo lo que estaba buscando para mi nuevo proyecto.

- Cristina Belmonte (Superyacht Operations Manager)
"Lirika and Neil, a pair of architects who complement each other perfectly. Perfect blend of workability and taste. I was lucky enough to enjoy some of their work in an entertainment ambience, which allowed me to see their most artistic side and that is, without a doubt, what prompted me to put myself in their hands. It was what I needed.

To this day I feel that my dream is now a shared dream, it is theirs too. "

Teresa Torres Ivars
(Industrial Technical Engineer)

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"Lirika y Neil, pareja de arquitectos que se complementan a la perfección. Mezcla perfecta de viabilidad y gusto. Tuve la suerte de disfrutar algunos de sus trabajos en el ámbito lúdico, lo que me hicieron conocer su parte más artística y eso es, sin duda, lo que me lanzó a ponerme en sus manos. Era lo que yo necesitaba.

Conocer lo que realmente quiere el cliente no es simplemente dibujar paredes y distribuciones, y ellos tienen esa escasa habilidad. Son capaces de meterse en la cabeza de una persona ajena y plasmar las ideas que encuentra dentro de ella sobre papel. Ideas, que ni uno mismo puede explicar en palabras. Mágico.

A día de hoy siento que mi sueño, es ahora un sueño compartido, es suyo también."

- Teresa Torres Ivars (Ingeniero Técnico Industrial)
La mejor carta de presentación que puedes tener es tu propia oficina. Cuando entré por primera vez en Weston Vula recuerdo que me dio una sensación de pura armonía y estilo, justo lo que estaba buscando para mi nuevo proyecto.

Cristina Belmonte
Superyacht Operations Manager
"Lirika y Neil, pareja de arquitectos que se complementan a la perfección. Mezcla perfecta de viabilidad y gusto. Tuve la suerte de disfrutar algunos de sus trabajos en el ámbito lúdico, lo que me hicieron conocer su parte más artística y eso es, sin duda, lo que me lanzó a ponerme en sus manos. Era lo que yo necesitaba.

Conocer lo que realmente quiere el cliente no es simplemente dibujar paredes y distribuciones, y ellos tienen esa escasa habilidad. Son capaces de meterse en la cabeza de una persona ajena y plasmar las ideas que encuentra dentro de ella sobre papel. Ideas, que ni uno mismo puede explicar en palabras. Mágico.

A día de hoy siento que mi sueño, es ahora un sueño compartido, es suyo también."

- Teresa Torres Ivars (Ingeniero Técnico Industrial)
Lirika y Neil, pareja de arquitectos que se complementan a la perfección. Mezcla perfecta de viabilidad y gusto. Tuve la suerte de disfrutar algunos de sus trabajos en el ámbito lúdico, lo que me hicieron conocer su parte más artística y eso es, sin duda, lo que me lanzó a ponerme en sus manos. Era lo que yo necesitaba. 

A día de hoy siento que mi sueño, es ahora un sueño compartido, es suyo también."

Teresa Torres Ivars
(IngenieroTécnico Industrial)

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"Lirika y Neil, pareja de arquitectos que se complementan a la perfección. Mezcla perfecta de viabilidad y gusto. Tuve la suerte de disfrutar algunos de sus trabajos en el ámbito lúdico, lo que me hicieron conocer su parte más artística y eso es, sin duda, lo que me lanzó a ponerme en sus manos. Era lo que yo necesitaba.

Conocer lo que realmente quiere el cliente no es simplemente dibujar paredes y distribuciones, y ellos tienen esa escasa habilidad. Son capaces de meterse en la cabeza de una persona ajena y plasmar las ideas que encuentra dentro de ella sobre papel. Ideas, que ni uno mismo puede explicar en palabras. Mágico.

A día de hoy siento que mi sueño, es ahora un sueño compartido, es suyo también."

- Teresa Torres Ivars (Ingeniero Técnico Industrial)

Weston Vula Architects approached the interior ‘living space’ as a ‘blank-canvas.’ Most imperative was the choice of materials to be in ‘Hive-keeping’, through the use of recyclables. Using donated and collected materials, we set about creating our HIVE. 

Beginning with an end in mind, and through a series of rendered visualisations, we arrived at a final integrated approach that employed intelligent design dexterity, turning this ‘blank-canvas’ into a tangible, living and breathing workspace.  

The approach was a success, integrating a clever use of limited space, increased storage capacity and visually extending the size of the office. Creating anaesthetically inspiring work environment, with its authentic and uncanny resemblance to nature, is befitting the firm’s aspirations. 

In the months leading up to the project, a discarded Pomegranate Tree became the structure’s organic focal point. We then affixed two-thousand recyclable tubes cut to variable lengths to the ceiling. We combined this installation with alighting grid and an evolving environment featuring an ’up-cycled’ oak armchair and a bespoke conference table top. Untreated pine boards were fashioned into legs fit with industrial wheels and framed-in with a central glass-top insert doubling as a light box. The sectional, perspective drawing wall, features a streetscape surrounded by additional, multi-functional storage. 

On viewing, one is struck by the ever-changing play between light and shadow. The interaction of the observer is immersed in the design that changes both visually and contextually depending on their perspective when observing, or at point of interaction. 

With the transformation completed, our workspace has come to life. A bright environment, suitable for work, creativity and play. Our HIVE is the metamorphosis of plain walls, which became the lungs breathing life into the quality of work. Shielding us from the mundane, it is a shell that is constantly redesigning itself.