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FORMED IN 2002 BY SIMON MITCHELL AND TORQUIL MCINTOSH, SYBARITE ARCHITECTS HAS EXECUTED OVER 600 GLOBAL PROJECTS RANGING FROM PERFUME BOTTLES TO SKYSCRAPERS BOTH IN EUROPE AND GLOBALLY. Why did you decide to start your own practice? Simon Mitchell: Torqs was the only person I’d sketched with on the same piece of paper, I am left handed and he is right, so it just seemed like a great fit for us to work together. What are your backgrounds? Mitchell: I knew I wanted to be an architect from the age of nine and took my first opportunity to move away from Exeter, where I was born and raised, to attend the University of Greenwich. After qualifying I fulfilled my childhood ambition of working for Jan Kaplicky at Future Systems where I remained associate director for several years. I learnt so much but eventually knew it was time to move on. Having met Torquil at Future Systems I figured it was now or never to take the plunge and start my own practice. 18 |