Our Firm

Design conviction. Commercial discipline.

About Us

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Overview

Merge Studio

Founded in 2015, Stratum has delivered seven projects across the UK with a combined GDV approaching £500m. Every one of them is a converted or restored period building. Every one of them sold out.

Our capital partners are involved early — at acquisition stage, before planning is secured — and they remain close to the project throughout. We are chosen not despite our focus on design and heritage, but because of it: our partners understand that the best financial outcomes follow from the best buildings, and our track record makes that case.

£420m

Development value

1m

Sq ft delivered

14

Project pipeline

2015

Founded

Merge Studio
Merge Studio
Weacquirehistoricbuildingsthathavebeenoverlooked,underusedorsimplymisunderstoodandwedothedifficult,painstakingworkofturningthemintoextraordinaryplacestolive.
Weacquirehistoricbuildingsthathavebeenoverlooked,underusedorsimplymisunderstoodandwedothedifficult,painstakingworkofturningthemintoextraordinaryplacestolive.
Weacquirehistoricbuildingsthathavebeenoverlooked,underusedorsimplymisunderstoodandwedothedifficult,painstakingworkofturningthemintoextraordinaryplacestolive.

Our Approach

We have an obligation to every building we acquire. Not just to make it financially viable — though we must — but to make something of it that justifies the intervention. Historic buildings are not raw material. They are structures that have survived because they were worth preserving, and our job is to make sure they survive the next hundred years as well as they survived the last.

The best thing we can do for a historic building is to make it legible again. To reveal what it always was.

Our Team

We are a team of investors, builders and thinkers.

We're a close-knit team where collaboration isn't just encouraged—it's essential to how we operate. We believe the best ideas emerge through dialogue and iteration. Our flat structure fosters open communication and mutual respect, allowing insights to flow freely.

Marc Huber

Marc Huber

Co-Founder

Sarah Carver

Sara Carver

Co-Founder

Martin Kaufmann

Martin Kaufmann

Development Director

Sarah Muller

Sarah Müller

Design Director

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