About Us

Weave Architects is a multi-award winning practice offering thoughtful and creative designs. Our services cover initial feasibility through to detail design and production information followed by contract administration and on site inspections.
We deal with all aspects of planning permission and building regulation approval and we have long established contacts with other consultants such as structural engineers and quantity surveyors so are able to offer comprehensive coverage of the entire design process. The work of the practice is characterised by its responsiveness to both physical and cultural contexts and for the quality of detailing and construction. The practice works across a breadth of scales and building types across the UK and occasionally overseas.

Weave Architects Ltd is a RIBA Chartered Practice

  • Andrew Ip

    DIRECTOR

    BA (Hons), Dip Arch, PgDip, MA Arch, RIBA, ARB

    Andrew studied at Newcastle University and Kingston University. After becoming a chartered architect Andrew continued study and gained a Masters of Architecture in History and Theory at Kingston University. Andrew has a great deal of experience in dealing with new build and mixed use projects, as well as basement and sub-basement projects in the inner London Boroughs.

    Andrew is a RIBA/ARB Part 3 External Examiner at the University of Westminster, and involves in the Beyond Barriers Mentoring programme with the University of Kingston.

    Additional Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka

  • Jay Choi

    ASSOCIATE

    BA (Hons), Dip Arch, Pg Dip, ARB

    Jay studied at Kingston University for undergraduate and post-graduate and was a RIBA Bronze and Silver Medal Nominee. He became a registered Architect in 2011.
    Jay looked after a variety of large scale projects and developments at HGP, where he was involved in delivering a hotel, large flat complexes and bespoke housing developments in London, Bournemouth and Birmingham. Majority undertaken with BIM software.

  • Yvonne Chan

    SENIOR ARCHITECT

    BA (hons), M.Arch, Pg Dip, ARB

    Yvonne is a senior architect and has a background of Retail and Hotel design having worked at Benoy Limited and commercial and industrial projects whilst working at Vincent Lai Architects in Hong Kong. Yvonne studied at Kingston University and completed her Postgraduate diploma 2016, and Post Graduate Diploma of professional practice in 2019.

    Additional Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.

  • Robert Pratt

    BA (Hons), M.Arch

    Robert has previous experience working on heritage, residential and master-planning projects at Winchester-based firm ADAM Architecture.

    Robert completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Arts University Bournemouth. He graduated the latter in 2021 with Distinction.

  • Poyi Yuen

    ARCHITECT

    BA (Hons), M.Arch, ARB

    Poyi qualified as an Architect at WA.

    She has internship experience at BPTW assisting on master planning, mixed-use schemes and residential building design. She has undertaken work experience at MG Architects in the summer of 2021 and as a Part 2 Assistant.

    Poyi graduated with Distinction at Kingston University for her bachelor degree in 2020, and her Masters degree in 2022.

    Additional Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.

  • Meis Alsaegh

    BA (Hons), Dip.Arch

    Meis has commercial experience within the automotive industry designing for Mercedes-Benz, she has worked on a number of new-build residential schemes as well as an ambitious refurbishment project involving a grade II listed property that doubled up as an Artist Studio.

    She has a hands-on approach with experience in woodworking and volunteered as part of a build team with the AA Design and Make programme in timber construction, and is competent in UX design.

    She completed her undergraduate at the University of Brighton and Post-graduate at the London Metropolitan University.

  • Abla Essadiq

    BA (Hons), Dip.Arch

    Abla joined Weave Architects in 2025. She completed both her Bachelor’s and Master’s (Diploma) at the Architectural Association, where she developed a particular interest in sustainable housing, building-envelope design, and the potential for giving dated buildings a new lease of life. 
    Her experience spans both the UK and Morocco, where she most recently assisted Henley Halebrown Architects on a facade-reuse development strategy on an office refurbishment in the city of London.