Paul Smoothy is an architectural photographer based in London

Bartlett School of Architecture University College London Wates House 22 Gordon Street London WC1H 0QB

Profiles: 2

Paul Smoothy BA (Hons), Dipl. (UCL) - Architectural Photographer Paul Smoothy's approach to Architectural Photography comes with a clear understanding of the subject. His ability to appropriately translate an architectural experience photographically is primarily based on an architectural training, a high visual aptitude and persuasive passion for our urban environment. After a Degree in Architecture at the University of Greenwich, Paul completed his Diploma in Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, with Dissertations on 'Architectural Photography and Representation' from a historical perspective and the studied 'Effects of Light and Colour Rendering on Spatial Vision'. Qualifying as an Architect from the Bartlett School in 1997, Paul began to follow his true enthusiasm in promoting good architectural design through the medium of photography. He proceeded quickly in establishing himself as an insightful and dedicated Photographer, not only able to visually convey a completed building or an interior with a balanced composition and an acute attention to detail, but to do so from a position which clearly enhances the perception of a project. He is also particularly apt at capturing a decisive moment in time during the construction phase or later life of a building. Working extensively across London and the south of England over the last fifteen years, Paul has built up a wide client base of both young and internationally established Architects, Structural Engineers and Interior Designers, including Simon Conder Associates, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, Stanton Williams, Richards Partington Architects, Johnson Naylor, Studio Octopi and Fluid Structures. His work has been published widely in the international architectural press, including The Architectural Review, The Architects' Journal, RIBA Journal, Architecture Today, Architectural Research Quarterly, Architectural Design, Domus, Blueprint, Elle Decoration and Vanity Fair. Recent collaborations with two long-standing clients have resulted in monograph book publications. Paul's work has been exhibited at the RIBA Gallery in London, the Association of Photographers Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. He is a past winner of the London Photographic Awards, Architectural and Environmental Categories, and a number of his monochrome prints have been purchased by the British Architectural Library Photographs Collection. He is a registered Architect and has been a member of the Association of Photographers since 1998. In parallel development with his own personal work, Paul continues to be informed by his teaching at the Bartlett School of Architecture and has collaborated with both post-graduate students and practicing staff on a number of research and consultancy projects.

The photographic representation of a building or an interior, just after completion, is often key to the future success of any architectural or design practice. Paul is well equipped to precisely capture both an in-depth and dynamic portrait of your project, with uncompromising quality and original clarity. He has previously been instrumental in the promotion of young and establishing practices and continues to enjoy working with new clients. A wide client base of long continuous relationships, is however testament to Paul's reliable professional service and consistently creative approach. Although intuitive in interpreting the structural and architectural language of a building and clearly able to work to a minimum brief, Paul welcomes close collaboration with his clients, often benefiting from the project's historical context and being able to preview the building and its location beforehand. Sequenced photography, with natural and integral lighting, will almost always convey both exteriors and interiors as envisaged and at their inherent best. Whilst a full day commission is preferable, Paul can work intuitively to a minimum half day period in producing a succinct set of photographs. The photographs are usually presented as either medium format colour transparencies or high resolution digital files. Whilst the copyright of the photographs will always remain the intellectual property of the Photographer, in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, a licence agreement will be issued to the commissioning client for their internal commercial use of the photographs. Third parties wishing to use or publish the photographs should contact the Photographer directly to negotiate an appropriate usage or reproduction fee. A credit attributing the Photographer should always be given, whenever and wherever the photographs are published. For a basic guide to photographic practice and copyright please refer to the link below. __________________________________________________________________________________ All photographs contained within this site are, unless othrerwise stated, the copyright of Paul Smoothy, Architectural Photographer. No unauthorized use or reproduction of these photographs is allowed without the expressed permission of the aforementioned Photographer.

Number of Titles: 73

Installations

Bartlett, MArch. Unit 14

Architects' Journal 14 October 1999

Bartlett, MArch. Unit 20

Pavilions

Apartments

Residential

Commercial

Public

Education

Construction

Landscape

Architectural Review January 2002

Architects' Journal 7 October 2004

Architects' Journal 21 October 2004

Blueprint October 2008

Elle Decoration May 2010

Architectural Review August 2010

Architecture Today September 2010

Around & About Routledge 2011

Belsize Architects

David Le Lay Architects

Fluid Structures

Johnson Naylor

Loates-Taylor Shannon Architects

PKS Architects

Portsmouth City Council

Richards Partington Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Simon Conder Associates

Stanton Williams

Studio Octopi

Allies and Morrison

Bartlett School of Architecture

Andrew Wood Associates

Enclosure Architects

Mark Fairhurst Architecture & Design

Gregory Phillips Architects

Salero Architects

Paul Archer Design

Hodgson Gabb Studio

Lisa Shell Architects

Architecture: WK

Sanya Polescuk Architects

Paul Brookes Architects

Seary Architects

Lanyon-Hogg Architects

Trevor Lahiff Architects

5th Studio

Domus December 2001

ARQ Autumn 2002

RIBA Journal December 2002

Fluid Structures Watermark 2011

Jones Associates

Architecture Today November 2005

Vanity Fair May 2006

Architectural Design Architextiles 2006

Detail Vol. 2, 2007

AY Architects

Surface Architects

Architects' Journal 5 April 2012

Architects' Journal 27 September 2012

RIBA Journal October 2012

MAMA 27 No. 27, 2000

Architects' Journal 4 September 2003

&London Spring 2013

RIBA Directory Public Realm 2011

Q Developments

Non-Commissioned

UCL Faculty of Laws

Hawkins Brown

Levitt Bernstein

Residential

Number of Captions: 864

Bartlett School of Architecture, Diploma Unit 14

Paul Archer Design / Fluid Structures

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Paul Archer Design / Fluid Structures

Giles Quarme and Associates / Fluid Structures

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill / Johnson Naylor

Belsize Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Claudio Silvestrin Architects / Fluid Structures

Portsmouth City Council Asset Management Services

Marks Barfield Architects

Flemings Farm, Leigh-on-Sea

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Loates-Taylor Shannon Architects & Designers

Portsmouth City Council Asset Management Services

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Studio Octopi

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

PKS Architects

Christ Church Spitalfields, MArch Arch. Unit 20

PKS Architects

Studio Octopi

Loates-Taylor Shannon Architects & Designers

Richards Partington Architects

Stanton Williams

David Le Lay Architects

Marks Barfield Architects

Flemings Farm, Leigh-on-Sea

Loates-Taylor Shannon Architects & Designers

Shooters Hill Road, London SE18

Studio Octopi

Bartlett School of Architecture, Diploma Unit 14

Bartlett School of Architecture, Diploma Unit14

Paul Smoothy - Bartlett, Diploma Unit 16 1993/94

Camley Street Natural Park, MArch Arch. Unit 20

Christ Church Spitalfields, MArch Arch. Unit 20

Camley Street Natural Park, MArch Arch. Unit 20

Hill House School, London SW3

Park Square Mews, London NW1

Hill House School, London SW3

Victoria Miro Gallery, London N1

Ontario Tower, New Providence Wharf, London E14

Park Square Mews, London NW1

Toronto House, Canada Water, London SE16

Waterside School, Tipner, Portsmouth

Tungsten Building, Portslade, Brighton

Priory Gardens, London N6

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

El Ray, Dungeness, Romney Marsh

Eccles Road, London SW11

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Hayward Gallery, South Bank, London

Allies and Morrison / Fluid Structures

Curtis Wood Architects

Guardian Newsroom, Farringdon Road, London EC1

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London

Karen Hardy Studios, Imperial Wharf, London SW6

Main Quadrangle UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 14

Giles Quarme and Associates / Fluid Structures

Gregory Phillips Architects

Salero Architects

Mark Fairhurst Architecture & Design

Squire and Partners / Fluid Structures

Sprovieri Gallery, London W1

Enclosure Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Main Quadrangle UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 14

Myatt Primary School, London SE4

Reiss, Barrett Street, London W1

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Tabernacle Street, London EC2

Chagford Street, London NW1

King Henry's Road, London NW3

Cross Street, London N1

Tregothnan Road, London SW9

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Foster and Partners / Ove Arup

Foster and Partners

Hill House School, London SW3

David Le Lay Architects

Pitzhanger Manor, BSc Architecture Year 1

Pitzhanger Manor, BSc Architectue Year 1

Pitzhanger Manor, BSc Architecture Year 1

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Architecture Year 1

Bartlett School of Architecture, MArch & MSc

Bartlett School of Architecture, Graduates

Bartlett UCL, MArch Architectural Design & MSc Urban Design

Bartlett UCL, Architecture Graduates

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Chelsea Flower Show, London SW3

Curtis Wood Architects

St. Pancras Hotel Group, Euston Road, London NW1

Mark Fairhurst Architecture & Design

Loates-Taylor Shannon Architects & Designers

Mark Fairhurst Architecture & Design

Architecture: WK

Lisa Shell Architects

Curtis Wood Architects

Enclosure Architects

Queen's Gate, London SW7

Blithfield Street, London W8

Embankment, London SW15

Shardeloes Road, London SE14

Base Apartments, New North Road, London N1

Crown Apartments, Windmill Hill, Ruislip

Tonsley Place, London SW18

Colne Road, Twickenham

St. Pancras Hotel Group, Euston Road, London NW1

Bulwer Street, London W12

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Enclosure Architects

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill / Johnson Naylor

Curtis Wood Architects

Enclosure Architects

Trevor Lahiff Architects

Mark Fairhurst Architecture & Design

Paul Brookes Architects

Johnson Naylor

Richards Partington Architects

Lanyon-Hogg Architects / Seary Architects

Lanyon-Hogg Architects

El Ray, Dungeness, Romney Marsh

Ellesmere Road, London E3

Forest View, London E4

Dartmouth Park Road, London NW5

Ontario Tower, New Providence Wharf, London E14

ONE SE8 Restaurant, Blackheath Road, London SE10

Tonsley Place, London SW18

Cross Street, London N1

Jesus College Parade, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge

St. Pancras Hotel Group, Euston Road, London NW1

St. Pancras Hotel Group, Argyle Square, London WC1

St. Pancras Hotel Group, Euston Road, London NW1

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Ham Farm Road, Richmond

Quarry Wood Road, Marlow

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Dolwyddelan Castle, Snowdonia

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Curtis Wood Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Curtis Wood Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Richards Partington Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Paul Archer Design / Fluid Structures

Fluid Structures

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Loates-Taylor Shannon Architects & Designers

Loates Taylor Shannon Architects & Designers

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Architecture Year 1

Levers Water, Coniston Fells

Slate Quarry, Coniston Fells

Copper Mine, Coniston Fells

Enclosure Architects

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Huttons Farm, Hambledon, Henley-on-Thames

Curtis Wood Architects

5th Studio

Richards Partington Architects

Jones Associates

Gayton Road, London NW3

Embankment, London SW15

Whitford Road, Kilmington, Axminster

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Brunswick Gardens, London W8

Victoria Street, Cambridge

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Allies and Morrison / Fluid Structures

AY Architects

Simon Smith Building, Brighton College, Brighton

Bartlett UCL, International Exhibition Series, London

AY Architects

Montpelier Community Nursery, London N19

Bartlett UCL, International Exhibition Series, London

Mias Architects / Bartlett School of Architecture

Malindi & Providence, Eastcliff, Porthtowan

Bartlett School of Architecture, MArch Arch. Unit 23

Bartlett Summer Show, Main Quadrangle UCL

Bartlett UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 23

Bartlett Summer Show, Main Quadrangle UCL

Surface Architects / Fluid Structures

Reception Building, University of East London, Docklands

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Parke Road, Sunbury-on-Thames

Sanya Polescuk Architects

Reception Building, University of East London, Docklands

Gayton Road, London NW3

Elgin Crescent, London W11

Sanya Polescuk Architects

Parke Road, Sunbury-on-Thames

Seary Architects

Main Quadrangle UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 14

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Malindi & Providence, Eastcliff, Porthtowan

Enclosure Architects

Parke Road, Sunbury-on-Thames

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

5th Studio

Marks Barfield Architects

Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton

Calstock Viaduct, Tamar Valley

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Arch. Unit 9

Slade Galleries UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 21

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Arch. Unit 9

Slade Galleries UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 21

Slade Galleries UCL, MArch Arch. Unit17

Slade Galleries UCL, MArch Arch. Unit 17

Seary Architects

Hammersmith Bridge Road, London W6

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Elgin Crescent, London W11

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Architecture Year 1

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Arch. Unit 3

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Architecture Year 1

Slade Galleries UCL, BSc Arch. Unit 3

Miners' Track, Snowdon

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Stock Orchard Street, London N7

Strutt & Parker / Sunday Publishing

David Le Lay Architects

Colne Road, Twickenham

Hodgson Gabb Studio

Victoria Street, Cambridge

Shardeloes Road, London SE14

Whitford Road, Kilmington, Axminster

Bulwer Street, London W12

Enclosure Architects

Architecture: WK

5th Studio

Richards Partington Architects

Lisa Shell Architects

Theydon Road, London E5

Hodgson Gabb Studio

Sprovieri Gallery, London W1

Gregory Phillips Architects

Waterside School, Tipner, Portsmouth

Centro 4, Mandela Street, London NW1

Sprovieri Gallery, London W1

Gregory Phillips Architects

PKS Architects

Lanyon-Hogg Architects / Seary Architects

Portsmouth City Council Asset Management Services

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Ellesmere Road, London E3

Seary Architects

King Henry's Road, London NW3

Gregory Phillips Architects

Simon Conder Associates / Fluid Structures

Enclosure Architects

Curtis Wood Architects

Birch Grove, London W3

Union Wharf, Arlington Square, London N1

Hollingbourne Road, London SE24

Seary Architects

Make Architects / Fluid Structures

Birkbeck, University Square, Stratford

Curtis Wood Architects

The Boltons, London SW10

Rusham Road, London SW12

Curtis Wood Architects

Rusham Road, London SW12

Hawkins Brown

Chiswick High Road, London W4

Castle Tioram, Moidart

Chiswick High Road, London W4

Conran and Partners / Q Developments

Castle Tioram, Moidart

Glenfinnan Viaduct, Lochaber

Rievaulx Abbey, Helmsley

Transepts and Tower, York Minster

Quire, York Minster

North Transcept and Quire Screen, York Minster

Quire Screen, York Minster

Quire, York Minster

Transepts and Tower, York Minster

Quire, York Minster

North Transept and Quire Screen, York Minster

Quire Screen, York Minster

Rievaulx Abbey, Helmsley

Quire, York Minster

Rievaulx Abbey, Helmsley

Glenfinnan Viaduct, Lochaber

Castle Tioram, Moidart

Calstock Viaduct, Tamar Valley

Miners' Track, Snowdon

Dolwyddelan Castle, Snowdonia

Hollingbourne Road, London SE24

Headington Road, London SW18

Littleton Street, London SW18

Church Crescent, London N10

Seary Architects

The Bartlett UCL, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Bushy Park Gardens, Middlesex TW11

The Bartlett UCL, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

Levitt Bernstein

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

H & H Martin Lidbetter Architects

UCL Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1

Hawkins Brown

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

The Bartlett UCL, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Curtis Wood Architects

Bloomburg Street, London SW1

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

Levitt Bernstein

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

Levitt Bernstein

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL Here East, Stratford, London E20

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL Here East, Stratford, London E20

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Curtis Wood Architects

Springfield Farm, Stony Littleton, Bath

Curtis Wood Architects

Layer Gardens, London W3

Hawkins Brown / Gibert-Ash

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

Wilkins Terrace UCL, Gower Street, London WC1

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

UCL Wates House, Gordon Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Wilkins Terrace UCL, Gower Street, London WC1

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Fortescue Avenue, London E8

Simon Conder Associates

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

Fortescue Avenue, London E8

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

The Bartlett UCL, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

UCL 22 Gordon Street, London WC1

Wilkins Terrace UCL, Gower Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Wilkins Terrace UCL, Gower Street, London WC1

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Nansen Road, London SW11

Enclosure Architects

Nansen Road, London SW11

Enclosure Architects

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

UCL Here East, Stratford, London E20

Hawkins Brown / Gilbert-Ash

Andrew Wood Associates

Tedworth Square, London SW3

Hawkins Brown

Fortescue Avenue, London E8

Simon Conder Associates

Bushy Park Gardens, Middlesex TW11

Andrew Wood Associates

Simon Conder Associates

Fortescue Avenue, London E8

UCL Here East, Stratford, London E20

Hawkins Brown / Paragon

Fortescue Avenue, London E8

Simon Conder Associates

UCL Here East, Stratford, London E20

Paul Archer Design / Fluid Structures