'Our focus in architecture is twofold', says Carlos Sanchez, co-founder with Tom Benton of London-based Sanchez Benton. 'First, on materials and the act of building. And second, on a duty of care to the city. We approach projects from both ends -at 1:1 and at the urban scale'. The commitment to building well, adds Benton, explains the reticence of the practice website, which offers only snippets of news and glimpses of work in progress. 'We decided early on that if we were confident in one thing it was pushing construction quite hard in unusual ways, so we'd limit publication of renders and wait to be judged on the work'. That confidence came from a shared background with a strong grounding in the poetics and pragmatics of making buildings. The pair, now in their late 30s, met in the office of the late Jonathan Woolf, and reconvened at 6a Architects where they delivered a Stirling Prize-shortlisted studio for photographer Juergen Teller.
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