RDA Architects & Interior Designers

Creating beautifully responsible London homes

RDA is a leading-edge London Architecture & Interior Design firm specializing in award-winning, beautifully modern passive homes that are healthier for you, your family, and the environment.

Passivhaus Certified Since 2010 | 25+ Years Experience | Design First, Science Next Approach

RDA Architects & Interior Designers

Creating beautifully responsible London homes

RDA is a leading-edge London Architecture & Interior Design firm specializing in award-winning, beautifully modern passive homes that are healthier for you, your family, and the environment.

Passivhaus Certified Since 2010 | 25+ Years Experience | Design First, Science Next Approach

Over 25 years ago, Richard Dudzicki founded RDA to change people’s perceptions of what a home could be. Long before our Passivhaus certification in 2010, we were innovating in the eco-friendly space with sustainable home design for years. Over 200 projects later, we’re still fulfilling Richard’s mission, creating cutting-edge solutions for healthier homes.


Our goal is to design homes that are wholly reflective of your lifestyle, needs, and future while also addressing the evolving needs of our planet. As leaders in the UK’s Passivhaus movement, we embrace our duty to push the building envelope, create more with less, solve complex problems, and use our experience to guide you towards a better, cleaner, more comfortable lifestyle.

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If you are interested in starting a project, but unsure of how to get started, we highly recommend our “Ask the Expert” consultation.


These sessions, lead by our Director, Lead Architect, and Passivhaus Certified Specialist, Richard Dudzicki, will provide you the information and isight you need to get moving. Click below to learn more about this and other resources.

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Why work with RDA?

We are highly regarded by our clients and our industry for delivering certified Passivhaus design, embracing modular and offsite construction, achieving planning on awkward or sensitive sites, and designing beautiful bespoke interiors, all while respecting your  budget.


We will oversee your projects from beginning to end so we can be sure we achieve your unique vision. Our meticulous attention to detail ensures that every building we complete is beautiful, functional, sustainable and generates meaningful value for you.

  • You'll benefit from working with one of the best regarded Passivhaus specialists in the UK.
  • With more than 25 years and 200 successfully delivered project, you can be assured you are in good hands.
  • We've seen it all, from large commercial developments to bespoke contemporary homes and unique renovation work.
  • Our strong relationships with councils and planning authorities, including unique local arrangements, such as The Dulwich Estate Scheme of Management, ensure quick approvals.
  • Our “Inside Out” design method ensures that your project is built to the highest standard of quality and innovative design.

Meet Our Team

Let our dream team help you design your dream home!

Ask the Expert

Thinking of embarking on a building project and not sure how or where to start? You've come to the right place. Our “Ask the Expert” consultation is the answer!


Click the link below to book a consultation with Richard Dudzicki, RDA's Director, Lead Architect, and Passivhaus Certified Specialist.


With more than 25 years of architectural experience and a deep portfolio of more than 200 projects in Greater London, and the UK, Richard knows his way around a job site, and can give you the clarity you need about your project.


For local clients, RDA has a long-standing, close working relationship with the Dulwich Estate Scheme of management and have successfully completed, new-build renovation and extensions within the area, as well as many other conservation areas across the UK.

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RDA transformed our Victorian house creating maximum space and light and provided innovative solutions to our design brief. We can’t recommend them enough!

-Katie,

 Dulwich

Commonly Asked Questions

  • What makes RDA different from other architects?

    At RDA, it's all about our clients, and if you don't feel like you are our only client, then we are not doing our job. We are highly experienced at helping clients get what they want, and that means you are our top priotiy, and we are here for you.

  • How do you work with celebrities and public figures?

    RDA has worked with a number of celebrities and public figures. Due to the private and intimate nature of our work, respecting the privacy and security of our clients is a top priority. For this reason, we offer a non-disclosure option to all clients.

  • What is Passivhaus?

    RDA is a leading PassivHaus design firm in the UK. A Passivhaus building is designed to be highly efficient, using effective insulation to remove drafts, and reducing the energy required to heat the home. It's not about relying on “eco-bling” to call it sustainable. Using PassivHaus certified materials and processes, we can deliver a more comfortable, higher quality building while reducing running costs by 90%, in any type of building.

  • How can I hire you?

    To get started with RDA, please schedule an “Ask the Expert” session or reach out to use by phone, email, or by

Recent Blogs

By Richard Dudzicki March 27, 2026
Between History and Innovation: Learning from Mexico City Richard recently travelled to Mexico City with the Architects Marketing Group for a series of intensive workshops exploring the intersection of marketing and artificial intelligence within architectural practice.
By Richard Dudzicki March 10, 2026
On 25 March, Richard will be speaking at NLA’s Coffee Conversation about how London’s most constrained and overlooked sites can play a role in addressing both the housing crisis and the climate emergency. Across the city, small and fragmented plots are often dismissed as too difficult to develop. Backland sites, former garages and leftover spaces within established neighbourhoods are frequently overlooked by conventional development models. Yet collectively they represent a significant and largely untapped opportunity.
By Richard Dudzicki March 3, 2026
There is a particular responsibility that comes with working on an existing building. The Old Timberyard , a former Victorian workshop, offered the opportunity to demonstrate how careful retrofit can honour heritage whilst delivering genuine long-term performance. Behind its retained brickwork and historic fabric sits a carefully executed EnerPHit upgrade. This was not about surface improvements, but a rigorous, fabric-first transformation, reworking a cold, underperforming structure into a comfortable, resilient and low-energy building fit for contemporary use.
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