Biography

About the Artist

Portrait of the artist

Muri i Gurit is a London-based practice working at the intersection of architecture, restoration and material research.

Founded on a belief in the quiet authority of old buildings, the studio approaches each project as an act of careful listening — to the fabric of a place, its history, and the lives it has held. Work is slow and deliberate, prioritising repair over replacement and honesty of materials over surface effect.

Muri i Gurit Studio was founded in London by an Albanian designer whose work is rooted in texture, memory and quiet strength. Drawing from the layered forms of traditional Albanian byrek and the solid presence of stone walls, each piece reimagines cultural details through a modern, wearable lens.

The studio creates soft-structured objects that feel both personal and enduring — made to be carried every day.

Approach

Repair, not replace.

The studio's method is archaeological. Layers are peeled back rather than covered over; original fabric is preserved wherever possible and new interventions are designed to sit quietly beside what already exists.

Every project begins with a period of observation — visiting the site, reading its weathering, understanding its logic — so that what is eventually made feels less like an imposition and more like a continuation.

Selected Timeline

2026

Resituation of 392A Camden Road — studio and hand carwash within a former garage.

2024

Camden Road Warehouse restoration and adaptive reuse completed.

2023

Limestone Studies — ongoing material research across Portland and Bath.

2022

Hackney Factory Conversion — textile factory to residential lofts.