David Mikhail

Founding Director

David founded Mikhail Riches in 2015 and is involved in every project. He has been Director in charge of Goldsmith Street, for Norwich Council, The Housing Supply programme for The City of York and recently Post Graduate accommodation for Queens College Cambridge *

Mikhail Riches grew from David Mikhail Architects, which delivered one-off homes, both refurbishment and new build, receiving numerous RIBA Awards. David is an Architect-Developer, notably with ‘Church Walk’ in Hackney which was the RIBA London Building of the year in 2013. With Mikhail Riches, David is now realising his broader ambition of delivering beautiful places that make a difference; helping to encourage social connectedness with buildings that are genuinely sustainable. He is helping teams navigate many of our current projects to operational Net Zero.

David is particularly interested in biodiversity and woodlands and is building his own Passivhaus family home using sweet chestnut coppiced from a local woodland in Kent.

David founded Mikhail Riches in 2015 and is involved in every project. He has been Director in charge of Goldsmith Street, for Norwich Council, The Housing Supply programme for The City of York and recently Post Graduate accommodation for Queens College Cambridge *

Mikhail Riches grew from David Mikhail Architects, which delivered one-off homes, both refurbishment and new build, receiving numerous RIBA Awards. David is an Architect-Developer, notably with ‘Church Walk’ in Hackney which was the RIBA London Building of the year in 2013. With Mikhail Riches, David is now realising his broader ambition of delivering beautiful places that make a difference; helping to encourage social connectedness with buildings that are genuinely sustainable. He is helping teams navigate many of our current projects to operational Net Zero.

David is particularly interested in biodiversity and woodlands and is building his own Passivhaus family home using sweet chestnut coppiced from a local woodland in Kent.