Soma studio

29/04/2026

04/11/2025

Some great feedback on this one after our recent story 🙌🏼

We’re excited to share the current design proposals for a lower-ground floor refurbishment in Glasgow’s West End — featuring an open-plan kitchen/diner with utility, plus a new dressing area and ensuite provisions.

We’ve hit the ground running thanks to our incredibly aspirational clients and a fully integrated design + delivery team appointed from the very start — a setup that makes all the difference!

Next stop: Planning and Listed Building Consent with the fantastic & 🏛️✨

02/01/2024

Working into our new studio space at West George street.

Having fun gathering samples for new projects and looking forward to 2024!

22/12/2023

Before moving into our wonderful new SoMA studio in October of this year, we had a lovely clean canvas to work with thanks to Design Engineering Workshop. Their own fit out of the space left us with original hardwood flooring, recently restored and fresh white walls. With a little paint and a some key items of furniture, we were able to move into this excellent space, and haven’t looked back since.

15/12/2023

It’s official, clients (and the postman) can now find our office! A simple addition to the existing studio signage, with a special thanks to Alan Hawthorn at Podbox for making this for us.

11/12/2023

Team photograph outside our new studio at 34 West George Street | Company founders and Directors Nathan Cunningham, Andy Gower, and Part 2 Architectural assistant Andrew Lang | Last but not least, Arnie the dog

01/12/2023

It’s beginning to feel like Christmas.

01/12/2023

Congratulations to _designpopup for organising a fantastic charity event, where over £4,000 was raised for the restoration of the Old Mill in Balmacara.

This would not have been possible without the generosity of everyone involved; either buying tickets, offering artworks, bidding on pieces, or simply buying tickets – all of which lead to a fantastic charity auction. Hosted within the excellent studio space of Collective Architecture, and with Natasha Raskin Sharp as auctioneer, resulted in a fun evening where we were proud to be in attendance. Well done to all involved!

30/11/2023

Millport Parish Church Conversion

Excited as we move forward with the next phase of works. Yesterday the timber frame flooring joists to the ground floor were installed, allowing for the five dwellings within this space to start taking shape. This is a fantastic project working with our client David Wright, and a great legacy for Steven Byrne, who was the original owner and designer.

21/11/2023

SoMA [State of Matter Architecture] is a new design and architecture studio, combining 30 years of knowledge, skill and expertise in the building industry to offer our clients innovative and elegant design solutions with a practical know-how. Ultimately, we are motivated by the opportunity to improve the quality in the way we live and work. Delivering projects, across all market types, locations and providers in the housing sector, SoMA is uniquely placed to help create, develop and deliver a product suited to our client needs and aspirations.

At SoMA we focus on designing and refurbishing buildings in a purposeful and sustainable way; crafting with form, material & light. Our ethos focuses on contemporary design, backed with a technical knowledge and long-term experience of smart and successful solutions. We have the skills and expertise to lead and guide our projects from inception through to completion. We are adept in collaborative brief writing, inclusive design development and are experienced at obtaining statutory consents, construction and well detailed projects.

We are a friendly, responsive and collaborative team whose work is inspired by our client’s project needs and aspirations. We are easy to chat to and work with, and enjoy collaboration and co-creation from the early stages of design through to construction. From our studio in Glasgow, we work with home owners, business owners, investors and main contractors, as well as highly skilled crafts and tradespeople in order to optimise our design process and deliver a high-quality service. We know the importance of client care services that we aim to wrap these around the design process – underpinned by a business knowledge and a solid understanding of our clients needs and project drivers.

we are State of Matter Architecture. we provide innovative and elegant architectural design solutions