DI-STIL

DI-STIL is the consultancy vehicle for Andy Puncher, an Architect and Design Director with over 20 years’ experience working closely with Developers and Investment Funds delivering medium to large scale projects across a range of sectors. 

Through DI-STIL, Andy works with client teams as a consultant Design Director to interrogate site opportunities, develop briefs, input into, challenge and advocate design responses to ultimately ensure that all opportunities are explored, and maximum commercial, contextual and social value is delivered. 

Investing more thought into developing and challenging briefs and design responses at the outset, and throughout the evolution of projects, allows clearer narratives to be distilled. 

This results in more focussed contextual design solutions which optimise site potential,  eases planning processes, maximises social and economic returns and ultimately delivers higher quality Architecture and Place Making.

Andy Puncher co-founded pH+ Architects in 2005, which, over 18 years, developed a reputation as one of the leading commercial architectural practices in the UK. 

Since pH+, Andy has become the design lead on large scale science and technology and alternative living led mixed-use schemes as client side Design Director for Lateral and Fabrix. He is also the UK Development Director for Australian Investment Fund, Solido Capital, focussing on the acquisition and planning delivery of developments in the UK.

Alongside these roles, Andy is a member of the Haringey, GLA Bishopsgate and Tower Hamlets Quality Review Panels which he also Chairs. 

A focus on contextual high quality place making has been recognised through a number of industry awards which include:

2025: Estates Gazette Awards: Life Science Deal of the Year: Winner : Camley Street (Lateral) 

2023: RIBA Award : Winner: Waterfield (pH+)

2021: Haringey Design Award : Excellent Homes : Winner : Archway Road (pH+) 

British Homes Award : Development of the Year : Winner : Archway Road (pH+)

Housing Design Award : Completed Project Winner: Old Ford Road (pH+)

2020: British Homes Award : Homebuilder and Small Development of the year : Winner : Old Ford Road (pH+)

2019: Planning Awards : Placemaking : Winner :  Hackney Wick and Fish Island  (pH+)

2018: BD AYA Housing Architect of the year : Winner (pH+)

Haringey Design Award  : Winner : Pinnacle N10 (pH+) 

2016: London Design Award: Winner: The Milkshake Tree (pH+)

2005: 40 under 40: Winner 

2000:  AJ Small Projects and Blueprint Award:  Winner: Bradbury Street Market Stalls (Hawkins/Brown)