5 minutes with … Rachel Basha at Basha-Franklin

2024-04-04T05:00:00

The founder and owner of the architecture and interior design practice on the commercialisation of sustainability, the need to support rising talent and her favourite north London restaurant

Why did you choose construction as a career?

My parents wanted me to become an accountant, so in true teenage style, I rebelled and became a designer instead.

The industry allows me to channel my creativity, curiosity and critical thinking to challenge conventional ways of doing things. I constantly seek new and better approaches to design because I want to enhance people’s experience of space and connection to place – I would have been a terrible accountant.

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