Because Architects

Because Architects is an architecture and interior design studio set up in spring 2020 by architect Illya Rastvorov and interior designer Nadia Smitiukh, after a year of joint work spanning architecture, interiors, furniture design and creative direction. The practice presents itself as a team of daring professionals serving daring clients, and treats the client as a friend whose ideas are developed together.

Rastvorov, who trained at the Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Dnipro and won the Canaction 2019 competition, heads architecture. Smitiukh, first trained as a jewellery designer and then in interior design in Kyiv, leads interiors. Work spans Garden House and HOUSE 007, the Meter Apartment, Meteor Tower and the Apple Store Kyiv concept.