Wadhal

Wadhal is an architecture studio based in London, founded by Fahad Malik, making narrative-led spaces that reconsider design, tradition and culture. The practice delivers residential and commercial projects from first concept through to built reality, and each commission takes on its own methodology, a story shaped by context, climate and character rather than a fixed house style. The name comes from a tribal name found in Mianwali and around Namal Lake in Pakistan, meaning an increase, a surplus, the notion of exceeding limitations.

Malik grew up in Islamabad, moved to London at nine and studied at the Glasgow School of Art before qualifying at the Bartlett. Recent work includes The Concrete Pavilion, The Stepwell House, The Convex House and The High Street House, projects testing how a small studio can make materially specific architecture at domestic scale.