About Abode.
The Practice
Abode Architects is a residential architecture practice based just outside Glasgow. We specialise in high-quality extensions, bespoke new builds, and the thoughtful conversion of heritage properties across Scotland’s most desirable postcodes.
Our clients include professionals, entrepreneurs, and homeowners who value design excellence but prefer not to manage the detail themselves. We lead the full process on their behalf, providing both creative direction and delivery oversight from start to finish.
We design homes that are intelligent, enduring, and deeply responsive to how people live. Each project balances light, flow, materiality and performance, with sustainability considered from the outset.
Above all, we believe good architecture should reduce friction, not create it. We work with clarity, respect our clients’ time, and lead each project with purpose.
Led by Connor
I'm Connor Steven, founder and director of Abode Architects. I’m an ARB registered architect, a certified Passive House designer, and I lead residential projects ranging from £50k to £2m and beyond. Generally most of our projects sit around the £200-600k bracket (project value).
Before starting Abode in 2020, I delivered large scale residential and student residential projects up to the value of circa £40m. That experience of commercial architecture shapes the calm, focused approach I bring to private residential clients who want quality and a structured approach, but don’t have time to manage every detail themselves.
My work is grounded in clarity, respect, and thoughtful design. Sustainability is integrated into every decision, from structure to materiality; often in ways you’ll never even notice.
Outside the studio, I’m usually spending time with my wife and friends. Outdoors on walks or playing / watching football. Occasionally, you might find me playing guitar and singing in a Glasgow bar - but most days, I’m helping guide projects through to completion.
