David Storring is a Director at Morris+Company + Head of Research & Innovation, responsible for leading complex projects and the studio’s research led agenda. David drives research-led innovation, both within live projects and through funded research initiatives that feed back into the studio’s collective intelligence. With over 20 years’ experience, David specialises in integrating sustainability, technology and design excellence, using a creative, research based approach to problem solving that tests, iterates and synthesises knowledge across disciplines to deliver outcomes that are greater than the sum of their parts.

David has led the design and delivery of a wide range of complex projects across housing, workplace, education, energy and public sectors, with particular expertise in retrofit, mixed-use developments and technically challenging buildings. He plays a central role in weekly design reviews across the practice, ensuring research into materials, embodied carbon and construction systems is used to turn challenges into opportunities, addressing social injustice, environmental impact and material choices through informed, evidence-led design. Alongside project work, David has been instrumental in developing bespoke sustainability tools and a practice-wide material library to measure, evaluate and compare environmental performance, guiding decisions that reduce harm, build resilience and enrich life for people and planet. He sits on the Lewisham, Greenwich and Redbridge Design Review Panels as Sustainability Expert and is a member of the LETI steering group for retrofit, contributing to emerging best practice and system change.

Alongside practice, David bridges professional and academic spheres. Since 2019, he has led the BSc Year 3 Architecture Design and Technology module at the Bartlett School of Architecture, curating the Making Buildings lecture series and leading teaching and assessment. He is also a visiting critic and lecturer at institutions including the Bartlett, Cambridge University and Kingston University, and mentors architecture students within the practice.