The Architect + The Designer
LU & LU
Lucy Moroney + Lucinda Dryden
OUR PRACTICE
We design both experiences and environments, offering a unique combination of services by connecting creative fields. Working within the unique intersection between architecture, visual design and art, we weave together the stories of people and places, crafting both enduring and transient spaces.
SELECTED CLIENTS, COLLABORATORS + COMMISSIONSInner West Council
Melbourne School of Design
Architectural Association London
Saudi Design Week
British Council
SELECTED PROJECTS
Songs of the Greenway
An installation, public programme and live music performance, as artists in residence, for Sydney’s Inner West Council festival EDGE Greenway.
2023
The Laboratory Gardens
We designed and ran a brief for a winter intensive as part of Project Toria, a partnership between Melbourne University and London’s Architectural Association Visiting School.
2022-23
Wild Urbanism with Maccreanor Lavington Urban Studio
A 155 hectares urban regeneration in Manchester, nestled in the post-industrial Irk Valley. Providing Manchester’s first major Green infrastructure— comprising of a new City River Park, green spaces, green links and public realm—reconnecting Manchester to its lost rivers and landscape.
2022
Rooftop Hilton Bar with acme
With views across the City of London, the interior concept drew inspiration from East London’s vibrant textile history, using a rich and dark palette. Lucy assisted on the material detail design and specification in the lead up to construction, finding affordable luxury solutions.
2021
Rooftop Hilton Bar with acme
With views across the City of London, the interior concept drew inspiration from East London’s rich textile history, using a rich and dark palette across the space. Lucy assisted on the material detail design and specification in the lead up to construction—finding affordable, luxury solutions.
2021
House of Hairs
A travelling pavilion and public programme for Saudi Design Week, commissioned by the British Council, with London based collective Eidectic Space and Migrant's Bureau.
2019
Mailer McGuire Kombucha
Lucinda was engaged to design the branding and packaging of Mailer McGuire, an Australian tea-based Kombucha conceived during a cycling trip along the North American west coast. (AGDA Finalist—Packaging).
2018
The ABC—Tonightly
Tonightly with Tom Ballard was a daily comedy show on The ABC from 2017-18. Lucinda designed a series of sets and props, including an apocalyptic warehouse and an academic’s office.
2018
WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON
Recipes from Exes
We’ve assembled a team of experts in teaching, community and storytelling to develop Recipes with Exes: an anthology of stories and dishes learned from relationships in a person’s past. We'll be designing a workshop format to collect participants’ reflections, and reach a diverse range of Australian voices.
2022-Ongoing
Creating Space
Creating Space is an alternative path to creative practice. We’ll be developing the resources that we wish we had access to throughout our pursuit of making a living from creativity. It’s for those who are moving into the art space from commercial practice, looking to uncover perceived barriers, and seeking inclusive collaborators.
2023-Ongoing