FOLDEN / AGENCY

PRIVATE ADVISORY / EST. 2016

The work begins before the address.

FOLDEN is an architecture-led advisory for people choosing how and where to live over the long term.

A SMALL PRACTICE

We represent a small number of private clients and singular properties across landscapes, cities and long horizons.

The FOLDEN advisory studio overlooking the coast

01 / POSITION

01 / POSITION

Representation is an editorial act.

A property is never only a list of rooms. It is climate, routine, material, maintenance, privacy and time. We study those relationships, then communicate them with precision.

OBSERVE

Read the life around the property before forming a view.

FRAME

Reduce complexity without flattening what makes a place specific.

PLACE

Introduce the right people when context, timing and intent align.

02 / CONTINUITY

02 / CONTINUITY

A practice shaped by place.

A practice shaped by place.

2016

2016

FOLDEN begins as a two-person advisory between London and Copenhagen.

FOLDEN begins as a two-person advisory between London and Copenhagen.

2020

2020

The practice adds architectural research and an independent editorial desk.

The practice adds architectural research and an independent editorial desk.

2026

2026

A six-person studio now works across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

A six-person studio now works across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

03 / PEOPLE

03 / PEOPLE

Six perspectives, one standard of attention.

Architecture, research, geography and client care sit at the same table.

01

Founder & Private Client Director

Eleanor Voss

Eleanor founded FOLDEN to bring architectural judgment and private-client discretion into one practice.

Editorial portrait of Malik Deren, Director of Architecture

02

Director of Architecture

Malik Deren

Malik reads plans, materials and long-term adaptability before a property enters the conversation.

Editorial portrait of Sora Miyake, Asia-Pacific Advisory Director

03

Asia-Pacific Advisory

Sora Miyake

Sora connects cultural context, landscape and ownership strategy across the Asia-Pacific region.

Editorial portrait of Ines Calder, European Estates Director

04

European Estates

Inés Calder

Inés leads European searches with a focus on provenance, climate and the life around an address.

Editorial portrait of Theo Nwosu, Research and Editorial Director

05

Research & Editorial

Theo Nwosu

Theo turns research into clear narratives, giving every mandate a precise editorial frame.

Editorial portrait of Amara Leclerc, Client Experience Director

06

Client Experience

Amara Leclerc

Amara designs the client journey around clarity, continuity and genuinely human communication.

05 / PRACTICE

05 / PRACTICE

Small by design.

We keep the studio compact so judgment stays close to the work. Every mandate is reviewed collectively; every client knows who is responsible.

01

01

Discretion is operational.

Discretion is operational.

Private information stays close to the people doing the work.

Private information stays close to the people doing the work.

02

02

Research is part of service.

Research is part of service.

We investigate first so every conversation starts from substance.

We investigate first so every conversation starts from substance.

03

03

Long-term use outranks novelty.

Long-term use outranks novelty.

A place should remain intelligent after the first impression has passed.

A place should remain intelligent after the first impression has passed.

A PRIVATE BEGINNING

Begin with one precise question.

Tell us what the right place must make possible—pace, privacy, climate, distance or time. The address comes later.

A PRIVATE BEGINNING

Begin with one precise question.

Tell us what the right place must make possible—pace, privacy, climate, distance or time. The address comes later.

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