Eliza and Martin lead a dedicated team of trusted and highly experienced architectural consultants. Our team is passionate about innovative design, creativity, sustainability, and professionalism. We specialise in bespoke architectural solutions, ensuring each project is unique and environmentally friendly.

Martin Rix

Partner
Architect / ARB / RIBA
Passivhaus Designer

I’ve been a qualified architect for almost 20 years, since I finished my 7 years of architectural training at the university of Sheffield. I now live in Chesterfield; along with my wife Lucy, we are rising our family here together.

Before starting MAD Architects, I worked at a large commercial practice, in Sheffield. I gained a great deal of experience and knowledgeable working on a diverse range projects, for clients including the Home Office, Suzuki, Westfield shopping centres & developers Wilson Bowden.

  • During this time I gained invaluable experience, including working on highly sustainable buildings such as the first BREEAM excellent office in Sheffield.

    MAD architects was born out of my desire to work more collaboratively with clients, on design led, bespoke ‘environmentally friendly’ projects. Initially, whilst still working at a large commercial firm, I started the practice with help of an old university friend.

    At first, we worked part-time on projects for family members and then friends, the practices reputation for innovative sustainable designs grew. Over the next few years we were increasingly being approached by homeowners, local builders and property developers, to help facilitate their ideas.

    In 2012, with my wife and young families support, I made the decision to leave full time employment behind and fully commit to MAD. As it turned out, it was probably the best professional decision I’ve made.

    Autumn 2015, Eliza Sophocleous (a very talented architect and designer who I had worked with previously) joins the partnership. Eliza adds further depth to our design service and enhances our inhouse technical knowledge. 

    Together Eliza and I now lead a small team of trusted and highly experienced consultants. We share a collective passion for design, creativity, sustainability and professionalism.

Eliza Sophocleous

Partner
Architect / ARB

I was born and grew up in the Commonwealth country of Cyprus and moved to the UK to study architecture at the University of Sheffield. Now having lived here for over 25 years, Sheffield really is home; not just to myself, but along with my husband and two children.

Before joining MAD Architects I worked at a large commercial practice in Sheffield which is where I met Martin. 3 years after Martin left to set up MAD I decided it was time for a new challenge and took the exciting decision to leave.

  • Before starting at MAD I gained over 10 years experience working on residential projects, developing bespoke designs various private and commercial Clients, as well as student accommodation for clients like UNITE and retail developments for Westfield.

    Most recently I worked on the multi-million Bradford Shopping Centre for which I was the project architect for the external envelope. My design work is always supported with strong technical knowledge and enthusiasm for good architecture and the benefits it can have on a multitude of levels.