Kudos DB.
When the work outgrows the website.
Kudos DB is a London-based design and build studio delivering high-end residential renovations — working with renowned architects, designers, and contractors to produce considered, beautifully executed homes.
Kudos DB is a London design and build studio delivering high-end residential renovations, working with leading architects and contractors.
They had new branding, a strong portfolio, and a reputation worth sharing. The website still looked like it belonged to a different business.
Their website said less than their work
The previous site had fallen behind. Kudos had evolved — new branding, a sharper offer, and a growing portfolio of high-end residential work — but online, none of that was coming through. For a studio where trust and first impressions are everything, a site that undersells the work isn't neutral. It's actively working against you.
Kudos had evolved. New branding, a sharper offer, a growing portfolio. The site hadn't. For a studio built on first impressions, that isn't neutral.
Prospective clients arrive at conversations already informed — they've seen the projects, understood the process, and made up their minds before the first call.
Built around their process as much as their portfolio
We designed around the photography first — generous layouts, restrained colour, space that lets the imagery breathe without competing with it. Alongside the portfolio, we made the Kudos approach visible: their integrated Design + Build model, with a single team coordinating specialists and subcontractors from brief to handover, needed to be understood before a client committed. Kudos manage their own case studies through the CMS so the portfolio stays current as the work keeps coming.
We designed around the photography, with generous layouts, restrained colour and room to breathe. We also made the Design + Build model visible, because clients need to understand it before they commit.
