As part of the SpeakingOut! series for the 2026 INDE.Awards, Program Director Jan Henderson sits down with leading voices across architecture and design to unpack the ideas shaping the built environment. 

In this episode, she speaks with Greg Lamb of Hogg & Lamb, in a conversation supported by Hästens, partner of The Health & Wellbeing Space category. Together, they explore how thoughtful design can create meaningful moments of pause, connection and restoration.

With more than 30 years in the industry, Lamb has built a practice grounded in experience, intuition and collaboration. Working closely with architects throughout his career, he has developed a distinct approach to interiors that prioritises how a space feels as much as how it functions. For Lamb, design is not something to simply look at. It is something to move through, to anticipate and to experience. His projects often blur the line between architecture and interior design, revealing themselves gradually through shifts in scale, light and material.

This sensitivity is particularly evident in work centred on wellbeing, where spatial experience becomes inseparable from emotional response. Lamb considers how compression and release, darkness and light, and subtle material contrasts can shape behaviour and perception. The result is design that encourages people to slow down, to notice, and to engage more deeply with their surroundings.

His path into the profession was not conventional. Lamb reflects on a school experience that did not align with how he learned, something he only understood later. Entering the workforce early, he began in landscape architecture before moving into architecture and interior design studios. Although he never formally registered as an architect, the hands-on nature of his career allowed him to build a practical and collaborative skillset. Over time, this became a defining strength, shaping a designer who values adaptability and the realities of working across disciplines.

At the centre of the conversation is Albion Bathhouse, the project that earned Hogg & Lamb the Health & Wellbeing Space award at the 2025 INDE.Awards. Rather than replicating a conventional model, Lamb and his team saw an opportunity to push the typology into something more immersive. The result is a carefully choreographed environment designed to remove visitors from the outside world.

The journey through the space unfolds in layers. Guests pass through a series of thresholds that gradually deepen the sense of separation from daily life before arriving at a dramatic, cave-like bathing area. Low lighting and concealed ceilings create a sense of ambiguity, making the space feel both intimate and expansive. A central corridor operates like a street, with smaller rooms branching off, compressing and releasing as visitors move through. Mirrors and controlled sightlines extend the perceived scale, while details such as eliminating the smell of chlorine on entry reinforce the illusion of escape.

Material decisions were guided by both intent and constraint. Working within a defined budget, the team focused investment where it would have the greatest impact, allowing more functional areas to recede into the background. This careful redistribution creates a project that feels resolved and deliberate, without excess.

Albion Bathhouse ultimately offers a space for disconnection, where time feels suspended and attention shifts inward. It reflects a broader movement within design towards environments that support mental and emotional wellbeing as much as physical function. Lamb’s work contributes to this shift by demonstrating how spatial design can influence behaviour, encouraging stillness, interaction and awareness.

A sincere thank you to Greg Lamb for sharing his insights, and to Hästens for supporting The Health & Wellbeing Space category at the 2026 INDE.Awards. 

To hear more, listen to the full SpeakingOut! interview here. The 2026 INDE.Awards shortlist is now live, discover this year’s finalists here.