94 |OxfordshireLimitedEdition|June 2019
ThearchitectsatMarbleAirpridethemselvesonthinking
outsidethebox.SarahMillingtontalkstothecompany’s
founder,AnnaDulnikowska-Przystalska
BRIGHT IDEAS
FOR DESIGN
T
hebiggestproblemyou’re
likelytoencounterwith
MarbleAirispronouncing
theboss’ssurname.To
makethingssimple,Anna
Dulnikowska-Przystalskais
oftenreferredtoasjust‘Anna’or‘AnnaDP’.
Shedoesn’tseeitasanissue.“Mysurname
isjustmebeingrememberedastheladywith
thelongname,”shereasons.“Idon’tmind
justbeingcalled‘Anna.’”
SinceleadarchitectAnnasetMarbleAir
up,in 2017 ,ithasacquiredtwoothers
- BenRobbandAnna’shusband,
MaciekPrzystalski.
Theyworkonresidentialandcommercial
projects,includinghistoricbuildingslike
churches,deployingwhatAnnaterms
“bespokethinking”.
“Youhavethemundaneworkandthe
workthatinspiresyou,”sheexplains.“We
worktoearnmoney,butalsotohavefun,so
wedoextensions,butwealsodoaparticular
typeofextensions.Weaimforclients