Pirajean Lees

Pirajean Lees Interior Architecture, Creative Direction, and Bespoke Furniture Editions. Artistic inspiration runs deep through our own stories. TIMELESS. AUTHENTIC.

WHAT MAKE US, US
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Founded in 2007 by Clémence Pirajean and James Michael Lees, PIRAJEAN LEES is a London-based interior architecture, creative direction and bespoke editions studio. PIRAJEAN LEES’s projects encompass the private residential, retail and hospitality sectors internationally. With a holistic attitude to each unique project, we collaborate with people who share our passion for enhancing lifestyles, and improving environments through spatial design. Clémence’s family are sculptors and creators, with roots in hospitality, which gave Clémence valuable insights into the industry from an early age. James comes from a line of architects and designers, and attributes his love for storytelling to his early career in film direction and production design.
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NEW STORIES. OLD BEGINNINGS.
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Each unique commission begins with finding a narrative. People and places come together in a creative thread woven through the project. That could be expressed in the geography of the surrounding landscape. The rediscovery of hidden architectural details. Sometimes, it’s simply by walking through an empty room; imagining what might have been, and now could be. TAILORED

Creatively and emotionally, it’s often the imperfections that spark our imagination – the stumbled-upon elements of the natural world which ignite creativity. An ancient tree reborn as a piece of furniture. A discarded piece of marble reshaped by craftsmanship. The quirks and texture of materials which don’t fit the mould, but ensure every PIRAJEAN LEES piece or space is as unique as it is sustainable – and always bespoke. For each project, every element plays an integral part. The building’s architectural DNA informs the aesthetic; the bespoke decorative items and overall customer experience. It has a lyrical quality – a sense of poetry that runs throughout the brand and interiors, down to the smallest details.
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CREATIVE JOURNEYS
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From the people we meet. The places we visit,. To the often subtle nuances that define and differentiate each new project. We are always learning and discovering. At every stage of our evolution, artists, makers and craftspeople have been a source of inspiration. These diverse experiences and intriguing stories picked up along the way form the fabric of what PIRAJEAN LEES is about. It’s a truly collaborative, creative journey that we invite our clients to join. This is our vision. This is what makes us, us.

28/09/2026

Record of the week: Czarface

24/09/2026

When in Venice. Craft, artisans, fondaziones, boats and cicchetti.

Thank you .venezia1888 and for an inspiring few days. A study in craftsmanship, materiality and detail rooted in Venetian tradition of artistry and making.

All in fabulous company. Linda Boronkay , Stephanie Barba Mendoza , Minnie Kemp , Rachel Chudley , The Touch Studio .

Grazie mille!

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in AD Italy’s ‘From a holiday rental for tourists to a family retreat: an interior d...
17/09/2026

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in AD Italy’s ‘From a holiday rental for tourists to a family retreat: an interior design duo has skilfully renovated this 1960s home in Formentera’.

“Hospitality as a design principle… The house is designed to accommodate many people at once, while still allowing them to retreat and enjoy some peace and quiet. The children also have their own dedicated area, and small places to sit are scattered throughout the property. Here, spending time together and still enjoying privacy are, quite deliberately, not mutually exclusive.”
- AD Italy

Thank you for the feature AD Italia Architectural Digest France.

Read the full article (link in bio).

Ana Lui Photography

Our narratives create an element of surprise within spaces that feel like they belong - a thoughtful choreography that’s...
16/09/2026

Our narratives create an element of surprise within spaces that feel like they belong - a thoughtful choreography that’s lived, felt, and remembered long after the lights go down. We create and retain long-term value for hospitality settings, through our narrative design approach.

“With commercial projects, it helps that Clémence comes from an operational background. We know exactly how big a hotel, restaurant, or members’ club kitchen needs to be and how to increase efficiency over several floors and rooms. We shape atmospheres with different materials. If you want a fast-paced buzzing café or brasserie feel, there needs to be clutter and noise. We know which materials will draw that out. If you want a space where people linger for drinks and dancing, we’ll work with acoustic wrapping. Indulging my “techie” side is one of the bonuses of working with a large-scale international or commercial project. We get to really immerse ourselves in the science of atmosphere.”
- ⁠James Lees, Co-founder of Pirajean Lees

Read ‘Storytelling and Creating Value With Design’ on The Empty Corner (link in bio).

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in AD Spain’s ‘If Formentera was already paradise, this cubic 1960s house, renovated...
14/09/2026

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in AD Spain’s ‘If Formentera was already paradise, this cubic 1960s house, renovated by a pair of interior designers and complete with a pool, is about as close to heaven as it gets’.

“According to Clémence Pirajean and James Lees, after receiving the keys, the first thing they did was nothing at all. They simply walked through the empty rooms, observed the light, listened to the wind and imagined how their family would use the house in the future.”
- AD Spain

Thank you for the feature Architectural Digest España Architectural Digest France.

Read the full article (link in bio).

Ana Lui Photography

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in Telegraph’s ‘We turned a tired 1960s bungalow into our dream holiday home’.“After...
10/09/2026

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in Telegraph’s ‘We turned a tired 1960s bungalow into our dream holiday home’.

“After falling in love with the island of Formentera 20 years ago, Clémence and James found a space with enormous potential. When they were looking for the perfect holiday home for their family, the designers saw one that stopped them in their tracks…
While they typically design on paper and the computer, for this house they came armed with cans of spray paint to mark out walls they would move or knock down. ‘It was more of a sculptural project than an architectural project,’ Lees jokes.”
- The Telegraph

Thank you for the feature The Telegraph, Telegraph Lifestyle, Jes Salter, and .

Read the website article (link in bio).

Ana Lui Photography

PRESS: Our Formentera holiday home featured in AD France’s ‘In Formentera, an architect couple brings a holiday home bac...
09/09/2026

PRESS: Our Formentera holiday home featured in AD France’s ‘In Formentera, an architect couple brings a holiday home back to life’.

“Perhaps architecture begins precisely there: not with forms or materials, but with the life we imagine within the home.”
- AD France

Thank you for this special feature Architectural Digest France.

Read the full article (link in bio).

Ana Lui Photography

NEW PROJECT: Mimi Kakushi Miami mimikakushimiamiJapanese restaurant and bar, atop the reimagined Delano Miami Beach Dela...
26/08/2026

NEW PROJECT: Mimi Kakushi Miami mimikakushimiami

Japanese restaurant and bar, atop the reimagined Delano Miami Beach Delano Miami Beach. Pirajean Lees makes a debut in the US with Mimi Kakushi, a project that strongly embodies the studio’s narrative design approach, at the iconic Delano Hotel.

Having designed Mimi Kakushi’s first outpost in Dubai mimikakushidubai, Pirajean Lees has reunited with Paris Society Paris Society, Ennismore Ennismore and Rikas Group RIKAS Hospitality Group to bring and adapt the concept to Miami.

As featured in Galerie Galerie Magazine and Forbes Forbes.

Learn more about Mimi Kakushi Miami by visiting our website (link in bio).

Design with Nic Monisse for Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design. Clémence Pirajean and James Lees tell Monocle Radio about...
20/08/2026

Design with Nic Monisse for Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design.

Clémence Pirajean and James Lees tell Monocle Radio about how narratives are essential to designing luxury interiors well.

Hosts: Nic Monisse Nic Monisse & Grace Charlton .

“When it’s a restaurant, hotel, members’ club, our clients love to introduce the narrative into their brand and take it further than just the interior. Sometimes we inform the brand or the brand informs us. You can use that story as you want. What is nice is that people can’t identify what the narrative is. They understand the feeling… Everything has a reason, and everything works with the narrative.”

Listen to Monocle Radio to learn about our narrative design approach (link in bio).

Thank you for having us, Monocle! Monocle Subscriber.

Anthony Perez — Photographer The House of KOKO

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in AD Germany’s ‘From holiday property to family retreat: How an interior design duo...
11/08/2026

PRESS: Our Formentera home featured in AD Germany’s ‘From holiday property to family retreat: How an interior design duo sensitively renovated this 1960s house on Formentera’.

“With their London-based studio, Clémence Pirajean and James Lees work on numerous hotel and restaurant projects. Their instinct for hospitality is equally evident in their private life: the expansive dining areas, shaded seating areas and large swimming pool function less as a showpiece than as a social framework. Guests are always welcome in their home on Formentera.”
- AD Germany

Thank you for the feature Architectural Digest Germany.

Read the full article (link in bio).

Ana Lui Photography

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