Established in 2000 by Daniel Rosbottom and David Howarth, the work of DRDH Architects is recognised for its responsiveness to both its physical and cultural contexts as well as for the quality of detailing and construction, often achieved within stringent time and budget constraints. The practice works across a breadth of scales, from the room to the city.

Projects currently in design development include a series of buildings won in international competition: a concert hall and a city library for the city of Bodø in Northern Norway and a community building and housing project in Aarschot, Belgium. The practice was also recently commissioned to design a new church and landscape in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Recent short listings include the National Media Museum at the Science Museum in London and two public projects in Belgium; a new library in the Flemish city of Kortrijk and a social housing scheme in Geel, Belgium.

The fourteen-strong London-based practice situates its projects within a wider research context that includes teaching and writing on art, architecture and urban design and has achieved critical recognition both for its built work and in competition. Its work has been published widely, within international design and architecture journals and in the UK national press.

In 2005 the practice was placed second in the UK Young Architect of the Year Award. In 2007 it was one of six architects chosen by the American Institute of Architects and the Architecture Foundation for New Practices: London, an exhibition at the AIA's New York gallery space. In 2008 the practice was included in a list of 100 young architects, from 27 countries around the world, chosen to work with Chinese Artist Ai Wei Wei and Architects, Herzog & de Meuron; designing a 1000 sq. metre villa within the cultural quarter of the new city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. In 2010 the practice received an National RIBA award for The Workshop in Sheffield.