Why Temple.

I didn't set out to become a studio landlord. I set out to build the room I always wanted to work in — and then I built five more of them. Temple Studios is six hand-built rooms in a 1960s office block in Manchester that sat empty for four years before I got the keys. The stud walls, the wiring, the floors, the plywood ceilings — I made all of it. This is the short version of how it got here, and where it's going.

Temple has followed me around since college. It started as the name on a run of house events I was throwing back in 2018 — late nights, big rooms, a sound I cared about. From there it became Temple Acoustics, and then, once I found the space, Temple Studios. Same idea the whole way through: a place built properly, for people who take what they make seriously.

It's for people building something of their own. Producers and DJs, yes — but also designers, photographers, videographers, 3D artists, web developers, people starting a clothing label out of a uni bedroom. The creatives who've outgrown the kitchen table and want four walls, a door that locks, and a room that actually feels like theirs. Right now it's home to a couple of DJ-producers, a videographer, and two students building a fashion brand. That mix is the whole point.

I'm self-taught, but I've always had a designer's head, and I didn't want to hand anyone a white box. The plywood ceilings — Polish pine, chosen for the grain — are the signature: warm wood against clean walls, natural and industrial at the same time. Every room was planned out on the floor before a single wall went up — where the sockets land, how it feels to walk in, how to stop sound crossing the concrete. Built by hand, not bought.

The six rooms are phase one — long-term residencies for people who want a permanent base. Phases two and three are already mapped out in my head: daily and hourly production rooms for vetted creatives who need a serious space for a session, not a year. If that's you, this is the place to keep an eye on.