AJ 40 under 40: Sanchez Benton architects 14 December 2020 By Rob Wilson, illustration by Simon Hayes The AJ 40 under 40 practice, formed by Carlos Sanchez and Tom Benton, produces work that while deceptively low-key is materially rich Having met at last-generation 40 under 40 practice 6a architects, where they both worked on the RIBA Stirling-Prize shortlisted Juergen Teller Studio project, Tom Benton, 34, and Carlos Sanchez, 37, set up practice together in 2017. Their combined experience also included stints at Jonathan Woolf, David Chipperfield and Dow Jones. They ground their approach in thorough research, considering the background and ‘cultural setting’ of each project, and not just its physical context, as key. It is, they say, an effort to develop buildings that add social value to their surroundings as ‘frames for life’.