This paper considers the problem of static output feedback (SOF) synthesis for linear timeinvariant (LTI) systems. Static output feedback, and more generally structured controller synthesis, is of special interest to any industrial application where a reduced-order controller is desired, e.g., high-order systems, or a specific structure is to be imposed, i.e., distributed/decentralised control. A simple two-step process is proposed, solving one Riccati equation and one optimisation problem with linear matrix inequ…