Aug 2024Oxford Preservation Trust Annual Lecture
David Kohn will give this year's Oxford Preservation Trust's annual RIBA Lecture at 5.30pm 10th September in the new auditorium we have designed for New College, Oxford. Entitled, 'Towards a Scenographic Architecture', David will discuss picturesque planning, curved quads and contemporary gargoyles. For more information on the event and to book free tickets, please follow this link. Tickets will be available from 22nd August. To learn more about the project please visit our website.
Jul 2024MAO On Site
Construction works are progressing at Modern Art Oxford. The £2M project will transform the ground floor to create a new entrance, community gallery and education space. The lower ground floor will become a new café designed by artist Emma Hart. The gallery is due to reopen in October with an exhibition by Cuban artist Belkis Ayón (1967 – 1999). Visit the Modern Art Oxford website for more information.
Jun 2024SMAK win
We are thrilled to share the news that, in collaboration with NoAarchitecten and Asli Çiçek, we are winners in the Vlaams Bouwmeester competition to expand the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, (SMAK) in Ghent, Belgium. The 'City Museum for Art', is home to one of Belgium's most important collections of contemporary art. The €90M project will create 20,000m2 of gallery space. For more information visit the project webpage here.
May 2024New Architects
Many congratulations to our colleagues Laura Büchi and Emily Dan who qualified as architects. They have both already made major contributions to the practice and we are excited to be part of the next stages in their careers.
Apr 2024Playful Elegance
Our project for Stephen Friedman Gallery on Cork Street has been covered by international design magazine Wallpaper*. The article follows the opening of the 60th Venice Biennale in which three of the gallery’s artists are participating: Jeffrey Gibson, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA and Leilah Babirye. Architecture editor Ellie Stathaki describes the new flagship showroom as ‘infused with subtly playful elegance’. Read the full review in Wallpaper*. For more information visit the project's webpage.