David Kohn Architects is a London-based practice established in 2007, working internationally on arts, education and residential projects.

Our mission is to build enduring ideas. We want to make things that last, whether that be buildings or frameworks for thinking about the world we live in. We are interested in learning from the past to understand what we can do today that will build the best for the future.

Our company’s values are openness, rigour and care. Firstly, we are open to others, to new ideas, to experiences. We want to learn about and from places, people, cultures and technologies. Secondly, we highly structure our work. We have a clear design methodology. We seek to be efficient and to work to time and budget. We maintain the highest professional standards and industry knowledge. Thirdly, we care about each other, about the environment, about the people who live and work in our projects and about the quality of our output.

We are currently delivering major projects for New College Oxford, developer Lendlease, City of Ghent and the Province of Limburg, Belgium. Past projects include the Red House, the Design District, the V&A Photography Centre, A Room for London in collaboration with artist Fiona Banner, and an award-winning restaurant at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Notable international competition wins include S.M.A.K contemporary art museum in Belgium, the new Smithfield market halls for Birmingham City and Lendlease (2020), an apartment building in Berlin for developer Euroboden (2018) and a new architecture faculty for the University of Hasselt in Belgium (2018).

We have built a reputation for the quality of its design, winning RIBA House of the Year, World Interior of the Year, Architect of the Year, RIBA, D&AD, Design Museum Designs of the Year, New London and Condé Nast awards. The practice was nominated for the Iakov Chernikov Award recognising ‘young masters of contemporary architecture for the best architectural concepts.’

David Kohn Architects are a signatory of Architects Declare and the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge.