Monthly news updates on live projects, ongoing research and what others are saying.
Apr 2018Drawing Matter
Sketches of DKA’s 2013 proposal for a Gateway to Hounslow have been selected as drawings of the week on Drawing Matter. Visit the Drawing Matter website to view the sketches and read David’s essay on how he uses sketching to aid the design process.
Mar 2018Beguinage Rebirth
DKA, in collaboration with Antwerp-based Bovenbouw Architecten, is shortlisted in a Vlaams Bouwmeester Open Call competition to revitalise the 18th-century beguinage at the centre of Hasselt. Formerly the home of renowned art and architecture centre, Z33, the site will house a mix of cultural and educational uses around a newly constituted public space. For more information visit the Bouwmeester website.
Feb 2018Devon Completion
A courtyard house in Devon designed by DKA for furniture designers Pinch, is nearing completion. The house incorporates a cob barn that was formerly the first organic ice cream factory in the UK. Partly buried in a hillside, the new build elements are clad in local red stone.
Jan 2018Berlin Housing Finalist
DKA is joint-finalist in an invited competition to design a 7000m2 apartment building in the Mitte district of Berlin. The jury cited 'the housing mix, efficiency and quality of the floor plans, but particularly the urban planning' for DKA's selection. DKA and Girona-based practice, Arquitecturia have been invited to carry out further work before a winner is selected in mid-March. Visit the Architects' Journal and Baunetz for further information.
Dec 2017DKA selected by Architectural Record
DKA has been selected by American journal, Architectural Record, as part of Design Vanguard 2017. The annual survey identifies international emerging practices “that are demonstrating inventive approaches to shaping the built environment.” Started in 2000, the survey has previously recognised architects Andres Jaque, Go Hasegawa, Barozzi Veiga and Anne Holtrop. Other practices recognised this year include Mexico City-based Ambrosi Etchegaray and Paris-based Bruther. Read the article on the Architectural Record website.
View of College Lane, Oxford by Helmut Gernsheim for Nikolaus PevsnerNov 2017Wuppertal Symposium
David will be taking part in the symposium 'Landscape(s) – Perspectives in Architecture' at the University of Wuppertal on 17th November. Organised by Professor Christoph Grafe, the symposium brings together architects 'who have an understanding of territory – its topography, construction, history, use, and atmosphere'. Other participants include Saskia de Wit, Chair of Landscape Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture in Delft and landscape architects Jan Maasa and Andreas Kipar. For more information visit the University of Wuppertal website.
Oct 2017Berlin Housing
DKA has been shortlisted by developer Euroboden to design a 7000m2 apartment building in central Berlin. The site is in the Tiergarten district of Mitte close to the Nationalgalerie and Philharmonie. The shortlisted practices include Valerio Olgiati, Aires Mateus, Geers Van Severen, Kéré Architecture and Monadnock.
Sep 2017Greenwich Design District
DKA is one of eight practices commissioned by developer Knight Dragon to design a pair of creative studio buildings as part of the Greenwich Design District. The development will provide rent-capped studio space on the Peninsula. For more information visit the project website.
Sep 2017Turner Prize 2017
DKA collaborated with the nominated artists and curators on the design of the Turner Prize 2017 exhibition which opened at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull on 26th September. The shortlisted artists are
The exhibition runs until January 2018 with the prize being announced on 5th December. For more information visit
Sep 2017DKA featured in Arch+
DKA is featured in German architecture magazine ARCH+. Issue 229 is a cooperation with the Architekturzentrum Wien to celebrate Dietmar Steiner’s retirement and the fiftieth anniversary of ARCH+. The issue explores how architecture can be a social practice using contemporary examples from the field. The edition is available online in English.