Founders, Stanton Williams | NEW Minimalist elegance and quality are the hallmarks of this practice, founded in 1985, which has recently added two new projects to London’s public realm: the crystalline entrances to Tottenham Court Road station and the remodelled Royal Opera House, which now has all-day cafes, bars and performances spaces open to visitors.
Sir David Chipperfield
Architect, David Chipperfield Architects This architects’ architect, who established his practice in 1985, has won two RIBA awards this year: the first for his crisp, tailored building linking the two halves of the Selfridges department store; the second for two sculptural blocks of high-rise apartments on the Colville Estate in Shoreditch.
Graham Howarth
Architect, Haworth Tompkins | NEW London’s favourite theatre architects completed the rebuilding of Battersea Arts Centre this year, and announced their appointment as designers of a new theatre for impresarios Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr in King’s Cross, set to open in 2021.
Peter Clegg and Keith Bradley
Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | NEW Two high-profile arts projects by this London practice have wowed the crowds over the last year: the sensitive restoration of a Victorian theatre at Alexandra Palace and the £35 million refurbishment of the iconic Hayward Gallery and Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre.
Dingle Price and Alex Gore
Architects, Pricegore | NEW Young Peckham architects Price and Gore hit the big time this summer with their Colour Palace, a dazzling pavilion for the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Working with British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori, they set out to bring the vibrancy of a Lagos textile market to leafy South London.
Designer and founder, Heatherwick Studio Heatherwick didn’t let the cancellation of the Garden Bridge hold him back: in 2019 his studio has completed the giant Vessel staircase in New York as well as the Coal Drops Yard shopping and restaurant complex in King’s Cross. Next up, the £1 billion Google HQ, also in King’s Cross.
Amanda Levete
Architect and founder, AL_A Levete, still a rare example of a woman leading a major architecture practice, this year broke new ground on a new Maggie’s Centre for cancer support in Southampton and continued construction on two new buildings for Wadham College, Oxford.
Jamie Fobert
Founder, Jamie Fobert Architects Fobert’s skilful extensions to Tate St Ives and Kettle’s Yard won him the £35.5 million London project to remodel the National Portrait Gallery, complete with new entrance on the Orange Street facade and a redisplay of the entire collection. Construction is expected to start next year, with completion in 2022.
Adam Caruso and Peter St John
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Architects and founders, Caruso St John | NEW Adam Caruso and Peter St John, London’s top choice of architects for museums and galleries, started the year off well by being elected Royal Academicians. Their current major project is an ice hockey stadium for the Zurich team ZSC Lions.
Liza Fior and Katherine Clarke
Founders, MUF Architecture/Art | NEW Fior and Clarke set up practice in 1994 and continue to challenge the definition of architecture with their radical urban interventions and recent projects, including the Wonderlab gallery at the Science Museum and imaginative landscaping for two housing estates in Hackney.
Matthew Lloyd
Founder, Matthew Lloyd Architects | NEW The stock is rising for this Shoreditch architect who has recently drawn praise for his housing projects across the city, including 75 imaginative new homes for Camden council on the Bourne Estate in Holborn.
John Pawson
Architect | NEW The Halifax-born architect was the creative force behind the transformation of Kensington’s Commonwealth Institute into the new Design Museum. Famous for his minimalist architecture and design aesthetic, Pawson was awarded a CBE for services to design and architecture in the 2019 New Year Honours.
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