01.10.2025

Award: Camden Design Awards 2025, Winner

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Delighted that Central Somers Town is a Major Projects Award Winner in the Camden Design Awards 2025, with the judges' view.

"Community is an important part of this project, providing a civic hub for all ages. From nursery spaces to roof top MUGAs, play and joy are at the heart of this project, with generous and thoughtful layouts and interactive defensible spaces with visual connections. Well designed flats with passive cooling techniques, including external shutters, set a precedent for sustainable moves we must consider in designing homes of the future. Finished with a softness appropriate to its programme and a well addressed street setting, it is a fantastic addition to Somers Town."

More here

26.09.2025

Talk: The Housing We Want

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Adam is taking part the 2nd Navarre Meetings, in Pamplona, to explore the theme of 'The Housing We Want'. Together with the invited architects, managers, politicians, other agents and the public, a series of round table discussions and debates are being held on architecture, urban models, management and financing, in relation to housing and to making a good city for citizens. Adam will be presenting a talk on 'Resistance and Nurture - Designing for Cultural Plurality'.

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September 24, 25 and 26
Tent, located at the intersection of Carlos III Avenue and Roncesvalles Street

More here

20.09.2025

Event: Open House Festival

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Adam Khan led the guided Commons Tour of Stamford Hill around Tower Court, as part of the Open House Festival.

Common Land has a long and rich tradition of bringing people together in the public realm, and this tradition continues today in the north-eastern corner of Hackney. The guided walking tour around Clapton Common, historic common land in Stamford Hill, was led by some of the architects and community builders who have recently delivered new social infrastructure to serve a mixed community.

More here

11.09.2025

Publication: The Guardian

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Wonderful article in The Guardian today by Oliver Wainwright, including quotes from the client, across the design team and residents.

Tower Court is a collaboration between Adam Khan Architects and muf architecture/art and we would like to thank Hackney Council and every member of the team.

Article here

26.08.2025

Planning Granted: Greenwich Lot 3

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Planning granted on two garage sites for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, at Wricklemarsh and Zangwill Road, which will provide high quality affordable housing, new landscape and public realm, stitched into the existing residential neighbourhood.

Image in collaboration with PONNIE

08.08.2025

Office: We've moved

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Goodbye to Regent Studios!

We have moved to Tufnell Park where we are building our new studio. Finishing soon!

07.08.2025

Award: Neave Brown Award for Housing 2025, Shortlist

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Delighted that Tower Court has received a RIBA London Award 2025 and has been shortlisted for the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2025. Named in honour of modernist architect and social housing pioneer Neave Brown, the award celebrates high-quality, people-focused housing design.

Tower Court is part of a ‘unilateral undertaking to deliver affordable housing across 18 estates’, and provides 132 mixed tenure homes for Hackney Council. It is a collaboration between Adam Khan Architects, muf architecture/art and Child Graddon Lewis Architects. We would like to thank Hackney Council and every member of the wonderful team.

More here

24.07.2025

Competition: Adam Khan Architects appointed by LBC for CST Phase 3

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Adam Khan Architects have been appointed by the London Borough of Camden, for the development of the final phase of the proposed regeneration scheme in Central Somers Town (CST) Phase 3.

One of the last built pieces in the jigsaw that is the acclaimed Central Somers Town regeneration, the building will complete the framing and definition of the ambitious new park that is being formed at the heart of Somers Town.

An area of fond memories to the practice, it is an exciting privilege and responsibility to return, to build social housing and to be working with the London Borough of Camden again.

We're looking forward to getting started.

09.07.2025

Publication: Dual Cities: Social Housing in London & New York

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Lovely to contribute Central Somers Town and Tower Court to RIBA's new publication Dual Cities: Social Housing in London & New York, authored by Karakusevic Carson Architects.

Providing an exploration of social housing design and delivery through the parallel experiences of London and New York, the publication offers a practical guide to the past, present and future of housing. Featuring commentary from experts on both sides of the Atlantic, unlocking policy and delivery mechanisms and including 40 illustrated historic and contemporary housing case studies from a range of practices in both cities.

Thank you to Karakusevic Carson Architects.

07.06.2025

Talk: Arquitetura Entre Vistas Podcast

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Adam has spoken as a guest on Ana Catarina Silva's podcast, "about taking architecture where it doesn't normally go", in response to a set of really thoughtful and well research questions.

Listen here

09.04.2025

Award: Civic Trust Awards 2025, Winner

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Delighted that Tower Court is a winner in the Civic Trust Awards and also won the Special Award for Community Impact & Engagement. Established in 1959 to recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design in the built environment, the Civic Trust Awards emphasis projects that make a positive difference for local communities.

Tower Court sits within a diverse neighborhood, home to Europe’s largest Haredi community. It is a Hackney Council owned scheme providing 132 high-quality, modern, mixed tenure homes, for this community and others. Rigorous site analysis and deep community engagement, led to innovate best practice across the design process, and a design that has grown from, and is highly specific to, people and place.

Tower Court is a collaboration between Adam Khan Architects and muf architecture/art and we would like to thank Hackney Council and every member of the wonderful team.

More here

02.04.2025

Award: Pineapple Awards 2025, Winner

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Delighted that Tower Court is a winner of Community Engagement: Homes, in The Pineapples Awards 2025.

Tower Court, located in a multicultural neighbourhood that is home to Europe’s largest Haredi community, is part of a redevelopment across 18 Hackney estates. The project includes 132 homes: 27 per cent social rent, 12 per cent shared ownership, and 61 per cent private. Repeated, tailored engagement allowed key stakeholders to shape the design, including former residents exercising their right to return, local Haredi community members and the wider public interested in the area’s character, architecture and housing opportunities.

Tower Court is a collaboration between Adam Khan Architects and muf architecture/art and we would like to thank Hackney Council and every member of the wonderful team.

More here

13.03.2025

Competition: Shortlisted in the Bouwmeester

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We've been shortlisted as one of four practices, for a mixed use project in Beveren, Belgium, by the housing company Woonpunt Waas and through the Vlaams Bouwmeester Open Call. The project calls for high quality social housing, shops, offices and an integrated public realm, to be realised through both renovation of existing buildings and the construction of new buildings. We'll now prepare our design proposal with our Belgium collaborators, BLAF and Mouton.

More here

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31.01.2025

Planning Granted: Palais de Danse

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Delighted that Listed Building Consent and Planning Permission has been granted for the Palais de Danse.

The project with allow Tate St Ives to bring Hepworth's studios into public use for community, performance, making and interpretation. The Palais de Danse allowed Hepworth to make larger scale work and experiment with how to display and communicate her work, and the memory of the dance hall lives on in St Ives.

20.12.2024

Publication: Love Hackney

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Tower Court is a Design Award winner in the 2024 Hackney Design Awards, appearing on the front page of the Love Hackney magazine. We would like to thank Hackney Council, muf architecture/art for a fantastic collaboration and all team members.

09.12.2024

Event: Architecture Foundation Summer School

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Anne Femmer, Adam Khan, and Florian Summa, have provided an account and reflection on the Architecture Foundation 2024 Summer School, which ran between 11–15 September 2024 at the newly completed St Pancras Campus.

A big thank you to all the workshop participants: Aaron Green, Ajay Gurung, Alexander Whitwell, Alexei Sandmann, Alfie Gee, Alvaro Matias, Amy Bass, Andrew Fifield, Emma Mowat, Caro Halford, Jack Oaten.

More here

21.11.2024

Award: New London Architecture Awards 2024, Overall Winner

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Tower Court was the Overall Winner of the New London Architecture Awards 2024, as well as winning the Housing category. As Sadie Morgan, Founding Director of dRMM and member of the 2024 International Jury said:

“Tower Court is a noble example of how we can continue to address the housing crisis whilst prioritising quality and dignity in design. Its ability to balance built and green space harmoniously, creating a place of real wellbeing and belonging, should still be the bar we set housing design to. Moreover, it is stands as a built advocate for designing in close collaboration with community, understanding people’s needs and translating them into places that truly resonate.”

Tower Court is a collaboration between Adam Khan Architects and muf architecture/art and we would like to thank Hackney Council and every member of the wonderful team.

More here

16.10.2024

Publication: Launch of Architecture After War

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Bohdan Kryzhanovsky will be in conversation with Wendy Pullan and Robert Mull, at the AA Bookshop, to celebrate the launch of his new publication Architecture After War. Edited by Bohdan, the book brings together wide-ranging essays on the subject of post-war reconstruction and covers a spectrum of historical examples and geographic contexts to navigate the challenges and opportunities that define post-war reconstruction and war-related issues within the field of architecture.

Bohdan would like to thank MACK and the AA for making it all possible.

Event here

06.09.2024

Planning Submitted: Palais de Danse

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Plans submitted, for Palais de Danse, to open up Barbara Hepworth’s former workshops and provide new community, exhibition and making spaces

01.01.2024

Talk: A Public Housing Manifesto

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Adam Khan joined an expert panel to present ideas for a 'New Manifesto for Public Housing', and to discuss the key issues that Britain's next government will need to address if its it is to bring about needed change to public housing.

Introduced and chaired by Claire Bennie from Municipal, the other panelists included Pooja Agrawal (Public Practice), Russell Curtis (RCKA), Mellis Haward (Archio), Joseph Henry (Loeb Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design), Paul Karakusevic (Karakusevic Carson architects), Annalie Riches (Mikhail Riches architects), Osama Shoush (Southwark Construction), Astrid Smitham (Apparata).

The event formed part of the Architecture on Stage programme curated by the Architecture Foundation, in partnership with the Barbican Centre.

Watch here

16.09.2023

A3 Design District at Open House Festival

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Open House Festival is a two-week celebration of London’s homes, architecture and neighbourhoods. On the weekend of 16th and 17th September we will give short tours at our A3 Design District building for the public. Come join us!

31.07.2023

Practical Completion of Tower Court

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We are delighted to share the news that the works on Tower Court at the head of Clapton Common have been completed! Tower Court will provide 132 homes for social rent, shared ownership and sale. It provides units of high standard, inclusive design and addresses the cultural needs of the Haredi families.

01.07.2023

Happy Birthday Plot 10!

We celebrated 50th anniversary of the Community play project, Plot 10, at Central Somers Town this weekend! Plot 10 has delivered wraparound childcare and an exuberant spirit of adventure for 4-11 year olds since 1973 and is a pillar of the community in Somers Town. They run breakfast clubs and after school clubs, holiday play schemes and a girls club for 9-14 year olds. Thanks Sally and team for your great work, it’s always been amazing working with you on the Central Somers Town project.

29.06.2023

Barbara Hepworth’s social and artistic legacy

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Adam Khan Architects have been selected to lead refurbishment of Palais de Danse. We are excited to start exploring opportunities to bring the Palais de Danse – former cinema, dancehall, and later Barbara Hepworth’s studio – back into public use, for Tate in St Ives.

Archive image © Bowness via Historic England

08.06.2023

Custom House Site Visit

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It is exciting to visit site with Etude to see the Custom House sites coming out of the ground and the construction of the thermally broken foundations details, which are helping the buildings achieve passivhaus standards.

This project is the First phase of the Custom House Masterplan with Hill, for London Borough of Newham. The buildings are being built to passivhaus standard, using ‘fabric first’ approach for high energy performance and a focus on reducing energy costs to meet Newham’s ambitious Low Energy Housing Design standards.

Team includes Hill, Etude, East, Robinson Associates, Walker Associates, Haworth Tompkins

12.05.2023

CST received RIBA National Award!

We were delighted to hear the news that Central Somers Town has received a RIBA National Award! It’s been fantastic to work with a great team to deliver the project.

London Borough of Camden

Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects

LUC Landscape Architects

Max Fordham

Price & Myers

Turley

Currie & Brown

05.05.2023

Custom House and Central Somers Town have been shortlisted for Housing Design Awards

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Both of our submitted projects, Custom House Kickstart and Central Somers Town have been shortlisted for this years’ Housing Design Awards. Winners will be announced in September.

31.03.2023

Central Somers Town is winner of the 2023 Civic Trust Award

The winners of the 2023 Civic Trust Awards have been revealed, and we are delighted that our project Central Somers Town Community Facilities and Chalton Street Housing has been successful. The awards recognise projects, that demonstrate excellence in architecture or design, whilst being sustainable, accessible and provide a positive civic contribution.

Thanks to the fantastic team:

London Borough of Camden

Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects

LUC Landscape Architects

Max Fordham

Price & Myers

Turley

Currie & Brown

25.01.2023

AKA and muf appointed to lead design team for Hackney Town Centres project

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We are delighted to lead a team to develop the vision for these key Council-owned sites. Our work begins by careful site analysis and community engagement to underpin the development of briefs which achieve the visionary changes that Hackney want to see, including how to nourish, protect and provide Community & Cultural spaces and deliver truly affordable housing.

The full design team includes:

Adam Khan Architects: architect

muf architecture/art: public realm and landscape

Apparata: collaborating architect

Freehaus: collaborating architect

JA Project: collaborating architect

Landolt + Brown: rail specialist architect

Daisy Froud: community engagement

Authentic Future – Heritage Consultants

Tibbalds - Planning Consultants

Velocity – Transport Consultants

Webb Yates – Structure/Civil Engineering

OFR – Fire Engineers

08.11.2022

Architecture on Stage: Adam Khan presents at the Barbican

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The Barbican organised a series of talks and debates around ideas and issues that impact architecture and urbanism today. Next guest of the series will be Adam Khan presenting the practice’s current works including competition-winning scheme for Ellebo Garden Room, the regeneration of 260 social housing units in Copenhagen, Denmark.

10.09.2022

Central Somers Town at Open House Festival 2022

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Plot 10 at Central Somers Town opened its doors to the public this weekend as part of Open House Festival 2022.

21.08.2022

Looking forward to getting stuck into the exciting role of a Mayor’s Design Advocate!

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Following last week’s first meeting with the new 42 strong cohort of Mayor’s Design Advocates, Adam is excited to get stuck in his role of as a MDA to help the Mayor support London’s growth programme, promoting quality and inclusion within the built environment. The Newly appointed 42 Mayor’s Design Advocates (MDAs) are independent experts who will ensure quality buildings and public spaces that benefit Londoners are at the heart of the capital’s recovery from the pandemic.

06.08.2022

Rich Mix cinebar now open

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A new cinebar - marking the first phase of an ambitious transformation of Rich Mix is now open to the public.

22.07.2022

Tustin Estate Awarded Planning

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Adam Khan Architects together with dRMM and JA projects have been granted planning permission by Southwark council for Phase 1 of the Tustin Estate. As part of a masterplan led by dRMM, Adam Khan Architects were responsible for designing a building providing 73 new affordable homes. Following close residents engagement, design principles were established such as ensuring that mature trees were maintained. It was a fantastic opportunity to work with a great team lead by DRMM including the London borough of Southwark and the local residents.

04.07.2022

Custom House Kickstart Sites submitted for planning

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We have recently submitted planning for the London Borough of Newham for 66 new 100% affordable homes. The site come forward as one of 2 kickstart sites as part of a larger masterplan for custom house we have been designing with East and Haworth Thompkins. Our project provides a sequence of new public, private and communal spaces. The buildings form a new south facing Neighbourhood square provides doorstop play and high quality public space accessible to the wider neighbourhood. The site come forward as one of 2 kickstart sites as part of a larger masterplan for custom house. The new homes have been designed to passivhaus standards and provide a mix family housing typologies including ground floor maisonettes and large 3 bed + family flats. Starting on site spring 2023.

30.06.2022

Ellebo Garden Room Shortlisted for the Danish Renovation Award 'Renoverprisen 2022'

Ellebo Garden Room, a project comprising the regeneration of 260 social housing flats, has been shortlisted for the Danish Renovation Award 'Renoverprisen 2022'.

04.03.2022

Their Dark Materials - Adam Khan Architects featured in The RIBA Journal

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We welcomed Isabelle Priest from the RIBA Journal and showed her around the office and our recently completed Somers Town project. We talked about ideas behind the office and the wide range of projects we have completed since setting up in 2006.

View article

15.02.2022

Design for Learning: Hannah Summers talks at New London Architecture PechaKucha

Hannah Summers presents Somerstown at an evening PechaKucha: 'Design for Learning: Primary Schools Newest Projects' hosted by New London Architecture.

Presentation available to view here.

30.05.2021

A3 Design District opens to the public

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Building A3 of Greenwich Penisula's Design District is now complete and open to the public.

Read more

28.05.2021

Jewish Life in the City: Antwerp and London

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Featuring voices from both Antwerp and London, this discussion between architects and architectural historians addresses the presence of the Jewish communities in both cities. Speakers include Adam Teilelbaum who discusses the evolution of Antwerp's Diamond Quarter; Adam Khan and Tom Stebbing who are designing buildings for the Hassidic Jewish community in North London and Kaat Verdickt, an architectural historian who is researching the work Jewish architects in Antwerp in the early twentieth century. The talk is chaired by architectural historian Helen Thomas, and forms part of a series of films focussing on the Belgian city of Antwerp, in partnership with Brickworks Vande Moortel.

Watch here.

16.03.2021

Recovery Roundtables: 10 Calls to Action

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Mayor of London's Recovery Roundtables: 10 Calls to Action report brings together the findings of the 7 roundtable sessions with over 100 experts, including Mayor's Design Advocate, Adam Khan.

Join livestream Virtual Summit to find out more about London's recovery programme
Date: 16.03.2021
Time: 14:30-15:45

24.02.2021

Mayor's Design Advocate, Adam Khan, contributes to GLA's Connective Social Infrastructure Report

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Read Adam Khan's thought starter here

This GLA report is part of Good Growth by Design’s united programme of work to enhance the design of buildings and neighbourhoods for all Londoners.

See full report at london.gov.uk here

03.01.2021

Glenilla Road now on site

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The project for two semi detached homes in the conservation area of Belsize Park starts on site.

View project.

25.11.2020

A Sociable City of Palaces and Gardens: Adam Khan and Juliette Scalbert's lecture at Kingston School of Art

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Adam Khan and Juliette Scalbert will give a lecture as part of the Register series at Kingston School of Art on Wednesday, 18.30 BST to present recent work at Central Somers Town and Custom House under the title ‘A Sociable City of Palaces and Gardens’. 

Poster image by David Grandorge of Central Somers Town.

18.11.2020

Le Cru et le Cuit: Adam Khan's lecture at Leibniz University

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Adam Khan will give a lecture for Bernd Schmutz's studio at Leibniz University in Hannover on Wednesday, 19.00 CET to present several projects and recent work under the title ‘Le Cru et le Cuit’. 

Stream here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LEjBTj71AZ-xb_N8cUguQ

Photo by Lewis Khan of Hillside Gardens.

01.11.2020

Central Somers Town features in The Guardian

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Central Somers Town features in The Guardian.

Rowan Moore review ‘An Object Lesson in Child’s Play‘ is accompanied with photography by David Grandorge and Lewis Khan as the project opens for the young people of Camden.

View article

01.07.2020

Central Somers Town features in l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui

Central Somers Town features in the July Issue of l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui – 'Fabulous Britain!’.

Adam Khan’s text ‘Little Palace’ is accompanied with photography by David Grandorge as the project prepares to open for the young people of Camden.

Publication details here.

29.06.2020

Casabella lectures: Adam Khan with Massimo Curzi

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Adam Khan in discussion with Massimo Curzi as part of the Casabella webinar series.

More details and sign up link here. Non-Italians enter n/a for ‘Codice Fiscale’.

26.05.2020

Adam Khan Architects selected for new LHC and Southwark Council Framework

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Adam Khan Architects have been selected for the new LHC and Southwark Council Architect Design Services framework to work directly with public sector organisations on delivering new housing projects within London.

We always endeavour to design and deliver places that are inclusive, sustainable, beautiful and for all Londoners.

Details here.

18.11.2019

Film Screening: New Horizon Youth Centre

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New Horizon Youth Centre by Lewis Khan screens as part of Women in Architecture's event series - Three Colours: Blue White Red. This third and final event Red explores home, homelessness and celebrates the importance and diversity of what Home means to individuals.

Date: 20.11.19
TIme: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: RIBA The Forum, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT

Tickets available here.

03.10.2019

Seizure Gallery at Lisbon Architecture Triennale

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Seizure Gallery is featured in Economy of Means exhibition curated by Éric Lapierre.

Date: 04.10.19 - 13.01.20
TIme: Monday - Sunday, 11:00 - 19:00
Location: MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Av. Brasília, Central Tejo, 1300-598 Lisbon

21.09.2019

Festival of Architecture, Flanders - Connect the city!

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Festival of Architecture, Flanders - Colloquium: Architecture Connects features Adam Khan and Peggy Totté discussing different types of living.

Date: 26.09.19
Time: 11:15
Location: Theaterzaal, Vooruit, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Ghent

Event details here.

11.07.2019

Housing Design Awards 2019: Project Winner

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Marian Court, Homerton - a collaboration between Adam Khan Architects and muf architecture/art for Hackney Council is Housing Design Awards 2019, Project Winner!

Award details here.

11.07.2019

Tower Court: Groundbreaking Ceremony

Tower Court, Clapton Common starts on site!

Amazing energy at the groundbreaking ceremony with Liza Fior, muf architecture/art; Adam Khan, Christiane Felber, Adam Khan Architects; Motty Friesel, Hatzola; Andy Fancy, Countryside; and Philip Glanville, Mayor of Hackney

03.07.2019

New London Awards 2019: Mixed-Use Winner

Carlton & Granville, South Kilburn is Unbuilt Winner in the category of Mixed-Use for New London Awards 2019

Award details here.

14.06.2019

Film Screening: New Horizon Youth Centre

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New Horizon Youth Centre by Lewis Khan screens at ASPECT:Cinema's DESIGN ME HAPPY - a short film screening series and panel-led discussion that explores how our architectural environments can affect our mental health and well-being.

Event details here.

21.05.2019

AA Building Conversations: Waterlow Court with Adam Khan

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Architectural Association building visit to Waterlow Court designed by Baillie Scott, will be led by Adam Khan in conversation with Alvaro Velasco, AA PhD candidate.

Tickets available here.

16.05.2019

Public Housing: a London renaissance

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NLA's Public Housing: a London renaissance exhibition features both Tower Court, Clapton Common and Marian Court, Homerton, our collaborations with muf architecture/art for Hackney Council.

Details here.

15.05.2019

Custom House, Newham: Steering Group

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17.01.2019

Design District, Greenwich Peninsula on site!

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Piling starts for Building A3 with concrete being poured.

30.11.2018

Sydenham Road, London: site visit

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On site for our new project, Sydenham Road with client, Peabody Construction.

06.11.2018

Brecht Weigel Haus: Honourable Mention

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Visitor centre for the listed building and garden in Buckow, Germany
Competition Award: Honourable Mention

Collaborators: Bernd Schmutz Architekten, Lossen Ingenieure, Valerio Calavetta

26.10.2018

Finkenau Baugruppe, Hamburg: under construction

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Due for completion Spring 2019

13.10.2018

Carlton & Granville: local young people in action!

Public consultation event at The Granville

11.10.2018

Pembury Close, Hackney: planning permission granted

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08.10.2018

Adam Khan is teaching Unit 8 at Kingston University

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05.10.2018

Site visit to Central Somers Town

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On site with Hayhurst and Co reviewing Edith Neville Primary School and Central Somers Town community facilities and new homes. Both Camden projects due for completion 2019.

24.07.2018

Adam Khan Architects is appointed by LLDC for Chobham Farm North, Leyton

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18.07.2018

Rue Delaunoy, Molenbeek, Brussels

Site workshop for Rue Delaunoy in Brussels. A collaboration with Laure Prouvost & Nick Aikens. 

16.07.2018

Filming day: Young Londoners at The Stephen Lawrence Centre

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Ibi Femiola, Lucy Norfield, Nuzha Noukri and Ruzna Noukri being filmed by Vincent Kelsey at The Stephen Lawrence Centre – on how to better engage young Londoners in regeneration projects.

Adam Khan Architects and Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust are partnering to develop youth led consultation events, as part of Brent Council’s Carlton and Granville project.

09.07.2018

Lecture: Betwixt and Between

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Adam Khan presents Betwixt and Between, a guest lecture for studio Krucker Bates at TUM.

Date: 10.07.2018
Time: 18:30
Location: Room 2730, Technische Universität München, Department of Architecture, Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 München

04.07.2018

New London Awards 2018: Housing Winner

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Adam Khan Architects is awarded Unbuilt Winner in the category of Housing for Vaughan Road, a pilot PRS project for Harrow Council.

Awards details here.

19.06.2018

Marian Court, Homerton: planning permission granted

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A collaborative, design-led approach established with Hackney Council, muf architecture/art, the full design team and the local community is delivering radically inclusive urban renewal and placemaking.

AJ article here.

18.06.2018

London Festival of Architecture: Designing for Diversity

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Adam Khan joins a panel debate at London Festival of Architecture and presents Tower Court, our collaboration with muf architecture/art, Daisy Froud and Tom Stebbing.

This event is hosted by White Arkitekter, supported by the Mayor of London, and asks how can the city become more inclusive, equal and attractive to everyone?

Details here.

12.06.2018

Tower Court at Royal Academy of Arts: 250th Summer Exhibition

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Tower Court, our collaboration with muf architecture/art for Hackney Council, is on display at Royal Academy of Arts: 250th Summer Exhibition, Architecture Room curated by Piers Gough.

23.05.2018

Talking about Carlton and Granville on K2K Radio #KilburnHeraldShow

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Juliette Scalbert discusses with Sally on Kilburn Herald Show, the importance of local young people being part of the design and future of South Kilburn’s Carlton and Granville community facilities.

14.03.2018

Adam Khan Architects appointed for Carlton & Granville

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Adam Khan Architects has been appointed by Brent Council to develop and transform the Carlton and Granville Site in collaboration with local stakeholders for the second phase of this ambitious project. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Practice Architecture, Daisy Froud, Structure Workshop and Ritchie + Daffin.

AJ article here

16.02.2018

Symposium: Transforming Social Housing – Stories from Europe

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Adam Khan presents Tower Court, Hackney and Ellebo Garden Room, Copenhagen at Transforming Social Housing – Stories from Europe Symposium at Center for Architecture, New York.

Date: 17.02.2018
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Location: 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012

Details here

12.02.2018

City Crits: Somers Town led by Adam Khan

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As part of The Architecture Foundation London City Crits, Adam Khan leads a walking tour, which explores the architectural history of social housing in Somers Town.

Date: 24.04.2018
Time: 14:00 – 16:00

16.01.2018

Tower Court goes to New York

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Photography: David Grandorge

Tower Court, Hackney, our collaboration with muf architecture/art, will feature in Social Housing - New European Projects exhibition and symposium at Center for Architecture, New York.

Curated by Karakusevic Carson Architects featuring projects and contributions by:

Adam Khan Architects (UK), Assemble (UK), Avenier & Cornejo Architectes (France), Chartier Dalix (France), Hans van der Heijden (The Netherlands), Einszueins (Austria), Hawkins\Brown (UK), Haworth Tompkins Architects (UK), Karakusevic Carson Architects (UK), Lacaton & Vassal (France), LAN architecture (France), Mae (UK), Mecanoo (The Netherlands), Mikhail Riches Architects (UK), Mole (UK), muf architecture/art (UK), Niall McLaughlin Architects (UK), s333 architecture + Urbanism (UK), Sergison Bates architects (UK & CH), TVK (France), Witherford Watson Mann (UK) and zanderroth architeckten (Germany). The exhibition was first shown at the Royal Institution of British Architects in London from 18 April to 28 May 2017.

Details here.

11.12.2017

Central Somers Town goes on site!

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Plot 10 moves into temporary home.

11.07.2017

Adam Khan appointed as a Mayor’s Design Advocate

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Adam Khan has been appointed as a Mayor’s Design Advocate. From over 200 applications, 50 Design Advocates have been chosen to assist the Mayor of London’s Good Growth by Design programme.

Adam will be joining a team that includes members of the Housing Design Award-winning Tower Court project team: Hackney Council’s Rachel Bagenal, Liza Fior of muf architecture, and Daisy Froud.

Read the Mayor of London's announcement here.

Listen to Good Growth by Design – A Vision for London here.

05.07.2017

New London Awards 2017: Mayor's Prize

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Central Somers Town, Camden, has been Highly Commended for New London Awards 2017: Mayor's Prize

The Mayor’s Prize is awarded in association with the Mayor of London to the project that best reflects the Mayor’s ambition for ‘good growth’ as expressed in A City for All Londoners.

02.06.2017

Global Architectural Political Event

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Adam Khan Architects are participating in the Global Architectural Political Event – a discussion that will continue the investigation about the political re-engagement of the discipline, as analysed in Alejandro Zaera-Polo’s essay “Well into the 21st Century” and the “Global Architectural Compass”.

Date: 02.06.2017
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Location: AA Lecture Hall, 36 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3ES

More details here

24.05.2017

Clerkenwell Design week

Adam Khan Architects presents Central Somers Town Community Facilities at PechaKucha London Vol. 14 as part of Clerkenwell Design Week.

Date: 24.05.2017
Time: 19:30 – 20:30
Location: Spa Fields Park, Skinner Street, London, EC1

More details here.

Watch online here.


17.05.2017

Exhibition: London Design Capital

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The NLA’s London: Design Capital which explores the global reach of London’s built environment industries, features Ellebo Garden Room, Copenhagen.

Date: 17.05.2017 – 07.07.2017
Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 18:00, Saturday 10:00 – 17:00
Location: The Building Centre, 27 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT

Download London: Design Capital - Buildings/Places/Cities here.

27.04.2017

Ellebo Garden Room ‘Første Spadestik’

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Construction has begun on Ellebo Garden Room, Copenhagen.

Delivery Team:
Adam Khan Architects (Main Consultant & Design Lead)
Ramboll
Kristine Jensen Tegnestue

Anticipated completion date: 2018

Watch Nordic Innovation’s video here

26.04.2017

Lecture: A Society of Rooms – The Poetic Dimension in Architecture

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Adam Khan presents A Society of Rooms for The Poetic Dimension in Architecture lecture series curated by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou at The CASS.

Date: 26.04.2017
Time: 18:30 – 20:00
Location: Central House, 1st floor, Room CE1-16

More details here

18.04.2017

Exhibition: Social Housing – Definitions & Design Exemplars

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Social Housing - Definitions and Design Exemplars features Ellebo Garden Room, Copenhagen and Tower Court, Hackney.

Across the UK and Europe a new generation of practices are transforming public housing. Responding to continued high demand, new funding methods and a reinvigorated public sector, architects are re-addressing how homes are delivered at larger scales, piloting new methods to achieve new high standards of design.

Date: 18.04.2017 – 28.05.2017
Opening hours: Monday – Sunday, 10:00 – 17:00, Tuesday 10:00 – 20:00
Location: The Practice Space, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD

23.03.2017

Play Barn shortlisted for RIBA East Award

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Pensthorpe Play Barn, Norfolk, is one of 31 buildings shortlisted for a RIBA East award.

The winning submissions will be announced on 18.05.2017

22.03.2017

Play Barn wins RIDBA award

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The Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association (RIDBA) has selected the Play Barn as the recipient of their award in the recreation and leisure category.

Formerly known as the Farming and Agricultural Buildings Awards (FAB Awards), the award recognises innovation and excellence in the industrial and agricultural building industry.

02.03.2017

Tower Court, Clapton Common: planning permission granted

Designed in collaboration with muf architecture/art, Tower Court is part of Hackney’s Estate Regeneration Programme and will be delivered directly by the Council. It will offer 132 high-quality, modern homes for social rent, shared ownership and outright sale, and a new ambulance depot.

05.01.2017

Play Barn nominated for the 2017 Mies van der Rohe Award

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The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe has selected Pensthorpe Play Barn, Fakenham as a nominee for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.

The prize is awarded biennially, and the Play Barn is named among 19 UK schemes. This is the second project by Adam Khan Architects to be nominated for the prize. Brockholes Visitor Centre was nominated and shortlisted in 2013.

For more details on the nomination, visit here.

16.12.2016

Book launch: Reminiscence

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Reminiscence, which features an article by Adam Khan, is launching on 17 December in Munich.

Edited by Benedict Esche & Benedikt Hartl and published by Edition Architektur, it offers a collection of more than 100 international architects looking back and reminiscing about a particular building.

Date: 17.12.2016
Time: 12:00
Location: Architekturgalerie München, Türkenstrasse 30

Flipping through the book

02.12.2016

Ten Years of Adam Khan Architects

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Adam Khan Architects is ten.
Thank you for coming to celebrate with us.

Website takeover & associated print by Fraser Muggeridge studio

28.11.2016

Adam Khan @ RA for ‘Future Estates’

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Adam Khan is a speaker at ‘Future Estates’ at the Royal Academy.

“Following a previous debate exploring the changing status of Britain’s post-war housing estates, this event looks at estate regeneration and the range of alternatives that exist to the growing threat of demolition."

Date: 28.11.2016
Time: 18:30 – 20:00
Location: Geological Society, Piccadilly, W1

Other speakers include:

Geraldine Dening – Architect and founder, Architects for Social Housing
John Lewis – Executive Director Thamesmead, Peabody
Oliver Wainwright – Architecture critic, The Guardian (chair)
Sarah Wigglesworth – Architect, director of Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

More details here

01.11.2016

Adam Khan Architects in Baumeister

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Following a studio visit in September 2016, the November issue of Baumeister features a profile of Adam Khan Architects. The article offers a snapshot of various built projects, from Brockholes Visitor Centre to Seizure Gallery, as well as future plans for residential projects in London.

Words: Erik Wegerhoff

Photography: David Grandorge, Lewis Khan, Ioana Marinescu & Ed Tyler

21.09.2016

Play Barn wins Graham Allen Award

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The North Norfolk District Council has selected AKA’s Play Barn as the recipient of the Graham Allen Award for Conservation & Design.

13.09.2016

Adam Khan Architects shortlisted by Create London

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Create London, along with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, have shortlisted Adam Khan Architects for an Artists Housing design competition.

04.07.2016

Seven Up @ DomusHaus, Basel

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Our publication ‘Seven Up’, a visual exploration of the studio’s output, is available at a number of specialist architecture bookshops, now including DomusHaus Buchhandlung für Architektur und Design, Basel.

01.07.2016

Five Cottages, Pensthorpe

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Adam Khan Architects have recently completed the restoration of the Grade 2 listed Five Cottages at Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens including the building of new rear and side extensions. The new building includes offices as well as a conference room and a well-being centre.

Location: Norfolk, Pensthorpe
Client: Pensthorpe Wildlife and Gardens

Photo credit: Lewis Khan

27.06.2016

Honourable Mention for Kunststilo

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Adam Khan Architects have received an Honourable Mention for their submission to the Kunststilo art museum and culture quarter design competition in Kristiansand, Norway.

The new art museum will house 1,100 works donated by Nicolai Tangen, which constitute what experts have called the most important collection of Norwegian art from the 1930s to the 1970s.

The submission will be exhibited at Sørlandets Art museum until 18 September.

Details on the competition can be found here.

04.06.2016

Adam Khan Architects short-listed for Qatar Museum

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Adam Khan Architects are among 8 practices to be shortlisted for the Qatar Art Mill design competition.

Nearly 500 practices from 56 different countries entered the three-stage contest, and we are the only British firm to reach the final eight in the contest for the 93 000 m² gallery project on Doha’s waterfront.

More information on the competition website.

20.04.2016

Adam Khan speaks at Sedgehill Secondary School

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Adam Khan spoke to the year 9’s of Sedgehill Secondary School about the educational journey of the architect. 

Other inspirational speakers included Maria Murtagh, Tammy Reed and Sade Banks. Thank you very much to the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust for organising the Career Pathway Programme. 

23.03.2016

Book launch: New Architects 3

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New Architects 3, which features a selection of Adam Khan Architects' work, is launching on 24 March.

“New Architects 3 is the Architecture Foundation’s landmark guide to the best architectural practices set up in the UK in the past decade. To coincide with its publication, join us for an afternoon of talks and conversations about the conditions shaping British architecture both today and in the future at The Barbican.”

Date: 24.03.2016
Time: 14:00
Location: Frobisher Auditorium 1, Barbican Centre, Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS

10.03.2016

Book launch: ‘Building Upon Building’

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Please join us at the Architectural Association Bookshop for the launch of the second edition of ‘Building Upon Building’, Edited by J. Engels & M. Grootveld.

The book will be introduced by Adam Khan, followed by a talk from the Editors.

“Architecture as evolution, rather than revolution. How can the views that underlie the historical city be interwoven with the stories of the present? This question is answered in 45 projects and four essays.”

Date: 23.03.2016
Time: 18:30
Location: AA Bookshop, 32 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3ES

12.02.2016

Praise for Adam Khan Architect’s Brockholes

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Brockholes Visitor Centre has been praised by CIBSE Journal for its ability to handle flooding.

“A pioneering nature reserve has risen about the floodwaters that drenched the North West, proving an example to architects and engineers. The floating visitor village, which won new build project of the year at the 2012 CIBSE Building Performance Awards, is sited on the Meadow Lake at Brockholes, and has been designed to rise and fall with the water level.”

11.12.2015

Play Barn featured in Wallpaper*

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Play Barn at Pensthorpe Wildlife and Gardens has been featured in Wallpaper* magazine’s January issue.

08.12.2015

Lecture at KADK

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Adam Khan will be delivering a lecture ‘What Makes a Good Room?’ at the Danish Academy of Arts tomorrow, organised by Spatial Design, Perception and Detail 1 Semester.

Date: 09.12.2015
Time: 16:00
Location: KADK Danish Academy of Arts, auditorium 5

17.08.2015

Adam Khan Architects long-listed for Qatar Museum

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Adam Khan Architects has been long-listed to submit a design for the international competition for the Art Mill in Doha, Qatar. Adam Khan Architects' application was chosen as one of 26 out of a total of 489 entries for the 93 000 m² project, which envisions the redevelopment of a historic waterfront site in the centre of Doha.

More information on the competition website.

15.03.2015

KADK housing exhibition

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‘Housing and Welfare – Homes Ensembles City’ exhibition opens tomorrow at KADK Copenhagen, and will feature Adam Khan Architects’ Ellebo Garden Room.

“What will Copenhagen look like in 5, 10 and 15 years’ time? What is the future of the city as a residential city according to the projects that architectural firms are designing right now? And what role does housing play in a city and a welfare society that are undergoing change?”

Date: 19.03.2015 – 14.05.2015
Time: 11:00 – 18:00
Location: Exhibition Hall, KADK, Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51, 1436 København