MAKE Architects
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| Industry | Architecture |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Ken Shuttleworth |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | www.makearchitects.com |
Make Architects is an international architecture practice headquartered in London. Founded in 2004 by former Foster + Partners architect Ken Shuttleworth, today the firm has offices in London, Hong Kong and Sydney. The practice has a diverse portfolio with projects including high-rise office buildings, large mixed-use schemes, urban masterplanning, sports and leisure, private and social housing, civic and education buildings, and interior design.
Make is a 100 percent employee-owned company with over 150 partners, or ‘Makers’. In 2016 the practice won the Architects’ Journal AJ100 Employer of the Year Award and in 2014 won the AJ100 Practice of the Year Award.
Make is a member of numerous professional organisations, including the British Council for Offices (BCO), City Architecture Forum, City Property Association, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Education Construction Network, New London Architecture, Professional Business & Services Council, Royal Institute of British Architects, UK Green Building Council, Urban Land Institute, and Westminster Property Association. Ken Shuttleworth will be the BCO president in 2017.
Selected projects
Arts & Culture
- City of London Information Centre
- The Podium
- Weihai Pavilion
- Beijing InfoCube
Education & Research
- Jubilee Campus extension, University of Nottingham
- The Barn, University of Nottingham
- The Gateway Building, University of Nottingham
- Big Data Institute, University of Oxford
- The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford
- The Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
- Old Road Campus Research Building, University of Oxford
- Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute, University of Oxford
- The Thomas Clarkson Community College, Cambridgeshire
Hotels and resorts
- Mi Xun Spa
- The Montpellier Chapter
- The Oasis at Golden Sands
- Serensia Woods
- The Temple House
- Wanda Reign Wuhan
Mixed use
- 80 Charlotte Street
- The Cube, Birmingham
- LSQ London
- Morello
- Rathbone Square
- St James's Market
- Wynyard Place
Office
- 1 Arena Central
- 2 Arena Central
- 55 Baker Street, London
- 5 Broadgate, London
- 32 Cleveland Street
- The Hiscox Building
- HSBC Blandonnet
- London Wall Place
- The Monument Building
- Quai des Bergues
Residential
- 10 Weymouth Street
- 4-16 Artillery Row
- 12-24 Lun Fat Street
- Dunbar Place
- Chobham Manor
- Century House
- Crescent House
- Grosvenor Waterside
- The Madison
- Rodmarton Street
Sports and leisure
- The Copper Box (London 2012 Olympic Handball Arena)
- The Dartford Dojo
- Greenwich Centre
Urban design
- Chobham Manor
- Elephant and Castle
- Greenwich Square
- Wembley North West Lands
Make Architects has been nominated twice for Building Design magazine's Carbuncle Cup, an annual award for "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom". Nottingham University Jubilee Campus was runner-up in 2009, while The Cube in Birmingham was nominated in 2010.