Hawkins\Brown

Hawkins\Brown

Founded	1988
Headquarters	United Kingdom, London
Number of locations	London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Toronto
Services	Architecture, Interior Design and Urban Design
Website	www.hawkinsbrown.com

Hawkins\Brown Architects is an architectural practice with studios in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and Toronto.

History

Roger Hawkins and Russell Brown set up Hawkins\Brown in 1988. ^[1] In 2021, the practice switched to an employee-ownership model. ^[2]

In recent years, Hawkins\Brown has won and been shortlisted for awards including the Architects' Journal (AJ) Practice of the Year and AJ Employer of the Year. It has appeared at the Venice Biennale twice and has been shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize for their work on the iconic Park Hill in Sheffield, Europe's largest listed building. In 2016 Hawkins\Brown received a 2 Star Accreditation with The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For. ^{[3] [4]} Their Beecroft Building for the University of Oxford Department of Physics, opened in 2018, was shortlisted for the RIBA national awards in 2019. ^[5]

Notable projects

Notable projects ordered by year of completion and type:

Infrastructure

• Tottenham Court Road Crossrail upgrade, London, UK (2017-2019)
• Bond Street Elizabeth line upgrade, London, UK (2020)
• Liverpool Street Elizabeth line upgrade, London, UK (2021)
• Victoria Embankment, Thames Tideway Tunnel public realm, London, UK (2025)
• Bazalgette Embankment, Blackfriars, ^[6] Thames Tideway Tunnel public realm, London, UK (2025)
• Chelsea Embankment, Thames Tideway Tunnel public realm, London, UK (2025)

Education

• ARK Putney Academy, London, UK (2015) ^[7]
• Bartlett School of Architecture, ^[8] University College London, London, UK (2016)
• Beecroft Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2018)
• Royal College of Surgeons, ^[9] London, UK (2021)
• Central Foundation Boys' School, London, UK (2023)
• Notting Hill and Ealing High School Junior School, London, UK (2024)
• St Paul's School, London Junior School, London, UK (2026)

Civic, community and culture

• Hackney Town Hall, London, UK (2017)
• Waltham Forest Town Hall, London, UK (2020)

Other

• Park Hill, Sheffield, UK (2016)
• Here East, London, UK (2016)

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  Beecroft Building

Publications

Hawkins\Brown has published a number of books and journals, including:

• The #GreatSchools Manifesto, ^[10] Published by Hawkins\Brown and Architects Journal
• AR Supplement Hawkins\Brown Social, Published by Architectural Review as a supplement to their June edition, 2013
• Ideas Exchange: The collaborative Studio of Hawkins\Brown, Published by Birkhäuser
• Salt Bridges: Changing Perceptions of Art/Architecture and Science, Published by Prestel Publishing
• &\Also: Hawkins\Brown, Published by Black Dog Publishing

References

1. "Architect of the week". The Modern House. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
2. "Hawkins\Brown hands over ownership to its employees". The Architects' Journal. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
3. Best Companies. "Best Companies Accredited Companies 2016: 2 Star". www.b.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
4. RIBA. "2013 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced for the best new building". www.architecture.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
5. Briant, Nathan (2019-06-27). "Oxford building named as one of the country's best". Oxford Mail . Retrieved 2019-06-27.
6. "City Corporation names London's first new embankment in 150 years". City of London Newsroom. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
7. "Hawkins\Brown has completed the refurbishment of the grade II listed Elliott School, now renamed the Ark Putney Academy, in Wandsworth". Architonic. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
8. Mairs, Jessica. "Hawkins\Brown remodels Bloomsbury building for The Bartlett architecture school". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
9. "A College transformed: The Royal College of Surgeons of England headquarters reopen with a new vision for the future 12 Jul 2021". Royal College of Surgeons Media Centre. Royal College of Surgeons England. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
10. "Publications". Hawkins\Brown Architects LLP. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links

• Official website