Make Architects

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Make Architects
IndustryArchitecture
Founded2004
Founder Ken Shuttleworth
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Website www.makearchitects.com

Make Architects is an international architecture practice headquartered in London that also has offices in offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Founded in 2004 by former Foster + Partners architect Ken Shuttleworth. The practice has a variety of 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. The company is employee-owned and refers to its partners as "makers".

Contents

Selected projects

Arts & Culture

Education & Research

Hotels and resorts

Mixed use

Office

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5 Broadgate

Residential

Sports and leisure

Urban design

Awards and recognitions

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.

The company's work has been nominated three times 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, [1] The Cube in Birmingham was nominated in 2010, and the redevelopment of 5 Broadgate was nominated in 2016. [2]

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References

  1. "Carbuncle Cup: The ugliest buildings in Britain".
  2. "Carbuncle Cup: 5 Broadgate by Make Architects".