William Allen Alsop, was a British architect and Professor of Architecture at University for the Creative Arts's Canterbury School of Architecture.
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a Grade I listed building, the first post-war building to become so protected. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are resident in the hall.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971.
Jan Gehl Hon. FAIA is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. He is a founding partner of Gehl Architects.
Buro Happold is a British professional services firm that provides engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure, and the environment. It was founded in Bath, Somerset, in 1976 by Sir Edmund Happold when he took up a post at the University of Bath as Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design.
Ashburton Learning Village is a learning complex in Woodside, Greater London. It stands in the London Borough of Croydon, and is located near Ashburton Park. The learning village includes Ashburton Library, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Croydon Music Service and a CALAT training centre. The complex was built after the old Ashburton Library was closed down. The nearest Tramlink stop is Woodside. The centre is earmarked as Croydon's Flagship Learning Village.
The Design Quality Indicator (DQI) is a toolkit to measure, evaluate and improve the design quality of buildings.
LAB Architecture Studio was a firm of architects and urban designers based in Melbourne, Australia with international offices in London and Shanghai.
Scott Tallon Walker is an architecture practice with its head office in Dublin, Ireland and further offices in London, Galway and Cork. It is one of the largest architecture practices in Ireland. Established in 1931 as Scott and Good, becoming Michael Scott Architect in 1938, and Michael Scott and Partners in 1957 before changing to the current Scott Tallon Walker in 1975. Scott Tallon Walker and its earlier incarnations developed a reputation for modernism.
Sauerbruch Hutton is an international agency for architecture, urban planning and design. It was founded in London in 1989 and is now based in Berlin, Germany. The practice is led by Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton and Juan Lucas Young.
Grimshaw Architects is an architectural firm based in London. Founded in 1980 by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, the firm was one of the pioneers of high-tech architecture. In particular, they are known for their design of transport projects including Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station, Waterloo International railway station and the award-winning Southern Cross railway station which was the recipient of the Royal Institute of British Architects Lubetkin Prize. Grimshaw is behind the design of the Sustainability Pavilion, an innovative net-zero building, for Expo 2020. The firm currently has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne and Sydney, employing over 600 staff.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is a British architectural design firm, established in 1978, with offices in Bath, London, Manchester, Belfast and Edinburgh. The firm is known for its pioneering work in sustainable design and social design agenda.
ACME was established in 2007 in London. The practice operates in the fields of contemporary architecture, urban planning, interior design and product design – working with private, corporate and public clients. Since 2007, ACME has received numerous awards, most notably winning international competitions such as the John Lewis in Leeds 2007, the Kaufhof Department Store in Duisburg 2008 and the Royal Institute of Human Development in Bahrain 2009. The practice completed its first UK building – Hunsett Mill in Norfolk– in 2009, which received a number of awards, including the RIBA Manser Medal 2010 for the best one-off house in the United Kingdom. On an urban scale, the office has completed a number of masterplans, among them Bishopsgate Goodsyard / London, Birmingham Smithfield, Swansea Parc Tawe, Leeds Eastgate, Chester Northgate and Doha / Qatar.On an architectural scale, ACME has worked on a number of cultural, commercial and residential projects in the UK, Germany, India, Colombia, Spain, Syria, South Korea, Romania, Bahrain, Qatar, Australia, France and the UAE.
The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, formerly the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and the Cambridge Programme for Industry, is part of the School of Technology within the University of Cambridge.
Susannah Hagan, FRSA is the founding Director of R_E_D and Professor and School Research Leader at the Royal College of Art School of Architecture. She has written and lectured extensively on the theory and practice of environmental design, in particular, environmentally led urban design. Hagan's major publications include City Fights: Debates on Sustainable Cities ; Taking Shape: A New Contract between Architecture and Nature ; and Digitalia: Architecture and the Environmental, the Digital and the Avant-garde.
Sunand Prasad is a British architect and senior partner of architectural practice Penoyre & Prasad LLP, a multi sectoral practice with an internationally recognised profile in health, education and civic buildings. He is a past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
David Lloyd Jones AA DIP, RIBA, FRSA is a founding partner of Studio E LLP, an architectural practice established in London in 1994. He has been described as "a godfather of the sustainable architecture movement in the UK". Lloyd Jones has been heavily involved in both promoting 'green' design and demonstrating it in practice. He has been responsible for a series of seminal bioclimatic buildings, including the National Farmers Union and Avon Insurance Head Office at Stratford upon Avon; the Solar Office Doxford International near Sunderland; Beaufort Court Zero Emissions Building at Kings Langley; Grange Park Opera House and the current new campus for The British College in Kathmandu. His book, Architecture and the Environment, was published in 1998. He is a founding member and chair of the charity Climate Change All Change.
John Leonard Melvin is a British architect, town planner, and author. He is the former Chairman of the London Region of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). His architectural work has been widely exhibited in the UK and abroad by the RIBA and the British Council. In 1993, the Royal Fine Art Commission honoured him with the Building of the Year Award. In 1995, he was named to a Sargant Fellowship at the British School at Rome to research the idea of memory in architecture.
Richard John Robert Feilden OBE was a British architect who co-founded Feilden Clegg Architects.
Gareth Dale Hoskins OBE was a Scottish architect.
