press
Mike Tonkin: Postcard from Sifnos, Greece, RIBA Journal 2023
Tonkin Liu imagines turning London’s road system...’, RIBA Journal 2023
Architect’s Journal: Tonkin Liu wins approval for £5m York Minster craft skills centre, September 2022
Architect’s Journal: Tonkin Liu gets green light for ‘radical’ overhaul of Grosvenor Square, July 2022
Architect’s Journal: Case study: Wall of Energy, Tower of Light by Tonkin Liu, May 2022
Dezeen: Short film spotlights Tonkin Liu's stent that echoes "geometry from nature", May 2022
Architect’s Journal: Tonkin Liu submits plans for £5m York Minster stonemasonry skills centre, April 2022
BD online: Tonkin Liu submits plans for York Minster stonemasonry training centre, April 2022
The Times: Are these the most beautiful new buildings in Britain?, April 2022
Yorkshire Press: York Minster submits plans to create internationally renowned Centre of Excellence, April 2022
BBC: York Minster: Plans for £5m ancient crafts teaching hub submitted, April 2022
Arch Daily: Tower of Light and Wall of Energy / Tonkin Liu, April 2022
BD online: Treehouses at Kew competition winners revealed, March 2022
Architecture Today: Davidson Prize 2022 longlist unveiled, March 2022
Dezeen: Davidson Prize longlist features 14 proposals for co-living, March 2022
Architect’s Journal: Charles Holland and Tonkin Liu among 14-strong Davidson Prize longlist, March 2022
Dezeen: Tonkin Liu creates nature-informed tower for Manchester's Civic Quarter, March 2022
Architecture Today: Civic Trust Awards unveils 2022 winners March 2022
RIBA: Building Stories: The Awards Talks - The Water Tower March 2022
Arch Daily: International Women’s Day 2022: On Rebalancing Forces and Adjusting the Narratives, March 2022
BD online: Tonkin Liu on shortlist for Kew treehouse contest, March 2022
Architect’s Journal: AJ exclusive: Finalists revealed in Kew treehouse contest, February 2022
The Observer: Tower of Light, Manchester review - a work of fantasy and innovation, February 2022
RIBAJ: Making buildings: Mike Tonkin on the Water Tower’s spiral stair, January 2022
BD online: Tonkin Liu submits plans for Grosvenor Square, January 2022
publications
The Evolution of Shell Lace Structure, 2014
Asking Looking Playing Making, 1999
publications we’re featured in
Building for Change - The Architecture of Creative Reuse, Ruth Lang, 2022
House London, Ellie & Anna Stathaki, 2022
A New Leaf, Jennifer Haslam & Pip McCormac, 2022
Resident Dog, Nicole England, 2021
Evergreen Architecture, Gestalten, 2021
Energy modelling in architecture: A practice guide, Sonja Oliviera, Bill Gething, Elena Marco, 2020
An Opinionated Guide to London Architecture, Hoxton Mini Press 2019
television
Channel 4: House of the Year Series 6 Episode 1, Water Tower, 2021
Channel 4: House of the Year Series 4, Episode 2, Old Shed New House 2018
Channel 4: House of the Year Series 3 Episode 2, Ness Point House, 2017
BBC: Chinatown, China Design Now, 2005
Channel 4: Grand Designs, Camera Jewel House, 2002