awards and exhibitions
For a small architecture studio, our growing list of project and practice accolades is unrivalled. We have won 23 RIBA Awards, numerous other prizes, and have exhibited internationally, including regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. We are immensely proud of this recognition, which is a result of our unique working method Asking Looking Playing Making, our vast and varied experience, and our consistent commitment to delivering a bespoke design service of the utmost quality for each and every project.
practice awards
RIBA Practice Role Model, 2017
The Faces to Watch, The Independent Magazine, 2005
Forty under Forty, AJ Corus, 2004
Forty under Forty, Architects around the world, Taschen, 2000
New Architects 2: A guide to Britain’s best young architectural practices, 2001
project awards
Surface Design Awards, Light & Surface Exterior, Sundersea, 2024
Best New Car Park, British Parking Awards, Sunderland, 2023
RIBA National Award, Swing Bridge, 2023
RIBA London South East Award, Swing Bridge 2023
RIBA North West Award, Tower of Light, 2023
International Architecture Awards, Tower of Light, 2023
AR Future Awards, York Minster Centre of Excellence, 2023
Structural Timber Awards, Water Tower, 2022
Structural Steel Design Awards, Tower of Light, 2022
Building Beauty Awards, Tower of Light, 2022
Wood Awards, Water Tower, 2022
Tall Building Awards, Tower of Light, 2022
GAGA Awards, Swing Bridge, 2022
Highly Commended, Civic Trust Award, Swing Bridge, 2022
Civic Trust Award, Tower of Light, 2022
LIT Awards, Tower of Light, 2022
Stephen Lawrence Prize, Water Tower, 2021
RIBA National Award, Water Tower, 2021
RIBA East Award, Water Tower, 2021
Winner, Small Project, IStructE, Swing Bridge 2021
Winner, Most Innovative Project, IStructE, Swing Bridge, 2021
First Prize, Future Cities Forum ‘Net Zero’ Award, Tower of Light, 2021
First Prize, AJ Retrofit Award, Water Tower, 2021
First Prize, Structural Timber Award, Water Tower, 2020
RIBA East Midlands Award, Dancing Flowers of Doe Lea, 2019
BKI Material Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, 2019
Stephen Lawrence Prize, Old Shed New House, 2018
RIBA National Award, Old Shed New House, 2018
First Prize, GAGA Architecture Award, Old Shed New House, 2018
First Prize, AJ Retrofit House of the Year, Old Shed New House, 2018
RIBA Yorkshire Award, Old Shed New House, 2018
RIBA Yorkshire Small Project of the Year Award, Old Shed New House, 2018
First Prize, Don't Move, Improve! 2018, Sun Rain Rooms, 2017
First Prize, AJ Retrofit Award, Sun Rain Rooms, 2017
RIBA London Award, Sun Rain Rooms, 2017
RIBA Southeast Award, Ness Point, 2017
RIBA London Award, Kingston Ancient Market Place and Stalls, 2016
British Landmark for the 21st Century, The Independent, 2015
RIBA Research Trust Award Grant, Shell Lace Structure, 2013-14
RIBA Northwest Award, Rain Bow Gate, 2013
RIBA Northwest Small Project of the Year Award, Rain Bow Gate, 2013
First Prize, Pre-Cast Creativity in Concrete Award, Three Waves, 2011
RIBA Southeast Award, Three Waves, 2011
RIBA London Award, Forest of Light, 2010
First Prize, Architectural Jelly, Fresh Flower Pavilion, 2008
Structural Steel Design Awards, Certificate of Merit, 2008
RIBA National Award, Singing Ringing Tree, 2007
RIBA Northwest Award, Singing Ringing Tree, 2007
RIBA London Award, Promenade of Light, 2007
Structural Steel Design Award, Growing House, 2006
Hackney Planning Award, Growing House, 2006
First Prize, RIBA Urban Space Award, Promenade of Light, 2005
First Prize, RIBA Future House Award, Camera and Jewel House, 2004
RIBA London Award, Young House, 2003
exhibitions
Biomimicry, Tekniska museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2025 Biomimicry, Technisches Museum Wien, Austria, 2024
Biomimicry, DASA Museum, Dortmund, Germany, 2023
The City and the World, Contemporary Space, Athens,
Greece, 2023Wood Awards Shortlist Exhibition, The Building Centre, 2022
Bio Inspiración, Parque de las Ciencias, 2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Grosvenor Square, 2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, York Minster, 2022
‘Future Architecture’ Exhibition, Seoul, 2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Rain Basket and ACORN research, 2021
Aram Gallery, Architecture Prototypes & Experiments, Tower of Light, 2018
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Photon Space, 2018
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Tower of Light, 2018
NLA Centre, Sun Rain Rooms, 2018
Bath Artists Studios, The Nature of Place, 2017
NLA Centre, London Design Capital, Zhengzhou Cradle Towers, 2017
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Sun Rain Rooms, 2016
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Salford Meadows Bridge 2015
Pop Brixton, Shell Lace Structure, 2015
RIBA, The Evolution of Shell Lace Structure, 2014
Royal Academy of Arts, Baku Sfera, 2012
Royal Academy of Arts, Shi Ling Bridge, 2011
Royal Academy of Arts AJ Award, Shi Ling Bridge, 2011
Royal Academy of Arts, Rain Bow Gate, 2011
Arup Gallery, Bridge Stories: 50 years of Bridge Design, Shi Ling Bridge, 2010-11
Nous Gallery, Spontaneous Schooling Exhibition, Shell Lace Structures, 2010
LFA, 50 Years of London Architecture, 2010
RIBA Nash Ramblas, Tailor-Made Architecture, 2010
Royal Academy of Arts, Singing Ringing Tree, 2006
NLA Centre, Promenade of Light, 2006
RIBA Architecture Week, The Week Tree, 2006
GLA, Urban Space by Design Exhibition, Promenade of Light, 2006
Royal Academy of Arts, La Kangra, 2004
RIBA Urban Space by Design, Promenade of Light, 2005
Victoria & Albert Museum, AJ Corus Forty Under Forty, 2005
RIBA Future House, Camera & Jewel House, 2004
Clerkenwell Biennale, Growing House, 2004