MAKE Architects
Encyclopedia
Make Architects is an architectural practice based in the United Kingdom
founded by Ken Shuttleworth after he left Foster and Partners in 2003. They have offices in London
, Birmingham
, Beijing
, Abu Dhabi
and Dubai
and the practice is currently engaged in projects worldwide ranging from high rise offices to urban masterplans, residential and office developments, civic buildings, private and social housing, education buildings and interior design.
Make Architects have been nominated twice 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, while The Cube in Birmingham was nominated in 2010.
United Kingdom
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founded by Ken Shuttleworth after he left Foster and Partners in 2003. They have offices in London
London
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, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, Beijing
Beijing
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, Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
and Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
and the practice is currently engaged in projects worldwide ranging from high rise offices to urban masterplans, residential and office developments, civic buildings, private and social housing, education buildings and interior design.
Selected projects
- 55 Baker Street, London
- 10 Weymouth Street, London
- AspireAspire (sculpture)Aspire is a work of art, constructed on the Jubilee Campus of the University of Nottingham, in Nottingham, England. It is a 60-metre tall, red and orange steel sculpture, and is the tallest free standing public work of art in the United Kingdom, taller than B of the Bang, Nelson's Column, the Angel...
, NottinghamNottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... - Beijing Residential, China
- Cherry Orchard RoadCherry Orchard RoadCherry Orchard Road is a road and planned building development in East Croydon, London. The street is part of the longer A222 road for all of its length...
, Croydon - City of London Information Centre, London
- The CubeThe Cube (building)The Cube is a 23 storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of MAKE Architects, it contains 135 flats, of offices, shops, a hotel and a 'skyline' restaurant...
, Birmingham - Dartford Dojo, Kent
- Digbeth Coach StationDigbeth Coach StationBirmingham Coach Station is a major coach interchange in Digbeth, Birmingham, England offering services to destinations throughout Great Britain and also to Belfast, Dublin and Poland. National Express, the largest scheduled coach service provider in Europe, has its national headquarters on the site...
, Birmingham - EDC Headquarters, Ratingen, Germany
- Elephant and Castle masterplanElephant and CastleThe Elephant and Castle is a major road intersection in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Southwark. It is also used as a name for the surrounding area....
, London - London 2012 Olympic Handball Arena, London
- Monument, London
- Noho Square, WestminsterCity of WestminsterThe City of Westminster is a London borough occupying much of the central area of London, England, including most of the West End. It is located to the west of and adjoining the ancient City of London, directly to the east of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and its southern boundary...
, London - Odeon Leicester Square, London
- Office Interior, London
- Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute, Oxford
- Old Road Campus, Oxford
- Rodmarton Street residential development, London
- Trafalgar Way, London
- University of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
Jubilee Campus extension masterplan, NottinghamNottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... - Vortex TowerVortex TowerThe Vortex Tower was the working name of a project designed by Ken Shuttleworth’s MAKE Architects. The building would have risen to a height of 984 feet and 70 floors....
, London
Make Architects have been nominated twice for Building Design
Building Design
Building Design is one of the leading architectural magazines in the United Kingdom.According to ABC , the magazine's circulation for the year ending June 2008 was 22,848. The publishing company is UBM Built Environment, a division of United Business Media, which also publishes Building and...
magazine's Carbuncle Cup
Carbuncle Cup
The Carbuncle Cup is an architecture prize, given annually by the magazine Building Design to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months". The award was based on an idea created by the Scottish architecture magazine Prospect, which has run the Carbuncle Awards since...
, an annual award for "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom". Nottingham University Jubilee Campus was runner-up in 2009, while The Cube in Birmingham was nominated in 2010.