Project / London College of FashionFashion forward

Book / Citymakers: What we leave behind

The climate emergency demands we retain much more of our urban fabric rather than build anew. Here we explore ways of approaching the often awkward urban inheritance of the 20th century.

Talk 23.05.2023 / Wilson Lecture 2023

On urban fabric: how did we lose it, and do we still need it?

ProjectNorthampton Street

ProjectDock Shed, Canada Water

Research / SustainabilitySustainability

The role and nature of natural materials: how to grow their application at scale, and to extend our understanding of what comprises a viable building material.

ProjectHolland House

Research / London’s Olympic LegacyEast Bank Exhibition

East Bank is opening. At the heart of Queen Elizabeth Park, the project is the UK’s newest cultural quarter. To mark this milestone, Allies and Morrison has curated a new public exhibition.

ProjectMIZA

Book / Complex City

Complex City is a detailed mapping of London’s historic layers, emerging from our work in characterisation studies. The book puts forward a new argument for character-based development.

ProjectZeus Building, Harwell

Project / White City PlaceThe changing face of White City

ProjectCanada Water Plot A1

Research / MakingBarbican Centre: Grain and Scale

The design and making of Barbican Centre: Grain and Scale. The experience of representing a project yet to be, and of experimentation and abstraction in architectural model-making.

Project / Canada Water MasterplanGreen and blue

Research / Universities as urban catalystsUrban opportunism and higher education

Urban opportunism and higher education: How has one urban university, across multiple sites in London, evolved as both a patron of architecture and a participant in urban regeneration?

Book / Citymakers: Pragmatics of the Picturesque

The Picturesque has come to influence how we look at and respond to the city. We investigate what the picturesque is, as both a theory of historic origins and as a practical design tool for urbanists.

ProjectClove Building