Monday, September 14, 2009
John McAslan + Partners
John McAslan + Partners is a leading architectural and design practice with a broad portfolio of award-winning British and international architecture, generated by its offices in London, Manchester, and Moscow. Having established an early reputation for rational, highly detail conscious design that delivered strikingly innovative buildings, the practice is carrying this approach even more boldly into new projects in every sector.
The ability to deliver outstanding architecture was established with major buildings including Apple Computers' European Corporate Headquarters at Stockley Park, and commercial buildings for London Merchant Securities, Great Portland Estates, and Olympia and York. The practice was the first British architects to complete a major building at Canary Wharf, and won the International Brunel Award for the design of Redhill Station.
Today, John McAslan + Partners has a strong reputation for delivering newbuild architecture, and giving vibrant and sustainable life to old and historic buildings through adaptive interventions. The practice was declared Architect of the Year and Masterplanning Architect of the Year for 2006 by the Architects Journal. It continues to win RIBA Building of the Year awards, and was named as AJ's Architectural Practice of the Year in 1998, 1999, and 2002.
In many of its schemes, the practice – using up to 10% of its pretax profits – has set up linked pro bono community to involve local young people in projects. A separate trust fund has funded a variety of additional schemes in Britain and abroad through the McAslan/ICE Bursary scheme, administered by the RIBA, which supports young architects and engineers in small-scale, innovative design and cultural projects.
John McAslan + Partners website