The Tokyo-based firm, joined by BDP and MICA, won a high-profile competition with a shortlist that also included Selldorf Architects, Foster + Partners, and Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Now honored for a ‘radical’ housing complex for seniors, this is the second time that the firm has been awarded the UK’s top architecture prize following its 2013 win for the restoration of Astley Castle.
While the facade of the landmark 1960 building on Grosvenor Square remains familiar, much of the interior has been significantly altered in its conversion to the high-end Chancery Rosewood.
The London-based duo, who are featured speakers at RECORD’s forthcoming Sustainability in Practice conference, detail their thoughtful approach to the life of construction materials.
The New York firm’s scheme for the East Storehouse project at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park plunges visitors into the heart of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s deliriously eclectic collections.
