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Fitzhugh Auditorium Oxford

Conceived as a jewel to be discovered, the Fitzhugh Auditorium acts as a striking yet functional destination along the architectural narrative of the Cohen Quad. The distinct form of the hall serves as a utilitarian event space able to accommodate concerts, plays, events, dinners and lectures of up to 110 delegates in a light filled … Continued

Exeter College Cohen Quad Oxford

This project is a reinvention of the ‘Collegiate Quadrangle’: the academic, urban model that defines Oxford University and its ancient Colleges. Originating in the medieval monastery, Oxford’s Quads are both social and architectural structures, where a scholarly community lives and studies together. Typically, a College Quad is made up of conjoined buildings and cellular spaces … Continued

Graduate Studies Building Oxford

Within a wider materplan, our proposal for this Multipurpose College Building draws on the spirit and character of the College’s historic quads, reinterpreted to convey openness and integration with its garden context. A transparent, colonnaded base announces the ground floor social spaces. On arrival in the Entrance Court, visitors can see both the Porter’s Lodge … Continued

Humanities Department Oxford

Within a wider masterplan this Humanities Department is conceived as a pair of villas that responds to the typology and scale of the street’s large houses. The department’s new entrance addresses street in a similar manner to its Victorian neighbours. The two halves of the building share a ‘Great Hall’. This soaring space marks the … Continued

York Castle Museum York

In 2019 Alison Brooks Architects were shortlisted and won the design competition to create a masterplan and concept designs for the redevelopment of York Castle Museum. Alison Brooks Architects led our consultant team in assessing the Museum’s stable of 18th Century Grade 1 Listed and Grade A National Monument buildings, devising a strategy to clarify … Continued

M.K. Čiurlionis Concert Centre Kaunas, Lithuania

As part of an open design contest, Alison Brooks Architects submitted a concept design for Lithuania’s new €30M M.K. Čiurlionis Concert Centre in Kaunas. Our scheme offered an organic, poetic and integrated relationship between the Concert Centre, the banks of the Nemunas River, neighbouring Aleksotas and the City of Kaunas.

Science Museum Event Space London

Alison Brooks Architects were amongst a shortlist of five to design a new event space inside the Science Museum in South Kensington. The Science Museum is one of the most engaging museums in London and takes in all aspects of human ingenuity celebrating our tools, techniques, and man’s never-ending capacity for discovery. Our proposed scheme … Continued

Prototype Warehouse

This competition entry for a 1,250 m² warehouse represents a pioneering mass timber, low energy, zero waste system to create a universally adaptable work, distribution and exhibition space. Our super-structure proposition is a flexible cellular building system made of a ‘kit of parts.’

Olympicopolis: Sadler’s Wells & Smithsonian Stratford, London

Alison Brooks Architects were on one of six teams shortlisted to design a new cultural quarter at the London 2012 Olympic Park, expected to include new outposts of the V&A and Smithsonian museums. On a team with AECOM, Stanton Williams, AKT II, Asif Khan, Carmody Groarke, Charcoalblue and Haworth Tompkins, ABA designed the Sadler’s Wells and Smithsonian. The Sadler’s … Continued

Hay Castle Restoration Powys, Wales

Alison Brooks Architects was shortlisted to regenerate Hay Castle as a new epicentre for Hay’s literary and artistic culture. ABA’s proposal is underpinned by three interconnected ideas…

VXO House London

The concept of the VXO house was to create a ‘domestic campus’ of three buildings integrating landscape, expressive structural form and site-specific art into a visual and spatial narrative. The was achieved through three major interventions to an existing 1960’s house. A bright red structural V announces the transformation of the house, the X-Pavilion is … Continued

Bridgwater College Performing Arts Centre Somerset

Alison Brooks Architects’ competition proposal for a 2,500m² Performing Arts Centre for Bridgwater college aimed to create a memorable building which was connected with the history of the town but also pointed to an exciting future. Like the castle that once stood at the centre of Bridgwater, surrounded by a moat, ABA’s proposal is raised above the landscape … Continued

Open House Festival 2024 Tour of South Kilburn

Join us on Saturday, September 14th, for a guided walk through 20 years of the South Kilburn Regeneration Masterplan in North West London, led by the team at Alison Brooks Architects.

PR & Marketing Manager

We require an experienced and enthusiastic PR & Marketing Manager to manage all Public Relations activities for the Company. Reporting directly to Principal & Creative Director, the person should be outgoing, highly organised and passionate about architecture and the built environment. The position requires a high degree of responsibility, discretion and a proactive team focus. … Continued

Studio Coordinator / Receptionist

Alison Brooks Architects is looking for a studio coordinator/receptionist to join its growing studio in Kentish Town, London. The studio coordinator/receptionist will be the first point of contact for visitors, clients and staff so you will be committed to creating an excellent first impression for all visitors, have an eye for detail, can do attitude … Continued

Norwood Property Lunch

Alison Brooks was part of a panel discussion at Norwood’s 19th Annual Charity Lunch which raised £550,000.

Festival of the Future City Bath: Preserving Utopia

Alison Brooks will join a prestigious panel at the Festival of the Future City of Bath to discuss how Bath could evolve in the 21st century and how the city can preserve its UNESCO World Heritage status through new architecture, new infrastructure and welcome new populations.

Architectural Review: Women in Architecture

Alison Brooks Architects features in October’s Architectural Review among practices that have made a commitment to support and enable change through the Women in Architecture programme.

NLA – Toronto:London

Alison Brooks will open Toronto:London, NLA’s International Dialogue event examining and comparing the growth of the two global cities.

ABA on Science Museum shortlist

Alison Brooks Architects are among five teams shortlisted to design a new events space inside the Science Museum’s South Kensington headquarters.

Architects’ Journal

“Alison Brooks Architects and RCKa are among five teams shortlisted for a new events space inside the Science Museum’s South Kensington headquarters.

London Design Festival: The Smile

Alison Brooks Architects have designed an urban installation for this year’s London Design Festival that showcases the structural and spatial potential of cross–laminated hardwood, using American tulipwood. The Smile is a collaboration with AHEC, Arup and Merk.

Talk: Crafting Experience – A New Collegiate Architecture

Interni are presenting a series of events with leading voices in international architecture at Italian design flagship stores in London, in collaboration with ITA Italian Trade Agency and Salone del Mobile Milano. Alison Brooks gave a talk about ABA’s Cohen Quad at Exeter College, Oxford, which is currently under construction.

The Wish List Project at the V&A

Alison Brooks is one of ten architects who have commissioned ten emerging designers to create “the object they have always wanted but have never been able to find.”