Allies and Morrison

Allies and Morrison
Practice information
Founded	1984

Abbey Mills Pumping Station, Stratford

Olympic Park Media Centre

Royal Festival Hall post refurbishment

Allies and Morrison is an architecture and planning practice based in London. It operates from its own studios in Southwark Street, the RIBA London Building of the year 2004.

Allies and Morrison has completed projects throughout the UK and is currently undertaking more internationally based work in Germany, Holland, India, Qatar and the Lebanon.

The practice is formed of two parts; Allies and Morrison Architects which focuses on architecture and design and Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners which focuses on planning, masterplanning consultation, conservation and research.

People

There are more than 250 people in the practice with over 40 different nationalities being represented.

The practice includes architects, urban designers, town planners, graphic designers, model makers, furniture, product and interior designers, as well as technical specialists.

Partners

• Antony Rifkin
• Bob Allies
• Chris Bearman
• David Amarasekera
• Graham Morrison
• Helen Hayes
• Joanna Bacon
• Josephine Saunders
• Paul Appleton
• Pauline Stockmans
• Robert Maxwell
• Simon Fraser

Studios

Workshop

The workshop produces models and prototypes which are seen as an intergral part of the design process as they are a direct means of exploring spatial, structural and formal issues.

The model makers combine traditional ways of making models by hand with the latest technologies such as 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC machining.

Graphics

The in-house graphics team support the architectural teams to produce reports, submissions, presentation and exhibition material for each project.

The graphics team design, lay out and produce all printed material for the practice, as well as developing branding, signage, wayfinding and colour palettes for built works.

Projects

Significant projects include the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, Kings Cross Central and the Legacy masterplan for London 2012

London

• Tate Britain public landscape
• Chelsea College of Art and Design at Millbank
• Royal Festival Hall refurbishment at the Southbank
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• BBC Media Village White City development
• Blue Fin Building, a new headquarters for IPC Media
• London Olympics Media Centre, East London
• New Court Rothschild Bank, City of London
• St Andrew's, Bromley-by-Bow
• Highbury Square, London
• Bankside 123, at Southbank
• Horniman Musuem, at Forest Hill
• Allies and Morrison own studios, at Southbank
• No1 Prince of Wales Road, London
• Abbey Mills Pumping Station, London
• Sarum Hall School, London
• Westfield, White City
• Westfield, Croydon
• South Place Hotel, London
• Sam Wananmaker Playhouse, Southbank
• Rambert, Southbank
• 100 Bishopsgate, City of London
• Kings Cross St Pancras, London Underground
• Kings Cross Central, London
• St Martins Court, at Paternoster Square
• The Guardian Newsroom, London
• RIBA Building, at Portland Place
• Scotch Malt Whiskey Society, London

Outside London

• British Embassy in Dublin
• Sidgwick Avenue masterplan and faculty buildings for the University of Cambridge
• One Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester
• Engineering Hun, at the University of Lincoln
• Simon Smith Building, at the University of Brighton
• Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
• The Rosie Hospital, at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge
• Hereford Retail Quarter, in Hereford
• The Centre:mk, in Milton Keynes
• Ericsson, Antsy Park, in Coventry
• Mint Hotel, in Leeds as part of Granary Wharf masterplan
• Paradise Steet, in Liverpool
• Sandbanks, in the Isle of Wight
• Welney Visitor Centre, in the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
• Fitwilliam College, at the University of Cambridge

International

• Coolsingel, in Rottadam, the Netherlands
• Heart of Doha, in Qatar
• Alila Bangalore, in India
• Sidra Village, in Doha
• Msheireb Masterplan, in Doha
• West Town, in Cario, Egypt
• New Town, in Abu Dubai
• Santa Chiara, in Pisa, Italy
• British Council, in Lagos, Nigeria
• African Institute of Science, in Abuja, Nigeria

Awards

The practice has won a total of 34 RIBA Awards, 17 Civic Trust Awards, 7 British Council for Offices Awards,

The refurbishment and renewal of the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2008, and the New Court Rothschild Headquarters was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2012.

External links

• www.alliesandmorrison.com