ALLFORD HALL MONAGHAN MORRIS

At Allford Hall Monaghan Morris we make buildings that are satisfying to use and beautiful to look at; an architecture that is defined by the experience of users who should be able to understand and use each building with ease and enjoyment.

We design very different buildings, for very different people to use in very different ways and, since our early days in the late 1980s, we have grown from four to over one hundred people and our budgets from a few thousand to tens of millions of pounds. The year 2008 was a particularly important year for the practice; Westminster Academy won over 15 design awards including the RIBA London Building of the Year and was short-listed for the Stirling Prize; Adelaide Wharf housing scheme won CABE’s Building for Life Award and a Housing Design Award; Barking Learning Centre was awarded the BCIA Local Authority Award; and AHMM was named Building Design’s Architect of the Year – The Richard Feilden Award.

Through our wide range of projects we search for the opportunities in every site, budget and programme and pursue a pragmatic, analytical and collaborative working method to produce a responsive, intelligent and delightful architecture. This clarity facilitates discussion of our approach between all parties: clients, architects, collaborators, constructors and users. Our aesthetic approach is shaped by our working method.

If a design concept is clear and logical, the resulting building will express its function in a clear and logical way; it will be easy to recognise and enjoyable to use. We innovate because we know that innovation is as much about finding simpler ways of doing things better as it is about finding new things to do.

Over nineteen years this way of seeing the world has allowed us to make architecture which resonates with our clients, some critics and changing constructional techniques. Our success is reflected in the winning of many competitions and numerous design awards for houses, apartments, schools, sports and exhibition buildings, healthcare facilities, offices and the odd bus station, art gallery and now, interestingly, hybrids of many of the above.

We are part of a team where each member has a vital role, but most importantly we enjoy working with anybody who shares our belief that architecture can make a positive, inspirational but never overbearing contribution to the world around us.

British Pavilion

Expo'88 Brisbane, Australia, West Pier Competition_1988

Paternoster Alternative

The Architecture Foundation, London, Paternoster _1990

American Embassy Exhibition Space

US Embassy, London, Various_1990

Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy of Arts, London
Melvin Apartment, London_1991

RIBA Under 50K

RIBA, London, Various_1992

Fumihiko Maki

RIBA, London, Various_1993

Europan

RIBA, London, Various_1993

Designing for Doctors

BMA Headquarters & RIBA, London
North Croydon Medical Centre_1993

Strangely Familiar','Products of Desire 2' and 'Architectural Horizons'.

RIBA, London, Various_1993

Itsuko Hasegawa

Barlett UCL, London, Various_1994

New British Architecture

(touring exhibition)The Architecture Foundation, London,

The Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Arc en Reve, Bordeaux,

Aedes Gallery, Berlin & Architecture Centre, Berlin. Various_1994

Live-in Room House

The Architecture Foundation, London, Various_1994

Designing for Doctors

RIBA London & BMA
North Croydon Medical Centre_1995

Whose house is it anyway?

ARAM Designs Ltd, Various_1995

Energy Conscious Architecture, Dublin, Various_1995

Project 2045 Exhibition

Design Council, London, Various_1995

Architecture Tomorrow

Building Design Centre, London, Various_1996

RIBA The Architects' Journal's- Millennium Festival

Architecture Foundation, Various_1996

São Paulo Architectural Biennale 'Work: Twenty British Practices'

São Paulo, Brazil, AHMM practice_1997

Work and Learn Zone

Millenium Dome, London, Work and Learn Zone_1999

New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Japan

Art Front Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Notley Green Primary School & Walsall Bus Station_2002

Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy of Arts London, The White House_2004

Prefaboulous London

New London Architecture, Raines Court & MoMo_2005

Amercian Institute of Architecture
Barbican Centre, Raines Court & Crown Street Buildings, Leeds_2005

5th Anniversay of The Better Public Building Award

London Gallery. Organised by Architecture Week and CABE
Raines Court_2005

Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy of Arts, London
Minories model, Unity, Liverpool_2005

The Changing Face of London- permanent exhibition

New London Architecture
Westminster Academy, Barking Central I,

Farmiloes Building, Latitude House & Union, Square_2005

Capital Health, London's New Health Estate

New London Architecture

Kentish Town Integrated Care Centre_2007

Sustainable Living,Design Competition & Exhibition

New London Architecture, Templar & Monsoon Building-2006

Architecture on the Ramp: Facing the Façade

Royal College of Arts, Monsoon HQ_2006

Thames Gateway

Architectural Association (AA), London, Barking_2006

Lab 250 Club

London Architecture Biennale, Farmiloes_2006

Turning the Tide

New London Architecture, Barking Central I 2/09/06

Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy of Arts, London
Barking Central, New Cross Gate & Blacfriars_2006

Tall Stories Exhibition

CUBE Gallery, Manchester, Unity, Liverpool_2006

Architecture on the Ramp: Facing the Façade

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Monsoon HQ_2007

On the Threshold the changing face of Housing

Victoria & Albert Museum & RIBA, London
Crown Street Buildings, Leeds_2007

Public City

New London Architecture

Barking Central I & II and Monsoon HQ_2007

Unity

RIBA, Liverpool, Unity, Liverpool_2007

Tall Stories Exhibition

RIBA, Liverpool, Unity, Liverpool_2007

Sustainable London

New London Architecture, Adelaide Wharf_2007

In Your backyard

Ideal Home Exhibition, Barking_2007

Summer Exhibition

Royal Academy, University of Amsterdam_2007

Scratching the Surface by London Architects

Building Centre Trust, Sunshine House_2007

Adelaide Wharf

New London Architecture, London Waterways_2008

Barbican

National Theatre / RIBA Arts Space of the Future_2008

Various projects

RIBA, London, Architects in Practice_2008

Adelaide Wharf

New London Architecture_London Waterways_2008

Barbican Centre

National Theatre

Various projects

RIBA, London, Architects in Practice_2008

Various projects

New London Architecture, Des Res, London's Housing Challenge

Various projects

New London Architecture, London Town's_2008

Various projects

World Architecture Festival 2008, Barcelona, Spain
World Architecture Festival Exhibition_2008