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