Make Architects is an international architecture practice headquartered in London that also has offices in offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Founded in 2004 by former Foster + Partners architect Ken Shuttleworth. The practice has a variety of projects including high-rise office buildings, large mixed-use schemes, urban masterplanning, sports and leisure, private and social housing, civic and education buildings, and interior design. The company is employee-owned and refers to its partners as "makers".
In 2016 the practice won the Architects' Journal AJ100 Employer of the Year Award and in 2014 won the AJ100 Practice of the Year Award.
The company's work has been nominated three times for Building Design magazine's Carbuncle Cup, an annual award for "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom". Nottingham University Jubilee Campus was runner-up in 2009,[1]The Cube in Birmingham was nominated in 2010, and the redevelopment of 5 Broadgate was nominated in 2016.[2]
