An archive of our monthly newsletters
Oct 2025Newsletter
Sep 2025Circular Construction
David gave a presentation at the 2025 Architect's Journal Retrofit Live conference about circular construction in our project for the S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium. Under the rubric of Jiujitsu Urbanism, David described taking the existing materials and context of a site and using them as a quarry for the creation of something new. ‘The energy is already there, coming to you, and your role as an architect is to redeploy it.’ Read the write up of the conference and David's contribution on the Architect's Journal website here.
Aug 2025Hasselt Opening
The beguinage in Hasselt, Belgium, a major project in collaboration with Bovenbouw Architecten, has achieved completion. A public opening was held on 24th August with guests gathering in the newly transformed church ruin to hear speeches from the town mayor, regional politicians and the rector of the university followed by a musical celebration. David Kohn will be giving the opening lecture of the academic year at the architecture faculty of Hasselt University on 13th September to celebrate moving into the building. The project is due for publication at the end of the year.
Jul 2025We are hiring
With a number of UK projects moving into their next phases and several new international projects, we are now hiring at all levels. Please view our dedicated careers webpage here and follow links to opportunities for a senior architect, studio manager, project architect and Part 1 and 2 architectural assistants. We can only consider applications made through our dedicated careers website - please do not send emails. We look forward to hearing from you.
Jun 2025RA Summer Exhibition 2025
A drawing of the tower at the Gradel Quadrangles by David Kohn has been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This is the ninth occasion work by the studio has been selected in what is the world's largest, and oldest, open submission exhibition - see all years here. Anyone can enter and the work is selected by Royal Academicians. The exhibition is open from 17 June to 17 August 2025. Visit the RA webpage here for more details.
May 2025Milan Lecture 19.05.25
David will be giving a lecture in Milan on 19th May as part of Italian architecture journal, Casabella's 'Laboratorio' series. The occasion coincides with the publication of New College in the April issue 968: "Ways of Living". Massimo Curzi writes, "Knowing the ambition and culture of the English architect, the extremely challenging project could be seen as an important turning point in his very personal professional career." For more information visit the Casabella website here. The lecture is open to the public and all are welcome.
Apr 2025Gradel Quads Press
"With its Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford, David Kohn Architects has created a striking, sinuous addition that teases and plays innovatively with materials, building techniques and architectural forms" Rob Wilson, Architect's Journal 20.03.25
The completion of the £55M Gradel Quadrangles has been widely covered in the press:
The Guardian
Architect’s Journal
RIBA Journal
Building Design
Wallpaper*
Metropolis
Visit our website page for further project details.
Mar 2025SMAK in A+
"There must be few missions more complex than the project for the new S.M.A.K." writes Pieter T’Jonck in the current Belgian architecture magazine A+ about our ongoing work to expand the museum in Ghent. Won in collaboration with NoA Architecten and Asli Ciçek through an international design competition in 2024, our proposal includes retaining all materials on site to be repurposed - likely to be one of the largest circular construction cultural projects in Europe. Read more about Issue 311, "Circular Plans," at the A+ website here.
Feb 2025Hamburg Synagogue
David Kohn Architects has been selected to take part in a major international design competition for the reconstruction of the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1938. In collaboration with Hoehler+Partners and Wirtz Landscape a proposal for this challenging project will be submitted next month. This builds on our mixed-use campus designs such as New College, Oxford and our work in Germany. Photo: the team visiting Hamburg in January.
Jan 2025Paris Showcase
Happy new year! Wishing all our clients, collaborators and friends a successful start to 2025. To kick off, our work will be showcased in an exhibition at the British Ambassador's residence in Paris from 22-23 January. Scale models and drawings of our Gradel Quadrangles project for New College Oxford will be on display during the event. If you would like to attend please RSVP here. For more details about New College please visit our project webpage.