6a architects

Established in 2001, 6a architects is associated with projects for cultural institutions such as art galleries, collaborations with artists and residential buildings.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-05|title=Interview: Tom Emerson & Stephanie Macdonald, 6a architects|url=https://somethingcurated.com/2017/04/05/interview-tom-emerson-stephanie-macdonald-6a-architects/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Something Curated|language=en-GB}} It was founded by life and business partners Stephanie Macdonald and Tom Emerson, who met at the Royal College of Art in 1994. Speaking on why they decided to form the practice, Macdonald has said that it was as a way to balance the responsibilities of childcare and work, after their son was born in 1999.{{Cite web|last=Astbury|first=Jon|date=2018-02-07|title=Stephanie Macdonald of 6a: 'I am so impressed by the generations of women coming after me'|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/stephanie-macdonald-of-6a-i-am-so-impressed-by-the-generations-of-women-coming-after-me|access-date=2021-07-16|website=The Architects' Journal|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Roux|first=Caroline|date=2021-02-20|title='Zaha Hadid couldn't stand being called a woman architect - I've never given a damn'|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/property-and-architecture/zaha-hadid-couldnt-stand-called-woman-architect-never-given/|access-date=2021-07-16|issn=0307-1235}}

The practice's first project was a showroom in Mayfair for the online fashion retailer Oki-ni.{{Cite journal|last=Lloyd|first=Joe|date=November 2018|title=History in the Making|journal=Icon|pages=106–112}} This was followed by several projects involving art galleries including Raven Row gallery in East London in 2009 and the expansion of the South London Gallery in 2010.{{Cite web|last=Kucharek|first=Jan-Carlos|title=6a|url=https://www.ribaj.com/culture/6a-the-besties|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.ribaj.com|language=en}} The practice was enlisted to work on the South London Gallery Fire Station, completed in 2018.{{Cite web|title=The Radical Cosiness of South London Gallery's New Fire Station Annexe {{!}} Frieze|url=https://www.frieze.com/article/radical-cosiness-south-london-gallerys-new-fire-station-annexe|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Frieze|date=20 September 2018 |language=en}} Subsequently, the practice designed the new MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, which opened in 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-05|title=MK Gallery review – utterly, thrillingly Milton Keynesian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/05/mk-gallery-review-milton-keynes|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-17|title=Top 10 architecture of 2019|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/17/top-10-architecture-of-2019|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The Guardian|language=en}} The gallery was listed in second place in The Guardian's top ten architecture 2019 list and at number one in Rowan Moore's 'top 5 buildings of 2019' in The Observer.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-29|title=Rowan Moore's best architecture of 2019|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/29/rowan-moore-best-architecture-of-2019|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The Guardian|language=en}} International projects have included multi-use towers in the Hafen district of Hamburg, Germany, completed in 2020.

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The practice has received several awards, nominations and been on various shortlists.{{Cite web|title=6a architects|url=http://www.6a.co.uk/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.6a.co.uk|language=en}} For Juergen Teller's studio, the practice was awarded the RIBA London Building of the Year 2017, a RIBA National Award, a RIBA regional award and it was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling prize.{{Cite web|title=Juergen Teller's studio and five other buildings shortlisted for architecture's Stirling Prize|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/riba-stirling-prize-juergen-teller-architecture-200717|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.itsnicethat.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/photography-studio-for-juergen-teller_o |title=Photography Studio for Juergen Teller|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.architectmagazine.com}} It was awarded the Woods Award for Coastal House in Devon. There have also been three nominations for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies Van der Rohe Award, in 2011, 2013 and 2015. The Evening Standard listed Macdonald and Emerson on London's most influential people in 2018 in the category of architecture. The practice was cited as one of Domus's best architecture firms in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Best Architecture Firms 2020|url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/speciali/best-architecture-firms-2020.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.domusweb.it|language=en-gb}}

Founders Macdonald and Emerson were both appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Years Honours for their services to architecture.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-04|title=The full list of everyone recognised in the New Year's Honours list|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/new-years-honours-list-2021-full-who-mbe-obe-cbe-knight-dame-812813|access-date=2021-07-16|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-31|title=David Chipperfield and Yinka Ilori recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/12/31/david-chipperfield-yinka-ilori-new-year-honours/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Dezeen|language=en}}

• Oki-ni, Savile Row, London, 2001
• Raven Row, Contemporary Art Exhibition Centre, Spitalfields, London, 2009
• South London Gallery, London, 2010
• Fashion Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2012
• Romney's House, Hampstead, London, 2012
• Tree House, London, London, 2013
• Façade for Paul Smith, Albemarle Street, London, 2013
• Studio for Juergen Teller, London, 2016
• Cowan Court, Churchill College Cambridge, 2015–16
• Black Stone Building, London, 2017
• Coastal House, Devon, 2017
• Blue Mountain School, London, 2018
• MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 2019
• Housing, Hafen City, Hamburg, 2020
• A2-B2, Design District London, 2021
• Bedford House Community Centre, London 2021

• Never Modern by 6a architects and Irénée Scalbert, Park Books, Zurich, 2013, {{isbn|978-3-906027-24-1}}
• 6a architects 2009–17, El Croquis, no. 192, 2017, {{isbn|978-84-947754-0-6}}
• 6a architects 2001–22, A+U, no. 623, 2022, {{isbn|978-4900212800}}

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• [http://www.6a.co.uk Practice website]

Category:Architecture firms based in London

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Category:2001 establishments in England