AOC are a practice of architects and designers based in London.
We engage with communities and their cultures to make designs that are useful, valuable and joyful.
We work with our clients, collaborating with users and other experts, to develop new briefs for contemporary challenges.
We use resources inventively to optimise the use of energy and minimise the emission of carbon.
We deliver proposals that are particular to the forms, materials and myths of their place.
Contact
AOC Architecture Ltd
+44 (0)20 7739 9950
studio@theaoc.co.uk
London
Unit 61, Regents Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London E8 4QN
North Yorkshire
Whitehouse, Sedbusk, Hawes, North Yorkshire DL8 3PX
Insta-news
@aocarchitecture
Director
Tom Coward, BA(Hons) MA (RCA) ARB RIBA FHEA FRSA
Tom co-founded AOC in 2005 and leads a range of public and private projects with particular expertise in schools, libraries and dementia care. He studied at University of Nottingham and the Royal College of Art. He has lectured and taught internationally, including the Architectural Association, was the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale University and leads an MArch design studio at Kingston University, where he is undertaking a PhD by practice. He is an RIBA Client Advisor and a member of the Southwark, Croydon and Harrow Design Review Panels, as well as providing design advice to Haringey and Greenwich Council.
Director
Gill Lambert, BA(Hons) BArch ARB RIBA
Gill joined AOC in 2008 and has been responsible for designing and delivering a range of cultural institutions, exhibitions and homes. She studied architecture at the Hull School of Architecture and the University of Westminster. For her final thesis project she won the RIBA Silver Medal, the SOM Travel Award and the Sergeant Prize for Drawing. She leads an MArch design studio at University of Westminster and is a member of the RIBA validation panel.
Director
Geoff Shearcroft, BA(Hons) MA (RCA) ARB RIBA
Geoff co-founded AOC in 2005 and leads a variety of public and private projects with particular experience working on cultural institutions, performing arts, social infrastructure and placemaking. He studied at University of Nottingham and the Royal College of Art. He has lectured and taught internationally, including London Metropolitan University from 2006–16, was the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale University and leads an MArch design studio at University of Westminster. He is chair of the Thames Valley Design Review Panel, has been a member of various Design Review Panels in London and south England, has served on competition juries and publishes articles on architecture and design.
Associate & Technical Lead
Nick Silk, BSc(Hons) BA(Hons) DipArch(Dist) ARB
Nick joined AOC in 2021, bringing over 12 years of professional experience delivering critically acclaimed housing and community projects from inception to completion. Prior to AOC, he was at Mae and RH Partnership. Nick initially studied Engineering Design & Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University before arriving at London Metropolitan University to study architecture where he achieved all three parts with distinction.
Associate
Hannah Stringer, BSc DipArch ARB
Hannah joined AOC in 2016 and has worked with cultural and educational institutions throughout the UK. She is currently leading the team redeveloping The National Archives at Kew and delivering a new museum open store for the National Railway Museum, County Durham. Prior to joining AOC she worked on York Royal Theatre with DMR. Hannah studied at Cardiff University and London Metropolitan University.
Associate
Bryony Martin, BSc MArch ARB
Bryony joined AOC in 2016 and has delivered a range of projects that meet contemporary needs in historically sensitive sites. She was project architect for the Crafts Council Gallery and Hampstead Studio House and is currently leading the team for Stonehenge learning centre for English Heritage in a World Heritage Site and the transformation of Lloyds Register of Shipping’s Grade II* headquarters to provide a gallery, archive and workspace. She also has particular experience designing for dementia care.
Senior Architect & ICT Lead
Jay King, BA(Hons) MArch ARB
Jay joined AOC in 2016 and has delivered a diverse range of public projects. He was project architect for the School Green Centre, a cultural and community centre in Shinfield, Berkshire, and is currently leading the team for the redevelopment of the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford. Jay studied at Kingston University where he achieved distinction at Masters level.
Practice Manager
Mitra Assadpour,
Mitra is responsible for the management of the practice, including finances, HR, policy and the studio. Her background combines the management of design offices with financial expertise and an understanding of all aspects of design, with a Foundation in Interior Design at University of West London. She joined AOC as Practice Manager following 10 years experience working in design, fashion and the creative industries.
Studio
Elise Billings-Evans BEng(Hons) BSc(Hons) MArch
Jaspal Channa BArch(Hons) MArch ARB
Alifiyah Jariwala BA(Hons) MArch
Angel Madix BA(Hons) MArch
Richard Morrison BA(Hons) MArch
Kyu Sung Pai BA(Hons) MA(RCA)
Freya Spencer-Wood BArch MSc
Harry Tindale BA(Hons) MA(RCA)
Alex Watson BA(Hons)
Nicole Williams BA(Hons) MArch ARB
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AOC is an accredited London Living Wage Employer and an Equal Opportunities Employer. We actively seek and encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.
Awards
- Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2024
- Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2024
- Public Building Architect of the Year shortlisted 2024
- New London Awards shortlisted 2024
- AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlisted 2024
- World Architecture Festival INSIDE: Public Buildings shortlisted 2024
- RIBA Regional (South) Award 2024
- AIA UK Design Awards Medium Project Commendation 2024
- Civic Trust Regional Finalist (South East) 2024
- Civic Trust Regional Finalist (Greater London) 2024
- Public Building Architect of the Year shortlisted 2023
- New London Awards, Housing shortlisted 2023
- AJ Architecture Awards, Civic Project, shortlisted 2023
- The Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year, shortlisted 2023
- New London Awards, Best Workplace 2022
- New London Awards, Best Cultural Building shortlisted 2022
- W Awards, MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice, Hannah Stringer, shortlisted 2022
- RIBA Regional Award shortlisted 2022
- Don't Move, Improve! Unique Character Award 2022
- AJ Retrofit Awards: Workplace Fit-out highly commended 2022
- AJ Retrofit Awards: Cultural and Religious shortlisted 2022
- Brick Awards shortlisted 2021
- Housing Design Awards shortlisted 2021
- RIBA Regional Award 2017
- McEwen Award ‘Architecture for the Common Good’ shortlisted 2017
- Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award finalist 2016
- AJ Retrofit Award Best Cultural Building 2016
- Blueprint Awards Best Public-use project nomination 2016
- Housing Design Award 2016
- SCONUL Library Design Awards nomination 2015
- Green Flag Award Best Green Spaces in the UK 2015
- New London Architecture, Best Public Building nomination 2015
- New London Architecture, New ideas for housing competition nomination 2015
- Icon Interior of the Year shortlisted 2014
- World Architecture Festival, Future Masterplan: NW Cambridge 2014
- Civic Trust London Award nomination 2016
- New London Architecture, ‘Don’t move, improve’, commendation 2013
- Brick Awards, Best Education Building nomination 2012
- New London Architecture, Best Education Building nomination 2012
- Mendip Building Excellence Awards, Best domestic extension nomination 2012
- WAN 21 Architects for 21st Century nomination 2012
- AJ Small Projects Award nomination 2010
- Young Architect of the Year Awards nomination 2008
- Young Architect of the Year Awards nomination 2005
- AJ Corus / 40 Architects Under 40 Winner 2005
Press
- Architects' Journal, 27 August 2024, Doing the locomotion: AOC’s National Railway Museum addition, Rob Wilson
- RIBA Journal, 18 June 2024, AOC’s expanded Locomotion is an engine shed with a difference, John Jervis
- Building Design, 12 June 2024, In pictures: AOC’s new railway museum building in the North East
- Museums Journal, 28 May 2024, Railway museum Locomotion opens new building
- Rail Business Daily, 23 May 2024, Locomotion’s £8 million New Hall opens
- FX, 27 February 2024, Play Spaces - Playing out, Veronica Simpson
- Time Out, 24 January 2024, Cute
- Evening Standard, 24 January 2024, Cute exhibition at Somerset House: Sickeningly interesting and knowingly Instagrammable
- RIBA Journal, 22 January 2024, CUTE is a delight for the senses but has a darker complexity
- RIBA Journal, 12 December 2023, Favourite books: Geoff Shearcroft selects Jeremy Deller's 'Art is Magic'
- Architects' Journal, 4 October 2023, Case study: School Green Centre
- Architecture Today, 16 August 2023, School Green Centre
- RIBA Journal, 7 July 2023, School children help make Young V&A a place of wonder and delight, Pamela Buxton
- The Observer, 2 July 2023, Young V&A review: Child's play with added wonder, Rowan Moore
- Architects' Journal, 28 June 2023, Marionettes to Minecraft: De Matos Ryan and AOC transform Young V&A, Rob Wilson
- Building Design, 28 June 2023, Young V&A by De Matos Ryan and AOC, Ben Flatman
- Design Week, 28 June 2023, Designing for children is designing for everyone: shaping the Young V&A, Abbey Bamford
- The Guardian, 27 June 2023, Young V&A review: ‘The cobwebs have been truly blown away’, Oliver Wainwright
- The Evening Standard, 27 June 2023, At last, London has a museum that is truly for kids instead of just about them, Nick Clark
- Wallpaper, 27 June 2023, Young V&A crafted as a ‘joyful’ space for children and families, Ellie Stathaki
- The Independent, 26 June 2023, It’s like a playdate at the grandest house in the UK, Charlotte Cripps
- Financial Times, 26 June 2023 Young V&A’s architectural overhaul is striking and joyful, Edwin Heathcote
- The Telegraph, 26 June 2023, The Young V&A is the best museum for children that my family has ever seen, Robbie Collin
- The Observer, 30 April 2023, Where Lidl meets idyll, a civic place for all, Rowan Moore
- Modern House, 25 January 2023, How Robin and Bronwen Burgess created a haven overlooking Hampstead Heath
- RIBA Journal, 4 August 2022, AOC wraps a forest-inspired extension around a north-east London home
- The Daily Telegraph, 18 June 2022, How Britain's suburbs got cool, Anna White
- Evening Standard, 18 May 2022, Inside a playful north-east London extension inspired by Epping Forest, Anna White
- The Modern House, 13 April 2022, Joyful home in east London is a homage to Epping Forest – and is full of colour and spirit, Billie Brand
- Wallpaper, 9 March 2022, Forest House celebrates colour, nature and family life, Ellie Stathaki
- Architectural Review, March 2022, National Archives in London, Ellie Duffy
- Financial Times, 13 July 2021, Crafts Council celebrates refitted gallery with a hugely enjoyable show, Edwin Heathcote
- RIBA Journal, 21 July 2021, AOC’s reworked Craft Council Gallery is tactile but not too folksy, Pamela Buxton
- FX, 12 July 2021, Responsible, sustainable, pandemic-proof regeneration schemes, Veronica Simpson
- Architects' Journal, 30 June 2021, AOC redevelops Crafts Council Gallery as hybrid public space, Rob Wilson
- Museums' Journal, May/June 2021, Crafters' companion, Emma Shepley
- Deutsche Bauzeitung, January 2021, Fantasievoll gewöhnlich. Wohnhausensemble in London, Jay Merrick
- Architects' Journal, October 2020, AOC maintains good habits at Nunhead, Rob Wilson
- AJ Specification, September 2020, The National Archives, Kew
- RIBA Journal, 8 July 2020, Rethink: The post-pandemic view for galleries and museums
- Grand Designs, April 2020, The benefits of taking a different approach, Pamela Buxton,
- Observer Design, 19 January 2020, Learning from Play, Bethan Ryder,
- FX, 8 November 2017, Open Source, Veronica Simpson
- The Guardian, 13 May 2017, Build your grand design for a humble price, Julia Kollewe
- Architects' Journal, 25 January 2017, How AOC carefully unpicked the architectural history of Southwark Park Primary School, Laura Mark
- Sunday Times, 17 July 2016, Keep it constructive, Melanie Wright & Alexander Goss
- Architects’ Journal, 6 April 2016, The Green, Nunhead, Jay Merrick
- The Observer, 28 February 2016, The Green, Nunhead review – happiness on a low budget, Nunhead, Rowan Moore
- FX, 22 February 2016, Bringing libraries back to life, Veronica Simpson
- Architecture Today, February 2016, The Green, Nunhead, Dieter Kleiner
- Museums Journal, July/August 2015, Wellcome Collection, London, Mark Carnall
- World of Interiors, April 2015, Reading Room
- Blueprint, No.338, 2015, Reading Room at the Wellcome Collection
- The Telegraph, 19 February 2015, The Wellcome Collection’s dramatic new look, Caroline Roux
- Icon Magazine, February 2015, Wellcome Collection Reading Room, Christopher Turner
- Financial Times, 19 December 2014, The Reading Room at The Wellcome Collection, Edwin Heathcote
- Architects’ Journal, 1 August 2014, Bonhôte House, Case Study
- Sunday Times, 13 April 2014, Stand out from the crowd, Hugh Graham
- World of Interiors, April 2014, Ripple effect, Timothy Brittain-Catlin
- Architect’s Journal, 29 August 2013, The thinking man’s BSF, Rory Olycato
- Architects' Journal, 29 August 2013, Off with the motley, Langley Hall Primary Academy
- VICE, 25 January 2013, The Future of Architecture, Eddie Blake
- Architectural Review, January 2012, Two London schools: Cottrell & Vermeulen, Agents of Change compared, Cany Ash and Robert Sakula
- Building Design, 30 November 2011, Spa School, Oliver Wainwright
- Icon Magazine, October 2010, Remixing London: AOC Splices the City, Will Wyles
- The Independent, 23 April 2010, The Inbetweeners: A new breed of architects is making the most of cramped city plots, Jay Merrick
- PLOT no.1, 2010, New Practices in London, Florencia Rodriguez
- Icon Magazine, May 2009, Profile: AOC, Oliver Wainwright
- The Observer, 21 June 2009, The young generation with a new vision to build Britain, Geraldine Bedell
- Grand Designs, October 2008, The Brit List
- Building Design, 18 July 2008, Public Platform, Ellis Woodman
- Iconeye, 17 July 2008, The Lift Pavilion, Johanna Agerman
- Evening Standard, 17 June 2008, Welcome to the Temporary City, Rowan Moore
- Financial Times, 12 January 2008, We design buildings to be misused, Edwin Heathcote
- Concept, January 2008, Birnbeck Leisure Pier
- London Lite, 27 November 2007, Eco-home takes root in Square
- The Observer, 25 November 2007, The Future 500 Rising Stars: Art & Design
- Architects' Journal, 18 October 2007, *Contemporary Terraced Housing Types, *Andrew Mead
- Architect’s Journal, 20 September 2007, Exhibition: New Practices London, Enrique Gualberto Ramirez,
- UK’s Young Guns Hit New York, Jo Rippon, Building Design, 28 August 2007
- GQ Style, Autumn / Winter 2007, Street Smart
- Wallpaper*, September 2007, *New Practices London’ Exhibition *
- RIBA Journal, August 2007, Brief Encounter, Jan-Carlos Kucharek
- GQ Style, Spring / Summer 2007, Blueprint for London – Post-plastic
- Architectural Record, February 2007, Lift Parliament, John Gendall
- Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2006
- Architects’ Journal, 27 July 2006, Early Years Centre, Friars Primary School, Jay Merrick
- Marmalade, Issue 9, March 2006, Fave Four, Elias Redstone
- ES Magazine, Evening Standard, February 2006, Brit Young Things - The Hot List
- i-D Magazine, February 2006, I Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
- A10 New European Architecture, January/February 2006, Fiddlin’ With The Roof
- Building Design, 2 December 2005, Young Architect of the Year Award, Ellis Woodman
- Grand Designs, October 2005, Eye Opener, Claire Barrett
- Elle Decoration, October 2005, Little Extras, Mary Miller
- Guardian, 6 August 2006, ‘Gang of Four’ Architects Take on Old Guard, Jonathan Glancey,
- The Times, 19 July 2005, The Shape of Things to Come, Tom Dyckhoff
- Architects’ Journal, 16 June 2005, *AJ Corus/ 40 Under 40 *
- Sunday Times, 12 June 2005, The Director’s Hut, Hugh Pearman
- Arena Pour Homme, April 2005, Shenzen
- Building Design, 3 June 2005, First Look: All-Singing, All-Dancing Garden Shed, Will Hurst
- Wettbewerbe Aktuell, 2 May 2005, Neues Architekturzentrum London
- The Observer, 16 January 2005, Seven Stairways To Heaven, Deyan Sudjic
- The New York Times, 13 January 2005, Architect Gets Her Due In Recognition At Home, Alan Riding
- Telegraph, 12 January 2005, Architects hunt for a home To Be Proud Of, Giles Worsley,
- The Independent, 12 January 2005, Doing it for themselves, Jay Merrick
- The Observer, 2 January 2005, The Best and The Brightest 2005: Hot Brits, The architects AOC, Charlotte Williamson
Books
- Building Southwark: Architecture and Regeneration in a London Borough, Kenneth Powell, Merrell, March 2025
- House London, White Lion Publishers, Ellie Stathaki, 2022
- Multiform: Architecture in an age of transition (Architectural Design), Owen Hopkins, Erin McKellar, Wiley, 2021
- Less is a Bore: Postmodern Architecture, Owen Hopkins, Phaidon, 2020
- Designs of our Time: 10 Years of Designs of the Year, Deyan Sudjic, Design Museum Publishing, 2019
- Post-Modern Buildings in Britain, Elaine Harwood, Geraint Franklin, Batsford, 2017
- New Architects 3: Britain’s Best Emerging Architects, Architecture Foundation, Merrell, 2016
- New Arcadians: Emerging UK Architects, Lucy Bullivant, Merrell, 2012
- British Interior Design, Michelle Galindo, Braun, 2010
- Worldwide Architecture, The next generation, ed. L.P.Puglisi, UTET Scienze Tecniche, 2010
- Event Design, Links Books, Barcelona, 2009
- The BLDGBLOG Book, Geoff Manaugh, Chronicle, San Francisco, 2010
- Hatch: The new architectural generation, Kieran Long, Laurence King, London, 2008
- Density Projects: 36 New Concepts on Collective Housing, A+T, Madrid, 2008
- Spacecraft: Fleeting architecture & hideouts, L. Feireiss, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2007
Talks
- Bruno Latour symposium, Kingston University, 2023, We have always been Hybrid, Panel Chair, Tom Coward
- Welsh School of Architecture, 2023, Designing for young people with autism, Geoff Shearcroft
- Ebbsfleet Cultural Placemaking Showcase, 2023, Whitecliffe's Social Infrastructure, Geoff Shearcroft
- Creative Estuary Symposium: Planning for Culture, 2023, Cultural colocation in Ebbsfleet, Geoff Shearcroft
- Creativity Symposium, Kingston University, 2023, Looking for a tonic to computational bad-being, Tom Coward
- Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts Conference, 2022, Co-designing a new Architecture curriculum during a pandemic, Tom Coward
- Edinburgh Society of Architects, 2022, Sitting in the City, Tom Coward
- Welsh School of Architecture, 2022, Southwark Heritage Centre & Walworth Library, Tom Coward
- Oxford Architecture Society, 2022, Architecture is a verb, Tom Coward
- Techne Congress, 2022, Shape Newham: Re-enchantment with the Public realm through the collective imagination, Tom Coward
- Society of Architectural Historians GB, 2020, The provocative role of the domestic archive, Tom Coward
- KU Leven, 2020, Time in Unit 9; Techniques and tools of the researcher, Tom Coward
- AMPS, Florida State University, 2020, Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments, Tom Coward
- Kingston School of Art, 2019, Stranger Things: Designs for diverse publics, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal College of Art, 2019, Designs for a deliberative democracy, Geoff Shearcroft
- Kingston University, 2019, Invention in Action Symposium, Tom Coward, Creativity Researchers
- Kingston Museum / London Doctoral Design Centre, 2019, Another Land: Save our Fields, Tom Coward
- Sir John Soane Museum, London, 2018, Postmodern Legacies: Geoff Shearcroft interviews Dirk Somers
- International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2018, Places of performance: New Directions, Geoff Shearcroft
- The London Society, 2018, Why design in the 21st century?, Tom Coward
- Nottingham University, 2018, 20 years – from here to here, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal Academy of Arts. 2018, Towards an architecture of conversation, Tom Coward
- Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 2017, Great British Buildings: Civic, Geoff Shearcroft
- Brighton School of Architecture & Design, 2017, Critical Practice, Tom Coward
- Brighton Architecture Series, 2017, Twin talks; Lost & Found, Tom Coward, The Pier
- Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2017, The City of Tomorrow, Tom Coward, Beijing Design Week
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, 2016, Putting the Green back into the Green, Tom Coward
- Norwich University, 2016, Impractical Completion, Geoff Shearcroft
- Lincoln School of Architecture, 2016, Contented space, Tom Coward
- University of Kent, 2016, Messy Bits, Gill Lambert
- Cass School of Art & Architecture, 2015, An architecture of things, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft,
- Kingston University, 2015, Some current projects, Tom Coward
- Aarhus School of Architecture, 2015, Trust in the maker, Gill Lambert
- University of Newcastle, 2014, Curating and Constructing, Geoff Shearcroft
- University of Cambridge, 2014, Housing in Cambridge, Tom Coward
- University of Kingston, 2014, Pictures to sit in, Tom Coward
- Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, 2012, The post-suburban civic, Geoff Shearcroft
- University of the West of England, 2012, People Making Places, Tom Coward
- Ravensbourne, London, 2012, Sampling and Synthesising, Geoff Shearcroft
- UCLA, Los Angeles, 2012, Ideas upon ideas upon ideas, Tom Coward
- Architects for Health, South Bank University, 2012, Making Spaces for Children, Tom Coward
- Yale School of Architecture, 2011, Sampling and Synthesising, AOC
- Buenos Aires Biennale, 2011, Towards a popular architecture, Geoff Shearcroft
- NEXT biennle, Moscow, 2011, AOC, Tom Coward,
- Saint-Nazaire, France, 2010, From ‘Learning from’ to ‘Designing for’, Geoff Shearcroft, Archilife 010
- London Metropolitan University, 2010, What happened to the Thames Gateway Dream?, Geoff Shearcroft
- Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, 2010, TV Town, Geoff Shearcroft
- Central St Martins, 2010, Tell me a story, Tom Coward
- Royal College of Art, 2010, In conversation, Mao and AOC
- Oslo Society of Architects, 2010, Copy and Duplication, Tom Coward
- London Metropolitan University, 2010, Practice Makes Imperfect, Geoff Shearcroft
- Building Centre, London, 2009, Hearth House, Gill Lambert
- University of Sheffield, 2009, Learning from Suburbia, Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal Academy, London, 2009, We have Great Expectations, AOC
- Royal College of Art, London, 2009, The Psycho-Geographers, Geoff Shearcroft
- Manchester School of Architecture, 2009, Any Old City, AOC
- Critical Cities Symposium, Stockholm, 2009, Inside looking in, Tom Coward
- Building Schools for the Future, London, 2008, Creating Spaces, Geoff Shearcroft
- The British School of Rome, 2008, Cultural Approaches, AOC
- Grand Designs Live, 2008, My home must fit me, Tom Coward
- University of Plymouth, 2008, Recent Work, Tom Coward
- University of Cardiff, 2008, Recent Work, Tom Coward
- Thinking Metropolis Biennial, Copenhagen, 2007, The Lift, AOC
- Hafele Showroom, New York, 2007, New London Practices, AOC
- Center for Architecture, New York, 2007, New London Practices, AOC
- Turbine Hall, TATE Modern, 2007, Debate London, 2012 Wishlist, Tom Coward
- Royal Institute of British Architects, 2007, Adventures in making, Gill Lambert
- University of Bath, 2006, Three projects, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Central St Martins School of Art & Design, 2006, A moving train, AOC
- Royal College of Art, 2006, Group Theor(ap)y, G4, Tom Coward
- COAC, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 2006, Agents Of Change, Geoff Shearcroft
- London Metropolitan University, 2006, Public Nookie, Geoff Shearcroft
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, 2006, Covering old ground, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Nottingham University, 2005, New Work, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Architecture Foundation, London, 2005, AOC: 3 Projects, Geoff Shearcroft
Exhibitions
- Beazley Designs of the Year, Design Museum, London 2016
- New ideas for Housing, New London Architecture, London, 2016
- Don’t Move, Improve, New London Architecture, London 2013
- BA11 Biennial, Buenos Aires, 2011
- London Design Week, Testbed 1, London, 2011
- Architecture Biennale: NEXT, Moscow, 2011
- 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces, V&A Museum, London, 2011
- AJ Small Projects Awards, Interface FLOR Showroom, London, 2010
- Prototypes and Experiments, Aram Gallery, London, 2010
- Think Tank, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2009
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 2009
- London Yields, The Building Centre, London, 2009
- Rank: Picturing the social order, 1516-2009, Leeds City Art Gallery, 2009
- AOC: Cultural Approaches, British School at Rome, 2008
- Experimental Architecture, Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2008
- Evolving Norms of British Housing, RIBA, London, 2008
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London 2008
- Des Res, New London Architecture Centre, London, 2008
- London’s Learning, Building Centre, London, 2007
- Casa Décor, London Design Festival, London, 2007
- 6 Practices: London, Center for Architecture, American Institute of Architects, New York, 2007
- North & South, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 2007
- London Literature Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 2007
- Blueprint For London, AF Yard Gallery, London 2007
- In Your Back Yard, Ideal Home Show, 2007
- Renaissance: The Revitalisation of Elephant and Castle, London College of Communications, 2007
- Blueprint for London, New London Architecture Gallery, 2007
- Designs on King’s Cross, New London Architecture Gallery, 2006
- Changing London Schools, Building Design, London, 2006
- Southwark Triangles, Unicorn Theatre, London, 2006
- Compendium, RIBA, London, 2006
- Oriki, Black Cultural Archive Kennington, London, 2005
- Föhn, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, 2005
- The Parachute Pavilion, Van Alen Institute, New York, 2005
- 40 architects under 40, V&A Museum, London, 2005
- Shrinking Cities, Deutsches Architektur Zentrums, Berlin, 2005
- A New Centre For Architecture, The Ragged School, London, 2005
Publications
- Time in Unit 9: A Comparison Between the Projected Life of the Drawing, the Residues of Living and Lived Experience, Tom Coward, The Hybrid Practitioner: Building, Teaching, Researching Architecture, KU Leuven Press, 2022
- Invention in Action at the Museum of Childhood, Tom Coward, Participatory Practice in Space, Place, and Service Design, Vernon Press, 2022
- Joy in Architecture: Evoking Emotions in Building, Geoff Shearcroft, Multiform: Architecture in an Age of Transition (Architectural Design), Jan 2021
- Saved from the wrecking ball on a daily basis, Tom Coward, Paper for Emerging Architectural Research, UCL, 2020
- Letter from Beijing, Tom Coward, Architectural Research Quarterly, Volume 21 / Issue 3, 2018
- Forever, For everyone, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft, London Society, 2017
- Putting the Green back into the Green, Tom Coward, Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings in Urban Heritage, 2016
- The 7 LEDS of augmented reality, Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research no.7, 2014
- Helmets and Homes, Tom Coward, 1914now, 2014
- Tomorrow never dies, Geoff Shearcroft, RIBA Journal, March 2012
- Domestic discovery: or sampling and synthesizing with Daft Punk, Geoff Shearcroft, P.E.A.R, Issue 3, May 2011
- *Sample & Synthesis *(editorial), Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research no.3, 2011
- My Kind of Town: The Thames Valley, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, September
- Copy & Duplication, Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research No.1, July 2009
- Peterlee: Failed ambitions for Attlee’s New Jerusalem, Geoff Shearcroft, Building Design, June 2009
- Privately, in public: Opinion on Building Schools for the Future, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, January 2009
- Inspiration: Lucy the Elephant, Tom Coward, Building Design, February 2008
- Learning from the semi, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, February 2008
- Learning from Milton Keynes, Geoff Shearcroft, Building Design, August 2007
Awards
- Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2024
- Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2024
- Public Building Architect of the Year shortlisted 2024
- New London Awards shortlisted 2024
- AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlisted 2024
- World Architecture Festival INSIDE: Public Buildings shortlisted 2024
- RIBA Regional (South) Award 2024
- AIA UK Design Awards Medium Project Commendation 2024
- Civic Trust Regional Finalist (South East) 2024
- Civic Trust Regional Finalist (Greater London) 2024
- Public Building Architect of the Year shortlisted 2023
- New London Awards, Housing shortlisted 2023
- AJ Architecture Awards, Civic Project, shortlisted 2023
- The Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year, shortlisted 2023
- New London Awards, Best Workplace 2022
- New London Awards, Best Cultural Building shortlisted 2022
- W Awards, MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice, Hannah Stringer, shortlisted 2022
- RIBA Regional Award shortlisted 2022
- Don't Move, Improve! Unique Character Award 2022
- AJ Retrofit Awards: Workplace Fit-out highly commended 2022
- AJ Retrofit Awards: Cultural and Religious shortlisted 2022
- Brick Awards shortlisted 2021
- Housing Design Awards shortlisted 2021
- RIBA Regional Award 2017
- McEwen Award ‘Architecture for the Common Good’ shortlisted 2017
- Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award finalist 2016
- AJ Retrofit Award Best Cultural Building 2016
- Blueprint Awards Best Public-use project nomination 2016
- Housing Design Award 2016
- SCONUL Library Design Awards nomination 2015
- Green Flag Award Best Green Spaces in the UK 2015
- New London Architecture, Best Public Building nomination 2015
- New London Architecture, New ideas for housing competition nomination 2015
- Icon Interior of the Year shortlisted 2014
- World Architecture Festival, Future Masterplan: NW Cambridge 2014
- Civic Trust London Award nomination 2016
- New London Architecture, ‘Don’t move, improve’, commendation 2013
- Brick Awards, Best Education Building nomination 2012
- New London Architecture, Best Education Building nomination 2012
- Mendip Building Excellence Awards, Best domestic extension nomination 2012
- WAN 21 Architects for 21st Century nomination 2012
- AJ Small Projects Award nomination 2010
- Young Architect of the Year Awards nomination 2008
- Young Architect of the Year Awards nomination 2005
- AJ Corus / 40 Architects Under 40 Winner 2005
Press
- Architects' Journal, 27 August 2024, Doing the locomotion: AOC’s National Railway Museum addition, Rob Wilson
- RIBA Journal, 18 June 2024, AOC’s expanded Locomotion is an engine shed with a difference, John Jervis
- Building Design, 12 June 2024, In pictures: AOC’s new railway museum building in the North East
- Museums Journal, 28 May 2024, Railway museum Locomotion opens new building
- Rail Business Daily, 23 May 2024, Locomotion’s £8 million New Hall opens
- FX, 27 February 2024, Play Spaces - Playing out, Veronica Simpson
- Time Out, 24 January 2024, Cute
- Evening Standard, 24 January 2024, Cute exhibition at Somerset House: Sickeningly interesting and knowingly Instagrammable
- RIBA Journal, 22 January 2024, CUTE is a delight for the senses but has a darker complexity
- RIBA Journal, 12 December 2023, Favourite books: Geoff Shearcroft selects Jeremy Deller's 'Art is Magic'
- Architects' Journal, 4 October 2023, Case study: School Green Centre
- Architecture Today, 16 August 2023, School Green Centre
- RIBA Journal, 7 July 2023, School children help make Young V&A a place of wonder and delight, Pamela Buxton
- The Observer, 2 July 2023, Young V&A review: Child's play with added wonder, Rowan Moore
- Architects' Journal, 28 June 2023, Marionettes to Minecraft: De Matos Ryan and AOC transform Young V&A, Rob Wilson
- Building Design, 28 June 2023, Young V&A by De Matos Ryan and AOC, Ben Flatman
- Design Week, 28 June 2023, Designing for children is designing for everyone: shaping the Young V&A, Abbey Bamford
- The Guardian, 27 June 2023, Young V&A review: ‘The cobwebs have been truly blown away’, Oliver Wainwright
- The Evening Standard, 27 June 2023, At last, London has a museum that is truly for kids instead of just about them, Nick Clark
- Wallpaper, 27 June 2023, Young V&A crafted as a ‘joyful’ space for children and families, Ellie Stathaki
- The Independent, 26 June 2023, It’s like a playdate at the grandest house in the UK, Charlotte Cripps
- Financial Times, 26 June 2023 Young V&A’s architectural overhaul is striking and joyful, Edwin Heathcote
- The Telegraph, 26 June 2023, The Young V&A is the best museum for children that my family has ever seen, Robbie Collin
- The Observer, 30 April 2023, Where Lidl meets idyll, a civic place for all, Rowan Moore
- Modern House, 25 January 2023, How Robin and Bronwen Burgess created a haven overlooking Hampstead Heath
- RIBA Journal, 4 August 2022, AOC wraps a forest-inspired extension around a north-east London home
- The Daily Telegraph, 18 June 2022, How Britain's suburbs got cool, Anna White
- Evening Standard, 18 May 2022, Inside a playful north-east London extension inspired by Epping Forest, Anna White
- The Modern House, 13 April 2022, Joyful home in east London is a homage to Epping Forest – and is full of colour and spirit, Billie Brand
- Wallpaper, 9 March 2022, Forest House celebrates colour, nature and family life, Ellie Stathaki
- Architectural Review, March 2022, National Archives in London, Ellie Duffy
- Financial Times, 13 July 2021, Crafts Council celebrates refitted gallery with a hugely enjoyable show, Edwin Heathcote
- RIBA Journal, 21 July 2021, AOC’s reworked Craft Council Gallery is tactile but not too folksy, Pamela Buxton
- FX, 12 July 2021, Responsible, sustainable, pandemic-proof regeneration schemes, Veronica Simpson
- Architects' Journal, 30 June 2021, AOC redevelops Crafts Council Gallery as hybrid public space, Rob Wilson
- Museums' Journal, May/June 2021, Crafters' companion, Emma Shepley
- Deutsche Bauzeitung, January 2021, Fantasievoll gewöhnlich. Wohnhausensemble in London, Jay Merrick
- Architects' Journal, October 2020, AOC maintains good habits at Nunhead, Rob Wilson
- AJ Specification, September 2020, The National Archives, Kew
- RIBA Journal, 8 July 2020, Rethink: The post-pandemic view for galleries and museums
- Grand Designs, April 2020, The benefits of taking a different approach, Pamela Buxton,
- Observer Design, 19 January 2020, Learning from Play, Bethan Ryder,
- FX, 8 November 2017, Open Source, Veronica Simpson
- The Guardian, 13 May 2017, Build your grand design for a humble price, Julia Kollewe
- Architects' Journal, 25 January 2017, How AOC carefully unpicked the architectural history of Southwark Park Primary School, Laura Mark
- Sunday Times, 17 July 2016, Keep it constructive, Melanie Wright & Alexander Goss
- Architects’ Journal, 6 April 2016, The Green, Nunhead, Jay Merrick
- The Observer, 28 February 2016, The Green, Nunhead review – happiness on a low budget, Nunhead, Rowan Moore
- FX, 22 February 2016, Bringing libraries back to life, Veronica Simpson
- Architecture Today, February 2016, The Green, Nunhead, Dieter Kleiner
- Museums Journal, July/August 2015, Wellcome Collection, London, Mark Carnall
- World of Interiors, April 2015, Reading Room
- Blueprint, No.338, 2015, Reading Room at the Wellcome Collection
- The Telegraph, 19 February 2015, The Wellcome Collection’s dramatic new look, Caroline Roux
- Icon Magazine, February 2015, Wellcome Collection Reading Room, Christopher Turner
- Financial Times, 19 December 2014, The Reading Room at The Wellcome Collection, Edwin Heathcote
- Architects’ Journal, 1 August 2014, Bonhôte House, Case Study
- Sunday Times, 13 April 2014, Stand out from the crowd, Hugh Graham
- World of Interiors, April 2014, Ripple effect, Timothy Brittain-Catlin
- Architect’s Journal, 29 August 2013, The thinking man’s BSF, Rory Olycato
- Architects' Journal, 29 August 2013, Off with the motley, Langley Hall Primary Academy
- VICE, 25 January 2013, The Future of Architecture, Eddie Blake
- Architectural Review, January 2012, Two London schools: Cottrell & Vermeulen, Agents of Change compared, Cany Ash and Robert Sakula
- Building Design, 30 November 2011, Spa School, Oliver Wainwright
- Icon Magazine, October 2010, Remixing London: AOC Splices the City, Will Wyles
- The Independent, 23 April 2010, The Inbetweeners: A new breed of architects is making the most of cramped city plots, Jay Merrick
- PLOT no.1, 2010, New Practices in London, Florencia Rodriguez
- Icon Magazine, May 2009, Profile: AOC, Oliver Wainwright
- The Observer, 21 June 2009, The young generation with a new vision to build Britain, Geraldine Bedell
- Grand Designs, October 2008, The Brit List
- Building Design, 18 July 2008, Public Platform, Ellis Woodman
- Iconeye, 17 July 2008, The Lift Pavilion, Johanna Agerman
- Evening Standard, 17 June 2008, Welcome to the Temporary City, Rowan Moore
- Financial Times, 12 January 2008, We design buildings to be misused, Edwin Heathcote
- Concept, January 2008, Birnbeck Leisure Pier
- London Lite, 27 November 2007, Eco-home takes root in Square
- The Observer, 25 November 2007, The Future 500 Rising Stars: Art & Design
- Architects' Journal, 18 October 2007, *Contemporary Terraced Housing Types, *Andrew Mead
- Architect’s Journal, 20 September 2007, Exhibition: New Practices London, Enrique Gualberto Ramirez,
- UK’s Young Guns Hit New York, Jo Rippon, Building Design, 28 August 2007
- GQ Style, Autumn / Winter 2007, Street Smart
- Wallpaper*, September 2007, *New Practices London’ Exhibition *
- RIBA Journal, August 2007, Brief Encounter, Jan-Carlos Kucharek
- GQ Style, Spring / Summer 2007, Blueprint for London – Post-plastic
- Architectural Record, February 2007, Lift Parliament, John Gendall
- Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2006
- Architects’ Journal, 27 July 2006, Early Years Centre, Friars Primary School, Jay Merrick
- Marmalade, Issue 9, March 2006, Fave Four, Elias Redstone
- ES Magazine, Evening Standard, February 2006, Brit Young Things - The Hot List
- i-D Magazine, February 2006, I Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
- A10 New European Architecture, January/February 2006, Fiddlin’ With The Roof
- Building Design, 2 December 2005, Young Architect of the Year Award, Ellis Woodman
- Grand Designs, October 2005, Eye Opener, Claire Barrett
- Elle Decoration, October 2005, Little Extras, Mary Miller
- Guardian, 6 August 2006, ‘Gang of Four’ Architects Take on Old Guard, Jonathan Glancey,
- The Times, 19 July 2005, The Shape of Things to Come, Tom Dyckhoff
- Architects’ Journal, 16 June 2005, *AJ Corus/ 40 Under 40 *
- Sunday Times, 12 June 2005, The Director’s Hut, Hugh Pearman
- Arena Pour Homme, April 2005, Shenzen
- Building Design, 3 June 2005, First Look: All-Singing, All-Dancing Garden Shed, Will Hurst
- Wettbewerbe Aktuell, 2 May 2005, Neues Architekturzentrum London
- The Observer, 16 January 2005, Seven Stairways To Heaven, Deyan Sudjic
- The New York Times, 13 January 2005, Architect Gets Her Due In Recognition At Home, Alan Riding
- Telegraph, 12 January 2005, Architects hunt for a home To Be Proud Of, Giles Worsley,
- The Independent, 12 January 2005, Doing it for themselves, Jay Merrick
- The Observer, 2 January 2005, The Best and The Brightest 2005: Hot Brits, The architects AOC, Charlotte Williamson
Books
- Building Southwark: Architecture and Regeneration in a London Borough, Kenneth Powell, Merrell, March 2025
- House London, White Lion Publishers, Ellie Stathaki, 2022
- Multiform: Architecture in an age of transition (Architectural Design), Owen Hopkins, Erin McKellar, Wiley, 2021
- Less is a Bore: Postmodern Architecture, Owen Hopkins, Phaidon, 2020
- Designs of our Time: 10 Years of Designs of the Year, Deyan Sudjic, Design Museum Publishing, 2019
- Post-Modern Buildings in Britain, Elaine Harwood, Geraint Franklin, Batsford, 2017
- New Architects 3: Britain’s Best Emerging Architects, Architecture Foundation, Merrell, 2016
- New Arcadians: Emerging UK Architects, Lucy Bullivant, Merrell, 2012
- British Interior Design, Michelle Galindo, Braun, 2010
- Worldwide Architecture, The next generation, ed. L.P.Puglisi, UTET Scienze Tecniche, 2010
- Event Design, Links Books, Barcelona, 2009
- The BLDGBLOG Book, Geoff Manaugh, Chronicle, San Francisco, 2010
- Hatch: The new architectural generation, Kieran Long, Laurence King, London, 2008
- Density Projects: 36 New Concepts on Collective Housing, A+T, Madrid, 2008
- Spacecraft: Fleeting architecture & hideouts, L. Feireiss, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2007
Talks
- Bruno Latour symposium, Kingston University, 2023, We have always been Hybrid, Panel Chair, Tom Coward
- Welsh School of Architecture, 2023, Designing for young people with autism, Geoff Shearcroft
- Ebbsfleet Cultural Placemaking Showcase, 2023, Whitecliffe's Social Infrastructure, Geoff Shearcroft
- Creative Estuary Symposium: Planning for Culture, 2023, Cultural colocation in Ebbsfleet, Geoff Shearcroft
- Creativity Symposium, Kingston University, 2023, Looking for a tonic to computational bad-being, Tom Coward
- Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts Conference, 2022, Co-designing a new Architecture curriculum during a pandemic, Tom Coward
- Edinburgh Society of Architects, 2022, Sitting in the City, Tom Coward
- Welsh School of Architecture, 2022, Southwark Heritage Centre & Walworth Library, Tom Coward
- Oxford Architecture Society, 2022, Architecture is a verb, Tom Coward
- Techne Congress, 2022, Shape Newham: Re-enchantment with the Public realm through the collective imagination, Tom Coward
- Society of Architectural Historians GB, 2020, The provocative role of the domestic archive, Tom Coward
- KU Leven, 2020, Time in Unit 9; Techniques and tools of the researcher, Tom Coward
- AMPS, Florida State University, 2020, Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments, Tom Coward
- Kingston School of Art, 2019, Stranger Things: Designs for diverse publics, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal College of Art, 2019, Designs for a deliberative democracy, Geoff Shearcroft
- Kingston University, 2019, Invention in Action Symposium, Tom Coward, Creativity Researchers
- Kingston Museum / London Doctoral Design Centre, 2019, Another Land: Save our Fields, Tom Coward
- Sir John Soane Museum, London, 2018, Postmodern Legacies: Geoff Shearcroft interviews Dirk Somers
- International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2018, Places of performance: New Directions, Geoff Shearcroft
- The London Society, 2018, Why design in the 21st century?, Tom Coward
- Nottingham University, 2018, 20 years – from here to here, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal Academy of Arts. 2018, Towards an architecture of conversation, Tom Coward
- Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 2017, Great British Buildings: Civic, Geoff Shearcroft
- Brighton School of Architecture & Design, 2017, Critical Practice, Tom Coward
- Brighton Architecture Series, 2017, Twin talks; Lost & Found, Tom Coward, The Pier
- Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2017, The City of Tomorrow, Tom Coward, Beijing Design Week
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, 2016, Putting the Green back into the Green, Tom Coward
- Norwich University, 2016, Impractical Completion, Geoff Shearcroft
- Lincoln School of Architecture, 2016, Contented space, Tom Coward
- University of Kent, 2016, Messy Bits, Gill Lambert
- Cass School of Art & Architecture, 2015, An architecture of things, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft,
- Kingston University, 2015, Some current projects, Tom Coward
- Aarhus School of Architecture, 2015, Trust in the maker, Gill Lambert
- University of Newcastle, 2014, Curating and Constructing, Geoff Shearcroft
- University of Cambridge, 2014, Housing in Cambridge, Tom Coward
- University of Kingston, 2014, Pictures to sit in, Tom Coward
- Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, 2012, The post-suburban civic, Geoff Shearcroft
- University of the West of England, 2012, People Making Places, Tom Coward
- Ravensbourne, London, 2012, Sampling and Synthesising, Geoff Shearcroft
- UCLA, Los Angeles, 2012, Ideas upon ideas upon ideas, Tom Coward
- Architects for Health, South Bank University, 2012, Making Spaces for Children, Tom Coward
- Yale School of Architecture, 2011, Sampling and Synthesising, AOC
- Buenos Aires Biennale, 2011, Towards a popular architecture, Geoff Shearcroft
- NEXT biennle, Moscow, 2011, AOC, Tom Coward,
- Saint-Nazaire, France, 2010, From ‘Learning from’ to ‘Designing for’, Geoff Shearcroft, Archilife 010
- London Metropolitan University, 2010, What happened to the Thames Gateway Dream?, Geoff Shearcroft
- Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, 2010, TV Town, Geoff Shearcroft
- Central St Martins, 2010, Tell me a story, Tom Coward
- Royal College of Art, 2010, In conversation, Mao and AOC
- Oslo Society of Architects, 2010, Copy and Duplication, Tom Coward
- London Metropolitan University, 2010, Practice Makes Imperfect, Geoff Shearcroft
- Building Centre, London, 2009, Hearth House, Gill Lambert
- University of Sheffield, 2009, Learning from Suburbia, Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal Academy, London, 2009, We have Great Expectations, AOC
- Royal College of Art, London, 2009, The Psycho-Geographers, Geoff Shearcroft
- Manchester School of Architecture, 2009, Any Old City, AOC
- Critical Cities Symposium, Stockholm, 2009, Inside looking in, Tom Coward
- Building Schools for the Future, London, 2008, Creating Spaces, Geoff Shearcroft
- The British School of Rome, 2008, Cultural Approaches, AOC
- Grand Designs Live, 2008, My home must fit me, Tom Coward
- University of Plymouth, 2008, Recent Work, Tom Coward
- University of Cardiff, 2008, Recent Work, Tom Coward
- Thinking Metropolis Biennial, Copenhagen, 2007, The Lift, AOC
- Hafele Showroom, New York, 2007, New London Practices, AOC
- Center for Architecture, New York, 2007, New London Practices, AOC
- Turbine Hall, TATE Modern, 2007, Debate London, 2012 Wishlist, Tom Coward
- Royal Institute of British Architects, 2007, Adventures in making, Gill Lambert
- University of Bath, 2006, Three projects, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Central St Martins School of Art & Design, 2006, A moving train, AOC
- Royal College of Art, 2006, Group Theor(ap)y, G4, Tom Coward
- COAC, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 2006, Agents Of Change, Geoff Shearcroft
- London Metropolitan University, 2006, Public Nookie, Geoff Shearcroft
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, 2006, Covering old ground, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Nottingham University, 2005, New Work, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Architecture Foundation, London, 2005, AOC: 3 Projects, Geoff Shearcroft
Exhibitions
- Beazley Designs of the Year, Design Museum, London 2016
- New ideas for Housing, New London Architecture, London, 2016
- Don’t Move, Improve, New London Architecture, London 2013
- BA11 Biennial, Buenos Aires, 2011
- London Design Week, Testbed 1, London, 2011
- Architecture Biennale: NEXT, Moscow, 2011
- 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces, V&A Museum, London, 2011
- AJ Small Projects Awards, Interface FLOR Showroom, London, 2010
- Prototypes and Experiments, Aram Gallery, London, 2010
- Think Tank, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2009
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 2009
- London Yields, The Building Centre, London, 2009
- Rank: Picturing the social order, 1516-2009, Leeds City Art Gallery, 2009
- AOC: Cultural Approaches, British School at Rome, 2008
- Experimental Architecture, Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2008
- Evolving Norms of British Housing, RIBA, London, 2008
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London 2008
- Des Res, New London Architecture Centre, London, 2008
- London’s Learning, Building Centre, London, 2007
- Casa Décor, London Design Festival, London, 2007
- 6 Practices: London, Center for Architecture, American Institute of Architects, New York, 2007
- North & South, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 2007
- London Literature Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 2007
- Blueprint For London, AF Yard Gallery, London 2007
- In Your Back Yard, Ideal Home Show, 2007
- Renaissance: The Revitalisation of Elephant and Castle, London College of Communications, 2007
- Blueprint for London, New London Architecture Gallery, 2007
- Designs on King’s Cross, New London Architecture Gallery, 2006
- Changing London Schools, Building Design, London, 2006
- Southwark Triangles, Unicorn Theatre, London, 2006
- Compendium, RIBA, London, 2006
- Oriki, Black Cultural Archive Kennington, London, 2005
- Föhn, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, 2005
- The Parachute Pavilion, Van Alen Institute, New York, 2005
- 40 architects under 40, V&A Museum, London, 2005
- Shrinking Cities, Deutsches Architektur Zentrums, Berlin, 2005
- A New Centre For Architecture, The Ragged School, London, 2005
Publications
- Time in Unit 9: A Comparison Between the Projected Life of the Drawing, the Residues of Living and Lived Experience, Tom Coward, The Hybrid Practitioner: Building, Teaching, Researching Architecture, KU Leuven Press, 2022
- Invention in Action at the Museum of Childhood, Tom Coward, Participatory Practice in Space, Place, and Service Design, Vernon Press, 2022
- Joy in Architecture: Evoking Emotions in Building, Geoff Shearcroft, Multiform: Architecture in an Age of Transition (Architectural Design), Jan 2021
- Saved from the wrecking ball on a daily basis, Tom Coward, Paper for Emerging Architectural Research, UCL, 2020
- Letter from Beijing, Tom Coward, Architectural Research Quarterly, Volume 21 / Issue 3, 2018
- Forever, For everyone, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft, London Society, 2017
- Putting the Green back into the Green, Tom Coward, Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings in Urban Heritage, 2016
- The 7 LEDS of augmented reality, Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research no.7, 2014
- Helmets and Homes, Tom Coward, 1914now, 2014
- Tomorrow never dies, Geoff Shearcroft, RIBA Journal, March 2012
- Domestic discovery: or sampling and synthesizing with Daft Punk, Geoff Shearcroft, P.E.A.R, Issue 3, May 2011
- *Sample & Synthesis *(editorial), Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research no.3, 2011
- My Kind of Town: The Thames Valley, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, September
- Copy & Duplication, Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research No.1, July 2009
- Peterlee: Failed ambitions for Attlee’s New Jerusalem, Geoff Shearcroft, Building Design, June 2009
- Privately, in public: Opinion on Building Schools for the Future, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, January 2009
- Inspiration: Lucy the Elephant, Tom Coward, Building Design, February 2008
- Learning from the semi, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, February 2008
- Learning from Milton Keynes, Geoff Shearcroft, Building Design, August 2007
Awards
- Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2024
- Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2024
- Public Building Architect of the Year shortlisted 2024
- New London Awards shortlisted 2024
- AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlisted 2024
- World Architecture Festival INSIDE: Public Buildings shortlisted 2024
- RIBA Regional (South) Award 2024
- AIA UK Design Awards Medium Project Commendation 2024
- Civic Trust Regional Finalist (South East) 2024
- Civic Trust Regional Finalist (Greater London) 2024
- Public Building Architect of the Year shortlisted 2023
- New London Awards, Housing shortlisted 2023
- AJ Architecture Awards, Civic Project, shortlisted 2023
- The Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year, shortlisted 2023
- New London Awards, Best Workplace 2022
- New London Awards, Best Cultural Building shortlisted 2022
- W Awards, MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice, Hannah Stringer, shortlisted 2022
- RIBA Regional Award shortlisted 2022
- Don't Move, Improve! Unique Character Award 2022
- AJ Retrofit Awards: Workplace Fit-out highly commended 2022
- AJ Retrofit Awards: Cultural and Religious shortlisted 2022
- Brick Awards shortlisted 2021
- Housing Design Awards shortlisted 2021
- RIBA Regional Award 2017
- McEwen Award ‘Architecture for the Common Good’ shortlisted 2017
- Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award finalist 2016
- AJ Retrofit Award Best Cultural Building 2016
- Blueprint Awards Best Public-use project nomination 2016
- Housing Design Award 2016
- SCONUL Library Design Awards nomination 2015
- Green Flag Award Best Green Spaces in the UK 2015
- New London Architecture, Best Public Building nomination 2015
- New London Architecture, New ideas for housing competition nomination 2015
- Icon Interior of the Year shortlisted 2014
- World Architecture Festival, Future Masterplan: NW Cambridge 2014
- Civic Trust London Award nomination 2016
- New London Architecture, ‘Don’t move, improve’, commendation 2013
- Brick Awards, Best Education Building nomination 2012
- New London Architecture, Best Education Building nomination 2012
- Mendip Building Excellence Awards, Best domestic extension nomination 2012
- WAN 21 Architects for 21st Century nomination 2012
- AJ Small Projects Award nomination 2010
- Young Architect of the Year Awards nomination 2008
- Young Architect of the Year Awards nomination 2005
- AJ Corus / 40 Architects Under 40 Winner 2005
Press
- Architects' Journal, 27 August 2024, Doing the locomotion: AOC’s National Railway Museum addition, Rob Wilson
- RIBA Journal, 18 June 2024, AOC’s expanded Locomotion is an engine shed with a difference, John Jervis
- Building Design, 12 June 2024, In pictures: AOC’s new railway museum building in the North East
- Museums Journal, 28 May 2024, Railway museum Locomotion opens new building
- Rail Business Daily, 23 May 2024, Locomotion’s £8 million New Hall opens
- FX, 27 February 2024, Play Spaces - Playing out, Veronica Simpson
- Time Out, 24 January 2024, Cute
- Evening Standard, 24 January 2024, Cute exhibition at Somerset House: Sickeningly interesting and knowingly Instagrammable
- RIBA Journal, 22 January 2024, CUTE is a delight for the senses but has a darker complexity
- RIBA Journal, 12 December 2023, Favourite books: Geoff Shearcroft selects Jeremy Deller's 'Art is Magic'
- Architects' Journal, 4 October 2023, Case study: School Green Centre
- Architecture Today, 16 August 2023, School Green Centre
- RIBA Journal, 7 July 2023, School children help make Young V&A a place of wonder and delight, Pamela Buxton
- The Observer, 2 July 2023, Young V&A review: Child's play with added wonder, Rowan Moore
- Architects' Journal, 28 June 2023, Marionettes to Minecraft: De Matos Ryan and AOC transform Young V&A, Rob Wilson
- Building Design, 28 June 2023, Young V&A by De Matos Ryan and AOC, Ben Flatman
- Design Week, 28 June 2023, Designing for children is designing for everyone: shaping the Young V&A, Abbey Bamford
- The Guardian, 27 June 2023, Young V&A review: ‘The cobwebs have been truly blown away’, Oliver Wainwright
- The Evening Standard, 27 June 2023, At last, London has a museum that is truly for kids instead of just about them, Nick Clark
- Wallpaper, 27 June 2023, Young V&A crafted as a ‘joyful’ space for children and families, Ellie Stathaki
- The Independent, 26 June 2023, It’s like a playdate at the grandest house in the UK, Charlotte Cripps
- Financial Times, 26 June 2023 Young V&A’s architectural overhaul is striking and joyful, Edwin Heathcote
- The Telegraph, 26 June 2023, The Young V&A is the best museum for children that my family has ever seen, Robbie Collin
- The Observer, 30 April 2023, Where Lidl meets idyll, a civic place for all, Rowan Moore
- Modern House, 25 January 2023, How Robin and Bronwen Burgess created a haven overlooking Hampstead Heath
- RIBA Journal, 4 August 2022, AOC wraps a forest-inspired extension around a north-east London home
- The Daily Telegraph, 18 June 2022, How Britain's suburbs got cool, Anna White
- Evening Standard, 18 May 2022, Inside a playful north-east London extension inspired by Epping Forest, Anna White
- The Modern House, 13 April 2022, Joyful home in east London is a homage to Epping Forest – and is full of colour and spirit, Billie Brand
- Wallpaper, 9 March 2022, Forest House celebrates colour, nature and family life, Ellie Stathaki
- Architectural Review, March 2022, National Archives in London, Ellie Duffy
- Financial Times, 13 July 2021, Crafts Council celebrates refitted gallery with a hugely enjoyable show, Edwin Heathcote
- RIBA Journal, 21 July 2021, AOC’s reworked Craft Council Gallery is tactile but not too folksy, Pamela Buxton
- FX, 12 July 2021, Responsible, sustainable, pandemic-proof regeneration schemes, Veronica Simpson
- Architects' Journal, 30 June 2021, AOC redevelops Crafts Council Gallery as hybrid public space, Rob Wilson
- Museums' Journal, May/June 2021, Crafters' companion, Emma Shepley
- Deutsche Bauzeitung, January 2021, Fantasievoll gewöhnlich. Wohnhausensemble in London, Jay Merrick
- Architects' Journal, October 2020, AOC maintains good habits at Nunhead, Rob Wilson
- AJ Specification, September 2020, The National Archives, Kew
- RIBA Journal, 8 July 2020, Rethink: The post-pandemic view for galleries and museums
- Grand Designs, April 2020, The benefits of taking a different approach, Pamela Buxton,
- Observer Design, 19 January 2020, Learning from Play, Bethan Ryder,
- FX, 8 November 2017, Open Source, Veronica Simpson
- The Guardian, 13 May 2017, Build your grand design for a humble price, Julia Kollewe
- Architects' Journal, 25 January 2017, How AOC carefully unpicked the architectural history of Southwark Park Primary School, Laura Mark
- Sunday Times, 17 July 2016, Keep it constructive, Melanie Wright & Alexander Goss
- Architects’ Journal, 6 April 2016, The Green, Nunhead, Jay Merrick
- The Observer, 28 February 2016, The Green, Nunhead review – happiness on a low budget, Nunhead, Rowan Moore
- FX, 22 February 2016, Bringing libraries back to life, Veronica Simpson
- Architecture Today, February 2016, The Green, Nunhead, Dieter Kleiner
- Museums Journal, July/August 2015, Wellcome Collection, London, Mark Carnall
- World of Interiors, April 2015, Reading Room
- Blueprint, No.338, 2015, Reading Room at the Wellcome Collection
- The Telegraph, 19 February 2015, The Wellcome Collection’s dramatic new look, Caroline Roux
- Icon Magazine, February 2015, Wellcome Collection Reading Room, Christopher Turner
- Financial Times, 19 December 2014, The Reading Room at The Wellcome Collection, Edwin Heathcote
- Architects’ Journal, 1 August 2014, Bonhôte House, Case Study
- Sunday Times, 13 April 2014, Stand out from the crowd, Hugh Graham
- World of Interiors, April 2014, Ripple effect, Timothy Brittain-Catlin
- Architect’s Journal, 29 August 2013, The thinking man’s BSF, Rory Olycato
- Architects' Journal, 29 August 2013, Off with the motley, Langley Hall Primary Academy
- VICE, 25 January 2013, The Future of Architecture, Eddie Blake
- Architectural Review, January 2012, Two London schools: Cottrell & Vermeulen, Agents of Change compared, Cany Ash and Robert Sakula
- Building Design, 30 November 2011, Spa School, Oliver Wainwright
- Icon Magazine, October 2010, Remixing London: AOC Splices the City, Will Wyles
- The Independent, 23 April 2010, The Inbetweeners: A new breed of architects is making the most of cramped city plots, Jay Merrick
- PLOT no.1, 2010, New Practices in London, Florencia Rodriguez
- Icon Magazine, May 2009, Profile: AOC, Oliver Wainwright
- The Observer, 21 June 2009, The young generation with a new vision to build Britain, Geraldine Bedell
- Grand Designs, October 2008, The Brit List
- Building Design, 18 July 2008, Public Platform, Ellis Woodman
- Iconeye, 17 July 2008, The Lift Pavilion, Johanna Agerman
- Evening Standard, 17 June 2008, Welcome to the Temporary City, Rowan Moore
- Financial Times, 12 January 2008, We design buildings to be misused, Edwin Heathcote
- Concept, January 2008, Birnbeck Leisure Pier
- London Lite, 27 November 2007, Eco-home takes root in Square
- The Observer, 25 November 2007, The Future 500 Rising Stars: Art & Design
- Architects' Journal, 18 October 2007, *Contemporary Terraced Housing Types, *Andrew Mead
- Architect’s Journal, 20 September 2007, Exhibition: New Practices London, Enrique Gualberto Ramirez,
- UK’s Young Guns Hit New York, Jo Rippon, Building Design, 28 August 2007
- GQ Style, Autumn / Winter 2007, Street Smart
- Wallpaper*, September 2007, *New Practices London’ Exhibition *
- RIBA Journal, August 2007, Brief Encounter, Jan-Carlos Kucharek
- GQ Style, Spring / Summer 2007, Blueprint for London – Post-plastic
- Architectural Record, February 2007, Lift Parliament, John Gendall
- Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2006
- Architects’ Journal, 27 July 2006, Early Years Centre, Friars Primary School, Jay Merrick
- Marmalade, Issue 9, March 2006, Fave Four, Elias Redstone
- ES Magazine, Evening Standard, February 2006, Brit Young Things - The Hot List
- i-D Magazine, February 2006, I Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
- A10 New European Architecture, January/February 2006, Fiddlin’ With The Roof
- Building Design, 2 December 2005, Young Architect of the Year Award, Ellis Woodman
- Grand Designs, October 2005, Eye Opener, Claire Barrett
- Elle Decoration, October 2005, Little Extras, Mary Miller
- Guardian, 6 August 2006, ‘Gang of Four’ Architects Take on Old Guard, Jonathan Glancey,
- The Times, 19 July 2005, The Shape of Things to Come, Tom Dyckhoff
- Architects’ Journal, 16 June 2005, *AJ Corus/ 40 Under 40 *
- Sunday Times, 12 June 2005, The Director’s Hut, Hugh Pearman
- Arena Pour Homme, April 2005, Shenzen
- Building Design, 3 June 2005, First Look: All-Singing, All-Dancing Garden Shed, Will Hurst
- Wettbewerbe Aktuell, 2 May 2005, Neues Architekturzentrum London
- The Observer, 16 January 2005, Seven Stairways To Heaven, Deyan Sudjic
- The New York Times, 13 January 2005, Architect Gets Her Due In Recognition At Home, Alan Riding
- Telegraph, 12 January 2005, Architects hunt for a home To Be Proud Of, Giles Worsley,
- The Independent, 12 January 2005, Doing it for themselves, Jay Merrick
- The Observer, 2 January 2005, The Best and The Brightest 2005: Hot Brits, The architects AOC, Charlotte Williamson
Books
- Building Southwark: Architecture and Regeneration in a London Borough, Kenneth Powell, Merrell, March 2025
- House London, White Lion Publishers, Ellie Stathaki, 2022
- Multiform: Architecture in an age of transition (Architectural Design), Owen Hopkins, Erin McKellar, Wiley, 2021
- Less is a Bore: Postmodern Architecture, Owen Hopkins, Phaidon, 2020
- Designs of our Time: 10 Years of Designs of the Year, Deyan Sudjic, Design Museum Publishing, 2019
- Post-Modern Buildings in Britain, Elaine Harwood, Geraint Franklin, Batsford, 2017
- New Architects 3: Britain’s Best Emerging Architects, Architecture Foundation, Merrell, 2016
- New Arcadians: Emerging UK Architects, Lucy Bullivant, Merrell, 2012
- British Interior Design, Michelle Galindo, Braun, 2010
- Worldwide Architecture, The next generation, ed. L.P.Puglisi, UTET Scienze Tecniche, 2010
- Event Design, Links Books, Barcelona, 2009
- The BLDGBLOG Book, Geoff Manaugh, Chronicle, San Francisco, 2010
- Hatch: The new architectural generation, Kieran Long, Laurence King, London, 2008
- Density Projects: 36 New Concepts on Collective Housing, A+T, Madrid, 2008
- Spacecraft: Fleeting architecture & hideouts, L. Feireiss, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2007
Talks
- Bruno Latour symposium, Kingston University, 2023, We have always been Hybrid, Panel Chair, Tom Coward
- Welsh School of Architecture, 2023, Designing for young people with autism, Geoff Shearcroft
- Ebbsfleet Cultural Placemaking Showcase, 2023, Whitecliffe's Social Infrastructure, Geoff Shearcroft
- Creative Estuary Symposium: Planning for Culture, 2023, Cultural colocation in Ebbsfleet, Geoff Shearcroft
- Creativity Symposium, Kingston University, 2023, Looking for a tonic to computational bad-being, Tom Coward
- Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts Conference, 2022, Co-designing a new Architecture curriculum during a pandemic, Tom Coward
- Edinburgh Society of Architects, 2022, Sitting in the City, Tom Coward
- Welsh School of Architecture, 2022, Southwark Heritage Centre & Walworth Library, Tom Coward
- Oxford Architecture Society, 2022, Architecture is a verb, Tom Coward
- Techne Congress, 2022, Shape Newham: Re-enchantment with the Public realm through the collective imagination, Tom Coward
- Society of Architectural Historians GB, 2020, The provocative role of the domestic archive, Tom Coward
- KU Leven, 2020, Time in Unit 9; Techniques and tools of the researcher, Tom Coward
- AMPS, Florida State University, 2020, Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments, Tom Coward
- Kingston School of Art, 2019, Stranger Things: Designs for diverse publics, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal College of Art, 2019, Designs for a deliberative democracy, Geoff Shearcroft
- Kingston University, 2019, Invention in Action Symposium, Tom Coward, Creativity Researchers
- Kingston Museum / London Doctoral Design Centre, 2019, Another Land: Save our Fields, Tom Coward
- Sir John Soane Museum, London, 2018, Postmodern Legacies: Geoff Shearcroft interviews Dirk Somers
- International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2018, Places of performance: New Directions, Geoff Shearcroft
- The London Society, 2018, Why design in the 21st century?, Tom Coward
- Nottingham University, 2018, 20 years – from here to here, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal Academy of Arts. 2018, Towards an architecture of conversation, Tom Coward
- Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 2017, Great British Buildings: Civic, Geoff Shearcroft
- Brighton School of Architecture & Design, 2017, Critical Practice, Tom Coward
- Brighton Architecture Series, 2017, Twin talks; Lost & Found, Tom Coward, The Pier
- Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2017, The City of Tomorrow, Tom Coward, Beijing Design Week
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, 2016, Putting the Green back into the Green, Tom Coward
- Norwich University, 2016, Impractical Completion, Geoff Shearcroft
- Lincoln School of Architecture, 2016, Contented space, Tom Coward
- University of Kent, 2016, Messy Bits, Gill Lambert
- Cass School of Art & Architecture, 2015, An architecture of things, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft,
- Kingston University, 2015, Some current projects, Tom Coward
- Aarhus School of Architecture, 2015, Trust in the maker, Gill Lambert
- University of Newcastle, 2014, Curating and Constructing, Geoff Shearcroft
- University of Cambridge, 2014, Housing in Cambridge, Tom Coward
- University of Kingston, 2014, Pictures to sit in, Tom Coward
- Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, 2012, The post-suburban civic, Geoff Shearcroft
- University of the West of England, 2012, People Making Places, Tom Coward
- Ravensbourne, London, 2012, Sampling and Synthesising, Geoff Shearcroft
- UCLA, Los Angeles, 2012, Ideas upon ideas upon ideas, Tom Coward
- Architects for Health, South Bank University, 2012, Making Spaces for Children, Tom Coward
- Yale School of Architecture, 2011, Sampling and Synthesising, AOC
- Buenos Aires Biennale, 2011, Towards a popular architecture, Geoff Shearcroft
- NEXT biennle, Moscow, 2011, AOC, Tom Coward,
- Saint-Nazaire, France, 2010, From ‘Learning from’ to ‘Designing for’, Geoff Shearcroft, Archilife 010
- London Metropolitan University, 2010, What happened to the Thames Gateway Dream?, Geoff Shearcroft
- Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, 2010, TV Town, Geoff Shearcroft
- Central St Martins, 2010, Tell me a story, Tom Coward
- Royal College of Art, 2010, In conversation, Mao and AOC
- Oslo Society of Architects, 2010, Copy and Duplication, Tom Coward
- London Metropolitan University, 2010, Practice Makes Imperfect, Geoff Shearcroft
- Building Centre, London, 2009, Hearth House, Gill Lambert
- University of Sheffield, 2009, Learning from Suburbia, Geoff Shearcroft
- Royal Academy, London, 2009, We have Great Expectations, AOC
- Royal College of Art, London, 2009, The Psycho-Geographers, Geoff Shearcroft
- Manchester School of Architecture, 2009, Any Old City, AOC
- Critical Cities Symposium, Stockholm, 2009, Inside looking in, Tom Coward
- Building Schools for the Future, London, 2008, Creating Spaces, Geoff Shearcroft
- The British School of Rome, 2008, Cultural Approaches, AOC
- Grand Designs Live, 2008, My home must fit me, Tom Coward
- University of Plymouth, 2008, Recent Work, Tom Coward
- University of Cardiff, 2008, Recent Work, Tom Coward
- Thinking Metropolis Biennial, Copenhagen, 2007, The Lift, AOC
- Hafele Showroom, New York, 2007, New London Practices, AOC
- Center for Architecture, New York, 2007, New London Practices, AOC
- Turbine Hall, TATE Modern, 2007, Debate London, 2012 Wishlist, Tom Coward
- Royal Institute of British Architects, 2007, Adventures in making, Gill Lambert
- University of Bath, 2006, Three projects, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Central St Martins School of Art & Design, 2006, A moving train, AOC
- Royal College of Art, 2006, Group Theor(ap)y, G4, Tom Coward
- COAC, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 2006, Agents Of Change, Geoff Shearcroft
- London Metropolitan University, 2006, Public Nookie, Geoff Shearcroft
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, 2006, Covering old ground, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Nottingham University, 2005, New Work, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft
- Architecture Foundation, London, 2005, AOC: 3 Projects, Geoff Shearcroft
Exhibitions
- Beazley Designs of the Year, Design Museum, London 2016
- New ideas for Housing, New London Architecture, London, 2016
- Don’t Move, Improve, New London Architecture, London 2013
- BA11 Biennial, Buenos Aires, 2011
- London Design Week, Testbed 1, London, 2011
- Architecture Biennale: NEXT, Moscow, 2011
- 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces, V&A Museum, London, 2011
- AJ Small Projects Awards, Interface FLOR Showroom, London, 2010
- Prototypes and Experiments, Aram Gallery, London, 2010
- Think Tank, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2009
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 2009
- London Yields, The Building Centre, London, 2009
- Rank: Picturing the social order, 1516-2009, Leeds City Art Gallery, 2009
- AOC: Cultural Approaches, British School at Rome, 2008
- Experimental Architecture, Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2008
- Evolving Norms of British Housing, RIBA, London, 2008
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London 2008
- Des Res, New London Architecture Centre, London, 2008
- London’s Learning, Building Centre, London, 2007
- Casa Décor, London Design Festival, London, 2007
- 6 Practices: London, Center for Architecture, American Institute of Architects, New York, 2007
- North & South, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 2007
- London Literature Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 2007
- Blueprint For London, AF Yard Gallery, London 2007
- In Your Back Yard, Ideal Home Show, 2007
- Renaissance: The Revitalisation of Elephant and Castle, London College of Communications, 2007
- Blueprint for London, New London Architecture Gallery, 2007
- Designs on King’s Cross, New London Architecture Gallery, 2006
- Changing London Schools, Building Design, London, 2006
- Southwark Triangles, Unicorn Theatre, London, 2006
- Compendium, RIBA, London, 2006
- Oriki, Black Cultural Archive Kennington, London, 2005
- Föhn, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, 2005
- The Parachute Pavilion, Van Alen Institute, New York, 2005
- 40 architects under 40, V&A Museum, London, 2005
- Shrinking Cities, Deutsches Architektur Zentrums, Berlin, 2005
- A New Centre For Architecture, The Ragged School, London, 2005
Publications
- Time in Unit 9: A Comparison Between the Projected Life of the Drawing, the Residues of Living and Lived Experience, Tom Coward, The Hybrid Practitioner: Building, Teaching, Researching Architecture, KU Leuven Press, 2022
- Invention in Action at the Museum of Childhood, Tom Coward, Participatory Practice in Space, Place, and Service Design, Vernon Press, 2022
- Joy in Architecture: Evoking Emotions in Building, Geoff Shearcroft, Multiform: Architecture in an Age of Transition (Architectural Design), Jan 2021
- Saved from the wrecking ball on a daily basis, Tom Coward, Paper for Emerging Architectural Research, UCL, 2020
- Letter from Beijing, Tom Coward, Architectural Research Quarterly, Volume 21 / Issue 3, 2018
- Forever, For everyone, Tom Coward & Geoff Shearcroft, London Society, 2017
- Putting the Green back into the Green, Tom Coward, Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings in Urban Heritage, 2016
- The 7 LEDS of augmented reality, Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research no.7, 2014
- Helmets and Homes, Tom Coward, 1914now, 2014
- Tomorrow never dies, Geoff Shearcroft, RIBA Journal, March 2012
- Domestic discovery: or sampling and synthesizing with Daft Punk, Geoff Shearcroft, P.E.A.R, Issue 3, May 2011
- *Sample & Synthesis *(editorial), Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research no.3, 2011
- My Kind of Town: The Thames Valley, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, September
- Copy & Duplication, Tom Coward, P.E.A.R. Paper for emerging architectural research No.1, July 2009
- Peterlee: Failed ambitions for Attlee’s New Jerusalem, Geoff Shearcroft, Building Design, June 2009
- Privately, in public: Opinion on Building Schools for the Future, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, January 2009
- Inspiration: Lucy the Elephant, Tom Coward, Building Design, February 2008
- Learning from the semi, Geoff Shearcroft, Architecture Today, February 2008
- Learning from Milton Keynes, Geoff Shearcroft, Building Design, August 2007