Ken Shuttleworth and make Architecture
We began make Architecture in 2003 and really enjoy what we do, our clients, the work we create together and the scale of our practice. We are pretty creative and get the most out of our constraints and budgets. Our clients love our spaces and that’s what matters.
There is a fascinating New Yorker article featuring Ken Shuttleworth and his former boss the Prtizker Prize winning architect Norman Foster. Ken worked for Foster for over a decade and was known as “Ken the pen” for his Foster-like sketches. He is credited with the “blob” period of Foster’s work including the now-unused London City Hall and the Swiss Re building or the Gherkin known to most of us for its appearance in a James Bond movie.
In 2004 I began to receive email addressed to Ken Shuttleworth. There were nanny resumes and wedding photos. I had no idea who Ken Shuttleworth was. I thought it was perhaps a phishing scheme or some really elaborate spam. Maybe it was a practical joke? Then I received this email (posted on left) from a highly regarded Architecture consultant named Santa Raymond extolling the creativity of Ken’s new firm “Make Architecture.” Ken–or his people–obviously did not do his diligence because I had already been in business more than a year. Not only was he unaware that I had the URL but his logo looked a lot like mine.
The next month I received a written confirmation of a commission for a new 16 story condo project on the Thames. A signed contract was attached. I was excited but confused. It was not I. So I called the number and found out who he was.
Santa Raymond’s email extols the creativity this new Make Architecture brand:
“Ken Shuttleworth - set up his own practice in January 2004. Called ‘Make Architecture’, the office is one of the most dynamic in London. Three-dozen staff work open plan in a large ground floor room. Overlooking the street on two sides, this is an architectural shop. Banks of workstations - with flat computer screens - are 900mm high to encourage interaction. Drawings on the walls, models on tables and window sills all communicate to staff, clients and passers-by that this is: ‘The most creative place in the world to work’”
Shuttleworth then changed the name of his firm to Make Architects.
We are pretty creative and resourceful and are flattered that great minds think alike.
Norman Foster Profile in the New Yorker
#newyorker #NormanFoster #kenshuttleworth #pritzkerprize
We began make Architecture in 2003 and really enjoy what we do, our clients, the work we create together and the scale of our practice. We are pretty creative and get the most out of our constraints and budgets. Our clients love our spaces and that’s what matters.
There is a fascinating New Yorker article featuring Ken Shuttleworth and his former boss the Prtizker Prize winning architect Norman Foster. Ken worked for Foster for over a decade and was known as “Ken the pen” for his Foster-like sketches. He is credited with the “blob” period of Foster’s work including the now-unused London City Hall and the Swiss Re building or the Gherkin known to most of us for its appearance in a James Bond movie.
In 2004 I began to receive email addressed to Ken Shuttleworth. There were nanny resumes and wedding photos. I had no idea who Ken Shuttleworth was. I thought it was perhaps a phishing scheme or some really elaborate spam. Maybe it was a practical joke? Then I received this email (posted on left) from a highly regarded Architecture consultant named Santa Raymond extolling the creativity of Ken’s new firm “Make Architecture.” Ken–or his people–obviously did not do his diligence because I had already been in business more than a year. Not only was he unaware that I had the URL but his logo looked a lot like mine.
The next month I received a written confirmation of a commission for a new 16 story condo project on the Thames. A signed contract was attached. I was excited but confused. It was not I. So I called the number and found out who he was.
Santa Raymond’s email extols the creativity this new Make Architecture brand:
“Ken Shuttleworth - set up his own practice in January 2004. Called ‘Make Architecture’, the office is one of the most dynamic in London. Three-dozen staff work open plan in a large ground floor room. Overlooking the street on two sides, this is an architectural shop. Banks of workstations - with flat computer screens - are 900mm high to encourage interaction. Drawings on the walls, models on tables and window sills all communicate to staff, clients and passers-by that this is: ‘The most creative place in the world to work’”
Shuttleworth then changed the name of his firm to Make Architects.
We are pretty creative and resourceful and are flattered that great minds think alike.
Norman Foster Profile in the New Yorker
#newyorker #NormanFoster #kenshuttleworth #pritzkerprize