David Kohn

Spear’s Review

David Kohn Architects was founded in 2007 by Cambridge graduate David Kohn. Based in London, his projects often follow competitive tenders. 

At New College, Oxford, the firm is designing a new quad, as well as student accommodation and facilities for the adjacent New College School, as part of a £50 million project. A refurbishment of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, meanwhile, entailed bringing the podium of Carlton House Terrace into the 21st century. And the Photography Centre at the Victoria & Albert Museum was the practice’s largest museum project when it opened in 2018.

Awards include Young Architect of the Year in 2009; One-Off House Architect of the Year 2010; RIBA, D&AD Designs and Condé Nast awards in 2012 for a Room for London; and World Interior of the Year in 2013. More recently, its Red House in Dorset was named RIBA House of the Year 2022.