British architect (born 1972)
David Kohn
Born (1972-10-03 ) 3 October 1972 (age 52)
Further information
Occupation Architect Awards Manser Medal (2023) RIBA House of the Year (2022) World Interior of the Year (2013) Young Architect of the Year (2009)
Practice David Kohn Architects Buildings
(2015–2024) Gradel Quadrangles, New College, Oxford
(2024) Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
(2023) Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
(2022) Cowshed, Devon
(2022) Greenwich Design District, London
(2020) Red House, Dorset
(2017–2018) V&A Photography Centre
(2012–2020) Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
(2014) Sotheby's S|2, London
(2012) A Room for London , Living Architecture
(2012) The White Building , Hackney Wick , London
(2012) Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona
(2011) Thomas Dane Gallery, Mayfair, London
(2010) Skyroom, London (2009) Stable Acre, Norfolk
(2008) Flash at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
David Kohn (born 3 October 1972) is a British architect. His practice, David Kohn Architects , is based in London and works internationally on arts, education and residential projects.
The Gradel Quadrangles, New College Oxford by David Kohn Architects - view of porters' lodge and tower
Red House, Dorset by David Kohn Architects. Winner, RIBA House of the Year 2022
Established in 2007, the practice has won a number of awards including the Manser Medal - Architects Journal House of the Year Award - for Cowshed in 2023,[ 1] and the Royal institute of British Architects House of the Year Award for Red House in 2022.[ 2] David Kohn was previously named Young Architect of the Year 2009 from Building Design magazine[ 3] and won INSIDE World Interior of the Year in 2013.[ 4]
David Kohn Architects completed a redevelopment of Modern Art Oxford in 2024[ 5] and a new London space for Stephen Friedman Gallery in 2023. Current projects include a new campus for New College, Oxford ,[ 6] new market buildings at Birmingham Smithfield,[ 7] and a new home for Hasselt University ’s architecture faculty.[ 8]
In 2024 David Kohn Architects won an international design competition[ 9] to redesign the S.M.A.K. museum in Ghent , Belgium , in partnership with noAarchitecten and Asli Çiçek.
Kohn was born in Cape Town and studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and at Columbia University GSAPP , New York, as a Fulbright Scholar. He taught architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture between 2019 and 2024, at the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design between 2003 and 2013, and was a visiting professor at KU Leuven between 2014 and 2016.
Kohn is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts . [citation needed ]
Education
Significant buildings
(2015–2024) The Gradel Quadrangles, New College, Oxford [ 10]
(2024) Modern Art Oxford
(2023) Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
(2023) Exhibition design for Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery at Kettle's Yard , Cambridge[ 11]
(2022) Cowshed, Devon[ 12]
(2022) Greenwich Design District, London [ 13]
(2020) Red House, Dorset[ 14]
(2017–2018) V&A Photography Centre, London[ 15]
(2012–2020) Institute of Contemporary Arts , London
(2014) Sotheby's S|2, London[ 16]
(2012) A Room for London ,[ 17] [ 18] Living Architecture
(2012) The White Building ,[ 19] Hackney Wick , London
(2012) Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona[ 20]
(2011) Thomas Dane Gallery, Mayfair, London
(2010) Skyroom, London
(2009) Stable Acre, Norfolk
(2008) Flash[ 21] at the Royal Academy of Arts , London
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