David Kohn (architect)

David Kohn
David Kohn
Born	3 October 1972 (age 52)
Occupation	Architect
Further information
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Manser Medal (2024); RIBA House of the Year (2023); 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, Dorset; (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.

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

1997 MA and Diploma in Architecture, Jesus College, Cambridge University
1994 BA (Hons) Architecture, Jesus College, Cambridge University

Significant buildings

(2008) Flash^[10] at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
(2009) Stable Acre, Norfolk
(2010) Skyroom, London
(2011) Thomas Dane Gallery, Mayfair, London
(2012) Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona^[11]
(2012) The White Building,^[12] Hackney Wick, London
(2012) A Room for London,^[13]^[14] Living Architecture
(2014) Sotheby's S|2, London^[15]
(2012–2020) Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
(2015–2021) New Campus Savile Road, New College, Oxford^[16]
(2017–2018) V&A Photography Centre, London^[17]
(2020) Red House, Dorset^[18]
(2022) Greenwich Design District, London ^[19]
(2022) Cowshed, Dorset^[20]
(2023) Exhibition design for Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge^[21]
(2023) Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
(2024) Modern Art Oxford, Oxford

References

^ Wilson, Rob (22 November 2023). "Cowshed retrofit wins Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year 2023". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "RIBA House of the Year 2022". www.architecture.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "Young Architect of the Year 2009: David Kohn Architects". Building Design Online Edition. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ ""There was all this potential but it was being held back by the architecture" – Interview with David Kohn". Inside Festival. 2013.
^ "Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "David Kohn Architects: New College Oxford". davidkohn.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "David Kohn wins Birmingham Smithfield competition". Architects' Journal.
^ "David Kohn wins Belgian architecture faculty contest". Architects' Journal.
^ "Plans for "varied and playful" redesign of Ghent art museum unveiled". Dezeen. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ Peter Carl (20 March 2009). "David Kohn's 'Hedgehog and the Fox' lecture and exhibition at the London Met". Architects' Journal (online ed.). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ Ellis Woodman (27 March 2013). "Homage to Catalonia". Building Design. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ Rowan Moore (15 July 2012). "The White Building/Lea River Park – review". The Observer. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ Edwin Heathcote (1 August 2012). "Kohn's ark". ICON. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ Rowan Moore (15 January 2012). "A Room for London – review". The Observer. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ "'Discover: All That S|2 Offers'". Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ "Nuovo quad per il New College, Oxford". Domus. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ "'Discover: All That S|2 Offers'". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "Red House, Dorset: the shape of post-post-post modernism?". The Observer.
^ "Eclectic dreams: David Kohn's Greenwich Design District buildings". Architects' Journal.
^ "Cowshed in Devon, United Kingdom by David Kohn Architects". The Architectural Review.
^ "Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery". The Observer.

External links

Official website
David Kohn on LinkedIn

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[1] Wilson, Rob (22 November 2023). "Cowshed retrofit wins Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year 2023". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[2] "RIBA House of the Year 2022". www.architecture.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[3] "Young Architect of the Year 2009: David Kohn Architects". Building Design Online Edition. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[4] ""There was all this potential but it was being held back by the architecture" – Interview with David Kohn". Inside Festival. 2013.

[5] "Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[6] "David Kohn Architects: New College Oxford". davidkohn.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[7] "David Kohn wins Birmingham Smithfield competition". Architects' Journal.

[8] "David Kohn wins Belgian architecture faculty contest". Architects' Journal.

[9] "Plans for "varied and playful" redesign of Ghent art museum unveiled". Dezeen. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[10] Peter Carl (20 March 2009). "David Kohn's 'Hedgehog and the Fox' lecture and exhibition at the London Met". Architects' Journal (online ed.). Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[11] Ellis Woodman (27 March 2013). "Homage to Catalonia". Building Design. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[12] Rowan Moore (15 July 2012). "The White Building/Lea River Park – review". The Observer. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[13] Edwin Heathcote (1 August 2012). "Kohn's ark". ICON. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[14] Rowan Moore (15 January 2012). "A Room for London – review". The Observer. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[15] "'Discover: All That S|2 Offers'". Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[16] "Nuovo quad per il New College, Oxford". Domus. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[17] "'Discover: All That S|2 Offers'". Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[18] "Red House, Dorset: the shape of post-post-post modernism?". The Observer.

[19] "Eclectic dreams: David Kohn's Greenwich Design District buildings". Architects' Journal.

[20] "Cowshed in Devon, United Kingdom by David Kohn Architects". The Architectural Review.

[21] "Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery". The Observer.

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