Job Description

Description

As an experienced Architect in our London studio, you will be a member of a collaborative team that values both rigorous thinking and creative exploration. As a Design Leader, you are able to take responsibility, bring curiosity, contribute fresh ideas and advance conceptual approaches in our shared pursuit of architectural excellence. The role requires strong design management and team leadership capabilities, excellent client-facing and presentation skills, and a deep understanding of design integrity through materiality, detailing, and construction quality.

Key Responsibilities

As a design leader within a project team, you will be responsible for formulating design approaches and establishing design excellence in response to project constraints and brief aspirations while promoting creativity and critical thinking within the team. You will collaboratively lead design development from concept through construction documentation, mentoring junior team members and guiding design investigations and explorations. Your role will involve coordinating with consultants and clients to ensure design intent is maintained, while preparing and presenting design proposals for discussion at design reviews, design team workshops and client presentations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

-- Part 3 qualified, ARB registered, with 5-7 years design leadership experience on high-quality architectural projects

-- Portfolio of student and professional work demonstrating exceptional design quality, innovative thinking, and sustainable design principles

-- Strong presentation skills with experience communicating design concepts to clients and stakeholders

-- Advanced modelmaking and sketching abilities with proficiency in Rhino, ArchiCAD and Photoshop tools

-- Experience leading teams, mentoring junior staff, and coordinating multidisciplinary consultant teams

Benefits

Our studio offers a dynamic and creative environment, supported by a talented and dedicated team of 75 staff members who are committed to environmental and social sustainability.



In addition to a stimulating work culture, we provide a range of employee benefits, including private health insurance, a cycle-to-work scheme, a cash health plan, employer pension contributions, an employee assistance plan, and enhanced maternity and paternity leave. For candidates who need to relocate to London, we also offer visa assistance.


Our flexible core hours policy allows you to customise your working day, and we also offer the opportunity to work abroad for up to 15 days a year.

About David Chipperfield Architects

David Chipperfield Architects is an international architecture studio founded in London in 1985. The practice has developed a strong reputation for the quality of its work, with a diverse portfolio that includes celebrated cultural, residential, educational, commercial, and civic projects. Comprising five independent offices in London, Berlin, Milan, Shanghai and Santiago de Compostela, each one is embedded in its local context while united globally by common architectural ambitions. The practice's approach is grounded in a concern for the social and environmental sustainability of the built environment and its role in our collective quality of life.