– Tracey Skovronek, Managing Director, Asia Pacific
As an employee-owned practice, we value the rich knowledge across our practice and diverse projects, clients and communities we work in.
For over 75 years we have actively engaged, evolved and reflected on the role that our shared heritage brings to global perspectives. Global projects continue to build our networks, expand our team’s skill sets, and support career development.
Working together as one team, across 14 studios worldwide, provides us with the opportunity to promote and foster cross-cultural knowledge exchange and champion exemplary practices in heritage conservation. Our work at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, saw our international team of architects and heritage consultants working together to deliver this ambitious project. It enabled us to set up our first overseas studio in Asia Pacific.
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
South Georgia, United Kingdom
Working on projects in different contexts is invigorating – whether this is remotely in unique locations such as Antarctica or South Georgia or on iconic sites such as the Sydney Opera House and Tower of London. The complex and often diverse characteristics of each heritage place continues to shape how we approach our work.
In hand with our international expertise, our local skills within our global regions supports us and our clients to navigate different materials, building codes and heritage planning frameworks which contributes to broadening our technical expertise.
When we find ourselves working in remote locations, thinking laterally about the most beneficial outcomes achievable with the resources available is a critical component of every project. Our work on Norfolk Island, Australia, supporting one of Australia’s most significant sites, has been to ensure that despite the logistical challenges of remote locations, conservation outcomes aligned with current international best practice standards and the principles of the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter.
Penal ruins on Norfolk Island, Australia
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Delhi
Our international projects connect us to a global network of teams, developing valuable relationships and future collaborations. Having the opportunity to engage with design teams and other heritage professionals enables the exploration of new design solutions and supports sound heritage outcomes. Our iterative design approach is evidenced in more recent collaborations at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and Melbourne Metro Project.
We continually draw on the wider expertise and skills across our practice to support decision making and advance international best practice. This brings a responsiveness and flexibility toward heritage outcomes, informed by a rational approach for each place, regardless of location. The Falkland Islands and work across a number of Commonwealth War Graves drew upon this broad practice expertise continuing to advance our international conservation approaches.
Palace of Westminster
The National Portrait Gallery
Radley College
Through our reach and international collaborations, we have achieved international recognition for our work at Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts with an RIBA International in 2021 and UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2019 as well as more recently being shortlisted in 2024 for an RIBA Stirling Prize National Portrait Gallery and in 2023 World Architecture Festival Award for Radley College, Oxford.
We’re proud of the progress we continue to make in shaping and positively contributing to the reimagining of heritage places around the world.
