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31 October 2022
Bond Street Station, Hanover Square and Davies Street, Central London, England, UK
Design: John McAslan + Partners / Engineer: WSP

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Bond Street Station London Elizabeth Line
A new point of arrival into London’s West End designed by John McAslan + Partners with engineers WSP creates an uplifting passenger experience that celebrates the urban realm of Bond Street station.

11 Sep 2022
WAF 2022 Finalists for the Special Prizes News
World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the 2022 Special Prize shortlist ahead of this year’s festival. The projects shortlisted for the Special Prizes have been selected from across the greater WAF Awards shortlist in order to shine a light on submissions that exhibit an outstanding use of Engineering, Colour, Natural Light, and Certified Timber, as well as the best Small Project of the Year Prize.

image courtesy of © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collections

Including both completed and future projects, The Futureglass Prize, is awarded to the project that best demonstrates new ways in which glass and glass technology can be deployed. The finalists for the inaugural Prize range from chameleonic glass-paneled buildings to innovative glass interventions in existing structures, showcasing the breadth of how glass and glass technology can be used in new and inventive ways. The shortlisted projects include the Burrell Collection:

Burrell Museum Building

WAF 2022 Special Prizes Finalists

21 Apr 2022
Architects John McAslan + Partners wins the Queen’s Award – Britain’s most coveted business prize

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John McAslan + Partners win Queen’s Award
John McAslan + Partners has today been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade for 2022. This prestigious Award recognises John McAslan + Partners’ excellence in achieving outstanding growth internationally, whilst remaining true to the business’s core values of design excellence, with both social value and sustainability at the heart of the architectural practice’s ethos.

30 + 29 Mar 2022
Burrell Museum Renewal

Now open after refurbishment and redisplay, this award-winning building houses a unique collection in a beautiful woodland setting.

Back in 2017 we reported that John Meunier, one of the three architects behind Glasgow’s A-listed Burrell Museum Building had concerns about the renewal plans. He is now emeritus professor of architecture at Arizona State University.

image courtesy of © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collections

The project was triggered to carry out urgent repairs to the ailing 1983 structure which has been hit by extensive waer leaks through the roof. The closure gave an opportunity to greatly increase the display space on offer as part of these works, allowing 90 per cent of the 9,000 objects to go on display – four times the number which can be put on show currently.

18 June 2019
The Clore Music Rooms, New College, University of Oxford, England, UK

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The Clore Music Rooms New College Oxford Building
JMP complete The Clore Music Rooms for students of New College, University of Oxford, providing a range of high-performance spaces for the practice, study and enjoyment of music, opera and drama.

22 Mar 2019
Belfast Transport Hub, Weavers Cross, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Design: John McAslan + Partners with Arup

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Belfast Transport Hub Building
Translink has welcomed the announcement from the Department for Infrastructure that planning permission has been granted for the new Belfast Transport Hub.

23 Aug 2018
John McAslan + Partners Sydney Studio, NSW, Australia

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John McAslan + Partners Sydney Studio
Award-winning international architectural practice John McAslan + Partners has opened a design studio in Sydney ahead of the upcoming regeneration of the city’s historic Central Station and as a base to pursue other opportunities in Australia.

22 Nov 2017
Global Leadership Centre for the University of Oxford

John McAslan + Partners has been commissioned by one of the world’s leading business schools, the Saïd Business School at The University of Oxford, to transform the currently unoccupied Osney Power Station into the School’s new Global Leadership Centre.

The Power Station holds a wealth of opportunities to create a dynamic environment as the centre for the School’s executive education provision. In particular, the riverside setting creates a unique opportunity for adaptive re-use and new build for both academic and residential amenities, creating an enclave which is both part of the urban Oxford scene whilst being suitably distinct and tranquil.

Global Leadership Centre for the University of Oxford

12 Jun 2017
Burrell Museum Redevelopment

On the 7th of June we reported that John Meunier, one of the architects behind Glasgow’s A-listed Burrell Museum Building had concerns about the renewal plans. Now one of the former keepers of the Burrell Collection has also raised concerns about the £66m revamp.

Richard Marks, keeper of the collection and assistant director of Glasgow Museums between 1979 and 1985, now professor at the Department of the History of Art at the University of Cambridge, raised a series of concerns about the redevelopment in the Architects’ Journal.

Professor Marks said that although the revamp proposals “do not look as drastic as I feared”, he is concerned that the “proposed new south entrance disrupts the integrity of the overall design.”

He added: “Moreover it removes the only area where the large stained glass panels can be displayed in toto (there was no area designated for these panels originally, but one settled on by Barry and I for this reason).

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“As far as I can see the new entrance involves the destruction of the reconstituted Hutton Castle Dining Room: not only would it ruin the symmetry of the trio of Hutton rooms, but also abrogate Burrell’s stipulation that all three should be incorporated with their fittings and furnishings – unless of course the Trustees regrettably have agreed to the proposal.”

He adds: “As for the existing entrance arm, I disagree that it is unwelcoming; if there are problems with the internal flow surely the solution is an internal reorganisation of some of the furnishings?

“Fundamentally the problem from the point of view of visitor numbers is the location in Pollok Park – and that will not I suspect go away by tinkering with the exterior.”

7 Jun 2017
US Architect John Meunier Questions Burrell Redevelopment

John Meunier, one of the architects behind Glasgow’s A-listed Burrell Museum now emeritus professor of architecture at Arizona State University, has issued an 11th hour plea to John McAslan & Partners to re-think their plans despite approval already having been granted by Glasgow City Council.

Masterplan design by JMP – little change visible on the exterior, view from East:

The £66m project has been necessitated to carry out urgent repairs to the ailing 1983 structure which has been hit by extensive water ingress through the roof, presenting an opportunity to greatly increase the display space on offer as part of these works, allowing 90 per cent of the 9,000 objects to go on display – four times the number which can be put on show currently.

23 + 20 Apr 2017
Burrell Building Renewal Wins Planning, Glasgow, Scotland

John McAslan + Partners receives planning permission for their overhaul of the Burrell Collection in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow.

13 Mar 2017
John McAslan + Partners win top accolade at 2017 Civic Trust Awards

John McAslan + Partners’ Catholic Cathedral in Kericho, Kenya, has scooped the top Civic Trust Award, the National Panel Special Awards, at last Friday’s ceremony. The practice’s Jumaa Mosque and Heritage House Museums in Doha also won a Civic Trust Award.

photograph © Edmund Sumner

Aidan Potter, Design Director at John McAslan + Partners’, comments: “We are delighted that our project has been singled out by the Civic Trust jury in this way – the Civic Trust Awards are highly respected and to receive their top award is incredibly gratifying.”

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The Cathedral’s design creates a unique and sacred place for a congregation of 1,500 seated celebrants participating in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Mass under one giant unifying roof. The strikingly inclined roof and its ascending interior volume – over 1,375 square metres in size – are the key characteristics behind its design.

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The architectural challenge was to ensure Kericho Cathedral embodied the Catholic liturgy and embraced its local congregation in a way that serves the Faith and the special qualities of its location and community.

photograph © Edmund Sumner

13 Mar 2017
Burrell Collection Refurbishment, Glasgow, Scotland

As first reported on this page in March 2016, this is a major project for the practice in the city where John grew up.

McAslan + Partners have lodged long-awaited proposals for a major overhaul of the Burrell Gallery in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, to safeguard its long-term future.

Gardiner & Theobald are undertaking the Project Management whilst Event Communications are appointed to deliver exhibition and interpretative design in the galleries.

Burrell Collection Building

30 Aug 2016
Architects’ Conversations, Edinburgh, Scotland

National Museum of Scotland presents ; Architects’ Conversations: John McAslan in conversation with Pedro Mendes da Rocha.

The next event in the Architect’s Conversation series, to be held at the National Museum of Scotland on the evening of 21st September 2016.

Join John McAslan in conversation with Pedro Mendes da Rocha, son of esteemed Paulo Mendes da Rocha, winner of this year’s Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale and The Pritzker Architecture Prize winner 2006, as they discuss Paulo’s work and the relationship between architecture and engineering.

The evening will commence with a drinks reception from 18.00, followed by an introduction and welcome at 18.45, with ample time being given for Q&A and discussion with the audience.

Additional information about the event, included advance ticket booking:

11 Jul 2016
New School of GeoScience, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

John McAslan + Partners has won an international competition to design the new GeoSciences Building for the University of Edinburgh. The University’s School is ranked in the top 16 such faculties worldwide and is the largest community of GeoScientists in the UK, home to 400 academics and research students.

A reinterpretation of the typical laboratory layout will achieve transparency throughout the building, visually connecting write-up areas, laboratories, group rooms and offices. The building will be unified by a dramatic central atrium.

Visualisation showing the light-filled central atrium, the heart of the new GeoSciences building:

8 Jul 2016
Baitul Futuh Mosque, London, UK

John McAslan + Partners has been commissioned to develop proposals for the Baitul Futuh Mosque, in Morden, South London – the largest Mosque in Western Europe, report the architects.

A fire in 2015 destroyed significant elements of the complex, including function halls, offices, residences and other support functions, seriously impacting on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community which the Mosque serves. Reinstating the fire-damaged elements of the building is a priority, but the practice is also exploring long-term opportunities in order to establish an overall development framework that responds to the client’s wider aspirations.

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The Baitul Futuh Mosqueproposals envisage a new formal facade which would present a distinguished frontage and entrance in the form of a new wing, as well creating a more generous courtyard space and increased accommodation. Separate vehicle and pedestrian entrances will create safer access, with new hard and soft landscaping enhancing the approach to the Mosque complex.

John McAslan, Chairman of John McAslan + Partners, said: “We are honoured to have been given this prestigious opportunity to design a long-term, strategic masterplan for the Baitul Futuh Mosque, which serves one of Europe’s most significant Muslim communities.”

13 May 2016
Museum of Russian Impressionism, Bolshevik Factory, Moscow, Russia

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Museum of Russian Impressionism in Moscow
This building is part of the redevelopment of the historic Bolshevik Factory. It will display examples of Russian Impressionist art, temporary exhibitions, lectures, concerts and multi-media presentations.

27 Apr 2016
Millbank Tower Renewal, London, UK

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Millbank Tower Renewal

4 + 3 Mar 2016
John McAslan + Partners – Architect for Burrell Collection Refurbishment

Glasgow City Council’s Executive Committee confirmed the appointment of Gardiner & Theobald LLP with John McAslan + Partners and Event Communications to take forward the Burrell Collection’s ambitious refurbishment and redisplay plans in Glasgow, Scotland.

Gardiner & Theobald has been appointed to undertake the Project Management with John McAslan + Partners as Architect and Lead Designer for the refurbishment of the building, whilst Event Communications has been appointed todeliver exhibition and interpretative design across the Burrell’s galleries.

A total of 113 suppliers expressed an interest in the tender for the Project Management led Architectural and Building Design Team.

Six suppliers submitted a valid tender for Project Management led Architectural and Building Design:-

– Buro Four with Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
– Doig + Smith with Dixon Jones
– Gardiner & Theobald LLP with John McAslan + Partners
– Mace with Reiach and Hall
– Mott MacDonald with Page \ Park Architects
– Turner & Townsend with Hoskins Architects

16 Feb 2016
St Paul’s School Building, London, UK

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St Paul’s School Building, Hammersmith
Transformative scheme for a major new building development at Brook Green wins planning approval.

12 Jan 2016
Planning approval granted for St Albans Museum and Gallery Building, Herts, England, UK

St Albans Museum and Gallery Building
Refurbishment and adaptive reuse of this nationally important historic building. work includes restoration of the Town Hall’s impressive first-floor Assembly Room as a gallery to showcase the rich history of St Albans City.

9 Dec 2013
Royal College of Surgeons Building Renewal, Edinburgh, Scotland
Redevelopment design: John McAslan + Partners

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Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
The Lister Project – named after another notable College Fellow, Joseph Lister, who radically improved the safety of surgery by promoting the use of antiseptic techniques – will transform Surgeons’ Hall Museum into a modern, public amenity using its internationally-important collections, amassed since the 15th century, to tell the history of medicine. It will be the first time that the building has been radically altered since 1908.

Glasgow Architectural News, Scotland – Whistleblowers in Scotland are Ignored – 19 Nov 2013
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is taking the unusual step of issuing this press notice to highlight significant failings by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland in his recently published report on the George Square, Glasgow design competition.

28 Aug 2013
Bolshevik Factory, Moscow, Russia

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The scheme will feature covered atria ‘streets’ and office space with exceptional views over Moscow city and beyond, as well as a new art gallery space housing the client’s collection of Russian Impressionist art. One of Moscow’s most celebrated late 19th-century industrial buildings, the project comprises 17 buildings of varying ages and styles, including listed buildings dating from 1884 – the first buildings in Moscow to boast electric light.

9 Aug 2013
Oasis Academy, north London, England, UK
Architects: John McAslan + Partners

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This newly completed Oasis Academy Hadley, Enfield – a specialist Maths, ICT and Music school – has been designed as a highly sustainable building. Located on a former industrial site, the project sits at the heart of a wider urban regeneration plan. This ambitious scheme delivers a vibrant new learning campus for the Academy’s primary, secondary and sixth-form students and will also play a pivotal role as a new community hub, with a range of cultural and sports activities (indoor sports hall, dance studios, changing rooms, and an all-weather pitch and multi-use games area) available outside school hours.

30 Jul 2013
Darwen Vale High School, Blackburn, north west England, UK

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Darwen Vale High School
This reconfigured school in Blackburn offers 1,200 pupils a flexible, IT-rich environment, designed to transform teaching and learning. A new three-storey 8,000m² structure is located behind the original school building: conceived as a bold, fluid form, it wraps around the existing structure.
The original 1930s grammar school frontage has been retained, accommodating key spaces such as the school library.

30 Jul 2013
Wellington House, London, England, UK

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Wellington House
This significant project comprises a high-value apartment block with 59 apartments, as well as retail on part of the ground floor, with frontages on Buckingham Gate and Petty France. The building, to be completed later this year, will be the private residential component of the client’s associated development scheme nearer to Victoria station.

20 Mar 2013
Royal BC Museum Master Plan, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Design: John McAslan + Partners with Merrick Architecture

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Royal BC Museum Masterplan
John McAslan + Partners (London, UK) have been appointed alongside Merrick Architecture (Victoria, BC), to create a masterplan for the renewal of the Royal BC Museum buildings.

22 Jan 2013, update 18 Mar 2013
George Square Competition, Glasgow, Scotland – John McAslan + Partners wins:

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George Square Competition
The six shortlisted architect practices were Agence Ter., Burns + Nice, Gustafson Porter, James Corner Field Operations, John McAslan and JM Architects.

30 Jul 2012
Maison D. Haiti, London, England

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John McAslan + Partners Practice Information
John McAslan + Partners have an on-going relationship in promoting Haiti since working on the restoration of the Iron Market, Port-au-Prince. “Our current role is in hosting Haiti’s National Olympic House in our William Road Gallery, which showcases our work in Haiti using architectural models and photography”. Central to this is an exhibition celebrating the recent work of Donna Karan and her Urban Zen foundation.

3 Aug 2012
Refurbishment of Friends House, London, England, UK

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Friends House London
JMP’s £4.25m proposal for the refurbishment of Grade ll Listed Friends House has received Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent. The London Borough of Camden gave the green light in July 2012 with work set to begin in 2013.

16 Jul 2012
Engineering Building at Lancaster University, north west England, UK
JMP wins new Engineering Building at Lancaster University

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Engineering Building at Lancaster University
John McAslan + Partners have been appointed to assist in the design and construction of a new home for the University’s Engineering Department. The competition winning scheme will deliver 4,720 sqm of workshop, laboratory and office space in two concrete-framed wings set either side of a continuous, four-storey high atrium ‘street’.

12 Jul + 13 Mar 2012
King’s Cross St Pancras Terminus for the Eurostar, North London, UK
2007-12

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King’s Cross Concourse
The station concourse is now open to the public.

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12 Mar 2012
New Residential Quarter in Earls Court, west London, UK

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Hammersmith & Fulham Council grant planning permission for significant new residential quarter in Earls Court. The Seagrave Road project, designed by John McAslan + Partners, forms part of the wider Earls Court masterplan and consists of over 800 new homes ‐ a mix of town‐houses, apartments and affordable housing ‐ distributed across eight blocks, including a 16‐storey tower. The scheme for Capital & Counties Properties creates a seamless urban connection between the site, its existing neighbourhood and the emerging Earls Court Masterplan.
Ian Hawksworth, Chief Executive of Capco said: “This is a significant milestone ‐ an exciting opportunity to transform the area, creating hundreds of new homes and jobs.” John McAslan said: “We are delighted that the Council’s planning committee has granted detailed planning permission for what will be an important new London quarter.”
The site is located just to the south of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Phase 1 is expected to start in 2013, followed by Phase 2 in 2014.

19 May 2011
Iron Market, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2011

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Iron Market Haiti
When the Haiti earthquake mangled Port-au-Prince’s Iron Market, it destroyed a symbol of the nation. Built in France and bound for Cairo to serve as a railway station, the vagaries of history, tides or captains led it to end up here, where it served as a perfectly good market hall until ravaged first by fire in 2008 and then by earthquake.

19 May 2011
Stanislavsky Centre, Moscow, Russia
2011

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Stanislavsky Centre
Redevelopment by John McAslan + Partners of the historic 4ha Stanislavsky factory and theatre site in central Moscow transformed a degraded mixture of 19th century and 20th century building stock into a vivid cultural and mixed-use development.

15 Jul 2011
Campden Hill Apartments, London, England

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Campden Hill Apartments
GC Campden Hill LLP, a 50/50 joint venture partnership between Native Land and Grosvenor has been granted planning consent by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for its two-acre, super-prime residential development at Campden Hill, overlooking Holland Park.

1 Jun 2011
Bond Street Crossrail Station, London, England

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Bond Street Crossrail Station
John McAslan + Partners wraps-up planning approval for Bond Street Crossrail. The latest approval to be granted by Westminster City Council is for a masterplan station around the eastern side of the scheme, facilitating enhanced accessibility to the ticket hall at Hanover Square.

19 Apr 2011
Charles Carter Building, Lancaster University Building, England

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Charles Carter Building

2 Jul 2009
Manchester Metropolitan University Hulme Campus, England

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Manchester Metropolitan University Hulme

22 May 2009
82 Derngate, Northampton, England

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78 Derngate wins RIBA Award

John McAslan – Key Projects

Buildings by JMP, chronological:

Queen’s Terrace Barracks, London, UK
2010-

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Queen’s Terrace Barracks

Olympic Park Energy Centre, London, UK
2012

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London Olympics Energy Centre

Burgh Hall, Dunoon, Scotland
2009-

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Burgh Hall Dunoon

De La Warr Pavilion refurbishment, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, UK
2004-05

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De La Warr Pavilion – De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea