OPerA Studio Architecture is looking for a new or recent graduate architect to join our design team. We are a young and rapidly growing practice with a wide variety of ongoing projects of various types.
Qualifications: be a good designer with good representational skills. Think like we do. Concept and process infuse all of our work. You should love to sketch on trace and build study models, and be able to present clear concepts convincingly. You must have a bachelor or master in architecture professional degree. You should be able to use a variety of computer aided design tools, of course. We're really looking for someone with an entry level of experience, so if you've worked or been out of school for more than a year, you probably won't be right for the current position. You would be the fifth person on our team, so it's a small office but we're doing a lot of work at a fast pace. Therefore you'll really be thrown into it: on site with contractors, meeting with clients, designing, but also doing a lot of production work on drawing sets. The office is dog friendly, so please be dog friendly.
Please send your resume and work samples to email.
David Kohn Architects is one of the UK’s leading practices. Established in 2007, it has garnered national and international recognition for the quality of its design and has recently won significant education and arts projects. The practice’s work ranges from collaboration with artists to public spaces, from historic building renovation to urban strategies. Over the next five years DKA aims to grow organically, continuing to take on larger, more complex projects.
DKA wishes to appoint a Project Architect to join our growing team to work on one of several significant commissions.
Key responsibilities:
- Responsible for managing a small project team delivering a significant project to the highest quality through all RIBA stages.
- Drive project design development using physical models, CAD models, sketching and regular reviews.
- Work closely with the senior design team to ensure a coherent design approach is applied across all aspects of the project.
- Oversee project resourcing and time management.
Experience and knowledge:
- Riba Part 3 qualified with at least three years post-qualification experience.
- Experience as project architect on at least one award-winning projects over £2M in construction value and all RIBA stages.
- Experience of leading a team of architectural assistants setting resourcing levels, project and stage milestones, monitoring progress.
Skill and abilities:
- Design: Excellent design skills and ability to communicate design quickly and clearly. Excellent construction detailing skills.
- Attention to Detail: Able to quickly identify details, in construction information, correspondence, office organization, that require correction. Able to instruct colleagues in same and maintain high quality standards;
Attitude: Positive, persistent, proactive, calm– able to pursue the practice and project goals with a relaxed can-do attitude.
How to apply:
Applications should be made simultaneously in hard copy and by email and include the
following:
- A cover letter explaining how you meet all the criteria for the post, and why you want to work for DKA.
- CV detailing previous experience and qualifications.
- Up to 4 sides of A4 showing images and drawings of key previous projects and personal work.
- Post or deliver hard copy to: Jon Foley, David Kohn Architects, Bedford House, 125–133 Camden High Street, London NW1 7JR. Mark as "Project Architect Recruitment".
- Send a single PDF no bigger than 3MB to Jon Foley. Mark the subject line to the email "Project Architect Recruitment".
- Deadline for applications is 24th July 2015.
- We will only be able to enter into correspondence with shortlisted candidates.
- David Kohn Architects is an Equal Opportunities Employer.