221005 MArys D&AStatement - Flipbook - Page 4
Dow Jones Architects
Dow Jones Architects was established in 2000, earning
a reputation as one of the UK’s leading architectural
practices. This is a design-led practice with a
reputation for producing well-crafted, conceptually
clear architecture.
The work of the practice has been published and
exhibited extensively, and many of the projects have
won numerous awards. In 2020, the practice won the
BD Public Buildings Architect of the Year.
The practice is experienced at delivering carefully
detailed buildings which respond to complex and
sensitive cultural and historic settings. All projects are
informed by a sensitive approach to place and use, with
an attention to sustainability in its broadest sense.
The practice’s work in adapting and refurbishing listed
churches include the following projects:
–– the redevlopment of the crypt at Hawksmoor’s
Grade 1 listed Christ Church Spitalfields,
–– the conservation and extension of GE Street’s Grade
1 listed St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, for a new
heritage and community centre,
–– the redevelopment of grade 2* listed St Mary-atLambeth (adjacent to Lambeth Palace) to create the
Garden Museum,
–– The conservation of Grade I listed Bevis Marks
Synagogue in the City of London, together with a
new heritage and learning centre (on site).
Awards for these church projects include:
–– The King of Prussia Medal and RICS Social Impact
Award, and shortlisting for the AJ Award and RIBA
MacEwen Award for social impact, for St Mary
Magdalene,
–– AJ Retrofit Award and Civic Trust Award, and
shortlisting for the AJ Award, AR New into Old and
Selwyn Goldsmith Award, for the Garden Museum,
Lambeth,
–– AJ Retrofit Award, and shortlisting for the RICS
Awards, Wood Awards and RICS Presidents Award,
for Christ Church Spitalfields.
Crypt redevelopment at Christ Church Spitalfields
‘A sensitive and appropriate response to Street’s
architecture, contextual but eschewing any hint of
pastiche ... It links the church and adjacent school
in a highly sensitive way and will be a significant
work of architecture in its own right by a leading
young practice of our own day.’
Kenneth Powell, November 2015, St Mary Magdalene
‘This is an exciting and innovative project, and
will set a benchmark for new work in the historic
environment.’
English Heritage, 2015, the Garden Museum
‘Dow Jones combine a tactile and intellectual
reverence for the old with a sharp-tipped
exploration of the new.’
Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden
Museum
‘Other shortlisted firms had completed larger
refurbishment projects than had Dow Jones, but
none had established so clear a philosophy about
the way new work might relate to old.’
Refurbishment Architect of the Year Award citation
Mary’s, Primrose Hill
New Heritage and Community Centre at G.E.Street’s St Mary Magdalene
New education and cafe spaces at the Garden Museum