Museum of the Home

by Wright & Wright Architects

 Client Museum of the Home

Award RIBA London Award 2023, shortlisted for the Stephen Lawrence Prize 2023 and the RIBA Reinvention Award 2023

Museum of the Home555Hufton CrowWEBIMAGE1jpg — Museum of the Home © Hufton + Crow

The museum’s Grade I-listed alms house buildings are set within a historic context of public gardens, creating an unexpected green oasis in Hackney. The architects have used the rich history of the site to inform the renovation of the early 18th century buildings, providing new extensions to create an 80% increase in exhibition space for the museum’s collections and 50% more public space. Visitors are beckoned towards the new entrance by bold welcoming signage opposite Hoxton rail station.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Quinn London Limited

Environmental / M&E Engineer Max Fordham LLP

Acoustic Engineer Max Fordham LLP

Structural Engineer Alan Baxter Ltd

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Gardiner & Theobald

Project Management Gardiner & Theobald

Landscape Architect Dominic Cole Landscape Architects Ltd

Lighting Design Max Fordham LLP

Sustainability Max Fordham LLP

Fire & Access Menzies Partners

Exhibition Designer ZMMA Ltd