David Kohn (born 3 October 1972) is a British architect. His practice, David Kohn Architects, is based in London and works internationally on arts, education and residential projects.
Established in 2007, the practice has won a number of awards including Young Architect of the Year 2009 from ''
Building Design
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'' magazine and
INSIDE
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World Interior of the Year in 2013.
Kohn was born in Cape Town and studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and at
Columbia University GSAPP, New York, as a Fulbright Scholar. He taught architecture at the
Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design
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, between 2003 and 2013 and was a Visiting Professor at
KU Leuven
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between 2014 and 2016.
Kohn is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts and a Trustee of
Stratford Circus Arts Centre.
Education
* 1997 MA and Diploma in Architecture,
Jesus College, Cambridge University
* 1994 BA (Hons) Architecture, Jesus College, Cambridge University
Significant buildings
*(2008) Flash at the
Royal Academy of Arts, London
*(2009) Stable Acre, Norfolk
*(2010) Skyroom, London
*(2011) Thomas Dane Gallery, Mayfair, London
*(2012) Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona
*(2012) The
White Building,
Hackney Wick
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, London
*(2012)
A Room for London,
Living Architecture
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*(2014) Sotheby's S, 2, London
*(2012–2020)
Institute of Contemporary Arts
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, London
*(2015–2021) New Campus Savile Road,
New College, Oxford
*(2017–2018)
V&A Photography Centre,
References
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1972 births
Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
Architects from London
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni
Living people
People from Cape Town
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