London, UK
Architect
at AOC
AOC is seeking an architect to join its team in Whitechapel, London.
The role
Architect with a proven ability to produce design information for construction. You will join a small team, taking responsibility for key design packages and communicating effectively with your team members, consultants and client team. You will be passionate about resolving technical challenges and have experience delivering designs on-site. As an active contributor to our collaborative studio, you will be involved in all aspects of the practice, shaping its continued evolution.
The practice
Agents Of Change/AOC is a London-based practice of architects and designers led by Tom Coward, Gill Lambert and Geoff Shearcroft. We create buildings, experiences and places that help people connect. Through our design process, we help people imagine and deliver transformational change. Many of our projects invent new types of space that respond to contemporary needs.
We are passionate collaborators, co-creating with clients, users, experts and communities to deliver designs that work as well as they look. Our design approach is rooted in practical research and rigorous in-situ testing and prototypes. This leads to designs that are particular to the forms, materials and myths of their place. We are experts in the adaptation of buildings of all ages, reimagining uses in historically and politically sensitive sites. Over 20 years practice we have consistently innovated with materials and technologies to construct buildings with ever lower embodied carbon and energy use.
We are currently working on a range of cultural buildings, including the Grade II* listed Paignton Picture House, a theatre and venue in St Neots, a new home for the Royal Academy of Music and Stonehenge Learning Centre in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Essential skills/knowledge:
- ARB Part 3 qualified with minimum two years’ experience
- being a confident designer with good interpersonal skills
- able to work independently with care and intelligence
- an excellent understanding of construction methods and detailing
- enthusiasm for radical conservation and contemporary new build
- good organisational skills with great attention to detail
- proven communication skills, able to liaise with client, consultant and contractor teams
- able to lead project and practice-related research
- to be Mac literate and proficient in Adobe CC and MS Office 365
- efficient in 2D and 3D drafting – Vectorworks 2D essential, Vectorworks 3D desirable
- thorough knowledge of NBS and writing specifications
- excellent written and spoken English language skills
- proven experience working on all RIBA Stages
Benefits
Our benefits package includes:
- flexible working policy with up to two days remote working
- core office hours policy providing flexibility at either end of the day
- annual leave increasing with long service
- profit share bonus payment
- employers pension contribution
- cycle to work scheme
- support for professional studies and conservation architect accreditatio
- comprehensive continuing professional development programme
- discounted access to museums and archives
- studio trips, events, openings, exhibitions and conferences
AOC are members of the London Practice Forum which cares about London, its people and its built environment. We are an equal opportunities employer and a London Living Wage employer. We actively seek and encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
How to apply
If you meet the outlined requirements, please send a digital copy of your CV via the ‘apply to job’ button below (max 10MB) along with a covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria and why you want to work for AOC.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, based in our London office and be available to start in June 2026.