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Burgess Architects is hiring an architect to join its practice in London.

Burgess Architects is looking for an inquisitive and enthusiastic registered architect with three to five years’ experience post Part 2 to join its busy design-led practice in Kennington in London.

There are excellent opportunities for career development as part of this small and motivated, supportive team.

Our studio:

• calm and light characterful office, part of the locally listed Pullens Yard creative business mews’
• weekly workload meetings to share upcoming tasks or concerns
• monthly office lunches prepared by one of us to share recent project news and best practice learning across the office
• office ‘charettes’ for the whole team to input to the fundamental design and approach for new projects arriving in the office
• annual 3-day office trip to a new city to visit buildings, art and try our hand at a sustainable construction technique, from rammed earth to straw bails
• good-humoured, sociable office with other outings and gatherings
  in-house passivhaus designers, with low carbon design informing all our work
• design-focused 
• published (AJ, RIBAJ, Evening Standard, Radical Housing book etc.) and award winning / shortlisted (DMI/NLA/RIBA etc.)
• R&D focus with continual innovation and use of new materials and technologies
• And team-focused, profit-shy; currently actively transitioning to B-Corp (complete April 2027)

Your Responsibilities:

• day-to-day responsibility for two-three projects depending on size and work stage
• pro-actively manage your projects, setting deadlines and coordinating the design
• liaise with consultants and contractors as required, report to the client
• all with ready support from the rest of the team
• collaborate on design discussions on all office projects
• support and direct juniors on tasks on your projects
• develop a specialism and become office lead in anything; social media, sustainable services, the perfect toastie
• interest and commitment to developing the practice outlook and culture as we grow

Your skills and experience:

• RIBA-accredited Part 3 qualified architect with three years’ experience in UK post Part 2 on small scale/domestic projects for RIBA Stage 4-5 minimum
• design-focused with passion for detailing and materiality
• self-motivated independent worker
• experience of managing jobs on-site, liaising with contractors and the contract administration processes
• software in use: Vectorworks, SketchUp, InDesign, Photoshop, Word, Excel

Your attributes:

• flexible, enthusiastic and determined
• careful, thorough and keen to take responsibility and initiative
• independent worker with exceptional organisational skills and efficient approach to tasks
• excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
  eligible to work in the UK

Salary commensurate with experience.

Burgess Architects is a Living Wage employer and we are passionate about creating a diverse team and strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.

To apply please submit a covering letter, CV and portfolio examples saved as a single PDF using the ‘apply’ link below. The document should have your name as the title and be no larger than 10MB. Unfortunately, we can only reply to candidates who meet the above criteria.

No agency or third-party applications please.

www.burgessarchitects.com