OMMX

About

Introduction

OMMX are architects. We innovate in complex settings where traditional approaches fall short. We aren’t only interested in how a neighbourhood looks and feels, but who and what it stands for. We create spaces that we can all relate to and that help us relate to one another.

We currently advise Hackney and Brent Councils on their future development, sit on the board of Brighton’s West Pier Trust and are on the Mayor of London’s Architecture and Urbanism Framework for housing and public spaces. In 2023, we founded Young Policymakers to champion the rights of children from underserved and underrepresented communities.

We have worked on diverse projects for diverse clients. This includes housing, galleries, offices, public spaces, national landscapes, historic buildings, biomedical research facilities, festivals, exhibitions and shops. The breadth and depth of this experience enables us to break down siloes, offering fresh perspectives on historic and urgent challenges.

Our portfolio embodies a seismic shift towards a more fiscally, socially and environmentally responsible architecture. One that properly caters for our planet, its diverse communities and natural habitats.

Presence

OMMX have been nominated for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Lisbon Triennale Début Award and are included on both the Architects Journal’s 40 under 40 “a showcase of architecture’s brightest up-and-coming talent” and Platform’s European 40 under 40.

Our work has been published widely and we regularly contribute to architectural critique and discourse at institutions across Europe. We recently participated in the Architecture Foundation event Introducing New Housing — “a presentation of the best architects and most progressive developers working in the UK today” — and at the Building Centre panel discussion Rethinking The Way We Live.

Research

OMMX have been appointed Design Fellows at Cambridge University, UCL, the Architectural Association, London Metropolitan, Westminster, Central St Martins and the Leeds School of Architecture.

Our teaching focusses on how technology is disrupting the status quo and shaping our lives. We examine the common misconceptions, aspirational hangovers, accepted norms and prevailing orthodoxies that render individuals and societies impotent to enact meaningful change. An academic setting provides a collaborative, discursive and rigorous platform to look at the different phenomena affecting our environment with urgency and without bias.

People

Amy Glover, Architect and Engagement Lead
Catherine Sargent, Research and Development Manager
Hikaru Nissanke, Director
Isabella Synek Herd, Architectural Assistant
Jenny Hill, Associate
Jon Lopez, Director
Paol Kemp, Architect
Zeena Ismail, Architectural Assistant

Recruitment

If you are interested in working with OMMX, please email your CV and abridged portfolio to: jobs@officemmx.com

Clients

A Practice for Everyday Life
British Library
CAMPO
COP 26
Clerkenwell Design Week
Create London
Design Museum
English Heritage
FRAC Centre
Greater London Authority
IKEA
Lendlease
London Festival of Architecture ’15
Martin Parr
Marian Goodman Gallery
Media 10
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Naked House
Rohsska Museum
Royal Academy of Arts
Salvador Dali Museum Florida
Science Museum Group
Superflux
The Youth Hostels Association
Toast
V&A
V&A Dundee
Wellcome Collection
Youth Hostels Association