Journal Posts - Jamie Fobert Architects

We have designed a new London home for Pace Gallery at 5 Hanover Square. We have transformed the interior architecture of the existing building to incorporate flexible galleries across two floors. The levels are connected by a feature staircase rendered in black steel, integrating the entire space and allowing for dynamic presentations and installations.

Pace’s new home in London opens on Friday 8 October 2021 with an exhibition of paintings on paper by Mark Rothko and a multi-media installation and series of performances by Torkwase Dyson, commissioned for Pace Live.

Photography by Matt Clayton, courtesy Pace Gallery

We are looking for a recently graduated Part 2 architectural assistant to join our London studio to work on a range of cultural and residential projects.

We are keen to meet candidates with an intuitive understanding of 3D space, an interest in materiality, and excellent CAD skills. Applicants should be able to demonstrate self-motivation, enthusiasm, and the ability to work well as part of a team.

Applications should comprise:

a cover letter introducing yourself, outlining your motivation, and highlighting relevant experience
a CV detailing your education, work experience, software skills, and languages
a concise illustrated portfolio

How to apply:

send a PDF under 10MB to recruitment@jamiefobertarchitects.com
or send a hard copy to Benna Schellhorn, Practice Manager, Jamie Fobert Architects, Rochelle, 22 Club Row, London E2 7EY
DEADLINE: Monday 4 October 12:00.

Photograph ©Olivier Hess

On Wednesday 17 February at 6pm, Jamie will be talking about ‘Designing great art spaces for the twenty-first century’ as part of a series of online talks for the Friends of Kettle’s Yard.

Jamie will give an illustrated 45-minute talk about designing galleries and support spaces that anticipate current art practice and allow curators maximum freedom. He will include our work at Kettle’s Yard, Tate St Ives, the National Portrait Gallery, and more. There will be a chance for audience questions.

Find out more and book your tickets here

(Pictured: ‘Jennifer Lee: the Potter’s Space’ at Kettle’s Yard in 2019)

Jamie invited The Modern House into his Clerkenwell home, to tell them the story of its design, and talk about what it means to live in a modern way:

“Designing someone’s house, you have to be very careful not to make it sensational, because a home is where people have to wake up every morning, somewhere where they have to come home to, where they have to be on a rainy day, where they have to be when they’re feeling ill and where they celebrate and entertain.”

Read more and see the beautiful photographs here.

Pace Gallery have announced plans to open a new London gallery on Hanover Square in Autumn 2021. We are delighted that Pace has chosen Jamie Fobert Architects to design this 800m2 space.

We have very much enjoyed the challenge of re-configuring the premises at Hanover Square to provide Pace with excellent facilities for the display of changing exhibitions and to create a beautiful working environment for their staff. A complex of workspaces, including a library and viewing rooms, are centred around a new double-height void which allows daylight into the lower level work environment.

Our new work for Pace continues a a longstanding relationship; we designed their first London gallery on Lexington Street in 2011.

Jamie was invited by Building Design to share a favourite building as part of their new 50 Wonders series, which marks the magazine’s 50^th birthday.

Jamie selected the Sao Paulo Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism by architect Vilanova Artigas, a building he came across on his travels a few years ago:

“From wherever you approach, you move seamlessly under an immense canopy into the school without ever encountering a door. This is an exceptionally public building, with a sense of commonality throughout; its broad ramps, long benches and social spaces have a generosity of scale combined with modesty of detail.”

Read the full BD article here.

We are very excited to be supporting this year’s Accelerate programme, a design education and mentoring scheme developed by Open City in partnership with The Bartlett, which aims at widening diversity in the architecture industry.

We will be providing two mentors for sixth form school students from underrepresented backgrounds taking part in the programme. We hope that we might encourage and help these students prepare to study architecture at university.

To learn more about Open City’s Accelerate programme click here.