11 December 2017
New London Office
the practice was founded in 1999 by Directors Richard Jobson, Richard Rose-Casemore and Rod Graham and is managed by the founders along with co-directors John Ridgett and David Gausden. The London office at the Metal Box Factory, Southwark will open in January 2018 and will be led by former Foster+Partners Associate Partner Tim O’Rourke.
![Metal Box Factory Entrance London](http://staging.designengine.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DE_MetalBox-600x400.jpg)
![Metal Box Factory London Interior](http://staging.designengine.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DE_MetalBox2-600x400.jpg)
Sustained Growth
The expansion of the practice comes after a long period of sustained growth across all sectors including university academic and student residential schemes, independent schools, commercial, leisure and retirement-living developments. With the London Metropolitan University masterplan reaching fruition, the practice is all set to take on a range of fresh opportunities from its new base in the capital while its Winchester studios continue as the practice HQ.
![Design Engine Building Stories Book composition of 4 spreads](http://staging.designengine.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DE_BuildingStories_Web_Large-1500x1000.jpg)
![Design Engine Building Stories Book composition of 5 covers](http://staging.designengine.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DE_BuildingStoriesCover_Web_Large-1500x1000.jpg)
Building Stories
Design Engine have collaborated with academic and author Martin Pearce to produce a book marking the first 18 years of the practice, a period which has reaped 50 design awards including 14 RIBA Awards and 6 Civic Trust Awards, with the John Henry Brookes Building at Oxford Brookes University reaching the RIBA Stirling Prize Mid-list.
Published by Artifice Books, Building Stories is structured around thematic chapters and features all of our best known projects including 2008’s RIBA International Award-winning British Embassy in Yemen and 2014’s John Henry Brookes Building at Oxford Brookes University, RIBA South Building of the Year.
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AVAILABLE IN THE UK JANUARY 2018