6a Architects
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6a Architects
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6a Architects was founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald in 2001 after meeting as students at the Royal College of Art in London in 1995. The practice produces work on a variety of scales, from product and exhibition design to large-scale housing developments.
Its work for oki-ni on Savile Row has been recognised as a significant and innovative development in retail design. Current projects include a mixed-use development in Croatia, the conversion and extension of a former military building into eight contemporary houses in Fife, a summer pavilion for the Architecture Foundation in London and a contemporary art gallery, also in London.
6a Architects has recently won an international design competition for a social housing project in France, organised by CABE and the French Ministry of Culture.
Bijaka
Bijaka, 6a Architects’ project on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, includes shops, restaurants, film facilities and 800 apartments. The buildings are arranged around a sloping courtyard, one end of which is open to the sea beyond a terraced park. Perforated local Brac stone screens the upper levels, and there are deep, shady setbacks at ground level. The project is scheduled for completion in 2006.
