Alastair Hall, Ian McKnight. HALL MCKNIGHT

Hall McKnight is an architectural practice based in Belfast, led by Alastair Hall and Ian McKnight. In 2008 the practice won the prestigious UK and Ireland ‘Young Architect of the Year Award’ (as Hackett Hall McKnight).

In addition to receiving a number of RIBA Awards, the work of the practice has been recognised with success in International Design Contests, notably the MAC Arts Centre, completed in February 2012 and Vartov Square Copenhagen, completed in Autumn 2012. Hall McKnight were announced as the winners of the RIBA design contest for the Quadrangle Building at King’s College London, Strand Campus in October 2012.

The practice’s work has been nominated for the BSI Swiss Architectural Award, the European Union Mies Van der Rohe Award, the European Public Space Awards and the Design Museum ‘Designs of the Year’. In 2013 the practice received the Downes Medal, awarded by the Architectural Association of Ireland, for the MAC.

The practice has experience of working on a wide range of different building types from houses to large and complex public buildings and landscapes, and has delivered projects in the UK and Europe.