Contact Details
Asif Khan Ltd.24-28 Pritchards Road
London E2 9AP
Telephone. +44(0)20 7729 3773
Email. studio@asif-khan.com
Press Enquiries. press@asif-khan.com
Jobs. jobs@asif-khan.com
Twitter. @asifkhan_now
Instagram. @asifkhan.now
Biography
Asif Khan is a British architect and multi-disciplinary artist born in London in 1979.
Working fluidly between buildings, landscapes, installations, and objects, his interests are in profound sensory experience, cultural exchange and the merging of history with the future. He considers each project as “bridges leading to a new world, and a new self.” Based in London, Khan’s studio undertakes projects with a global reach, engaging a wide geographic and cultural range.
Khan’s works investigate universal ideas of beauty, and explores new aesthetic languages through what he calls the “reconnection of art and science”. He often engages sites with layered histories, addressing themes of post-colonialism, community empowerment, and identity.
Khan’s works have been exhibited at prominent venues including the Serpentine Gallery, V&A Dundee, MAAT Lisbon, Vitra Design Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Milan Salone, Milan Triennale, Federation Square Melbourne, London Design Week, Design Miami, Tokyo Design Week and Sharjah Architecture Triennale, and multiple Olympic Games and World Expos.
His current projects include the Barbican Art Centre Renewal, the New London Museum (opening 2026), the Museum of the Incense Road in Al-Ula, Tselinny Centre for Contemporary Culture in Almaty (opening 2025), Cartier at the V&A (opening 2025).
He has taught at numerous places including the Royal College of Art in London, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, at Harvard and Zayed University.
Khan was awarded an MBE for “Services to Architecture” in 2017, Architect of the Year 2018 by the German Design Council, and received the Grand Prix for Innovation from Cannes Lions in 2014. He received the FX award for outstanding contribution to Architecture in 2024. His carbon fibre gates for Expo 2020 Dubai were nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He was an Olympic Torchbearer for London 2012. Khan currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Design Museum in London.
Awards
- Cannes Lions 2018 | Bronze Medal | Hyundai Pavilion PyeongChang Winter Olympics
ICONIC Awards 2018 | Archtiect of the Year
Cannes Lions 2014 | Grand Prix | Innovation category for MegaFaces
Red Dot Communication Design Award MegaFaces at Sochi 2014
German Design Award | Winner for MegaFaces in the Event Design category.
2014 SEGD Global Design Award | Honour Award for Public Installation design category for MegaFaces at Sochi 2014
Iconic Award 2014 | Best of Best, Communication Category
Golden Award of Montreux 2014 | Gold Medal, Spatial Communication: Set Design / Architecture for MegaFaces
Golden Award of Montreux 2014 | Finalist, Spatial Communication: Temporary Brand Communication
Golden Award of Montreux 2013 | Finalist, Spatial Communication category Coca-Cola Beatbox
BIMA Award 2014 | Shortlisted Innovation category
2014 Blueprint Awards | Shortlisted for Best design Innovation
FX 2014 Design Awards | Shortlisted Global Project of 2014
FAMAB Award 2014 | Shortlisted for Best Interactive Installation
Telegraph Amazing 15 | Winner design category, 2012 | One of 5 GB creatives voted by the public to win the award.
Ones to watch for 2012 | New York Times
Designer of the Future | Design Miami 2011 | The only architecture studio to ever receive this honour
Breakthrough talent of the year 2011 | FX Interior Design magazine
100 most influential creative people in the UK 2010 | The Independent newspaper
UK 25 top emerging architectural practices 2010 | Architects’ Journal nominate 25
Designer in Residence | Design Museum London 2010 and on the Design Museum Designer in Residence Jury 2011
D+AD award | West Beach Café 2009