Tom Emerson

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to architecture and education. In 2023 Emerson and Macdonald were elected Royal Academicians by the Royal Academy in London.

• Name — Tom Emerson • Honorific Suffix — OBE • Born — 29 September 1970 • Birthplace — France • Education — University of Cambridge, University of Bath, Royal College of Art • Occupation — architect • Years Active — 2001–present • Known for — 6a architects • Notable Works — Raven Row, South London Gallery, Studio for Juergen Teller, Cowan Court Churchill College Cambridge, MK Gallery • Partner — Stephanie Macdonald • Awards — RIBA Awards (2011,14, 17, 19, 21, 23), Schelling Medal 2012, Tessenow Gold Medal 2023, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize 2018 • Website — http: www.6a.co.uk/http: www.emerson.arch.ethz.ch/

Emerson was born in France and brought up in Belgium. For his studies, he came to the United Kingdom. He studied architecture at the University of Bath, the University of Cambridge and at the Royal College of Art where he met his partner Macdonald.

In 2001, Emerson founded 6a architects alongside Macdonald. Projects have included Raven Row, 2009, South London Gallery 2010-18 incorporating a garden by Gabriel Orozco and the conversion of the Fire Station, the V&A fashion gallery, Sadie Coles HQ in London and MK Gallery in Milton Keynes winner of an RIBA South Award in 2021. The studio complex for Juergen Teller won RIBA London Building of the Year 2017 and was nominated for the Stirling Prize 2017. 6a architects' competition-winning design for a new court at Churchill College Cambridge was completed in 2016. Works by 6a architects are particularly noted for their use of materials of strong relationship to landscape and gardens.

Tom Emerson lives in London and Zürich. In London, he lives with his partner Stephanie Macdonald.

• Oki-ni, Savile Row, London, 2001 • Raven Row, Contemporary Art Exhibition Centre, Spitalfields, London, 2009 • South London Gallery, London, 2010 • Fashion Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2012 • Romney's House, Hampstead, London, 2012 • Tree House, London, London, 2013 • Façade for Paul Smith, Albemarle Street, London, 2013 • Studio for Juergen Teller, London, 2016 • Cowan Court, Churchill College Cambridge, 2015–16 • Black Stone Building, London, 2017 • Coastal House, Devon, 2017 • Blue Mountain School, London, 2018 • MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 2019 • Holborn House Community Centre including Great Things Lie Ahead 2020 with Caragh Thuring, 2022 • CARA, Centre for Art, Research and Alliances, New York, 2022

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation architect. It is also recorded that tom Emerson is recorded as a citizen of France. It is also recorded that tom Emerson is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that tom Emerson was born on 29 September 1970.