Takeshi Hayatsu presented the practice’s collaborative work at RIBA London on 15 May 2025 together with Lee Ivett, Head of the Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture, and Anna Mansfield, director of Publica, chaired by Louise Duggan from Greater London Authority.

Thank you Atelier Mayol at Mendrisio for the invitation to share my 3 references, 3 plans, 3 books and 3 thoughts.

Thank you ARCSOC at University of Cambridge for the invitation to talk about the practice’s approach to architecture.

As part of the SOIL symposium at Somerset House, Takeshi Hayatsu contributed in the panel discussion with Edward Hill of Materra, biodesigner Chris Bellamy, and sound artist Felicity Mangan chaired by material translator Seetal Solanki.

Thank you dezeen for choosing the Farmer’s Arms cold food store for the top 10 UK architecture projects of 2024. Thank you for all the collaborators, clients, friends and families. We wish you a very Happy New Year 2025.

We are very proud that Under Construction: Takeshi Hayatsu & Collaborators at Stanley Picker Gallery is selected for The Guardian’s Design Highlight 2024 by Andrew Nairne, director of Kettle’s Yard. Thank you the Guardian and well done all the collaborators and students from Kingston University.

We are shortlisted for a competition to design new entrance pavilions, landscape and public realm for British Museum. It is a collaboration with East Architecture and Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape, to integrate architecture, landscape and urban design holistically for the museum’s ambitious future programme.

The exhibition Under Construction opened at Stanley Picker Gallery. The show runs until 20 December 2024.

‘Under Construction’ looks at more than a decade of ambitious live-build projects led by architect Takeshi Hayatsu, working with an evolving cohort of participants and community partners (121 Collective, Community Brain, Citizen Zoo, Dorich House Museum) and delivered with Kingston University’s architecture students.

Opening on 14 September 2024 at Stanley Picker Gallery as part of London Design Festival 2024.

We designed the exhibition scenography for the most comprehensive UK exhibition to date about modern art in Ukraine.

The show opens to public on 29 June until 13 October 2024.

Cold Food Store at Farmers Arms won Architects Journal’s annual small projects award.

Public lecture ‘Material Anthropology’ on zoom at University of Melbourne on 9th November 2023. You can book here.

We designed the exhibition scenography in collaboration with the graphic design studio Stinsensqueeze and the clay artist Lyson Marchessault for the forthcoming exhibition ‘Art Without Heroes: Mingei’ at William Morris Gallery.

Art without Heroes: Mingei opens at William Morris Gallery on 23 March 2024.

Making Friends – Takeshi Hayatsu in conversation with Hikaru Nissanke at OMMX is featured in the Swiss published magazine Superposition.

Hana Mikoshi installation at Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington opened this month as part of London Design Festival 2023.

We are thrilled to be selected in the new framework for the architects panel across Landsec’s retail and hospitality portfolio, which was set to support emerging talent in placemaking.

We won the public realm design competition ‘A Gateway to New Malden’ organised by London Festival of Architecture and Kingston Council. It is a collaboration with the young local design and make practice 121 collective, and the emerging landscape designers Hortus Collective. Super excited to start working with the local community and the council to transform the existing roundabout and pocket park.

We have moved our office to Stephen Taylor Architects space with a sunny garden at 23-29 De Beauvoir Rd, N1 5SF.

Our written contribution to the Architecture Foundation’s Supporter’s Column is online.

We are shortlisted for the design competition A Gateway to New Malden, with the local design and make collective 121 collective and the horticultural expert Hortus Collective.

The public exhibition and consultation event organised by London Festival of Architecture and Kingston Council will take place at Kingston Environment Centre in New Malden on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th June. All welcome.

Refurbishment and extension of the former Catford Constitutional Club is now on site with the appointed contractor Claremont for Lewisham Council, bringing the much loved local pub back to life.

We are pleased to be selected for the two lots for the GLA’s new framework – Lot 3: High Street and Town Centre Recovery and Transformation (with Madeleine Kessler Architecture), and Lot 4: Landscape, Green Infrastructure and Public Realm.

Architecture and Artisan Craft School with Grizedale Arts at The Farmer’s Arms, Cambria in this April. For booking please apply here.

Lecture by Takeshi Hayatsu at Oslo Arkitektforening is available to view on vimeo.

We designed the display scenography for Goldwin 0 Fall/Winter 2022 Collection, which was launched worldwide including their shops in Harajuku, Marunouchi, Dover Street Market Ginza, as well as San Francisco, Munich, and Beijing. The design was conceived through a series of enquires – the collaborative work of a multidisciplinary team lead by OK-RM.

Photo by Akira Arai courtesy of Goldwin 0

We have completed the extension to the 1952 Walter Segal designed house, known as St Anne’s Close in Highgate, North London.

Photo by Max Creasy