Award-winning architect Amanda Levete, together with directors Alvin Huang, Kwamina Monney and Ho-Yin Ng formed Amanda Levete Architects on a strong foundation of established and new projects with a reputation for work of originality and integrity.

This followed the end of Levete’s 20 year partnership with the late Jan Kaplicky at the highly influential Future Systems, where together they realised award winning buildings including Selfridges department store in Birmingham and the media centre at Lord’s cricket ground.

The ethos of the office is rooted in design research and a commitment to exploring the transformative potential of space. Developments in digital fabrication have allowed the office to challenge conventional notions of form and space alongside the continued value placed on hand-drawings and hand-crafted models. The team's collaborative approach to the design process extends clients' ambitions for their projects and produces groundbreaking work.

As an extension of its design research agenda, the office uses the design of furniture and objects to explore architectural ideas and test material possibilities at a smaller, more intimate scale and collaborates with materials manufacturers to push the boundaries of their fabrication techniques. Amanda Levete has a long-standing relationship with Established & Sons to design furniture, including the iconic Drift bench.

The office’s portfolio includes the redevelopment of media giant News Corporation’s headquarters in east London to create a campus for all its UK operations and a complex mixed-use development on the City edge for developer Londonewcastle. Planning consents have also been granted for a house in Dublin and the remodelling of a listed building in Knightsbridge London.

The Central Embassy project in Bangkok starts on site in early 2010 to provide 1.5 million sqft of hotel and retail for Central Retail Corporation. Construction of a new subway station in Naples is also under way, in collaboration with artist Anish Kapoor.  Recently completed projects include Spencer Dock Bridge in Dublin as well as offices in Oxford Street London.