Carmody Groarke

About Carmody Groarke

Carmody Groarke is a London-based architectural practice founded in 2006 by Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke. The practice has developed a reputation for its international work on a wide range of commercial, arts, cultural, heritage, and residential projects. Current projects include a significant refurbishment and extension to the Design Museum in Ghent, Belgium; a new archive building for the national collection of the British Library in Yorkshire; the Bibliothèque Nationale de France Conservation Centre in Amiens, France; the London School of Economics (LSE) Bankside House; and the heritage restoration and significant extension of the London Wall Buildings in the City of London. Completed work include the critically acclaimed Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District and a temporary home for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House. The practice recently completed the transformation of a former 1970s textile workshop on Bethnal Green Road into a contemporary, low-carbon workspace—a compelling model for adaptive commercial reuse. Carmody Groarke’s work has been recognised through several prestigious architectural awards, most recently the Architects’ Journal Design of the Year in 2025. Previous projects have been shortlisted for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award, the 2021 RIBA Building of the Year Stirling Prize, and the Civic Trust National Panel Special Award 2020. Four monographs of the practice’s work have been published by El Croquis, 2G, AMAG, and A+U.