About Hamiltons Architects

The various facets of the firm can be readily explored

by accessing the headings below.

Our story
Our approach
Our team
Join the team
Our clients

Our story
Our approach
Our team
Join the team
Our clients

OUR STORY

Hamiltons Architects is built on a fifty year track-record of progressive architectural practice.

Commencing in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1966, the firm expanded to London in 1971. The firm continued to grow in various markets and, over time, became involved with projects in Germany, Kuwait, Egypt, Libya, Venezuela, Italy, and the USA.
From the early 80’s the firm has largely operated from London – and in 2006 our three London offices were combined into an excitingly modernised old commercial building near Paddington. The ’08 financial crisis saw the firm being fundamentally re-shaped. Hamiltons Architects is now based in modern and conveniently located in the lively design quarter of Clerkenwell adjacent to the financial district of the City.
We are busily engaged on a programme of interesting projects – both in the UK as well as overseas.

OUR APPROACH

How we work
Team work
Fine architecture
Conceptual clarity
Meeting the budget

How we work

We help our clients formulate their briefs and we make sure that we fully understand our clients’ priorities.

We produce alternative solutions to enable our clients to establish the appropriate balance for each of their projects between Quality, Cost and Time.
Team work

We believe that the architect should lead the design team during the development of the design. However we work in a transparent and collaborative way with team members having clear roles and responsibilities.
Fine architecture

We aim at an architecture – whatever the budget – that is confident, human in scale , and rich in detail.
We pay close attention to the context of each project and try to ensure that our approach to urban design seeks a balance between Public and Private interests.
Conceptual clarity

We seek out the “essence” of each project and ensure that the “unifying idea” is expressed consistently throughout the design.
Meeting the budget

We pride ourselves in producing cost-effective solutions to clients’ briefs – while still achieving quality architecture.

OUR TEAM

Our team is our most precious asset.

Each member’s career path is agreed and regularly reviewed. We encourage individual expression within the studio — especially as this leads individuals to enjoy “taking ownership” of their projects.
The firm operates a flat structure that encourages team members to take more responsibility – and thereby, progress within the firm.
Directors stay with their projects from start to finish and work closely with the project architect in developing the design and ensuring top-quality delivery.
Project architects are the bed-rock of the firm and opportunities are provided to advance, as experience is gained, to take charge of increasingly complex projects.
Assistant architects are also given every opportunity to gain experience and demonstrate their inherent talents.

Directors

Tim Hamilton
Chairman
Having started on his own in 1967, Tim helped grow the firm to 300 staff by 2008. Hamiltons is focused on design-led projects and Tim’s principal role is to be involved with the feasibility and design development of projects.
Robert Emery
Director
Robert has worked closely with Tim since 1986, and has a passion and expertise for the detail design and delivery stages of projects. He oversees the technical design quality for all projects.
Amir Javid
Design Director
With the Masters Degree in Architecture, Amir has successfully completed a range of projects in London, Baku, UAE and Turkey. In addition to UK projects, Amir heads the International part of the business.
Colin Campbell
Associate Director
Colin has extensive experience in managing the design of a wide range of building types, having delivered commercial, leisure and educational buildings in the UK, the USA and across Asia.
Jenny Hamilton
Finance Director

Key members of our team

Ignacio Gamper
John Murawski
Joseph Choe
Manisha Sangwan
Scott Drayton
Svetlana Demchenko
Voicu Tomescu
Monica Dhillon

Career opportunities

We are always on the lookout for talented and enthusiastic people who enjoy a challenge – so please meet us to discuss your career development.

Available positions

Office Manager

Experience: 5+ Years

Work Status: Full Time

Job Type: Permanent

Our Office Manager position is a hybrid encompassing Administration; HR Assistance; and Facilities. The right person loves variety in his or her duties.
Our ideal candidate is super detail oriented, pro-active, motivated and service-oriented.
You love to 'juggle' and have the interest and ability to manage a variety of simultaneous projects, contact us.
Your primary duties will include, but not be limited to:

Administrative:
- Front office functions including answering phones, greeting guests, planning office events, mail management, and miscellaneous office paperwork
- Assist Human Resources staff with new employee onboarding and off boarding, including first day set up, paper work preparation, new hire orientation, and coordination with accounting staff and IT
Human Resources:
- Oversee administration of company benefits (enrollments, deletions, changes and information dissemination)
- Vendor management including IT, plotting, building management, and architectural product representatives
- Executive support
Facilities:
- Maintain inventory of office supplies and coordinate purchasing of new equipment
- Coordinate maintenance of software licenses and subscriptions with IT
- Liaison with IT consultants for support of firm activities in London
- Maintain safe, neat, and functioning office environment, including interface with building management
SKILLS:
- Work requires consistent attention to detail, establishing priorities, and meeting deadlines
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- Must be proactive, self-directing and project oriented
- 5+ years of general administrative background. Background should include word processing; preparation of spreadsheets, graphs and charts; presentation materials
- Skills: MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point); excellent spelling and grammar; able to multi-task
- Personality: Upbeat, energetic, takes initiative, dependable, takes pride in work
We are always looking for excellent additions to our team. If you are interested inworking for Hamiltons Architects please send us your resume.

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Senior Project Architect

Experience: Over 10 Years

Work Status: Full Time

Job Type: Permanent

We are always looking for excellent additions to our team. If you are interested inworking for Hamiltons Architects please send us your resume.

Submit CV