AJ 40 under 40 talent wins Low Line co-design job
Winning concept by JA Projects
A rising star featured in the AJ 40 under 40 has won the competition to co-design a key stretch of the Low Line in south-central London
East London-based JA Projects – founded by AJ 40 under 40 winner Jayden Ali – was selected following a competitive pitch ahead of Ludwig Willis Architects and Untitled Practice to work up concepts for Wardens Grove, America Street and Ewer Street.
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The commission – backed by Better Bankside
– is the latest phase in the ongoing Low Line initiative, inspired by New York’s High Line, to deliver a linear regeneration of a series of underused 19th-century railway viaducts running through Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey.
AJ 40 under 40 stars picked for Hackney regeneration panel
Barbauld Road by Stephen Taylor Architects
Hackney Council has named the 30 panellists chosen to serve on its influential Regeneration Design Advisory Group (RDAG) over the next four years. The list includes five AJ 40 under 40 architects
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The new panel includes AJ 40 under 40 talents Jonathan Hagos of Freehaus and Jayden Ali of JA Projects, along with Maria Lisogorskaya of Assemble, Mellis Haward of Archio, and Hikaru Nissanke of OMMX – whose firms were all featured in the AJ’s unique showcase of next-generation innovators.
Other influential names picked for the group include Alice Fung of Architecture 00, Dinah Bornat of ZCD Architects, Dominic Papa from Studio Woodroffe Papa, Hannah Lawson of Hannah Lawson Studio, muf architecture/art founding partner Liza Fior, and Stefanie Rhodes of Gatti Routh Rhodes, who will also serve as deputy chair.