Mobile Studio Architects

Rentable Modular Display Frames for a pop-up exhibition entitled ‘Growing Up in King’s Cross‘ at The St Pancras and Somers Town Living Centre (27 Jun – 2 Jul)

Pop-up exhibition design by Mobile Studio Architects using Modular Display Frames for Empowering Design Practices event at St Paul’s Hammersmith by The Glass-House and Open University (12 Feb)

Modular Display Frames for DesignSingapore Council President’s Design Awards at D&AD Festival, Truman Brewery in east London (21 – 23 May)

Open City invited Mobile Studio to design a modular system for kids at Celebrate the City Weekend. The lightweight system allows users to draw and subsequenlty construct their own self-supporting structures (23 Jun)

Shortlisted. Design ideas competition for an open source, repeatable, modular design house for the rapidly growing town of Ejisu in the Ashanti region of Ghana. See: K:House for Ghana by Mobile Studio Architects (Oct)

New plug-in option to Mobile Studio’s rentable Modular Display System. Made from 100% recycled material and 100% recyclable. As used by UCL Global Citizenship Programme 2014 pop-up exhibition (13 Jun)

First solo show of Mobile Studio’s display system designs for museums and galleries. Display Systems in the show are available for hire, please email Mobile Studio for more info. Visit the exhibition here (4 – 27 Apr)

Shortlisted. Ideas competition by NLA in partnership with the Mayor of London. See: PAYD Housing (15 Sep)

Mobile Studio (in collaboration with ex-students Tamsin Hanke + Jo Dejardin) runs drawings + model-making workshops at NLA for Bloomsbury Festival 2011 (22 Oct)

Shortlisted. Mobile Studio’s Portable Gallery for UCL Museums + Collections has been shortlisted for the New London Awards 2012,final results to be announced 10 Jul. Project will be featured in the 2012/13 edition of New London and an exhibition at The Building Centre (18 Jun)

Mobile Studio has just completed a new set of reusable modular exhibition display system for New London Architecture for current exhibition ‘Shaping the Future of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Design Competition’ (Dec)

Not-Fully-Open-Plan House featured on Evening Standard – Homes & Property article entitled, ‘Removing and adapting walls: How room dividers, shelving units and bookcases can double up to create extra space in your home’. See Not-Fully-Open-Plan House (21 Apr)

Pop-up exhibition and way-finding signage design for UCL’s literary festival using quick assembly and modular elements (13 Jul)

Completion of exhibition design + pop-up space by Mobile Studio for UCL Department of English in UCL South Cloisters space. More info here (15 Jun – 22 Aug)

Pop-up exhibition uses Mobile Studio’s Modular Display Frames. To rent frames please email Mobile Studio directly (12 – 13 Sep)

Mobile Studio in group show with Adjaye Associates, Buschow Henley, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects…

Mobile Studio designs modular system for kids workshop Open House Junior 2014. Part of the City of London Sculpture in the City 2014 project (20 Sep)

Flights of Fancy is a kinetic model designed by Mobile Studio Architects in collaboration with Ian Ng for an exhibition entitled ‘Paper Castles’ at V&A Museum curated by Meneesha Kellay and Rory Hyde as part of London Festival of Architecture 2019. See Flights of Fancy (1 – 30 Jun)

Featured in New Ideas for Housing London published by NLA (14 Oct)

Mobile Studio has designed a new-build ‘Portable Gallery’ for UCL Museums. The gallery is demountable for easy installation across different sites for the museum’s outreach programme (Oct)

Mobile Studio presents one-off event designed in conjunction with ‘Material Presence’ exhibition (12 Oct)

Mobile Studio as part of group show for Singapore Day 2014 in London, UK (29 Mar)

Mobile Studio in collective show at RA + Saturday workshop for families/young persons (9 Oct)

Mobile Studio’s informal talk at Summer Exhibition Architecture Room Talk (16 Jul)

Design and ideas competition in collaboration with Studio C102 (16 Oct)

Mobile Studio Architects invited by The Oxford Architecture Society to give a talk entitled En Route at Oxford Brookes University, School of Architecture, JHB Lecture Theatre (20 Mar)

Modular design system by Mobile Studio Architects for CDW14 in London (May)

Chee-Kit Lai (director of Mobile Studio) has been appointed RIBA Awards Assessor (17 Mar)

Shortlisted. Design competition for architecture and community. See Flipping Bricks (in collaboration with Piper Haywood). Exhibition at Peckham Levels as part of London Festival of Architecture 2016 (2 – 30 Jun)

Congratulations to Ben Foulkes winner of the RIBA Presidents Medals 2021 Bronze Medal with his project ‘Seeding Swanscombe Marshes‘ (Part 1, The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, UK). The project has since been published on RIBA Journal, The Architects’ Journal, Building Design, ArchDaily, Bustler, Stir World and e-Architect. Ben Foulkes was a student of Architecture BSc Unit 9. He was tutored by Associate Professor Chee-Kit Lai of Mobile Studio Architects and Lecturer Doug Miller (7 Dec)

Congratulations to Yaowen Zhang who was awarded commendation at the RIBA Presidents Medals 2024 (Bronze category) with his project entitled ‘Land, Building, Dwelling‘ (Part 1, The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, UK). Yaowen Zhang was a student of Architecture BSc Unit 9, and was tutored by Associate Professor Chee-Kit Lai of Mobile Studio Architects and Lecturer Doug Miller (4 Dec)

Mobile Studio brings the essence of New York to London for Jack Spade’s window on Brewer St. From 1 Sep onwards for LDF (28 Jul)

Concept image of Mobile Studio’s window installation for Giftique at Xintiandi, Shanghai, China as featured in The Architects Journal and RIBA online (Feb)

Mobile Studio Architects designs window installation using modular system for retailer Giftique at XinTianDi, Shanghai. As featured in The Architects’ Journal and Building Design (2 Apr)

Mobile Studio sketch in RIBA exhibition (Apr)

Mobile Studio who spoke at the RA last year about their Summer Exhibition submission are holding a workshop for attRAct, the RA’s programme for engaging with A’ Level art students in London (26 Jan)

Mobile Studio designs family workshop ‘A Room Without a Roof’ at the Royal Academy of Arts for Open House weekend, 11am – 3pm (21 Sep)

Mobile Studio’s work has been selected (9 Jun – 17 Aug)

Mobile Studio’s architectural chess set has been selected (14 Jun – 22 Aug)

WORK SOLD – please email for further enquiries (26 Aug)

Mobile Studio’s model entitled ‘Planning Permission Granted (2010-15)’ has been selected (13 Jun – 21 Aug)

SSEES rents Mobile Studio’s Modular Display System frames for Summer School pop-up exhibition (7 June)

Mobile Studio’s Saturday Seminar at 3pm for Design Real exhibition (9 Jan)

Mobile Studio’s Saturday Seminar at 3pm to discuss themes connected to the exhibition ‘Anish Kapoor: Turning the World Upside-Down‘ (18 Dec)

Consortium ‘Studio C102 + Mobile Studio Architects + Manijeh Verghese with Sthuthi Ramesh’ has been shortlisted for V&A East Museum galleries fit-out. The winner will draw up plans for a pair of £1.4m-to-1.7m gallery spaces within the O’Donnell + Tuomey-designed V&A East Museum, and is due to open in 2025. A winner is expected to be announced later this summer (27 Jun)

The Bartlett School of Architecture’s online show platform has won a Silver Lovie, and People’s Lovie. The online platform was launched with The Bartlett Summer Show 2020, and now twelve shows are archived at bartlettarchucl.com The platform is developed in collaboration with Hello Monday (part of DEPT agency). The Lovie Awards are named in honour of Britain’s Ada Lovelace, credited as being the first computer programmer. They are the most prestigious and coveted award recognising excellence on the European Internet. Lovie winners are selected by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a global organisation of industry experts and technology innovators, and a public online ballot (25 Oct)

Studio C102 in collaboration with Mobile Studio Architects have won a competition to design the new permanent South Asia Gallery for Manchester Museum in partnership with the British Museum and co-curated with the local community (South Asia Gallery Collective and Our Shared Cultural Heritage Manchester). See South Asia Gallery (16 Oct)

The first permanent gallery in the UK to celebrate the lived experiences and contributions of the South Asian diaspora opens to the public. A place for emotional connections and new perspectives, it will bring together world-class collections and lived experiences in a landmark partnership with the British Museum and co-curated with the local community (South Asia Gallery Collective and Our Shared Cultural Heritage Manchester). The gallery is a keystone of ‘hello future’, an exciting new project to transform and develop Manchester Museum. See South Asia Gallery (18 Feb)

Shortlisted. Mobile Studio’s architectural proposal for competition held by GLA Greater London Authority (May)

Collaborators Studio C102 X Mobile Studio Architects together with Max Fordham are among five design teams shortlisted to design the £3m Wonderlab gallery at the National Railway Museum in York. The winner, to be announced shortly, will create a ticketed 1,466sqm interactive exhibition for 7-to-14 year olds featuring ‘powerful and memorable experiences’ focusing on engineering. It will be built within the museum’s ground-floor engineering workshop as part of their Vision 2025 regeneration masterplan. See Wonderlab Gallery (13 Nov)

Mobile Studio’s Style Wars Chess Set is exhibited in a new gallery, SWDZ, address: Gartnergasse 14, 1030 Vienna (29 Sep – 30 Nov)

Mobile Studio presents at Raw Canvas Careers Fair (2 Nov)

Mobile Studio mentors Raw Canvas for European Youth Programme ‘Scenario 2050’ to design museum of the future (Nov)

Mobile Studio runs youth workshop + mini exhibition (20 – 23 Aug)

Portable Gallery for UCL Museums has been featured in Temporary Architecture by Lisa Baker, by Braun Publishing (13 Jun)

Written by Chee-Kit Lai, director of Mobile Studio Architects + BSc Unit 9 tutor at theBartlett School of Architecture UCL (22 Jul)

British Council has just launched The ADF Papers exploring new directions in British architecture, design and fashion. Mobile Studio is one of five architects to feature in ‘A1 Paper: Thinking Architcture’ by Clare Melhuish (28 Jul)

Mobile Studio’s design for North Lodge Gallery (UCL Museums and Collections) has been published in the AJ Small Projects issue (3 Feb)

Shortlisted. Design competition inviting artists, designers, architects, technologists and creative practitioners from all over the world to propose new and distinctive ideas to respond to the theme Journeys. See: Im[press]ion (27 Sep)

Shortlisted. Collective submission/project ‘The Architects’ Adhocracy’ by Mobile Studio + Yesomi Umolu has been shortlisted for the nextstage of competition held by the RSA + Architecture Foundation (20 Apr)

Collective submission/project ‘The Architects’ Adhocracy’ by Mobile Studio + Yesomi Umolu has been published in The Architects’ Journal (12 May)

‘They Have Designs On Us’ article about Mobile Studio’s Style Wars chess set at London Design Festival 2011 (1 Oct)

Chee-Kit Lai (director of Mobile Studio) contributes an article entitled, ‘In Between Spaces’ to the first edition of THE UNPUBLISHABLES by Zoe Berman (20 June)

Chee-Kit Lai (director of Mobile Studio) in collaboration with Dr Victoria Watson contributes an article entitled, ‘Living Architecture: Chilcot Close’ to the second edition of THE UNPUBLISHABLES by Zoe Berman (6 Mar)

New exhibition design by Mobile Studio for an at the RA’s Architecture Space (22 Jun – 16 Sep)

Mobile Studio listed on the AJ and Construction Network’s survey of architecture’s top Twitter users (29 Jun)

Mobile Studio in collective show curated by Nicholas Bryne + Gareth Jones (Mar)

Mobile Studio runs workshop Southwark school participants at Tate Modern (Feb)

[Un]Representative House show opening. Group show curated by Mobile Studio (Jul)

Chee-Kit Lai (of Mobile Studio Architects) together with David Shanks and Prof Penelope Haralambidou, as part of The Bartlett School of Architecture Virtual Exhibition team, have been awarded UCL Education Awards (Staff-Student Partnership category) and nominated for the UCL Provost Education Awards. The awards recognise staff making outstanding contributions to the learning experience and success of students (20 Apr)

Runner-up. Image by Mobile Studio of their ‘Portable Gallery’ design for UCL Museums + Collections awarded runner-up in the UCL Graduate School ‘Research Images as Art / Art Images as Research’ competition (10 Jan)

Mobile Studio design research + exhibition stand selected for group exhibition at Slade Research Centre, UCL (4 – 7 May)

Mobile Studio’s runs ‘introduction to architecture’ workshops for London schools (15 Feb – 12 Jun)

Mobile Studio presents exhibition + graphic design for UCLoo Festival at UCL (19 Nov – 3 Dec)

Exhibition design and graphics by Mobile Studio (4 Apr)

Mobile Studio lecture at Architecture School (25 Oct)

Mobile Studio designs modular pop-up folly for #AHFest. Full programme here (15 – 24 Oct)

Mobile Studio presents work with artist Richard Clegg (8 Jul)

Runner-up (May)

Mobile Studio + Somi Umolu’s show opens at Platform 1 Gallery (15 – 23 May)

Come and say hello at our new studio space in Dalston… (31 Mar)

Mobile Studio + Dr P.Haralambidou presents interactive architectural installation (27 Sep)

Shortlisted. Design competition for urban regeneration and public interventions by Brent Council, The GLA, High Street Works, Meanwhile Space and The Architecture Foundation. See: Elevate for WPD (27 Jan)

Film by Stephenson/Bishop and photographs as part of RIBA Windows. Featured in Evening Standard, Dezeen, The Icon Design Trail + Menswear Insight (18 Sep)

Mini architecture workshops in 3D modelling using SketchUp as taster sessions for young people at Futuropolis by Mobile Studio Architects. Plus meet Unit 9 students from Bartlett School of Architecture UCL where they will present work exploring the relationship between technology and the built environment. Portfolio presentations by Theo Brader-Tan, Ali Conning-Rowland, Eleanor Evason, George Proud, James Robinson, Ivo Tedbury (12 Aug)

Join this drop-in workshop for adults, held in conjunction with the opening of Renzo Piano exhibition at the RA and Open House London. Create a collaborative growing structure, drawing inspiration from Renzo Piano’s buildings which often weave between traditional and high-tech architecture. Using simple materials we will test their architectural and structural ability to create form. 2-5pm, The Clore Learning Centre, no booking required (22 Sep)

Bite-size architecture workshops in 3D modelling using SketchUp for young people at Creative Quarter 2017, V&A Museum by Mobile Studio Architects (17 Nov)

Longlisted. Mobile Studio for Young Architect of the Year Awards 2008 (Oct)

Mobile Studio’s seminar in Istanbul (Jan)

Mobile Studio Architects feature in Youth VISION Magazine, China, August edition (Aug)