Gino Griffiths Architects

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Gino Griffiths Architects were established on winning a competition to design and build a Temple of Laughter in 1995.

This and subsequent successful competition entries have formed the basis of our practice together with building commissions, teaching, writing, exhibitions and lecturing.

Gino Griffiths find architectural sources in the adaptive environments of contemporary society. They explore forms and material that express and question current paradigms about buildings and ways of inhabiting architecture.

Gino Griffiths explore architectural uses from ordinary things; from discarded toys, plastic glasses and galvanized service boxes. Their buildings are inspired by car boot sales and swap meets. What one person rejects another finds use for. They seek programmes where "re-conditioning" and "re-use" of object and building typologies (as opposed to actual buildings) might define a new future for architecture.

Buildings that are decorative in a familiar way.
Buildings that invent new architecture from what already exists.
Buildings that can be understood by all.

Jason Griffiths was born in 1964 and grew up in Herefordshire. He has been living in London since 1984 and is a practising architect and senior lecturer at the University of Westminster.

The Temple of Laughter competition win was followed by a series of competition prizes during the 90's including Millennium Café, Future Vision of Kyoto and Aomori Housing (see CV).

He began teaching and lecturing in 95 at the Bartlett where he ran the M. Arch in Architecture with Peter Cook and then Diploma unit 16 with David Greene. This was followed by a senior lectureship at the University of Westminster. He has also lectured in California, Spain and Italy.

He has exhibited in London, Berlin and California and is currently having an exhibition in London's Bridge Gallery called "Collection Point".

Jason's work has been published in architectural journals including World Architecture, Japan Architect and il Progetto.

Alex Gino was born in 1971 and grew up in London, after spending her early childhood in Belgium, Puerto Rico and Colombia. She is a practising architect and part-time design tutor at the University of Westminster.

Between her degree and diploma studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture she won the Temple of Laughter competition with Jason Griffiths and Ed Jessen. Since leaving the Bartlett she has worked for Michael Hopkins & Partners and for tonkin architects, whilst continuing competition work as part of ginogriffiths.

In 2001 she began teaching at the University of Westminster at undergraduate level and was teaching assistant to David Greene.

Her work has been published in World Architecture and Japan Architect.

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