Mæ is hiring a senior architect to join its team in London.
Are you an exceptionally talented architect with strong leadership credentials and a keen interest in creating sustainable and diverse places and buildings? If you would like to work with a sociable and creative team on a range of engaging projects within the extended field of housing, we would love to hear from you.
Mæ’s purpose is to design buildings and places that uplift the human spirit. Founded by Alex Ely, we are a Stirling Prize winning practice at the forefront of sustainable, resilient and socially conscious architecture and urbanism; creating work that exists in harmony with the planet and enriches culture and society.
Our work is guided by three principles: Social – we create inclusive, welcoming places together with the people who use our buildings; Sustainable – we respond positively to the climate emergency, designing resilient, low-carbon architecture; and Spatial – we go beyond conventional thinking to make imaginative, affordable spaces that exceed people’s expectations.
Alongside project responsibilities all our team members join one of our three studio teams – Mæ B (social), Mæ Zero (sustainable) and Mæ+ (spatial) – advancing our skills and learning and contributing to a better built environment.
We are looking for a Senior Architect to join our London team to work on housing and mixed-use projects, from planning stages through to construction, leading the project and maintaining design quality and consistency
Skills and experience:
- RIBA Part 3 qualification three plus years and ARB registered
- strong, coherent and well resolved design and detailing skills, aligned with Mæ’s ethos
- UK housing experience
- internal team management ability
- client liaison and design team management experience
- project management; budgets, programmes and resourcing
- project quality plan and quality control (ISO)
- knowledge of technical standards, planning applications and industry regulations
- CAD/BIM skills essential. Revit and/or ArchiCAD preferred
- Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft 365 knowledge, and AI aware
Personal skills:
- strong communication skills, written, verbal and presentation
- planning and prioritising workload, multitasking
- always act with integrity and fairness
- fluency in English is essential
We can offer:
- a collaborative and social studio to work in
- competitive salary (benchmarked annually) and pension scheme
- 20 days annual leave plus three days Christmas closure, plus bank holidays/length of service days
- flexible start and finish times
- training and career development plan
- weekly design review breakfasts and monthly talk and drinks
- socials (cultural, sports, lunches) and annual study trip
- annual wellbeing week and allowance
- paid ARB fees
- supportive policies and enhanced maternity/paternity leave/pay
- paid volunteer time and social value programmes
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship, so we will require you to have the Right to Work in the UK in place.
We thrive on collaboration and knowledge share and therefore, this role and all our team are based in the studio.
As a B Corp certified and London Mayor’s Good Work Standard & Living Wage Foundation accredited company, we are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive studio.
Please send all applications with a cover letter, CV and a PDF-portfolio attachment. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and invited for an interview. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know if there is anything you need.
Work with us
Mæ is an equal opportunities employer. Please send CVs.
