Expanding practice acquires retail, urban design and placemaking specialist
Ryder Architecture has acquired a controlling interest in London-based architecture and design practice Haskoll, which specialises in retail, urban design and placemaking.
Newcastle-based Ryder already has offices in Glasgow, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Vancouver.
But it said the addition of Haskoll鈥檚 team would strengthen its service offering and 鈥渇urther diversify skills鈥� across its international locations. Haskoll has offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
Haskoll counts working as an executive architect on AZPML鈥檚 拢750m redevelopment of Birmingham鈥檚 New Street Station among the more recent high-profile projects of its 48-year history.
Haskoll MD Derek Barker said his team was looking forward to combining its skills, reputation and geographic reach with the benefits that a larger practice could bring.
鈥淲ith a changing world developing around us, it is a timely and reinvigorating development to be joining such an excellent company as Ryder,鈥� he said.
Haskoll joined Ryder on 1 February following a number of collaborations in recent years.
Last year Ryder opened its Manchester studio after being drafted onto OMA鈥檚 troubled Factory project in the city as executive architect. Its 2018 expansion into Holland was part of an attempt to 鈥淏rexit-proof鈥� the business鈥� footing for EU work.
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