The Making of AN
Have you ever wondered how Architecture North came to be? You might not have had the chance to give it much thought, granted, but we’d like for you to get to know our history a little bit better, and understand exactly how and why we’re as passionate as we are about what we do.
Architecture North was established in 2018 by Lewis North, company founder, Director, and main driving force behind everything that we do here at AN. This might seem like a straightforward, simple beginning of an architectural practice, but it is in Architecture North’s beginnings that underpins our core business ethos and the values that we adhere to today.
Previous to establishing the company, and following his graduation, Lewis started his architectural career by working with a number of architectural practices in the East Midlands. Unfortunately, what Lewis found when he began his professional career was not what he had hoped or wished for from an industry that he was truly passionate about.
The main issue, Lewis discovered, was that graduate students like himself, working within the East Midlands, were offered very little in terms of career progression and PEDR development. For Lewis, this seemed unethical and not conducive to a vibrant and progressive industry that nourishes and thrives from new talent and produces innovative and valuable work. Disillusioned, and unable to find a sufficient mentor, Lewis began to think about how he could carve out a career path that was true to him, and the passion and skill-set that he had at his disposal. Additionally, witnessing first-hand the discrimination that can be prevalent within the built industry, Lewis decided to strike out on his own and establish his own practice, and thus Architecture North was born.