We are pleased to share the first images of a proposed new pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Taff in Cardiff, which goes into planning this spring. The design responds to the river bend with a dynamic, asymmetric span configuration.

Dedication to material and craft on full display at Lui Cottage in Braemar. Locally sourced fir, larch and granite are used as they have been for millennia, in a robust and elemental manner. 

Restoration work is still very much ongoing at Kite Dinnet however we had to share the fabulous new signage that has gone up on the building. Beautiful graphics by Modern Activity and incredible fabrication in Corten steel by The Crooked Shed.

The Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge has been shortlisted alongside 20 other projects for this year’s RIAS Awards.

No prizes for guessing what this building is for! Very satisfying to see signage being fitted to the Rescue Centre in Braemar today — very close to handover and the resumption of Police Scotland / BMRT operations from the premises.

We are thrilled that four of our bridges are finalists in this year’s Bridges Awards! Kepax, Dukes Meadow, Gull Wing and Gairnshiel Jubilee have all been shortlisted across various categories for their design and construction.

The four-day operation to launch the Small Dean Viaduct was completed yesterday, 2 February, and involved sliding the viaduct deck structure across the A413 and Chilterns Railways line near Wendover in Buckinghamshire in one go.

In the Northwest Highlands, our competition winning proposal for The National Trust for Scotland draws directly on our fascination with form and place.

Excited to share these snowy images from this morning — and the news that the Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge has been selected as a Winner in the 2025 Civic Trust Awards!  Incredible news for a project borne of local community and political advocacy.

With expansive views to the Mither Tap of Bennachie, Corriebeg is the first in a series of residential projects that we will be completing in the coming months.

This year our restoration and reinvention project at Ardoch was shortlisted for both the Architects' Journal House of the Year / Manser Medal and the RIAS Doolan Award for Best Building in Scotland.

Simon Kennedy has been photographing our bridges for well over a decade — we always know we’re in for a treat when the transfer link reaches our inboxes! This is the recently opened Kepax in Worcester, designed with Jacobs.

Ben Addy provided evidence to a Scottish Parliament Committee, calling for more targeted support for the Scottish architecture sector to counteract trading difficulties faced by the profession following the UK’s departure from the European Union.

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We are very pleased to make the shortlist on the Lower Thames Crossing Low Carbon Footbridge design competition — a unique and enjoyable opportunity to bring some genuine innovation into highway overbridge design.

It is a joy to continue our long running partnership with timber specialists IB-Miebach on the construction of the Brücke Murg in Baiersbronn, Germany — precision, fabrication and timber engineering at its best.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Moxon, we’re excited to share the first photos of Small Dean Viaduct, currently under construction in the Chilterns as part of HS2. 

Exquisite levels of craft on display at the soon to complete Kepax Bridge in Worcester. Opening late 2024.

Our neighbours at Crathie School paid us a visit today for a presentation and discussion about bridge design, architecture, engineering and the construction industry — lots of challenging questions from a very knowledgeable group of pupils!

It was fantastic to be at the London Festival of Architecture talking about our design for Brent Cross Visitor Pavilion as well as taking part in a fascinating conversation about the importance of embedding wellbeing into placemaking.

Included in the 198th RSA Annual Exhibition, a triptych of drawings present a masterplan of utilising the underused and redundant buildings around the Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, for the National Trust of Scotland.

The Kepax bridge under construction, with both abutments ‘in the dry’ during the recent flooding of the River Severn in Worcester. The new bridge will provide a flood proof active travel connection from Gheluvelt Park to the Kepax site in St John’s.

‘How to make a thousand-tonne mass of concrete and metal fit effortlessly into the rolling green pastures of the British countryside’. Moxon Director Tim Murray discusses the design for HS2’s Wendover Dean Viaduct with Building Design magazine.

Over the last few years, the Moxon North Studio has expanded its connection with the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture at Robert Gordon University. This year both Andrew Macpherson and Jamie Kinghorn are involved in a part time teaching capacity.

The Gairnsheil Jubilee Bridge was formally opened to the public today by HM King Charles III.

Traffic has begun using the new bridge at Gairnshiel, replacing the old bridge after 271 years of faithful service. The switchover will enable consolidation and conservation works on the old A-listed heritage bridge.

The most enjoyable and uplifting two days spent by director Ben Addy with Robin Webster OBE PPRIAS selecting exhibitors for the Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries 2022–23. Congratulations to everyone graduating this year.

Moxon Architects are delighted to be hosting an afternoon and evening event on Friday the 9th June from our home at Quarry Studios in Aberdeenshire as part the Archifringe 2023 programme.

Congratulations to Andrew, an Associate in our Scottish studio, who has recently qualified as a Certified Passive House Designer.

We are delighted to have won the below £5m category at the annual Bridge Awards 2023 for Parkufersteg. The judges described the bridge as ‘a showpiece bridge using renewable and carbon positive materials’.

Last month the building warrant for an extension to the Braemar Mountain Rescue Centre was achieved. Design and Contract Administration services are being carried out by Moxon on a 100% pro-bono basis and reflect our strong ties with the BMRT.

Join Moxon Director Ezra Groskin for the RIBA Journal Transport, Infrastructure and Warehouse Architecture webinar Tue, 18 October 2022, 09:00–11:00 BST. Ezra will deliver a case study on the multi award-winning Esperance Bridge, Kings Cross.

Construction of Aberdeenshire Council’s new £3.8 million Gairnshiel Bridge took a massive step forward this week — the two main bridge deck beams — each 100 tonnes — were lifted into place using a Liebherr LG 1550. 

Congratulations to our friends Architecture Fringe and their contributors for the beautifully designed and produced ‘(Un)Learning Through Architecture’ compendium – absolutely stunning work. Proudly supported by Moxon Architects among others.

Join Hauser & Wirth Somerset to celebrate the culmination of their Architectural Drawing Summer School on Friday 2 September 3–4pm. Moxon Architects are delighted to have supported full scholarships at the school annually since 2019.

With climate and carbon rightly at the front of our minds, we are proud to watch our first timber bridge take shape in Balingen, Germany. Working alongside timber engineering masters IB Miebach is always enlightening and inspiring. 

Absolutely thrilled to have won seven awards and commendations including Wood for Good and Project of the Year at this years Aberdeen Society of Architects Annual Dinner.

We love this image taken earlier this evening of Adam Nathaniel Furman's temporary keyboard on the deck of the Esperance Bridge in Kings Cross.

Great to see Durslade Farm Shop in the latest issue of Architecture Today — many thanks to Graham Bizley — ‘…it expands the market for farmers striving to produce the best quality food using high welfare standards and ethical production techniques.’

Gorgeous time lapse video by Johnny Sturrock of the Esperance Bridge installation in Kings Cross — fantastic teamwork!

The steel fabricator’s art — KX BR2 — Granary Square Bridge work in progress at SH Structures.

Progress at Brent Cross Town new CLT Visitor Pavilion opening later this year.

Rolling into position — great to see Hams Way Bridge moving into place as part of the Sustrans National Cycling Route 46.

Early works have begun on the £4.5bn new town centre for Brent Cross set around 50 acres of parks and playing fields. The Visitor Pavilion will stand at the gateway to Claremont Way, and is expected to open in late 2021.

Putting the 3D printers to good use — Jamie & Elaine at Team Moxon working behind the scenes to manufacture and deliver face shields for local GP surgeries and pharmacies in Aberdeenshire — 50 and counting... 

Not a bad place to spend a winter morning...

Many thanks to Rob Guy Wilson and Architects' Journal for featuring our new studio and cafe currently nearing completion in The Cairngorms. Wonderful progress photo by Jim Stephenson.

Architects' Journal Awards 2019 — celebrating Cairngorms National Park HQ winning best workplace (up to 10k sqm). Amazing evening & great to be on this fabulous table representing Scotland!

Join us on Thursday 29th August for an Open Review of the third Architectural Drawing Summer School at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Meet the students, practitioners and view the work produced on the course.

We are delighted to have been named as Infrastructure Architect of the Year at the AY Awards last night.

Labs House co-working space nearing completion.

A jewel box. Wonderful progress for repeat clients in SE London.

Site visit on Deeside — house roofline pinched and tucked to follow the skyline.

Groundworks, service connections, GSHP borehole and primary structure complete at our studio site in the highlands — just in time for the snow...!

Moxon are very excited to be appointed to design a companion crossing to the historic structure of Gairnsheil bridge, rerouting highway traffic to preserve the fine granite bridge and it’s beautiful setting.

Wraps starting to come off at The Cairngorms National Park. Completion on track for this summer despite a long winter — thanks to fantastic work by Grantown on Spey based contractors AW Laing Ltd., specialists Crest Glazing and Eurban Ltd.

Southampton Place joinery detail.

Restoration of original details at The Fife Arms Hotel — wonderful craftsmanship in the plaster cornice repairs.

Congratulations to the community of Ulva & North West Mull for securing a £4.4m grant from the Scottish Land Fund. This beautiful map from the collection of the National Library of Scotland shows Ulva and it's neighbouring islands.

Concept sketch for The Fife Arms Hotel.

First to cross! Great photo of pupils from King's Cross Academy using Somers Town Bridge ahead of the official opening last week.

Gorgeous glass antlers for The Fife Arms.

Current project involving the exterior restoration of a beautiful Somerset country house — lovely bit of temporary roof scaffolding.

Weathervane restoration for The Fife Arms.

‘When the haar rolls in...’ — the view from the refurbished lantern room at Todhead Lighthouse, Catterline.

38m long bridge sitting on its bearings.

Work at the Balmoral Gatehouse now underway — Stewart Urquhart stonemason carefully forming new slapping to colonnade (under watchful eye from Skye).

Old fabric, new tailoring.

Wild and windy day in the Cairngorms National Park.

Now installed in locations across all of London's Royal Parks, the fountain is playful and robust piece of public design. Image here shows fountain located in Victoria Tower Gardens, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament.

The limed oak staircase of our Chelsea Town House overlooks a new double height which brings light deep into the lower ground and includes an inbuilt library, retractable writing desk, secret compartments and library steps.

Work in progress at SH Structures for Somers Town Bridge, King's Cross. The design is for an incredibly slender steel plate structure. At only 15mm thick it will span the entire 38-metre crossing at Regents Canal without any intermediate support.