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MQA Studio receives the RIBA International Award for Excellence for the Elbphilharmonie restoration project.
The jury cited the studio's "uncompromising attention to acoustic continuity and material restraint" in their commendation.
Studio contributes to the Venice Architecture Biennale collateral programme with a sound installation.
Curated alongside Lesley Lokko's Laboratory of the Future, the installation plays back archived recordings from MQA's twelve-year acoustic survey of European post-war concert halls.
Featured monograph in AR April issue: "Quiet Practices — MQA & the editorial turn".
A 14-page reading by Catherine Slessor on the studio's editorial approach to commissioning, archiving and disclosure.
Maria Quintero in conversation with Hélène Binet at the Architectural Association.
Discussing the long-form documentation of buildings between completion and habitation. Recording available via the AA digital archive.
The studio relocates to a new ground-floor workspace at 84 Clerkenwell Road.
A renovated 1890 light-industrial unit, opened to visitors by appointment. The model archive remains accessible to academic researchers.
"Volume 03 — Threshold" published by Lars Müller, distributed in 21 countries.
Third instalment of the editorial archive, this volume catalogues 142 photographic readings of post-2000 cultural buildings. 312 pages, OTA-bound.