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Emily Foster
Emily Foster, Level 6 Architectural Assistant at AHMM
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- Current role
- Architectural Apprentice
- Practice
- Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Location
- London, UK
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0020 · Architecture Social
Emily Foster, Level 6 Architectural Assistant at AHMM
It's Friday night, I am at home on my diet drinking water with not much to do - booo. Well, luckily the fantastic Emily Foster helped light up my evening, discussing her current role at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris as well as teaching us the ropes of the Architectural Apprentice scheme. If you are considering studying Architecture through the apprentice route, or an employer who knows very little about the scheme then it is well worth checking this podcast out. Roll up your socks, sleeves and g
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Selected work
Selected work.
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom · 2014
Burntwood School
Six new pavilions complete and extend a 1950s modernist school campus for 2,000 pupils in south-west London.
Explore the project ↗Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom · 2017
White Collar Factory
A naturally ventilated mixed-use workplace campus at Old Street that turns long-term research into adaptable, low-energy office space.
Explore the project ↗Westminster, London, United Kingdom · 2016
New Scotland Yard
The Metropolitan Police headquarters transformed through refurbishment, extension and a more open relationship with Whitehall's public realm.
Explore the project ↗Other public work
Television Centre Masterplan ↗
The former BBC campus in White City reworked as a mixed-use neighbourhood that retains its listed landmarks and opens the site to the public.
Soho Place ↗
Two mixed-use buildings and a new civic square built around the Elizabeth line infrastructure at Tottenham Court Road.
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Emily Foster is a Level 6 Architectural Assistant Apprentice at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), the employee-owned London practice.
Emily came into architecture through the Accelerate programme, a widening-participation initiative run with UCL and architecture practices that introduces students from underrepresented backgrounds to the profession. Through it she connected with AHMM and went on to join the practice's Level 6 Architectural Apprenticeship, one of the RIBA Trailblazer apprenticeship routes.
The apprenticeship lets her split her time between university study and paid work in practice, applying what she learns directly to live projects that range from masterplans to residential schemes, supported by a rotating group of mentors across AHMM's teams. She is a strong advocate for the earn-while-you-learn route as a debt-free, practice-connected alternative to the traditional degree pathway.
On the Architecture Social Podcast, Emily talks through how the apprenticeship compares with the traditional university route, what makes a studio genuinely supportive, how working while studying builds confidence, and her advice for anyone weighing up the apprenticeship.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Emily Foster, Level 6 Architectural Apprentice at AHMM.
The practice
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Employee-Owned. Studios in UK, Spain, USA & Australia.
Company profile · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Architectural Apprentice
- Practice
- Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2020
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