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Hakan Agca
Director · CrossWorks
Founder of CrossWorks, a London architecture and masterplanning studio. Specialist in large-scale urban design and city planning.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- CrossWorks
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2025
The story so far
The path behind Hakan's work.
Hakan Agca is the founder of CrossWorks, a London-based architecture and masterplanning studio. He set up the practice around 2020 after roughly 15 years working in large, medium and small firms, specialising in large-scale urban design and city planning.
His work spans master plans, mixed-use buildings and new cities, with a strong interest in how technology and software can support the design process. Hakan featured on the Architecture Social podcast discussing the business of architecture, from taking risks and building a network to hiring, scaling sustainably and adopting new technology.
Episode 0235 · Architecture Social · 51:03
The Business of Architecture: Risks, Rewards, and Real Talk with Hakan Agca at Cross Works
Running an architecture practice is not only about design quality. It is risk, clients, forecasting, hiring, firing, culture, cash flow, technology and the pressure of keeping the business alive.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction and studio tour
- 02
00:40 · Moving to Camden
- 03
00:58 · Starting the business
- 04
01:19 · The business of architecture
- 05
02:09 · Essential skills for architects
- 06
02:39 · Challenges of running a business
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Hakan's conversation.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- CrossWorks
- Location
- London, UK
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
CrossWorks is a London architecture and masterplanning studio founded by Hakan Agca, delivering large mixed-use schemes and new cities internationally.
- Greater London
- Masterplanning
- Mixed-Use
- Urban Design
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
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Moving to Camden
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Starting the business
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The business of architecture
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Essential skills for architects
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Challenges of running a business
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Networking and client relationships