Allford Hall Monaghan Morris is a global practice of over 400 highly skilled staff, bringing unique expertise and internationally renowned design leadership to all its projects.
From the four founders’ earliest collaboration at university to now, more than 35 years later, AHMM has been based on a firm commitment to the design of buildings of economy, elegance and delight.
Our buildings reflect a continuing belief in the ability of outstanding architecture to last through time. Their success is defined not just by the use for which they were commissioned, but by their ability to adapt to different uses; they form the backdrop to the city and the theatre of everyday life, but they can be, in themselves, extraordinary.
AHMM makes buildings that are satisfying and enjoyable to use, beautiful to look at and easy to understand. We believe in making places as well as buildings that work overtime and have lasting qualities intrinsic to their architecture.
For us, a project begins with a strategy, not a design solution. This arises from understanding the fundamental drivers of a brief and the parameters, problems and opportunities it represents. It includes a richer definition of context as political, economic or social as well as architectural. For over 35 years this way of seeing has allowed us to make architecture that resonates with clients and the public, and responds to changing construction techniques and constraints.
We assess each individual project and create the teams from our pool of experienced practitioners to ensure the best skill set, approach and project outcomes. The balance between a shared commitment to high quality design and individual areas of expertise allows us to identify the key criteria for each project and devise strategies for achieving unique project aspirations.
The practice is structured to give clients a dynamic and tailored small-scale studio experience under the direction of founders Paul Monaghan or Simon Allford with access to practice-wide expertise and in-house specialists overseen by founder Jonathan Hall, including building performance analysts, model makers, visualisers and building information modellers. The practice and its projects are supported by teams of project coordination, communications, human resources, administrative, IT, finance and legal specialists, overseen by Managing Director Peter Morris.
In 2025, the four Founders were joined on AHMM’s Executive Board by Thomas Gardner, Hazel Joseph, Susi Le Good, Robert Romanis, Wade Scaramucci, Philip Turner and Marc Williams, who will work closely with the Founders to develop and sustain AHMM’s long-term future.
