Old and new on Design for London shortlist

Young architects Acme, DSDHA and Mae are rubbing shoulders with Foster + Partners and Grimshaw on the shortlist for the Design for London framework.

The 42-strong list is a mix of fledgling practices, well-known London firms, planning consultants and landscape architects.

There are established names such as Allies & Morrison, Edward Cullinan, Foster + Partners, and Grimshaw, alongside up-and-coming practices like Alison Brooks Architects, East and Studio Egret West.

More than 180 firms applied for the framework, which will work with Design for London and the LDA on a range of regeneration and urban design projects throughout London. The appointed panel will be announced in June.

The shortlisted firms in full are:

Acme
Adams & Sutherland
Alison Brooks Architects
Allies & Morrison
Brady Mallalieu
Burns & Nice
Cartwright Pickard
Caruso St John
Cottrell and Vermeulen
David Chipperfield
dRMM
DSDHA
East
EDAW
Edward Cullinan
Fosters & Partners
Grimshaw
Hawkins Brown
John Lyall
John McAslan
Karakusevic Carson
Karres en Brands
KCAP
Kinnear Landscape Architecture
Landolt Brown
Landscapeprojects
Latz & Partner
MacCreanor Lavington
Mae
Marks Barfield
Meadowcroft Griffin
Patel Taylor
Penoyre & Prasad
Peter Barber
PCKO
Sarah Wigglesworth
Sergison Bates
Stanton Williams
Studio Egret West
Tibbalds
Urban Inititaives
Van Heyningen and Harvard