Jan Kattein
Director at Jan Kattein Architects | UK
Dr Jan Kattein, DipArch, MArch, PhD, FIPM is a writer, lecturer and architect reinventing design as a socially and environmentally regenerative practice.
His studio, Jan Kattein Architects is today recognized internationally as a leading placemaking and participatory design practices with award-winning projects that are celebrated for their spatial- and civic accomplishments. Recent awards include the 2023 social Value Architect of the Year Award, Best Build Environment Practice in the TET Education Awards 2023 and a Commendation for a lifetime of Architecture for the Common Good in the 2024 MacEwen Awards.
Jan is the author of ‘The Architecture Chronicle – Diary of an Architectural Practice’ published by Ashgate in 2014, ‘High Street Regeneration’ published by UCL in 2022 and ‘Londoners Making London – Transforming neighbourhoods’ published by Lund Humphries in 2024. His research critically reflects on the role of the architect, advocating the integration between spatial and social practice as the only credible response to the environmental crisis.
