Designing London Museum at Smithfield

Mel Allwood works with teams to improve sustainability outcomes addressing environmental, social and economic perspectives across the project lifecycle. Mel provides wellbeing and sustainable design advice to teams and delivers LEED, BREEAM, Home Quality Mark and WELL assessments, NABERS reviews and wider sustainability advice, support to masterplans and portfolios and guidance on targeting zero carbon for new and existing buildings.

Asif Khan is a British artist and founder of Asif Khan Studio, the award-winning architecture and design practice. His recent projects include the new London Museum, the Museum of the Incense Road, Al-Ula; the Barbican Art Centre Renewal, London; the Tselinny Centre for Contemporary Culture, Almaty opening September 2025 and a red footbridge across Canada Water. Khan was awarded an MBE for Services to Architecture (2017) and the FX award for outstanding contribution to design (2024).

Paul Williams is Principal Director of Stirling Prize-winning practice Stanton Williams. His work integrates art and architecture, translating into projects that repurpose existing structures and create innovative spaces. Notable schemes include the Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge, Central Saint Martins at King's Cross and the Musée d'arts de Nantes, as well as the transformation of Smithfield into the new home of London Museum. A Royal Designer for Industry since 2005, Paul is a Visiting Professor at Manchester School of Architecture and serves on St Paul's Cathedral's fabric advisory panel.

Deyan Sudjic was born in London and studied architecture in Edinburgh. He has taught in Vienna and London, and curated exhibitions about Zaha Hadid, Paul Smith and Stanley Kubrick. He has worked as the Director of the Design Museum from 2006 to 2020, was the editor of Domus in Milan and the director of the architecture biennale in Venice. His books are widely translated and include biographies of Norman Foster, Ettore Sosstass and Boris Iofan.

Alice Black is the Director and Founder of ArtULTRA, an artist management and advisory consultancy which represents artistic talents and advises cultural organisations on programming and scaling up. From 2007 to 2020, Alice was Deputy Director then Co-Director of London’s Design Museum, where she led its award-winning redevelopment. In 2018, the museum was named European Museum of the Year. Alice is a Governor of the London Museum and chairs its Trading Board.