AKT II

AKT II is a London based firm of structural, civil and transportation engineering consultants.

[citation needed] The façade engineering consultancy service AKT II Envelopes was founded in 2015 to draw upon the past experience of the parent company.

[citation needed] In 2016 the practice celebrated its 20th year in business, and following completion of the White Collar Factory project Old Street in 2017, AKT II relocated its headquarters to the building in May.

Since its inception, AKT II has contributed to projects in the UK and internationally, spanning five continents, with architects such as Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Bjarke Ingels Group, David Chipperfield, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Foreign Office Architects, Foster + Partners, Thomas Heatherwick and Zaha Hadid.

[8] AKT II has supported projects which to date have won more than 350 design awards including four Stirling Prizes (Peckham Library in 2000,[9] Sainsbury Laboratory in 2012, Bloomberg European HQ in 2018 and Kingston Town House in 2021), the RIBA Manser Medal 2010 for Hunsett Mill,[10] and the RIBA Lubetkin Prize 2010 for the UK Pavilion, Shanghai Expo.