Mark Gorton is an ARB registered Architect and Senior Associate at International Architecture practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in London. Mark’s architectural training included B.A and B.Arch studies at the University of Liverpool and The University of Washington in Seattle. 

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Upon completion of his Part II (B.Arch Architecture Diploma), Mark moved to London to join upcoming design firm Patel Taylor in the year 2000, where he worked on numerous award winning projects including Putney Wharf, Bellmouth Passage Footbridges and Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham. Mark obtained his Part 3 from South Bank University in 2003 and became project architect for the Portland College IT Learning Centre which he ran through to completion in 2006, with the project ultimately picking up the RIBA East Midlands Regional Design Award and the RIBA CABE Inclusive Design Award in 2007.

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In mid-2007 Mark embarked on a new challenge, joining Richard Rogers newly re-named practice  ‘Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners’ where he has worked for the past 13 years on numerous International projects of varying typologies, including commercial office, transport, culture, residential and masterplanning. 

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Mark has worked on projects across the globe, including Melbourne Australia, Abuja in Nigeria, Beirut Lebanon, New York and Miami in the U.S, Mexico City Mexico, Jakarta Indonesia, Shenzhen China, Geneva Switzerland, Verona Italy and various locations across the UK including a number of projects in London.

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Mark was part of the original competition design team for the award winning BBVA Bancomer tower in Mexico City, led by Richard Rogers in collaboration with Ricardo Legorreta of Mexican based architects Legorreta + Legorreta. Mark was part of a 4 person RSHP satellite design team that moved to Mexico to oversee the detail design and construction drawing phase of the project which, upon completion in 2015 was one of the tallest buildings in Latin American and one of the first to achieve the prestigious LEED Platinum accreditation in Latin America. The building subsequently went on to win the RIBA award for International Excellence in 2018. 

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Upon returning to London in 2011 Mark oversaw the construction and fabrication of the Superstructure steelwork or ‘Mega-frame’ for the prestigious Leadenhall Building, the tallest building in the City of London at that time. Completed in 2017 the building went on to receive both RIBA London and RIBA National awards. 

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Mark was made an associate in 2012 and his subsequent experience in niche steelwork detailing saw him lead the steelwork design for the new Geneva airport Aile Est in Switzerland between 2012 & 2016, working closely with French Engineering company Ingerop. The project is currently onsite and due to complete in the 3rd quarter of 2021. 

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In 2016 Mark switched his attention to running a number of commercial projects including a new mixed-use office building for Lendlease at the 'International Quarter London' in Stratford and a 400m high mixed use commercial tower and hotel in Jakarta Indonesia for Duta Anggada Group. 

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Between 2017 and 2018 Mark was also a key member of the ‘Nuevo Norte Masterplan’ design team in central Madrid, the largest regeneration project in the whole of Europe redesigning the area around Chamartín Rail Station.

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In 2018-2019 Mark oversaw the design of the New State Library Station, the deepest and most complicated station on the new £11Billion (AUS) Melbourne Metro project in the state of Victoria, Australia. Mark also undertook an advisory role on the design development on 3 of the other 4 stations on the project before handing the design over to co-architects Hassell and Western Williamson in autumn 2019 for the construction phase of works. 

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In late 2019 and 2020 Mark was been busy working on a commercial mixed-use redevelopment of the historic Otis Lift building in New York City for developer Vornado, was on the competition design team for the new Bao An Airport Terminal 4 project in Shenzhen and led and co-designed a new Opera House competition in Shenzhen, China.

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Mark has also undertaken various private submissions in the past including a 2nd place award for a new boathouse ideas competition in Brooklyn New York run by the AIA New York Chapter, a top 10 shortlist for the RIBA run Overhead Structures Competition for HS2 in collaboration with ARUP, Keltbray and Mace and most recently being selected to represent RSHP with his designer dog house or ‘DogPod’ for The Inaugural Barkitecture festival at Goodwoof. 

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Beyond the drawing board Mark is also an internationally published photographer, with his photographic work largely focused on architecture and construction but also exploring both the abstract and people alike.

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Having first been introduced to photography at a young age Mark has been capturing images most of his life, originally developing a photojournalistic style whilst gaining experience at The Evening Telegraph Newspaper, then further developed when studying advanced architectural photography under American photographer John Stamets at the University of Washington in the United States.

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Mark has had his work published in various books, magazines and websites over the years including CNN, The Guardian, The Architectural Journal, Dezeen, The Plan and The Architectural Digest to name but a few. He was shortlisted for the Arcaid Images ‘Architectural Photographer of the Year’ Award in 2015 having become a finalist in the the Interiors category of the competition, had 4 honourable mentions in 4 different categories at the prestigious ‘Oscars’ of photography, the 2017 'International Photography Awards' in New York and Received a Silver Award at the Prix de la Photographie (Px3) in Paris in 2018.

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When not designing or shooting photographs, Mark can be found with his wife and two children in the Garden of England, Kent, or visiting extended family in beautiful Mexico.