Max Fordham
About Max Fordham
Max Fordham LLP is an environmental building services engineering consultancy, pioneering in sustainable design and low-carbon engineering. For over 50 years, they have engineered air, light, sound and energy to bring buildings to life. From their offices in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol, they have worked with the world’s leading architects on some of the world’s greatest buildings. Max Fordham’s portfolio includes award-winning exemplars of sustainable design and a diverse mix of beautifully engineered buildings.
The Practice numbers over 250 people. It is a Limited Liability Partnership and essentially employee-owned, with 115 partners.
They are the only practice to be crowned ‘CIBSE Building Performance Champion’ twice (2022 and 2020), became BSRIA Soft Landings Practitioner of the Year in 2019, and were named ACE Inclusion & Diversity Champion in 2017. Max Fordham’s projects have won the RIBA Stirling Prize three times: for MAXXI with Zaha Hadid in 2010, Newport Street Gallery with Caruso St John in 2016, and Magdalene College New Library with Niall McLaughlin Architects in 2022.
Also in 2022, Max Fordham’s own house became the first residential building in the UK to be verified as net zero carbon, marking a watershed moment in the country’s drive to achieve a net zero carbon future.
Your Team in Bristol
We opened the doors to our Queen Square office in 2013. Originally opened by Senior Partner Innes Johnston and Principal Engineer Henry Rock-Evans, the office has now grown to 26 people with a range of skills covering engineering, sustainability, acoustics and Passivhaus. From Spike Island to St Ives, we’ve delivered many of the most prominent and prestigious cultural venues in Bristol and the southwest. More recently, we’re increasingly becoming involved with community housing projects and with commercial developments that prioritise occupants’ health and wellbeing.
