Shuttleworth studied architecture at the Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University, where his fluid draftsmanship earned him the nickname "Ken the Pen". The practice has completed a number of award-winning buildings which include the City of London Information Centre, the 55 Baker Street office development, Grosvenor Waterside and 10 Weymouth Street residential schemes, all in central London.
Shuttleworth became a partner at Foster and Partners where he worked on some of the world"s most iconic buildings. He joined the practice in 1977, moving to Hong Kong in 1979 to oversee the design and construction of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s headquarters. Returning to the United Kingdom in 1986, he proceeded to build up a remarkable portfolio of experience including the Carré d"Art in Nîmes, the ITN building in London, Cranfield University Library, Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok airport, the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Faisaliah development in Riyadh, London’s Millennium Bridge, 30 Street Mary Axe ("The Gherkin’) and City Hall.
Shuttleworth left Foster and Partners to set up his own practice, Make Architects, in 2004.
Other completed projects in the United Kingdom include The Cube in Birmingham, the Montpellier Chapter hotel in Cheltenham, the Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute for the University of Oxford, and the Handball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics, known as the Copper Box. Projects currently under construction include the Thomas Clarkson Community College in Cambridgeshire, a student housing scheme in Hammersmith, a children's hospital in Kurdistan, a boutique hotel in China and a residential tower in Hong Kong.
Ken Shuttleworth was a commissioner of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) from 2004–2011 - an executive non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government which promoted better design and design education. At Make Architects
The Cube, Birmingham
The Thomas Clarkson Community College, Cambridgeshire
City of London Information Centre
5 Broadgate, London
55 Baker Street, London
The Aspire sculpture, University of Nottingham
The Gateway Building, University of Nottingham
The Jubilee Campus extension, University of Nottingham
Old Road Campus Research Building, University of Oxford
Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute, University of Oxford
London 2012 Olympic Handball Arena
The Montpellier Chapter, Cheltenham
The former Hammersmith Palais, London
Grosvenor Waterside, London
10 Weymouth Street, London
City Hall, London
The Architecture at Wembley Stadium, London
Chek Lap Kok airport, Hong Kong
The Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt
30 Street Mary Axe ("The Gherkin"), London
The Millennium Bridge, London
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation headquarters, Hong Kong
Citibank"s headquarters, London
Kings Norton Library, Cranfield University.
Shuttleworth and members of his staff appeared in the final of the United Kingdom 2007 edition of The Apprentice, where they advised the two remaining contestants on designing an iconic building for London"s South Bank.
