Architects from Zaha Hadid Architects, Heatherwick Studio and AL_A were among participants in a five-kilometre race in London's Hyde Park, raising £60,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners director Ivan Harbour and AHMM cofounder Simon Allford were also among the 122 runners that took part in this year's edition of the HD5K race, along with designer Jason Bruges and architect Simon Smithson.
Other participants included Ben Hobson, Rebecca Grove and Pauline Zberro of Dezeen, plus employees from Hopkins Architects, Allies and Morrison, Make, and John McAslan + Partners.
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners director Ivan Harbour was among runners
The HD5K race is organised by architectural visualisation studio Hayes Davidson in honour of its late founder Alan Davidson, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2012. Davidson died in August 2018, aged 58. Now in its second year, the race managed to raise even more than in 2018, when the total donated was £52,000.
AHMM cofounder Simon Allford took part for a second year in a row
"We are delighted and grateful to once again feel the support of so many friends of the studio," said David Bullock, joint managing partner of Hayes Davidson, "and it's an honour to carry on Alan's legacy in this annual event."
"To be able to raise money for the MND Association, a charity incredibly important to us is wonderful, and knowing that we are supporting others suffering from...