Sir John Tusa has been interested in and involved in architecture most of his career. At the Barbican, young architects such as Caruso StJohn and AHMM were commissioned for major reshaping of the concert hall and public spaces. At University of the Arts London (UAL) Stanton Williams was commissioned to turn Cubitt's historic Granary Building at Kings Cross into a home for Central Saint Martins art college.
He is a Trustee of Turquoise Mountain Foundation which has restored an historic quarter of Kabul.
