Last Friday, 27th September, saw the week long Global Climate Strike drawing to a close. Some of our staff went down to the opening day of the strike the previous week, where we gathered in front of The Building Centre with fellow colleagues, practices and organisations from the industry including the UK Green Building Council, RIBA, the NLA and Architects Declare. We marched down to Parliament Square as part of an industry body in recognition of the impact that construction has on the environment.
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Off to sunny Brighton!
Dan, Phil and Steve are off to Brighton this morning to catch up with those attending the Brighton CIH Housing Conference over a drink or two by the sea! All we need now is for the sunshine to join us!
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Lime Tree & Lilac shortlisted at LABC Awards 2019!
Really pleased to hear that our two affordable housing schemes in Welwyn Hatfield, recently completed with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and Mears Group, have been shortlisted for two categories at the LABC Awards 2019. Lime Tree Court & Lilac Close.
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Open House at RT - come visit!
We are getting excited to show off our studio on Saturday at Open House - come and visit - admire Tim’s décor, poke round our Victorian school building, look at the result of our workplace research, or just chat to the team & eat some cake!
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Berghaus HQ - Tour, Presentation & Free Drinks!
Looking forward the BCO's research presentation on Defining & Measuring Productivity in Offices, followed by a presentation by Mark Gabbey and Tim Robinson, architects on the innovative refurbishment scheme for Berghaus, and a building tour. Fancy a trip to Durham? Come and join us - it's not too late! More info here, and details on how to book.
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Education Estates
Richard and Mark will be at Education Estates in Manchester next week - hope to see you there. Richard will be speaking about Designing for Learning in Urban Contexts. Here's the full programme.
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More high-jinks for RT
Thanks again to Ecophon for a fab evening of wine-tasting high-jinks on the London Eye
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20TH CENTURY HERITAGE REINVIGORATED FOR 21ST CENTURY STUDENT AND ACADEMIC NEEDS
Future + Heritage Synergy
An interesting event last week at which Mark along with MACE presented our project at the Paul Webley Wing, for the School of Oriental and African Studies. Guests heard how SOAS's requirements for a new student hub and teaching, study and academic spaces were accommodated within an iconic Grade II* listed building in the heart of the Bloomsbury Conservation Area, creating a modern and enlivened student-academic centre as a focal point for its centenary celebrations.
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Designing Academic Space
HEDQF Event: The Challenges and Complexities of Academic Space
Mark Gabbey will be speaking about ‘the challenges and complexities of academic space’ at this Wednesday’s HEDQF event, to be held at Reading University. He will be sharing recent experience from our work on the University of Westminster’s Psychology Department, a new facility focused on enhancing the experience of academic and student engagement and reflecting this in a refreshed department identity.
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