Last night saw the RT team partying like it's 1999 and enjoyed lunch and maybe a 'few' bevvies at Wilton's Music Hall. There were some great secret santa gifts including some fetching pants for Mr Shepley and some very imaginative PPE for Tamplin, safety first. Merry Christmas!
Rock Townsend and Telford Homes Plc have received planning approval from the Mayor of London to redevelop the Holy Trinity School in Dalston. The innovative scheme will rebuild and expand the existing Holy Trinity Primary School from one form entry to a two form entry primary school, funded by the delivery of 101 residential units in the airspace above. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, hailed the development “ a perfectly genius proposal” and went on to say: “The design for the redevelopment of Holy Trinity School is pioneering and cleverly tackles the need to provide more housing and more primary school places”.
The solution is a contemporary and pragmatic approach to making a new school possible and delivering extra primary school places within a dense urban context. The design is defined by the creation of a ‘sky gap’ over the two storey Primary School form with residential cover. This arrangement allows the roof of the school to be explored as an outdoor learning landscaped area, providing varied playspace on the tight urban site.
The design also provides a glazed façade with translucent glazing flooding the ‘big’ community and central spaces with light.
Congratulations is in order for Dan Bangs who has completed his Part III and is now a fully fledged architect! Well done Bangs!
We were a little late on posting this one but Tegan joined us nearly two months ago now as our new studio coordinator. So far so good....
This week it was Australian newby Tegan's turn to feed us all on Monday morning but she 'forgot'. So after much pestering from Mr Bangs she came up with the goods and we devoured her lovingly shop bought victorian sponge.
During London Fashion Week Tim managed to wangle his way into a few shows and guess who he bumped into ........ only Zaha!
Thursday 3rd October saw the opening of the Forgotten Spaces exhibition in Somerset House. Charlotte.T went down with chums Charlotte Marshall and Kate Stevens to check out their hard work on display (and to make the most of the free bubbles). The exhibition is really well curated and itself within the forgotten space of the coal holes of Somerset House. Definitely worth a visit!
To celebrate RT's coming of age the office took a trip up the Shard before heading over to the Tanner&Co restaurant for a slap up meal.
Have you got a name for your bike?
No, it is a bike and I’m a miserable sod.
Why did you start cycling to work?
When I moved to London earlier this year.
How far do you commute?
Camberwell, 2.5 miles south.
What’s the best and worst thing about riding to work?
Speed of getting around the city and fear of death because I’m a massive pansy.
How long have you had your bike?
2.5 years.
What’s your favourite bike accessory?
I couldn’t live without the little bell and knee-pads. Oh and the tassels that I usually have hanging from my handlebars.
Where do you most like to cycle?
Anywhere in London is good fun after midnight.
