Designs have been submitted for planning for new temporary accommodation for a council in Hertfordshire, to counteract homelessness within the borough. The outline masterplan is for 43 flats within 4 residential blocks, connected together through communal terraces and gardens.
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New shared ownership flats... close to completion
We are excited to be so nearly there on our latest development of shared ownership flats in London. Completion due in the next couple of months followed by landscaping in the spring. Looking forward to the final product - meanwhile a sneak preview picture of story so far!
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Route to Carbon Zero
At the start of the summer, we were delighted to be appointed by one of our clients to help them plan their Route to Zero Carbon. And we were really encouraged that the brief included both Operational and Embodied Carbon!
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New pics!
Three years on - and looking rather nice we think! This is Kings Langley, one of the four schools we designed and delivered back in 2017 as part of a seven school batch with Interserve Kajima Consortium, under the government’s Priority School Building Programme. Our photographer visited last week to take some new pictures now the landscaping has matured and the school properly settled in.
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Planning Granted at Letchworth
Fantastic news! our new build residential scheme in Letchworth Garden City has just been granted planning permission. The development will provide 30no. 2-bed houses for affordable rent, arranged around a large landscaped valley.
Read MoreOn Site at Waterbeach
The team are busy here on site at Waterbeach in Welwyn Garden City, where RT are working with Lovells to deliver 21 individually detailed new build houses arranged around 2 cul-de-sacs, with carefully designed shared surfaces and landscaping to create a sense of place. The scheme is on behalf of Chalkdene Limited, a JV between Herts Living and Morgan Sindall Investments to deliver much needed new homes in Hertfordshire.
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Building Awards Finalist
Delighted to hear that our Hall of Fame project in Stockwell has been named a Finalist at the Building Awards - Social Value category. The project has transformed a neglected, sunken space into an exciting community hub for residents, school children, artists and visitors, hosting varied formal and informal activities while remaining a thriving street art space for the community of graffiti artists. Read more about the Hall of Fame project here.
Read MoreNew build or Reuse?
As part of a recent competition, we proposed a deep retrofit option in collaboration with Arup. We demonstrated a potential 50% reduction in embodied carbon by reusing the structure based on the @RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge Standards. We are keen to encourage this type of thinking in all our projects, carrying out simple Whole Life Carbon Assessments at the outset to interrogate the brief and maximise sustainability.
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Holy Trinity featured in award-winning publication!
So thrilled to hear that Helen Taylor and Sharon Wright of Scott Brownrigg’s new book ‘Urban Schools: Designing for High Density’ has just been awarded the AJ’s Collaboration of the year Award.
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