We are looking forward to working with Procure Public and C&C Housing Trust under our new appointment to their Framework. The Framework can also be accessed by 4896 public sector bodies across the UK for the design and delivery of new sustainable homes.
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Spot the difference! @Minster House Hatfield
We love how similar this recent site picture is to our CGIs!! (see below). Excited to see the completed project due at the end of the summer.
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Fab new pics of Soho Poly Theatre!
An extensive refurbishment to the 1920s former theatre building in central London. The completed works comprise a brand new ‘Maker space’ for students, with a shop from which their wares can be sold to the public; a café space, for use by students and staff as well as to draw passing visitors into the building; modern coworking spaces and classrooms; and the refurbished theatre with bar area at basement level. The design includes the creation of a new open passageway across the building to draw light deep inside the building
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University Design Forum event at Queen Mary University London
Great University Design Forum event attended yesterday by Mark Gabbey and Tim Robinson at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) - really interesting tour and talks! Great opportunity to learn, share ideas and meet colleagues from the industry. Thanks University Design Forum and QMUL!
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New Appointment: Watford Community Housing
Delighted to have been appointed to Watford Community Housing’s Framework (Herts, Beds & Bucks) for Architectural Services. Looking forward to some exciting new projects soon, really pleased to be working once again with WCH.
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Congratulations Hidely - our new Associate!
Well done Hidely, recently promoted to Associate within our Residential and Community team. Excellent news - this calls for (red velvet) cake!
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Excited for ..... CIH Brighton!
Please get in touch if you would like to meet up.
Read MoreA Warm Welcome Back and a Fond (But Temporary) Farewell!
We had a little dual purpose celebration in the RT studio yesterday. And of course you can’t have a celebration without cake….!
First of all we welcomed back our Studio Coordinator, Martha who has been on maternity leave for the past year. So lovely to have her (and her wealth of knowledge!) back in the studio.
And as one maternity leave comes to an end another begins. We wish Laura from our Education and Commercial Team all the very best for her maternity leave which starts next week. If this next year is as busy and goes as fast as the last then we’ll be eating cake to welcome her back again in no time…
Delighted that the proposal for the new campus for Buckinghamshire College Group has achieved planning consent!
Rock Townsend are delighted that the proposal for the new campus in High Wycombe town centre for the Buckinghamshire College Group received unanimous approval at planning committee today.
The proposal will transform the college’s estate by consolidating 3 outlying campuses to 1 new city centre campus comprising a 6,800m2 new corner building housing a variety of standard and specialist learning and teaching environments, together with an adjacent building of 1700m2 providing vocational specialist teaching including Automotive Engineering and Construction.
The design puts the student at the heart of the experience by providing exceptional learning spaces, new catering provision, a wide variety of informal social learning spaces and a focus on ensuring wellbeing is enhanced through a focus on sustainability, prioritising visual connections to the landscape, optimising natural daylight, providing a rich variety of flexible spaces and volumes, all to the DfE latest FE Output Specification and cost.
The proposal seeks to enhance the urban landscape on an important corner site and is the result of positive engagement with Buckinghamshire Council’s Planning Growth and Sustainability team who were keen that the new campus acts as a catalyst for the regeneration of the urban block.
The proposal is a result of close collaboration and lots of hard work with John McGrath and the client team at BCG, PMc, Faithful and Gould, Arup, SWH, Elementa Consulting, Smith Jenkins, Wynne Williams Associates, Ion acoustics, Waterslade, and Ecology by design.
