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Mountview shortlisted for NLA Awards
Great news! We are excited to announce that our project Mountview has been shortlisted for an NLA award in Education category.
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in central Peckham is a £21million 10,200sqm purpose-built edu-cation facility conceived as a ‘Warehouse for the Arts’, consisting of two interlocking buildings that provide both the public and private spaces required for the school. The space opened its doors to students in September 2018, creating state of the art performance and educational facilities for both Mountview’s existing students, industry professionals, and also a new arts and vocational training programme for the local community.
Read more about the project here.
Peckham Levels Shortlisted in AJ Retrofit Awards
Our meanwhile project in Peckham was Shortlisted for AJ Retrofit Awards Office category.
A Manual for Start-Up Spaces
‘A Manual for Start-Up Spaces’ sets out some of the thinking developed by the studio on the idea of meanwhile spaces.
What you can learn from Coachworks
Coachworks is very much on the map in more ways than one.
What you can learn from Pop Brixton
Have a look at what lies beneath Pop Brixton. What does ‘affordability’ really mean?
What you can learn from Peckham Levels
It all starts with an open mind.
What you can learn from Mountview
Is it possible for a performing arts college to be based on a truly sustainable business model?
What you can learn from Clarnico Quay
Railway arches are a great starting point for thinking about how to design new spaces for makers.
Meanwhile as a solution
We have developed an expertise in temporary or ‘meanwhile’ development.
Regent Radio
We transformed our studio into a temporary radio station broadcasting live during the London Festival of Architecture.
Frame House in Detail
At the start we all had to agree to play nicely and never fall out if we worked together.
Home not House
We think of home as a stage where events take place and conjure up memories of childhood.
Four Principles
Legibility, flexibility, durability, affordability.
Thinking through making
I grew up in the North of England where the thought of getting someone in to fix something was almost unheard of.
Slip House in Details
Making good buildings requires more than good ideas. Read the detailed story of the Award-winning Slip House.
Small is Good
If there are any positives from the last recession one is the discovery of thrift, recycling, the temporary & the small.
Living Over the Shop
The idea of working at home is not a new one, but like so many apparently simple activities that were once commonplace.
Small Thought on Value
One of the lessons we learnt is that there is nothing to be gained from shying away from business or the idea of money.
Rural
Increasingly we think the Green Belt in its present form isn’t working.
The Conceptual Detail
We don’t see buildings necessarily as a series of components ordered from catalogues.