Architectural Competitions

City & Islington College were looking for an innovative design for a new modern learning environment to integrate with the existing College building in Angel, London.

To design a purpose-built structure to provide the maximum diversity of specialised features to attract roosting, breeding and hibernating bats, allowing the possibility for visitors to engage with the bats and learn more about them.

This civic building provides a range of services including a central library, register office and administrative and social services accommodation.

The project was to deliver a series of physical and environmental improvements to four housing estates managed by ‘Bolton at Home’ (a company responsible for the management of approx. 18,500 Council owned properties and their neighbourhoods) . These had to demonstrate best practice in physical regeneration, improving the image of the estate and creating a sense of community pride.

The brief was to create a new housing type capable of being mass produced, using modern building techniques on a realistic budget to challenge the preconceived notions of volume house building.

This competition looked at the refurbishment of low-rise housing at the Brooks Road Estate in Plaistow, London.

To design a ‘swivelling wind shelter’ that would be an exciting landmark for this important seafront landscape, and contribute to a series of outdoor artworks along the South Shore Promenade in Blackpool.

As outlined in the Manningham Masterplan, the project showcases how existing buildings can be transformed into attractive and sustainable places to live.

To build a social housing development in the village of Elmswell, Suffolk. The client was looking for cutting-edge designs that were attractive, energy efficient and sustainable.

New Islington, the third of the government's Millennium Communities is an ambitious and progressive regeneration project on the fringe of Manchester City Centre.