02/05/2012
Greenwich Council has granted planning permission for the Student Residential project at Number One Chandlers Avenue on the Greenwich Peninsular. The project is to provide 264 student rooms within 8,200sqm and is located at the southern edge of the Greenwich Peninsula Masterplan. It is ideally located within walking distance of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication.
The developer Event commissioned the building in November of 2011 and it is a testament to the developers drive, design team, the support of the council and local community including Ravensbourne College that planning approval has been obtained in such a short space of time.
The aim of the project has been the creation of a contemporary student hall of residence with a strong identity within the Greenwich Peninsula and to provide a building where students engage with each other and which encourages interaction between them and the local community.
The building is due for completion in July 2013.
30/04/2012
We have projects shortlisted at several upcoming award ceremonies including the RIBA Awards.
At the RIBA Awards we have three projects shortlisted; Anne Mews - a residential estate in Barking, Tea Building - a refurbished warehouse in Shoreditch and Kirk Balk - a secondary school in Barnsley.
On 16th May we have been nominated for the Client Choice Award at the AJ100 Awards.
Anne Mews is also shortlisted at the Evening Standard New Homes Awards on 18th May and William Street Quarter - the Masterplan - is shortlisted at the Housing Design Awards on 20th June.
20/04/2012
Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for the landmark regeneration project at Number One Oxford Street. The project of office, retail, theatre and public realm, for client Derwent London in collaboration with Crossrail Ltd, is situated above the new Tottenham Court Road Crossrail and London Underground station at the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street.
In the two buildings there is a total of 28,400m² office space, 3,900m² of retail across three storeys and 3,800m² cultural use including the 350-450 seat theatre. This is all set around a 720m² plaza, creating a new public space opening views of St. Patrick's Church and the route to Soho Square.
Director, Simon Allford, says: "We are delighted to have worked with Derwent London and Crossrail for the last five years on Number One Oxford Street. This is a prestigious new development. The new landmark corner office building over retail, the new public space and London’s first new theatre for 30 years will secure regeneration of the East End of Oxford Street. Having received planning approval we are now looking forward to the next stage of development and to delivering this key London project."
Read about the planning decision in the Financial Times (register for free) and the New York Times.
19/04/2012
The Angel Building was commended at the Annual Excellence in Design Awards Ceremony, held by the UK Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, on Tuesday 17th April at the Wallace Collection.
The AIA awards attract a broad range of design professionals from around the globe who are either based in the UK, or who have delivered projects in the UK.
The Stirling Shortlisted Angel building in Clerkenwell is to become the home of the Design council/CABE’s new offices after AHMM has designed the fit-out for the space.
18/04/2012
AHMM supported the Chelsfield, First Base and Imagination bid for the Silvertown Quays and it’s anticipated that we will be involved in the redevelopment of Millennium Mills – a significant landmark of London’s Docklands.
Read more in the AJ's article about the scheme (subscribers only).
17/04/2012
Ricky Burdett writes in Architecture Today’s April Edition about the legacy of Chobham Academy and the crucial role it will play in the regeneration of the Stratford area after the 2012 Olympics.
Chobham Academy is a new all-ages school in the London 2012 Olympic Park for Lend Lease plc. Opening in September 2013 with a specialism in literature and the performing arts, it will serve the established local communities of Leyton and Stratford and the emerging community of the post-Games Park, both in and out of school hours.
Designed as part of a strong new urban grain whose pattern is reflective of existing London streets, a powerful drum form centres three connected buildings. These define space on a campus that is open, attractive, economical and sustainable.
03/04/2012
Graphics are currently going up at Dagenham Park Church of England School for clients Laing O'Rourke. The Map is designed by Morag Myerscough and fabricated by Luke Morgan.
The school is a three storey teaching building at the centre of the existing site, within a masterplan and landscape strategy that will create a campus with a strong identity and community presence.
Read about the making of the map on Morag's Supergroup blog.