The shortlists for the inaugural Harlow Architectural Design Awards (sponsored by Places for People and Architecture & Design Services) has been announced. There are two shortlists, residential and non-residential, with a mixture of buildings spanning from the start of the New Town Development to the current year.
The shortlist can be viewed and voted on here so why not take a look and see which of the buildings you think deserve to be awarded 'best in town' in January!
In 2007 we were appointed by the owners of the shop formerly known at 'Batchelors' in Epping High Street (now Fat face) to work up a scheme for the refurbishment of the residential accommodation above the shop and the conversion of a workshop cum store at the rear of the building. We obtained Planning and Listed Building Consent and Building Regulations Approval Continue Reading
This project was one of those that just didn't quite make it off the drawing board. We were approached by The Gateway Christian Fellowship, a Christian organisation in Harlow, and asked to assist them in developing a brief for a wide ranging community building which they wished to develop on a plot of land they had purchased in the Staple Continue Reading
In 2012 we were approached by Harlow Council to quote for a series of feasibility studies looking at how their redundant or underutilised garage sites could be used to provide housing for The Town. Harlow was built before the days of widespread car ownership and those involved in the development of The Town failed to grasp how car ownership would Continue Reading