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 December 2011 7th Harlow Scout Hut at Manor Hatch was subjected to an arson attack with Fire crews who attended the scene unable to save the single storey building or any of its contents. As an ex-scout Mark knows how much a scout hut means to its group and volunteered our time to design a new hut to replace 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
In December 2008, we were appointed, as part of a design and build team, by the London Borough of Hounslow to remodel and extend an existing single storey community centre to create an adult learning centre. The project had a number of interesting factors. The Client had decided to heat the building using a ground source heat pump arrangement and the location under Continue Reading