2019

Yearly News Archives:

Here’s to another great year!

We’d love to share some of our 2019 highlights with you…

Planning granted for Bristol’s first purpose-built combined student and co-living scheme

The project stands to be a flagship example for this new housing model in Bristol.

Stride Treglown to design 2,000 passivhaus student residences for UWE

The new accommodation will be carbon neutral in line with the University's 2030 strategy.

Will our industry learn from past manufacturing lessons?

Head of Student Living, Kieran Lilley, on why sector diversification is key to ensuring a strong future for offsite construction.

Planning secured for 144 low carbon homes near Swansea

Gwynfaen is a housing scheme with conscious design at its core.

Our 53rd Big Idea for Bristol

Imagining Castle Park as a new Urban Wellbeing Zone for the city...

Making emergency departments future ready

Good design can help healthcare provision shift towards more efficient models of delivery, says Simon Boundy

How healthy is your health centre?

Christine Fatania on design, and the paradigm shift in primary care.

The healthcare estate isn’t a campus, it’s a mini-city

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Welcoming back Vicki Shepherdson

Vicki brings with her extensive healthcare experience. Having worked with us 14 years ago, we were keen to catch up...

Healthy hospitality, hospitable healthcare

John Colvin, head of hotels, on the cyclical relationship between medicine and hospitality at 'The Min' in Bath

Is high rise the future for urban school design?

Rachel Bremner on working with education providers to develop smaller footprints that work.

Making room for soul

Cora Kwiatkowski questions how we achieve academic placemaking. Step one - listen to the end users...

Band B – what’s in store for Welsh school design?

With £1.8 billion of capital funding, James Page presents the challenges and opportunities for over 100 Welsh schools and colleges.

Sketching with space

"Architects don’t draw lines anymore, we place objects in space." Juan López explains more...

Sail fast, live slow…

With continued good health, David Steele announces his retirement at the end of this year.

Positioning schools at the heart of communities

Josh Blackledge argues that it’s not enough to design great learning environments, schools must also benefit the wider area.

Keeping ahead of the tech curve

How does changing technology impact the way we design our healthcare buildings? Adam Parry explains...