News
3rd April 2018
Paddington mews offices site progress
The construction of a new office space in Paddington is gathering pace! The old lead roof has been stripped off, careful repairs to the...
3rd April 2018
Lake Como building site progress
Completed the difficult excavation in the very hard Moltrasio rock, the void was lined in concrete and a specialist subcontractor proceeded...
9th March 2018
Bellinzona Regional Hospital
Practice shortlisted for the design of a new operating theatre block
22nd February 2018
Human and Machine: Manual input for 3D printing
The 3D printer can’t do it all; there is still hope for humans
18th January 2018
Concealed timber penthouses, almost invisible on an Islington rooftop, are submitted for planning
The new penthouse apartments on the roof of an existing building are designed as iself-contained, pre-fabricated units, with a solid timber structure, natural timber façade, and large glazed openings.
15th December 2017
Autumn Party
Our autumn party was a great success. Scattered leaves, chestnuts, mandarins, candle-lit pumpkins and fairy lights brought the spirit of the season into our office.
6th November 2017
Midland Metropolitan Hospital new drone view, Birmingham, UK
The latest drone footage from Midland Metropolitan Hospital shows the final concrete pours around the Level 2 perimeter almost completed, forming the set backs for landscape terraces between the car park and the podium.
5th September 2017
Pop up pavilion
This summer we built a pop up pavilion in London’s beautiful Holland Park for our annual office party. t was a risky venture. Could we make it in time, would it work, would it rain, would we be arrested by the park police? We reckoned that a bit of adrenaline would only add to the fun.
20th July 2017
Midland Metropolitan Hospital topping out ceremony
The topping out ceremony for Midland Metropolitan Hospital was a great success. The view from the 9th floor over the neighbourhood is panoramic, and we could see into the developing Winter Garden and towards the new Green.
13th June 2017
Follow our adventures in 3D printing
We have purchased our first 3d printer, an Ultimaker 2+ Extended. This enables us to create all kinds of 3 dimensional forms from block massing and scaled building models, to full size 1:1 mock ups of connections and components.
15th May 2017
Laura Carrara-Cagni and Dino Merisi at the CLT Insulating and Airtightness Masterclass
The Insulating and Achieving Airtightness with Cross Laminated Timber Construction Masterclass at the Building Centre in London last Thursday was a day of in depth technical learning and discussions around the specifics of insulation in wood construction.