From the Archive: Our competition-winning proposal for a new pavilion on Marble Arch Island in central London. The project included a café, a sub-terranean theatre and event space that cantilevered over the lake and arranged within a new landscaped, park-land environment. The proposal connects the western end of Oxford Street with the north-western tip of Hyde Park and uses a meandering timber boardwalk to form pockets of public open space.
The design of the pavilion and its setting was informed by research into the history of the different types of gardens and different landscape characters that make up the Grade-I listed park land. The proposal re-modelled the dis-used walkways created by the 1960s gyratory to create a new ‘grazing plane’ between land and canopy: a permeable gateway between city and park.
We got as far as RIBA Stage 3 but alas it was not to be.
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That Friday Feeling: A bright ceiling for an overcast morning. From the studio at Grain House, Hackney with #wfh modelling from one of our lovely clients.

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan #grainhouse #hayhurstandco #brightceiling #yellow #yellowceiling #gardenstudio #hackney #architecture #londonarchitecture

7pm this evening. Nick will be talking with Deborah Daunt @dsdha_architecture @joevelomo from @moco_arch and Seth Scafe-Smith and Akil Scafe-Smith from @resolvecollective as part of the @architecturefoundation #100daystudio See the AF website for the zoom link. ‘Architecture isn’t about bricks and mortar; it’s about people’. We will be talking about the people-centred and landscape-centred work we are doing at Central Somers Town for Camden Council and on the Tustin Estate for Southwark Council.

Day 48. Tuesday 16th June, 7pm – 8pm: Architecture isn’t about bricks and mortar; it’s about people – Collaborative City Making via Zoom. See Architecture Foundation website for link.

As part of the Architecture Foundation’s 100 day studio, Nick will be in conversation with their Deborah Saunt (DSDHA), Joe Morris (Morris + Company), Seth Scafe-Smith and Akil Scafe-Smith (RESOLVE Collective) on the nature of people-centred and landscape-led approach to urban frameworks. A process that allows for an iterative and interactive design process where quality of place is brought to the fore.

Two case study projects will provide the focus of the event: Central Somers Town for LB Camden where Hayhurst and Co. worked with DSDHA, Adam Khan Architects, Morris + Company and dRMM; and the Tustin Estate for LB Southwark in collaboration with DSDHA, RESOLVE Collective and Kennedy Woods.

@architecturefoundation @dsdha_architecture @resolvecollective @moco_arch @joevelomo @kennedywoodsstudio @drmmarchitects_studio @adamkhanarch #hayhurstandco

Planning and Listed Building Consent: This week we are delighted to have got planning and listed building consent for a substantial 150m2 extension to a 3-storey, Grade-II listed mill house in Bedfordshire.

The original mill dates from the late 18th century, was significantly expanded in the 19th century before reducing in scale and becoming redundant by the 1960s. The first image is a historic photograph of the front of the mill from the 1920s.

The extension sits directly over the River Iver and provides a series of new living spaces, extended bedroom space, a remodelled luccum and includes refurbishing the sluice gates.

The second image is an overhead view of a physical model. Formally, the elevations and roof profiles are conceived as a series of new collaged elements set amongst the existing building and within the curtilage of the existing outbuildings and perimeter walls. The glazing is strategically located to provide a series of framed views of different depths and contexts: views around the grounds, through the trees and down the river.

#houseextention #mill #houseonwater #architecture #hayhurstandco #watermill #planningconsent #listedbuildingconsent

On site: The boundary works are coming along at Edith Neville Primary School.

The first photograph is of the pupil entrance into the courtyard: a large celebratory entrance like the entrance to the first Victorian school that stood on the site and in the same place as the entrance to the previous 1970s school building. Fortuitously wide to allow for a socially-distanced entrance and exit.

#edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #entrance #framing #londonarchitecture #architecture #edithneville

RIBA Award shortlist…! We are delighted to announce that Grain House has been shortlisted for an RIBA Award. “Materials chosen to weather over time characterise reinvigorated Victorian home” said the RIBA Journal. Well done to all the practices shortlisted! Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

@riba @ribalondon @ribajournal #ribaawards #ribaawards2020 #hayhurstandco #grainhouse #architecture #londonarchitecture #home

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