Something for the weekend…

Work in progress shots from earlier this week at our whole house remodelling, retrofit and roof-top extension of a 5-storey, 1970s brick-brutal, townhouse in Hampstead.

Images show the Esher-esque arrangement of new stairs leading from lower ground to upper ground and upper ground to first floors at the thin end of a wedge-shaped house that measures 3.5m-wide at its narrowest point. Fanning out in plan, the double height dining space includes a newly formed barrel-vaulted roof.

Final photo looks down from the 4th floor roof terrace through the skylight void to the staircase running between 2nd and 3rd floors.

More to follow…

Hayhurst & Co. Team: Jamie Wakeford Holder, Alex Boyce, Laura Mohirta & Nick Hayhurst
Contractor: Rebuild London Ltd.

#hayhurstandco #stair #stairs #stairporn #stairsofinstagram #townhouse #retrofit #londonhome #doubleheight @vascon975

A super-informative and inspiring visit to @stonemasonry_comp_stonestair in Stamford, Lincolnshire today for some of the Hayhurst & Co team and @structure.workshop

Exploring extraction techniques, manufacturing and cutting processes, mark-making and how different stones respond to water for ongoing projects in London and Bristol.

#stone #stonework #hayhurstandco

We’re delighted that Edith Neville Primary School for @wemakecamden won a @civictrustawards at a ceremony in Manchester on Friday evening.

The Civic Trust Awards are so important as they recognise not only the success of the architectural design but also sustainability, accessibility and projects that provide a positive civic contribution.

“The school exemplifies the transformative impact that thoughtful design can have on education, sustainability, and community well-being” the judges said…

The wonderful new premises for Edith Neville Primary School shows how talented designers collaborating closely with the council and the school community can produce an intricate, beautiful, and child-centred environment, which also complements the surrounding neighbourhood.”

Well done to the whole client and project teams.

#edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #school #schooldesign

Good read in yesterday’s @financialtimes by @snfschlee featuring Green House.

#How central heating changed everything about our homes: The ability to make our indoor spaces consistently warm transformed how we live — now, climate change demands a similar upheaval”

Take a 👀 – link in bio.

@ft_weekend @ft_houseandhome #greenhouse #hayhurstandco #heating #home

It was an exciting week last week with Ruby Sleigh and Laura Mohirta from our London studio heading to @futurebuildnow as part of their involvement with @architectscan

As a co-ordinator of the ACAN Circular Economy group, Laura presented their newly released Design Guide, followed by a Circular Surgery workshop unpicking challenges around data ownership and warranties. This provided a great debate around availability and accessibility of reused materials, material passports, scepticism within the insurance industry and how councils can aid transition and implementation of circular economy principles. Both the Circular Economy Design Guide, RIBA overlay and Circular Series can be found on the ACAN website and are certainly worth a look!

Ruby was the session co-ordinator for the ACAN stand this year, assembling a 3 day programme of discussions, workshops and live product demonstrations, including hempcrete construction in practice, circular economy as a co-design process, provocations towards a regenerative planning process, the future of retrofit and a series of interactive workshops from ACAN working groups. Ruby is also a co-ordinator of the ACAN Ecology working group, who launched a new workshop on Wednesday this week staging a ‘multi-species design review panel’ for a contentious planning application, instigating consideration and re-design around non-human residents.

Thank you to #futurebuild for providing a platform for so many inspiring discussions around retrofit, reuse, natural materials and regenerative design. Follow @architectscan for more from their time at FutureBuild and join the WhatsApp groups to get involved!”

#acan #circulareconomy♻️ #ecology

#circulareconomydesignguide

We’re so excited that our super-sized, 1:50 scale model that we have been using to help the co-deisgn process for @filwoodcentre in Knowle West, Bristol is now live…! It is in the @reworkkw shopfront opposite the Community Centre itself…!

We are currently working on inserting the next elements of the model that will come to life at the Filwood Community event today and tomorrow. Come and say hello and take a look at what we have been doing.

We have been collaborating with the amazing @youandme_archi who have led a wide range of community engagement events and activities to help develop the brief and design ideas for the centre.

Today: 3.30-5.30pm: Have your say on our latest designs for Filwood Community Centre and share your ideas. Check out our proposed community living room ideas along with circus performances and free hot dogs.

Tomorrow: 11am-4pm: All the above plus over 40 exhibits, activities and workshops.

CNC cutting: @knowlewestmedia
Model assembly: Hayhurst & Co Architectural Assistant, @ciapaite.dovile

#engagement #architecturalmodel #communitycentre #newcommunitycentre @bristolcouncil #communitybuilding #knowlewest #southbristol