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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.
#marblearch #marblearchisland #hayhurstandco #pavilion #architecture #londonarchitecture

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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Emerging from lockdown: As the construction sites start up again, we are looking forward to another new-start on site in July this year: our remodelling and extension of a 1980s bungalow in Cromer, north Norfolk.

Set on a sloping site close to the top of the ridge over-looking the town, the existing H-plan, pattern-book home was built on the only flat part of the site where there used to be a tennis court. The building was not designed to maximise the qualities of the site and fails to capture the views of the sea to the north or the woods to the south. Our design flips the living and sleeping accommodation and comprises a series of contemporary, site-specific domestic interventions. The extension takes the form of a cranked plan around an over-sized flint, chimney. In the landscape, tiered, flint planting beds help retain the land whilst extending the language of the new extension up and down the slope to form dedicated garden areas for external amenity.

#cromer #norfolk #houseextension #hayhurstandco #house #architecture #norfolkarchitecture

Emerging from lockdown: As the construction industry begins to get back on its feet, we are looking forward to seeing a number of new projects start on site in the coming months. Green House – a new 5-bedroomed family home in Haringey for a photographer and a teacher – is almost there. Located in a conservation area, the design draws on the green, heavily-wooded backland character of the site and re-interprets the traditional greenhouse as a model of domestic space.
The new home is constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and incorporates planting within a deep polycarbonate elevation to the front of the house. In the centre of the home is a two-storey, glazed atrium that contains the dining space around which curtains can be either fully drawn or – quite theatrically – partially drawn to provide different levels of privacy, openers and acoustic absorbance between different domestic activities. At the first floor the atrium provides a gallery on all four sides from which to access the bedrooms, bathroom and utility space. All the bedrooms look out on to the mature trees that surround the site.

#newhome #haringey #greenhouse #hayhurstandco #greenfacade #familyhome #londonarchitecture #newhouse #architecture #plantsofinstagram #architectsonpaper

On site: Following this weeks site visit we have been looking back at photographs of earlier site visits of the façade before the school was occupied.

These photos are from mid-December when the façade was nearing completion and the mature trees that surround the site at their most bare. The photos reveal the granular and filigree relationship between the branches of the trees and the metal structure and ribbing of the perforated aluminium façade. The light falls off some of the structure in the same way that if falls of the trunk and branches of the trees and helps blur the point where the building ends and the trees takeover.

Photos: @kilianosullivan #edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #trees #treesofinstagram #architecture #londonarchitecture #facade #cadisch

On site: We did our first, socially-distanced, site visit for the external works at our new-build Edith Neville Primary School in Central Somers Town yesterday.
The boundary steelwork is up! This will form the new southern boundary to the school site on to the new public realm that will firm a new public open space connecting two urban parks.
The profile of the southern boundary steps down from the parapet of the 2-storey building to 1.8m high. It provides visual protection to external learning spaces at ground and first floor spaces and includes larger openings which align with new trees and key views from the school to the public realm. We are looking forward to completion as lockdown eases.
The project was part of a wider collaborative masterplan of projects that will we undertook with @dsdha_architecture @drmmarchitects_studio @moco_arch @adamkhanarch and will be the subject of @architecturefoundation 100 day studio on Tuesday 16th June.
#edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #londonarchitecture #architecture #spacesforlearning #100daystudio

Grain House: Looking at the outside of the house and how the timber detail extends form the inside of the house to the outside.

Externally, the roof of the extension is finished in treated sycamore slats clad over a standing seam copper roof with the walls clad in burnt larch – extending the use of locally-sourced timbers that compliment the interior. The form of the extension is conceived as a timber sculpture as it follows the opening up and closing down of spaces internally and appears as an organic and arboreal against the boxiness of the Victorian house.

In detail, the timber slats in the roof extend over the copper so as to reveal their edges and create an ‘eye-lid’ over the picture window from the dining-space that light can fall through. The detail is designed to extend the depth of the window as a threshold between inside and out: projecting the grain of the timbers out into the garden whilst bringing the grain of the garden back into the dining space.
Photo: @kilianosullivan Table: @sebastiancoxltd #hayhurstandco #grainhouse #hackney #houseextension #londonarchitecture #londoninterior #sebastiancox #wood #woodwork #limeplaster #picturewindow #windowseat #sycamore #larch #elevation

Grain House: Some more photos of our recently completed project in Hackney.

Internally, the palette of materials includes a variety of natural finishes that are designed to age well. Native timber species were sourced in the UK from sustainably managed forests and processed by small timber yards in Wiltshire and Sussex. The project includes walnut, oak, and ash all used in their natural state with imperfections and variety in colour left to be expressed. A number of different species were combined together to form the distinctive kitchen that was made by @sebastiancoxltd in his workshop in Woolwich: it includes walnut carcasses and drawers suspended in an English ash frame.

The project also include natural lime plasters, manufactured in the UK, a surface finish that has less embodied carbon than gypsum-based products. Together, the use of lime plaster and timber were sourced to age with the property so that they mature over time, providing a rich texture of patinated finishes.
Photo: @kilianosullivan #hayhurstandco #grainhouse #hackney #houseextension #londonarchitecture #londoninterior #sebastiancox #wood #woodwork #limeplaster

Entrances and Threshold: Image showing close-up 3-dimensional composition of the entrance to our 20-home scheme for @brickbybrickldn . The semi-circular balconies compliment the arched entrances and are staggered in plan on the east-facing elevation to allow a better coverage of south-facing aspect and sunlight to the balconies at the lower level. #councilhomes #affordablehomes #conviviality #hayhurstandco #newhomes #brickbybrick #londonarchitecture #archedwindows #curvedbalcony #socialhousing #brickbybrick #brickbuilding #brick

Entrances and Thresholds: Extracts of elevations showing the two approaches to our 20-home scheme for @brickbybrickldn . The arched windows to the stairwell are a nod to some of London’s pioneering turn-of-the century social housing that saw generous well-lit, airy and convivial shared circulation spaces. The brick arch to the entrance canopy at ground floor denotes the point of entry and visually balances the blocks north-facing flank wall. #councilhomes #affordablehomes #conviviality #hayhurstandco #newhomes #brickbybrick #londonarchitecture #archedwindows #curvedbalcony #socialhousing #brickbybrick #brickbuildings #brick

In the press: Nice little piece in today’s @architectsjournal about the two housing schemes that we have recently submitted for planning for @brickbybrickldn on @yourcroydon. Keeping good company with @gortscott @marydugganarc @archio_ltd @ruffarchitects @threefold_architects @denizen_works @sw_arch @pitmantozer @stitch_architects @maearchitects #newhousing #councilhousing #affordablehomes #hayhurstandco #londonarchitecture

In planning: Our proposal for 20 affordable homes on a garage site in Thornton Heath for @brickbybrickldn has been submitted for planning. The new 4-storey building at Atlanta Court will form the third side and an active front to an existing shared space. Drawing reference from the English tradition of early, turn-of-the-century social housing, the entrance and circulation areas are embellished with large, elongated arched openings of the common stair to the new block. The semi-circular motif is continued through to the projecting curved balconies to the upper-floor homes that are staggered in plan to reduce the impact of shadow from upper balconies. #councilhomes #affordablehomes #conviviality #hayhurstandco #newhomes #brickbybrick #londonarchitecture #archedwindows #curvedbalcony

Publication: The Association for Learning Environments is publishing a booklet on the ‘Westminster Design Day’ workshop that Director Jonathan Nicholls did last March. The sketches were a collaboration with educators (former teachers) and specialist designers (Ecophon, OECD designers, and furniture) for a ‘future focussed’ learning environment – for a primary school.

The key principles of the spaces that we identified were;
1. Enabling Environments; spaces that allow a collaborative approach to teaching.
2. Supportive Spaces; a variety of spaces that can be used flexibly to support different learning practices.
3. Enjoyable Spaces; spaces that pupils and staff enjoy being in.
4. Learning Landscapes; external environments that appeal to all pupils and provide a positive backdrop for learning.
We considered how different activities and teaching practices could be flexibly applied across the spaces. We looked at furniture layouts, following the OECD principles of; presentation, group, individual and team teaching. This method of testing the plans provoked group discussion on how a typical cellular classroom space no longer needs to exist in a primary school and how year bases can teach across a range of varied spaces, rather than having formal set areas for fixed whole class sizes.
The space we workshopped, provides a variety of types of space of differing sizes; the formal room to accommodate groups of pupils at tables, the large 60 pupil group at an amphitheatre-style seat, the practical space with a sink, multiple break-out spaces with good connections to the outside that can accommodate different numbers of learners on bean-bags or sofas and intimate spaces where 1:1 focused learning with a teacher can take place, well acoustically separated from the other spaces. This ‘future learning environment’ convincingly achieves our manifestos aims and fits within the BB103 floor areas that were defined in the design brief.

#schooldesign #learningenvironments #londonarchitecture #workshop #designworkshop #hayhurstandco

A breath of fresh air for the weekend: Grain House is a remodelled and extended Victorian home in the de Beauvoir Conservation Area in Hackney, north London. Completed last year, the house connects original and new living spaces via a 2-storey sunken courtyard that creates a visual link from the entrance, through to new family spaces and on to the garden. The project will be published on our website next week! Photo: @kilianosullivan #hayhurstandco #grainhouse #hackney #houseextension #londonarchitecture #displayart

In the press: Nick is quoted in today’s @architectsjournal discussing the impact of the lockdown on small architectural practices. #architectsatwork #architectsjournal #hayhurstandco

Something for the (long) weekend: Current work-in-progress drawings showing tone and material studies for a 150m2 extension to a 3-storey, Grade-II listed mill 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. It was converted to residential use in the 1980s. Sitting directly over the water, our proposal is conceived as a series of new collaged elevations and forms set amongst the existing building, outbuildings and perimeter walls. #designinprogress #architecturalcollage #mill #houseonwater

New commission: a room with a view. We have just been appointed by a photographer to refurbish a 3-storey, Grade II listed house in Hampstead for her and her family. Located close to the Heath, the property includes an outbuilding at the rear of the garden that will be redeveloped to form a new studio. #newcommission #houseextension #hayhurstandco

Working from home: The first floor space at Garden House is a studio, exhibition space and fitting room for the leather making duo @whitakermalem. The design for the first floor includes desks for sewing machine and computer work with picture-windows placed low down in the roof slope to provide framed views of the trees and greenery in the back gardens of adjacent homes. #wfh #gardenhouse #hayhurstandco #studiospace #londonarchitecture #hackney

Working from home: This is the beginning of our third week of #WFH and our new work environments are just beginning to feel lived-in. This is Nick’s desk at his south London home where a number of plants from the studio are keeping him company.

Nick’s home is an Edwardian wreck that he and his family moved into last year leaving behind their pristine modernist house that won an RIBA Award when it was built back in 1970. Work has started on the Edwardian retrofit: you can see the edges of the recycled wood-fibre internal insulation and unpainted lime plaster around the windows frames.

Nick is currently focussing on finalising the planning application for a block of 20 affordable homes in south London, starting the design for a refurbishment of a Grade-II listed home and studio for a photographer in Hampstead and writing up his research entitled ‘Class Action: a space for learning’ for #ref2021. Like many practice Directors, the last few weeks have been more teams, spreadsheets and pain than pen, paper and joy. Hopefully this week will be different..!

Home life: A space in the sun, a space in the shade. Burnt House, St.John’s Wood. Completed in 2016. Stay healthy and at home over the weekend…! #fbf #burnthouse #hayhurstandco #dontmoveimprove #houseextension #londonarchitecture

Working from home: A seven-way internal review in action this morning via Teams. The subject the DAS for the next of our schemes for @brickbybrickldn. #workingfromhome #designreview #hayhurstandco

Covid-19: Architects at Work

1. We are all home-working and everyone is currently well.

2. We are operating differently, but open for business as usual.

3. We are IT’d up and are still talking and sharing: we have VPN access, remote desktops and MS Teams for communications.

4. Our plan is not to slash costs as we are aware this will impact individuals and other small businesses: it is a time to act collectively and hope everyone else will as well.

5. Whilst clearly catastrophic, we are hopeful that these events may bring some positive change and new flexibilities about the way our profession and our industry work.

Stay safe…! #staysafe #covid19 #architectsatwork #coronavirus #workingathome #hayhurstandco

8.15pm. 16.03.20. See you on the other side… #homeworking

In planning: Our proposal for 9 affordable homes on a garage site in Selhurst for @brickbybrickldn has been submitted for planning. This bay study shows part of an elevation that faces a shared space for old and new residents. The design has been developed to provide a sense of domesticity, privacy and conviviality. #councilhomes #affordablehomes #conviviality #hayhurstandco #newhomes

Winner…! We are thrilled that our STEM Lab at Torriano Primary School was announced as one of the 26 National winners at the Civic Trust Award Ceremony on Friday evening. Huge congratulations to the team…! @civictrustawards #torrianoprimaryschool #civictrustawards

Grain House: A remodelled and extended Victorian, semi-detached property in the de Beauvoir Conservation Area in Hackney, north London. Designed for a young family, the house connects original and new living spaces and creates a visual link from the entrance, through the family spaces to the garden and on to the new artist’s studio at the back of the site. Soon to be published on our website! Kitchen: @sebastiancoxltd Photo: @kilianosullivan #hayhurstandco #grainhouse #hackney

Work in Progress: An image from an elevational study for a development of 23 affordable homes for @brickbybrickldn The study looks at how to minimise overlooking to adjacent homes whilst providing a sense of natural surveillance over shared green spaces. The arches provide covered entrance to the ground floor homes, the common stairs and the rear of the site whilst hit-and-miss brickwork provides tempered daylight through to the walkways. #housing #newhousing #brick #hayhurstandco #arch #brickworkarch

Result…! We are thrilled that Holly Crosbie from our team has just passed her RIBA Part 3 Exams with Distinction from @bartlettarchucl Holly joined Hayhurst and Co as a Part 1 student in 2012 and returned after Part 2 studies. She is shown here in our recently completed ‘A House in Hackney’: a project she led from beginning to end. Well done Holly…! #part3 #ahouseinhackney #housextension

On the market: Snug House went on the market with @themodernhouse today. In 2017, we completed the remodelling and extension of this garden flat in Muswell Hill to create a series of split-level living spaces leading out to the garden. Turning a 2-bed flat into a 3-bed family home. #snughouse #houseforsale #themodernhouse #splitlevelhouse #houseextension

We are thrilled that our STEM Activity Lab at Torriano Primary School is one of 12 projects that have been shortlisted for the @ribajournal MacEwen Award. Less aesthetics, more ethics, the award recognises ‘architecture for the common good’. The winner will be announced soon. #macewenaward #ribajournal #torrianoprimaryschool #stemlab #learningspace #schooldesign

Work in progress: Yesterday we presented the residential projects we are working on for @brickbybrickldn in the form of a 3 minute petcha kucha. Great to share challenges and opportunities of working in small sites with the other excellent architect teams.

@ruffarchitects @gortscott @threefold_architects @commongroundarc @sw_arch @maearchitects @pitmantozerarchitects @stitch_architects @denizen_works #smallsites #residentialdesign

2020 Projects: Starting on site this year is our remodelling and extension of a rural bungalow. Our design comprises a series of contemporary, site-specific domestic interventions formed around an over-sized flint chimney. #norfolk #hayhurstandco #flint #house

2020 Projects: We are excited to be finalising the design for a pair of homes on a back-land site in Croydon, London. The green glazed ceramic tiled roof is intended to enhance the woodland character of site, nestled amongst mature trees. The project is due to start on site in spring. #newproject #projectsfor2020 #comingsoon…

2020 Projects: This week we are showcasing projects we are excited to be working on in 2020. We are currently developing ideas for a new library, community centre and nursery alongside improved public spaces and new housing for a local authority in south london. The WIP image is testing the relationship between the public open space and proposed buildings. #newproject #mixeduse #architectsimages #projectsfor2020

Back to work…! The Hayhurst and Co team are back and looking forward to the year ahead. Photo is at Edith Neville Primary School which opens its doors to pupils for the first time in Thursday this week – can’t wait!!! Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan #hayhurstandco #edithnevilleprimaryschool #stairporn #learningspaces #schooldesign

To conclude a day of discussing the year ahead and tidying the studio ready for 2020, one of our Part 2 assistants, Marina Konstantopoulou, has made a traditional (and vegan…) Greek New Year’s Pie. Who will find the coin??? #newyearspie #2020 #veganuary #veganpie

Happy new year from all at Hayhurst & Co! Here is a selection of our most popular posts from 2019. We have lots of exciting projects starting on site this year – watch this space! #hayhurstandco #bestnine #happynewyear

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year from Hayhurst and Co. #happychristmas

For feasting…!: The kitchen of Hayhurst & Co Director, Jonathan Nicholls, features as one of the kitchens in @themodernhouse Journal ‘Chef’s Choice: Six homes that were made for feasting’ #feasting #themodernhouse #londonarchitecture #peckham #kitchen #houseextension

Studio spring clean: Re-using our Bug Metropolis exhibition from the RIBA in the studio’s front window. Too much post-election blues and not much appetite for work this morning… #postelectionblues #architectsoffice #bugmetropolis

From the archive: in 2008, we completed Sun House in London’s East End. The project included a nice new place to sit in an extension that opened up and twisted to face the sun. Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan #tbf #hayhurstandco #londonarchitecture #houseextension #dontmoveimprove #sunhouse

Opening soon! Our new building for Edith Neville Primary School in Camden will be opening its doors for the first time in January 2020. We can’t wait – here’s a peak of the new gallery space that links the front entrance to the outside play spaces and main hall. Watch this space…

#edithnevilleprimaryschool #camden #hayhurstandco #sneakpeek #primary #centralsomerstown #education

Work in progress: We are currently developing detailed designs for a new family home in Haringey, London that draws on the green, heavily-wooded backland character of the site. The new home incorporates a double height living space and a planted front elevation – a contemporary re-interpretation of the Victorian greenhouses that once filled the neighbouring plot. The home will be constructed using sustainable and recyclable materials and includes renewable energy sources. Construction is due to start in Spring 2020. #newhome #haringey #greenhouse #hayhurstandco #houseplants #familyhome #londonarchitecture #architecture #CLT #CLThouse

Studio Life: Watering time… #plantsofinstagram #architectsoffice

Opening! Great to see the photos of the official opening of the Clore Learning Centre at the RIBA that was held earlier this month. The space was formally opened by Dame Vivien Duffield and Ben Derbyshire. The space is now in use by the RIBA for learning events. The photo shows the new learning terrace with tessalating modular planters designed to house biodiverity supporting and pollution combating plants. photo credit: Andrew Hendry #RIBA @RIBA #cloreduffieldfoundation #clorelearningcentre #hayhurstandco

Recently completed: Our extension and refurbishment of a house in the de Beauvoir Conservation Area completed earlier in the year. The house features a pitched rear extension that opens up to the garden with large bespoke timber framed glazing to maximise afternoon sun. Photos to come soon! #hayhurstandco #houseextension #dalston #rebuildlondon

In the press… Our recently completed Clore Learning Centre for @riba is published in @architectsjournal ‘First Look’ today. @ribacomps #clorestudio #clorelearningcentre #learningspaces #riba #66portlandplace

Winner…! We are pleased to announce that our STEM Lab at Torriano Primary School for Camden Council is a Civic Trust Regional Finalist and has been shortlisted for Selwyn Goldsmith Awards for Universal Design. #torrianoprimaryschool #camdencouncil #stemlab #stem #civictrust #ctaawards #univdesignawards #schooldesign

Opened…! We are thrilled that our Clore Learning Centre at the RIBA was formally opened today by Dame Vivien Duffield. Thank you to both Dame Vivien and IPPRIBA Ben Derbyshire for your kind words and the thank you to the hundreds of guests who joined us for the opening ceremony. @riba #cloreduffieldfoundation #riba #hayhurstandco #learningspaces

Our Bug Metropolis is taking shape at the RIBA Festival of Learning today! Come down and join us- we’ll be here until 4 this afternoon at 66 Portland Place. @ribalondon @ribalearning @riba #bugmetropolis #bughotel

RIBA Festival of Learning: Climate Emergency. On Saturday we will be hosting a family workshop at the RIBA exploring the inclusion of wildlife habitats in design through the creation of a Bug Metropolis. The day of making will explore designing homes for wildlife that will be installed at the RIBA and beyond. @ribalondon
Come and join us 11am-4pm, this Saturday 26th October at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London. Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street or Regents Park

Sneak peek! Our tessellating modular planters are being installed on the roof terrace of 66 Portland Place today as part of the new RIBA Clore Learning Centre- designed to house biodiversity-supporting and pollution-combating plants. The planters are now awaiting the arrival of their green inhabitants next week… @ribalondon @riba #clorelearningcentre #plantsofinstagram #biodiversity #urbangreening fabricated by @force5eng

Nick will be delivering the opening lecture at AT’s ‘Building Schools for Tomorrow’ Conference at the Building Centre on Wednesday morning. He will be talking about some of the educational and spatial strategies employed in the design of Edith Neville Primary School in Somers Town which is due to complete later this year. Tickets available through the ‘Architecture Today’ website. www.architecturetoday.co.uk #edithnevilleprimaryschool #camden #schooldesign #hayhurstandco #architecuretoday #schoolsfortomorrow

Open House in action – again! Great to see so many people at Garden House today visiting the house and @whitakermalem exhibition of current work. Thankfully fewer people visited this year than last (approx 900 visitors compared to over 1,600 last year) which meant a little more time to talk to people! #gardenhouse #whitakermalem #hayhurstandco #openhouse #openhoue2019 #hackney #londonarchitecture #architecture

Open House in action…! It was great to see so many excited teachers, parents and pupils, inquisitive residents and enquiring architects and students keeping us on our toes at our STEAM lab at Torriano Primary School this afternoon. Image is of Headteacher, Helen Bruckdorfer, talking about developing scientific thinking in the primary school curriculum. #torrianoprimaryschool #openhouse #openhouselondon #openhouse2019 #hayhurstandco #stemlab #steamlab #schooldesignderbent

Garden House – the home and studio for costume-making duo, Whitaker Malem @whitakermalem – will be open as part of ‘Open House’ 2019 and they will be hosting an exhibition of their work. Nick Hayhurst will also be there on Sunday so come and say hello! The project was the ‘most visited’ house last year with over 1,600 visitors. The house won an RIBA Award in 2016 and was shortlisted for Grand Design House of the Year 2016. Address: The Garden Studio, 27 Buckingham Road, London, N1 4DG. Open 11am-5pm Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September @openhouselondon #openhouselondon #openhouselondon2019 #whitakermalem #gardenhouse #ribaaward #ribahouseoftheyear

Open House 2019: Torriano Primary School’s STEM lab will be open as part of ‘Open House’. Come and say hello! The re-modelling of a 2-storey turret atop an existing Victorian school building provides a science lab for dynamic hands-on experiments, including a CNC-cut internal timber structure, a mirror-polished rooftop extension and a living façade. The project won the RIBA London Small Project of the Year Award 2019 and the AJ Retrofit Award for Schools 2019. Address: Torriano Primary School, Torriano Avenue, NW5 2SJ. Open Saturday 21st September 1pm – 5pm. @openhouselondon #openhouselondon # Torrianoprimary #hayhurstandco #ribaaward #riba #london #STEM #science #school

Sneaky peak: looking through the shopfront window. The Hayhurst and Co team are on site this afternoon with @kilianosullivan taking photos of our recently completed Clore Learning Centre at the RIBA. #hayhurstandco #riba #cabinetry #londonarchitecture #architecture

Torriano Primary School’s STEM Activity Lab has won the AJ Retrofit Schools Award! ‘Imagination seems to run riot in this inspired transformation of a disused roof space in a primary school into a learning environment for children’. All the award winners are included in the Architect’s Journal’s current issue on retrofit and a greener approach to building. @architectsjournal #torrianoprimaryschool #stem #ajretrofitawards #retrofit #retrofirst #AJ #architectsjournal #hayhurstandco

WIP: Planning permission has been granted for a new home we have designed in north London! The house features a planted, ‘glass-house’ elevation and a double height dining space. Work is due to start on site next Spring.
#hayhurstandco #livingwall #plants #newhome #london

Sneaky peak: We have spent the day photographing a recently completed project, a house in Hackney, with @kilianosullivan ! Watch this space… #newhome #ahouseinhackney #courtyard #hayhurstandco #houseextension #architecture #londonarchitecture #hackney

Sneaky peak: We have spent the day photographing a recently completed project, a house in Hackney, with @kilianosullivan ! Watch this space… #newhome #ahouseinhackney #courtyard #hayhurstandco

Hayhurst and Co is hiring!
We are looking for talented RIBA Part 2 architectural assistants to join our team.
Hayhurst and Co. has a number of opportunities for recent RIBA Part 2 graduates to work on a range of exciting new commissions including new housing projects, mixed-use projects, one-off private homes and a new school.
Applicants should have had a sound RIBA Part 1 practice experience, be able to demonstrate excellent design and communication skills and have a willingness to work collaboratively as part of an inventive team.
An interest in craft, social value and sustainability are essential. Experience in the use of Revit, Vectorworks and the Adobe Creative Suite are advantageous.
Please send a CV and a brief portfolio in a single PDF under 3Mb to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk. No agencies. Hayhurst and Co is an equal opportunities employer.

Torriano Primary School’s STEM lab will be open as part of ‘Open House’ 2019. The re-modelling of a 2-storey turret atop an existing Victorian school building provides a science lab for dynamic hands-on experiments, including a CNC-cut internal timber structure, a mirror-polished rooftop extension and a living façade. The project won the RIBA London Small Project of the Year Award 2019. Address: Torriano Primary School, Torriano Avenue, NW5 2SJ. Open Saturday 21st September 1pm – 5pm. @openhouselondon #openhouselondon # Torrianoprimary #hayhurstandco #ribaaward #riba #london #STEM #science #school

On site: this week the profiled, perforated cladding is starting to go up at Edith Neville Primary School. The sense of translucency and openness varies as you move round and as sun hits it at different angles. The design of the school’s boundary treatment was the subject of last week’s talk at the NLA entitled ‘Reimagining Somers Town’. Looking forward to the rest of the cladding going up and the trees in the foreground being planted and school life behind animating the street. #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #londonarchitecture #cladding #architecture

We are working in the 19th Century today… the setting of Hayhurst and Co’s Spitalfield office has been turned into a set for new #sherlockholmes #film

Event: This morning Nick was talking at the @nlalondon and discussing how our design for a new primary school can enhance the quality of public open space. #nlalondon #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco

Talk: Nick will be talking as part of the @nlalondon Breakfast Talk ‘Reimagining Central Somers Town’ tomorrow morning at 8.30am. In this talk, LB Camden, @dsdha_architecture and the four collaborating practices; @adamkhanarch @hayhurstandco @drmmarchitects and @moco_arch will present and discuss their dynamic approach to masterplanning/designing a new urban framework, using landscape and public realm as the primary drivers. The site comprises a new primary school, community facilities, a residential tower, affordable homes and commercial ground floor units all focused around a new public park providing improved connectivity. Tickets are available for free from NLA website. #centralsomerstown #camden #nla #talk #masterplanning #urbandesign #publicrealm #event

Housing Portfolio: in 2015, we designed a number of new, low-rise homes on an under site in Mansfield Road in Camden. Our design proposed the re-use of garages as meanwhile spaces alongside new accessible housing formed in clusters around communal courtyards. #hayhurstandco #housing #londonhousing

Our STEM Activity Lab at Torriano Primary School has been shortlisted for an AJ Retrofit Award! Photo: @kilianosullivan #hayhurstandco #torrianoprimaryschool #stem #stemlab #camden #schooldesign #aj #ajretrofitawards @architectsjournal

The Outdoor Classroom: We have recently been appointed to look at developing a new school environment for Peterchurch Primary School in rural Herefordshire. This polytunnel has to be our favourite outdoor classroom. #outdoorclassroom #schooldesign #hayhurstandco

Portals in ply: The STEM lab that we designed for Torriano Primary School is featured on the front page of the most recent edition of the @architecturetoday publication ‘Specification Today’. #stem #stemlab #torrianoprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #ply #plywood #plyportals #portalsinply #schooldesign #londonarchitecture #architecture

Housing Portfolio: Forming part of Camden Council’s regeneration scheme of Central Somers Town, we designed three, four-storey, town-houses that ended a Grade-II listed Georgian terrace. Our design included a rigorous analysis of the elevational features and proportions of the adjacent existing terrace in order to inform how a new end of terrace could be interpreted. Planning consent was granted in 2017. #regeneration #housing #londonarchitecture #newhomes #hayhurstandco

Housing Portfolio: As we embark on a number of new housing projects for Brick by Brick we are showcasing some of our recent multi-unit residential schemes. Pictured today is an image of our estate intensification project for Barrington Court in Gospel Oak. We designed three new homes on awkward, triangular sites at the end of each of the Powell and Moya designed terraces. Planning consent awarded in 2016. #estateintensification #housing #londonarchitecture #newhomes

From the archive: Must be a nice day to be in the Reception stage play area at Hayes Primary School in Croydon today. Completed in 2012, the project includes a blackboard wall, a sitting niche, sandpit and shallow paddling pool in a space that runs directly from the internal teaching spaces. The project won an RIBA National Award and the NLA Best Education Building Award in 2013. #tbf #schooldesign #hayhurstandco #londonarchitecture #architecture #outdoorlearning

On site: The internal works are progressing at our new-build Edith Neville Primary School in Somers Town, Camden. The linings and glazing are in and the protection being gradually removed. The awesome sense of light and long views over into the trees in the adjacent park are slowly emerging. #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #camden #camdenschools #londonarchitecture #schooldesign

Mock up: Testing permutations of material for framework, type of polycarbonate and extent of lighting as part of our work in progress for a new home in Work in north London. #workinprogress #mockup #londonarchitecture #newhome #architecture

In Education: Nick has spent the last two days at University of Reading where @invisible_studio has designed an ‘Urban Room’ built by students. #universityofreading #pavilion #urbanroom #invisiblestudio

Pegasus Academy: We have just been appointed to carry out a new project for Pegasus Academy Trust. The project at Cypress Primary School, Croydon, will be our seventh project for the trust that started with the expansion of Whitehorse Manor Primary School (pictured here) that was completed in 2014 and was winner of the 2015 Architectural Review Schools Award. #schooldesign #londonschool #architecture #londonarchitecture #whitehorsemanorschool #croydon

The Y3s at Torriano Primary School have hung an installation in our RIBA award-winning STEM lab inspired by Leonardo’s da Vinci’s flying machine. Featured here along with Artist in Residence @jackcornell90, Science Co-ordinator Sarah Lewis and Project Architect Claire Taggart. #torrianoprimaryschool #camdenschools #hayhurstandco #ribaawards2019 #jackcornell #science #stemlab #stem #architecture #londonsrchitecture

On site: Internal linings are going in to the new nursery at Edith Neville Primary School. The space will accommodate 26 3-4 year-olds and features a series of domestic scale window openings alongside a ceiling profile designed to creates different scales of internal space. #camdenschools #edithnevilleprimaryschool #schooldesign #onsite #architecture #londonarchitecture

Exceptional commitment to outside dining shown by some members of the Hayhurst and Co team today… #outsidedining #alfrescodining #architectsatwork

Completion: Skylight, arch, arch, arch, tree. Light, shadow and texture explored at our extension of a 1950s home in St John’s Wood. Photo taken by Project Architect Tony Berongoy. @jjc.london #hayhurstandco #arch #brick #arches #houseextension #londonarchitecture #architecture #courtyard

Work in Progress: Design work is underway on our proposals for a new 160-place pre-school in Xi’an, China. We have been working with the new Head teacher to design active outdoor spaces that will provide a variety of structured and unstructured learning environments. This image is a close-up of the colourful beach huts that help divide the ‘slow’ spaces and the ‘fast’ spaces and provide storage and shelter. #china #chineseschool #architecture #schooldesign #preschool #workinginchina #architecturaldrawing #childsplay #landscape

Work in Progress: Design work is underway on our proposals for a new 160-place pre-school in Xi’an, China. We have been working with the new Head teacher to design active outdoor spaces that will provide a variety of structured and unstructured learning environments. This is the overall landscape plan. #china #chineseschool #architecture #schooldesign #preschool #workinginchina #architecturaldrawing #childsplay #landscape

Work in Progress: Design work is underway on our proposals for a new 160-place pre-school in Xi’an, China. We have been working with the new Head teacher to design active outdoor learning spaces that will provide a variety of different play environments for structured and unstructured learning. This image features the covered space outside the 3-4 year olds classroom. #china #chineseschool #architecture #schooldesign #preschool #workinginchina #architecturaldrawing #childsplay #landscape

RIBA Awards Jury: It was great to show the jurors from @ribalondon around our recently completed STEM lab at Torriano Primary School. The trough of cacti and succulents was looking great! Looking forward to the Awards ceremony on 20th May. #sciencelab #torrianoprimaryschool #stem #stemlab #camden #schooldesign #ribaawards #ribaawards2019 #plantsofinstagram

Leisure time: George the cat sitting very comfortably next to Nick in Hayhurst and Co’s ensue if choice: The Pride of Spitalfields. #prideofspitalfields #georgethecat #pub #cat

On site: Some ceilings have all the fun… The roof profile of our studio in the garden of a Hackney home ducks and dives around adjacent tree canopies. Now nearing completion. #yellow #yellowceiling #ceilingdesign #londonarchitecture #hayhurstandco #gardenstudio

Clore Learning Centre at the RIBA: The first prototype has been made for stackable stools made from recycled yogurt pots. They can be used in a variety ways to aid learning activities and exhibitions. #hayhurstandco #riba @riba @ribalondon @smileplastics #clore #clorelearningcentre #recycled #plastic #smileplastics #notinmilan

We are living the model of our STEM Activity Lab for Torriano Primary School that has been re-worked by a pupil at the school for their Easter Egghibition… #torrianoprimaryschool #easteregg #hayhurstandco #designedbychildren #stem #schooldesign

On site: Our extension and refurbishment of a house in the de Beauvoir Conservation Area is nearing completion. The house features large, bespoke, timber glazing under a copper clad structure and burnt larch infill to the soffit. The roof and walls will be clad with heat-treated British sycamore. #hayhurstandco #architecture #timber #houseextension #londonarchitecture #copper #window #dalston #houserefurbishment