We are looking for an Architect/ Senior Architect to join our team in London.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including community and cultural projects and one-off homes around the UK.

As a small-medium sized studio, you will be involved in all aspects of the practice from design, detailing and delivering projects as well as contributing to the development of the practice generally. In the first instance, your focus will be on one-off houses at RIBA Stages 4 & 5.

You will be a talented designer, be interested in materials and sustainability and enjoy following big ideas through to small details. You will enjoy the challenge of working through bespoke detailed design packages on traditionally-procured projects and enjoy working collaboratively with contractors to deliver them on site.

You will have a minimum of three years’ post-qualification experience, have excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment.

You will be able to work in a range of computer packages including Revit, Enscape and the Adobe Creative Suite.

The salary will be within our Architect salary range (£37k-44k per annum) or Senior Architect range (£44k – £52k per annum) depending on your specific qualities and experience. Company benefits include enhanced leave allowance, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and professional development allowances.

The role is full-time and studio-based with a start date in May 2025. This will be based in our London studio in Spitalfields.

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5 MB, no web links) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk. Please also submit a cover letter with the subject line “Architect – London – your name”. No agencies please.

Hayhurst & Co is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from underrepresented groups in the architectural profession.

Deadline for applications is 5pm, Monday 24th March, 2025.

#architecturejobs #hayhurstandco

We are looking for an Architect/ Senior Architect to join our team in Bristol.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including community and cultural projects and one-off homes around the UK.

As a small-medium sized studio, you will be involved in all aspects of the practice from design, detailing and delivering projects as well as contributing to the development of the practice generally. In the first instance, your focus will be on community projects in the south-west at RIBA Stages 4 & 5.

You will enjoy working directly with communities to deliver positive social impact throughout the design and construction stages. You will have an interest in retrofit strategies, building science and developing bespoke detailed design packages that you follow through onto site.

You will have a minimum of three years’ post-qualification experience, excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment. You will be able to work in a range of computer packages including Revit, Enscape and the Adobe Creative Suite.

The salary will be within our Architect salary range (£37k-44k per annum) or Senior Architect range (£44k – £52k per annum) depending on your specific qualities and experience. Company benefits include enhanced leave allowance, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and professional development allowances.

The role is full-time and studio-based with a start date in May 2025. This will be based in our Bristol studio in Stokes Croft.

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5 MB, no web links) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk. Please also submit a cover letter with the subject line “Architect – Bristol – your name”. No agencies please.

Hayhurst & Co is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from underrepresented groups in the architectural profession.

Deadline for applications is 5pm, Monday 24th March, 2025.

#architecturejobs #architecturebristol #bristolarchitecture #hayhurstandco

Today, we celebrate the amazing and talented women that work at Hayhurst & Co studios in London and Bristol as part of #iwd2025

From left to right, top to bottom our team includes;

Akshara Pulpa (Senior Architect, Bristol) is passionate about repair and retrofit. She is leading the refurbishment of a Grade II listed Launceston Library in Cornwall.

Julia Miroslaw (Architectural Assistant, London) joined our team in the middle of last year and is working on a number of residential projects on tight, challenging sites in London.

Marina Konstantopoulou (Architect, London) is our resident Mental Health First Aider. She is currently leading on a project integrating SEND capacity to a school in West London.

Dovile Ciapaite (Architect, London) is a talented illustrator and is running a number of residential projects in London and Brighton which she combines with teaching at the Bartlett.

Christina Agoston-Vas (Senior Architect, Bristol) is leading our competition-winning £8m retrofit and expansion of Filwood Communbity Centre for Bristol City Council.

Chloe Anderson (Senior Architect, London) is a talented designer who leads a group of residential projects in London and supporting junior staff.

Lexie McDougall (Studio Manager, London) keeps our studio running perfectly, balancing practice management with staff wellbeing.

Claire Taggart (Associate, London) leads one of our two London teams as well as sustainability strategies across all projects in the studio.

India Hayes (Architectural Assistant, Bristol) keeps our Bristol studio in order and is assisting with the design development of a number of projects in Bristol, Devon and Cornwall.

Sahba Akbar (Architectural Assistant, London) is a talented graphic designer and leads many of our competition stage drawings alongside assisting with projects in London.

Maddy Johnston (Architect, Bristol) is leading a 10-home project for care experienced adults for Bath & North East Somerset Council as well as Filwood Community Centre.

Ruby Sleigh (Architect, London) is passionate about all things ecological and is running a number of projects in London and Norfolk alongside teaching at Oxford Brookes.

We are delighted that North Sea East Wood – a remodeled home on the north Norfolk coast – has been shortlisted for an RIBA East award.

We are looking forward to showing the jury around next month!

Photo credit: @kilianosullivan

#northseaeastwood #northsea #eastwood #cromer #northnorfolk #cromerarchitecture #norfolkarchitecture #flint #flinthouse @hayhurstandco #newhome #riba #ribaaward #shortlisted

North Sea East Wood

The extension to the house is finished in local flint and re-uses the clay roof tiles from the demolished garage.

The flint is used simply as a single monolithic material to dress the walls that face the North Sea and East Wood. The picture windows puncture the flint without edge detailing or expression and returns to the side elevation before turning to hung tiles. A variation to its common detailing where flint is used as decorative infil between brickwork.

The result is a cleaner, less fussy and more celebratory.: a contemporary expression of a vernacular material.

#northseaeastwood #northsea #eastwood #cromer #northnorfolk #cromerarchitecture #norfolkarchitecture #flint #flinthouse @hayhurstandco #newhome

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan (finished photographs)
Photo Credit: Hayhurst & Co (site photographs)

North Sea East Wood

The design of the original 1980s bungalow’s design didn’t acknowledge its site: the living spaces were located on the southern wing of the plan that looked into the rising ground, and its northern wall – with the promise of a view to the North Sea – was solid, broken only by two small windows.

The design relocates the living spaces to the north of the plan in order to capture views with the extension angled to maximise the aspect towards the town’s church and the North Sea. The dining space located to benefit from the southerly aspect with ribbon glazing carving a panoramic view of the foot of East Wood.

The high-level window in the kitchen and skylight over the living area helps get light deeper into the plan whilst providing structured views where the rigidity of the original bungalow meets the spatial ambiguity of its extension.

#northseaeastwood #northsea #eastwood #cromer #northnorfolk #cromerarchitecture #norfolkarchitecture #flint #flinthouse @hayhurstandco #newhome

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

A new home – ‘North Sea East Wood’ – is published on our website today.

Located at one of the highest points in the north Norfolk town of Cromer, ‘North Sea East Wood’ sits in a unique location between views of the North Sea to the north and East Wood to the south. A remodelled home that sits between the openness of the sea and the density of the woods: between the expansive and the intimate.

The design re-structures the house. It breaks the room-based, orthogonal order of the original 1980s bungalow and enmeshes within and around it a new, spatially-fluid and contextual order structured around views out, bringing light in and the routines of the clients – a retired couple.

The extension is finished in local flint to form a hobbit-like elevation with stepped picture windows on inward-facing planes around a central chimney: an internal language to an external space and a counterpoint to the archetypal coastal typology of wrap-around verandas and covered decks.

#northseaeastwood #northsea #eastwood #cromer #northnorfolk #cromerarchitecture #norfolkarchitecture #flint #flinthouse @hayhurstandco #newhome

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

Nick will be opening the Edinburgh Architectural Society Semester two lecture series this Friday 17th January.

5pm in the Adam House Lecture Theatre on Chambers Street, Edinburgh University. Come along if you’re in town…!

Nick will be talking about approaches to sustainability, context and innovation and how these are explored and synthesised in a number of recent projects including Garden House and Green House, winner of RIBA House of the Year 2023.

@edinarsoc #architecturelevture @hayhurstandco

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Hayhurst & Co.

North Sea East Wood looking splendid in the snow.

As we close the studio until 6^th January, we want to thank all the amazing clients and collaborators we have worked with throughout the year. We are looking forward to seeing more project develop and come to fruition in 2025.

Photo Credit: Kilian O’Sullivan

Image Credit: Sahba Akbar

We had our Hayhurst & Co Christmas Outing 2024 this week.. 🎉🎉🎉

This year, the London studio travelled to meet the Bristol studio for a collective festive gathering.

We enjoyed a lovely low-carbon Christmas Dinner thanks to @canteenbristol

A visit to Hayhurst & Co’s Bristol Studio for further cheer and a presentation about our successes in 2024 and plans for the year ahead (more about that later… 😉)

A brisk walk up to Clifton and to its almighty brutal Cathedral (designed by Ronald Weeks of the Percy Thomas Partnership, 1973) to admire its spatial and structural gymnastics.

Back down the hill to @haworthtompkins refurbishment of the @oldvictheatre before an evening of merriment kicked off with a boat tour along the river and, of course, finishing off at @designwestuk ‘The Architect’ bar.

Happy Christmas from everyone at Hayhurst & Co.

Photo credits to various members of the team.

#studytrip #bristol #bristolarchitecture  #hayhurstandco #merrychristmas

Great to see Madeline from our Bristol studio being showcased as an ‘Inspirer’ by @designwestuk …! Text from Design West…

“Be brave, believe in your ideas and never worry about asking questions.”

🔶 Insights from our Autumn Inspirer: Shape My City – Collaborative Workshop #1 Allford Hall Monaghan Morris & Hayhurst and Co

>> Shape My City Inspirer: Madeline Johnston
>> Profession: Architect
>> Company: Hayhurst & Co

✨  What inspires you?

I am interested in the social value of architecture, seeing the built environment as a means of bringing people together. I enjoy developing designs with natural materials, challenging the use of high embodied carbon where it isn’t necessary.

✨  Which building or place inspires you?

Bristol Old Vic (by Haworth Tompkins). The project is a creative expansion of a historic building to create a more welcoming front of house space for the theatre. The resulting space is lively and bustling with an intriguing structural design.

✨  What’s your favourite project?

Filwood Community Centre, it’s really exciting to be part of the architectural team delivering the refurbishment and extension of the existing community centre. Our design focus is about how the architecture can provide for the community whilst using as many natural materials as we can.

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My Career Pathway
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A-Levels: Maths, Philosophy, Art
🔶  AS Level: Physics AS-Level
🔶  Degree: BA(Hons) Architecture at Plymouth University
🔶  Masters of Architecture: UWE Bristol
🔶  Part 3 Qual:  UWE Bristol

Nice little article in the @architectsjournal this week by @merlinfulcher_ about our planning permission for @filwoodcentre from @bristolcouncil

Looking forward to it starting on site in the New Year…!

We are OVER THE MOON that our retrofit and expansion of Filwood Community Centre for Bristol City Council was granted planning permission this week.

The £10m project for the community centre is part of a wider community-led regeneration project initiated by the Knowle West Regeneration Framework in 2012, which includes new housing by @rckarchitects commercial spaces, public realm works, and a high street improvement project by @_architecture00

The revitalised community centre will provide 75 per cent more floor space including a new space for Filwood Library and a public living room alongside enhanced facilities for a range of existing community spaces. The design minimises demolition and celebrates re-use: we have worked closely with @greengaugebec to mastermind a significant retrofit to improve the building’s energy efficiency and to use embodied carbon assessments to inform design decisions at every stage.

Makala Cheung, Director at Filwood Community Centre: “After so many years of working with local residents on a revamped bigger and better centre, it’s amazing to see it coming into reality. I loved our community’s vision for a destination for Knowle West, a place to be proud of and a space for local people to take part in and create culturally relevant activities, that also help with creativity, well-being, and learning.

It has been an intensive year working with our amazing consultant team and we are looking forward to it starting on site in the New Year!

A big thank you to our internal team Christina Agoston-Vas, (Project Architect) Maddy Johnston, Marina Konstantopoulou, James Greig, India Hayes, Jonathan Nicholls & Nick Hayhurst.

And our consultant team @youandme_archi @integral_engineering_design @bd_landscape @gt_llp Black Box Planning, Goddard Consulting and Part B Fire Consultants alongside the amazingly supportive and steady hand of BCC’s @_matt_brown_

@bristolcouncil @filwoodcentre #filwood #knowlewest #bristol #communitycentre #planningpermission

@kilianosullivan capturing the late afternoon autumnal light in Cromer. Photos coming soon…

#cromerarchitecture #norfolkarchitecture

#architecture #flint #cromer

#architecturalphotography

Edith Neville Primary School will be open as part of @opencity_uk on Saturday 21st September between 10am and 1pm with guided tours every 30 minutes (last entry 12.30).

The project won a RIBA National Award in 2023, NLA Best Education Building in London 2023 and a Civic Trust Award in 2024.

Entry to the site will be via the pupil entrance at the junction of Ossulston Street and Polygon Road.

Hope to see you there…!

More info on the Open House website.

#openhouse #openhouselondon

#openhouselondon2023 #opencity

#openschool #hayhurstandco
#camden #edithneville

#edithnevilleprimaryschool

Thank you @merlinfulcher_ and @architectsjournal for including Edith Neville Primary School in your ‘must-see’ in this year’s Open House.

Edith Neville will be open as part of @opencity_uk on Saturday 21st September between 10am-1pm. No need to book. There will be guided tours by our team and the school every half an hour.

We would love to see you there…!

On 8th September 2004, Jonathan Tyler and I set up ‘Tyler Hayhurst’ along with Jonathan Nicholls. We’d recently completed our Part 2s and kind of fell out of the imperfect practice we had been involved with before. We inherited some domestic projects and took out a £10k bank loan: rolled the dice and set out to see where our 26 year olds’ optimism would take us.

Back then, we had door blanks for desks and sat on salvaged chairs from a skip. We had a fax machine for sending sketches to builders, were using JCT ’98 contracts and the RIBA even published ‘indicative’ fee scales, hahaha…

In 2007, Jonathan Tyler left the practice to move to America, in 2009 we became ‘Hayhurst & Co’ and in 2013 Jonathan Nicholls became a Director. In 2015, Jamie Wakeford Holder and Claire Taggart – now our Associates – joined the practice and all three have been central to the practice’s success, along with the many talented architects and assistants we’ve had the pleasure of working with.

We put our head above the parapet as the recession emerged. Interested in the playfulness of education projects, the spirit of what a house is and the detailing to execute these. We’re proud of all the work that we have done, especially the 9 RIBA Awards we’ve won (the images on this post) and proud of our 20-strong team across our studios in London and Bristol. Highlights include winning the competition for the Clore Learning Space at the RIBA, winning Education Architect of the Year in 2022 and RIBA House of the Year in 2023 along with Claire winning RIBA London Project Architect of the Year.

Thank you to everyone who has worked with us, staff past and present, clients and collaborators and especially to the contractors who have persevered and made the sometimes-bonkers things we have designed come to life. We have a super exciting set of projects at every design stage at the moment which we are looking forward to sharing in the future.

And so onwards… hopefully more time for ‘double art’ (as I call it), less time on e-mails and – in the week the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry is published – embracing the wider professional roles that society demands of us and being paid the requisite fee to deliver it.

#20 #hayhurstandco

We are delighted to announce that we are one of the 6 architectural practices to be appointed to the Bath and North-East Somerset (B&NES) Council framework.

The appointment strengthens the community projects we are already carrying out in Bristol for Bristol City Council and the libraries, youth centres, and community spaces we are working on across Devon and Cornwall for local town councils.

The B&NES framework will focus on schools, libraries, care homes, council offices, sports and leisure facilities, housing and museums.

We are looking forward to working with the council and local communities to deliver these ambitious projects.

The other practices on the framework include @purcell.architecture @fergusonmannarchitects AWW Architects, BBA Architects, Kendall Kingscott Architects.

@bathnescouncil #hayhurstandco

It was an absolute delight to chair the RIAS 2024 Awards Jury and to announce the winners of the special awards at an event at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh last week.

Along with my fellow jury members @simonbranson Catriona Hill and Daisy Narayanan and the RIAS’s @tamsiethomson and Joanne Hall we shortlisted 17 amazing projects and spent 4 days in March travelling the length and breadth of Scotland to visit each one.

11 of these projects went on to be awarded with a prestigious RIAS 2024 Award. Interestingly, we awarded more awards to retrofits than new-builds and the range of types of retrofit impressive: from faithful restorations, to adaptive re-use to intricate unpicking and reimagining of existing buildings.

Well done to all the shortlisted projects. Some of the highlights (of both shortlisted and winning projects) are captured in the photos;

The jury in the restaurant at Croft No. 3 on the Isle of Mull. @croft3mull by @__fardaa__

The stairwell at Danube Street: a deep retrofit of a flat in a typical Edinburgh tenement block by @architectjj

The flooring at the new Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. @fruitmarketgallery by @reiachandhall @jneilgillespie

The Gala Fairydean Rovers Football Club, Galashiels. Originally by Peter Womersly with Arups. Restored by @reiachandhall

The double helix staircase at Kinning Park, Glasgow. Adapted and reimagined by @_newpractice @becca_mthomas

John McAslan presenting the retrofitted Burrell Collection, Glasgow. @theburrellcollection by @johnmcaslanpartners

Inside the Civic – by Collective Architecture, Glasgow. @collectivearchitecture

The ‘Blackhouse’ at Ardoch, Aberdeenshire by Moxon Architects. @moxonarchitects

The street-scene of Simon Square, Edinburgh. A new mass-timber, urban vernacular block by Fraser Livingstone. @fraser_livingstone_architects

Photo Credit: Photo 1 at the awards: @tiumakko

@riasmembership @natgalleriessco #rias #riasawards

Nick will be talking at the “Building Home Good Living Forum” in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday 14th May.

Organised by @romaniaconstruieste he will be presenting our Green House – RIBA House of the Year 2023 and one of a number of “extraordinary ordinary houses” from across Europe and joining an international panel of speakers to discuss emerging approaches to the design, technology and sustainability in the design of homes.

Green House shows what can be achieved when both the architect and client are committed to building a sustainable home. The house uses a CLT structure, an atrium for passive ventilation and involved the client being part of creating bespoke finishes. In Nick’s words a “fun-filled, super-eco, pretty-pop home on a low budget”

If you happen to be in Bucharest…

#hayhurstandco #greenhouse #architecturetalk #architecturelecture #upgradeyourhome #internationalgoodlivingforum

We are delighted to be included in the 2024 House & Garden Top 100 best Architects and Interior Designers in the UK.

Thank you to @hattabyng and David Nicholls and the whole team at @houseandgardenuk for including us!

The list comprises practices pushing the boundaries of the design of our homes and we are very honoured to be included on such an esteemed list.

#hayhurstandco #house #garden #houseangarden #2024 #luxuryhouses #newhouse #newhome #londonarchitect #bristolarchitect #devonarchitect

Hayhurst and Co is looking for a RIBA Part 1 architectural assistant to join its London studio.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including one-off homes, community and cultural projects around the UK.

You will be working on a number of projects at various RIBA stages with a focus on one-off houses in the first instance.

You will have excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment. Ideally, you should be able to work in a range of media including Revit, Enscape, Vectorworks, Adobe Creative Suite as well as an ability to make physical models.

Hayhurst and Co is an equal opportunities employer and a member of the London Practice Forum. We are keen to receive applications from a diverse range of candidates and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. We support career progression with mentoring support and project experience.

Key requirements:

• RIBA Part 1 or equivalent qualification
• strong design and presentation skills with an interest in materials and the environment
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• ideally experience in the use of Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and (preferably) Vectorworks
• ability to work well in a team
• excellent time management, organisation, planning and attention to detail, ability to think creatively and problem-solve through design

The salary will be within our architectural assistant salary range of £26k – 28.5k per annum plus company benefits. The role is full-time, studio-based with a start date in May/ June 2024.

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5MB, no weblinks) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk, subject line “Architectural Assistant London – YOUR NAME” with covering letter. No agencies please.

Deadline for applicants is noon 3 May 2023.

Interviews will commence the week of 6 May 2023.

Hayhurst and Co is looking for Part 2 architectural assistants/ architects to join its studio in Bristol, UK.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including one-off homes, community and cultural projects around the UK.

You will be working on a number of projects at various RIBA stages with a focus on community projects in the first instance.

As a RIBA Part 2 qualified architectural assistant/ architect, you will have a minimum of one year’s experience in professional practice.

You will have excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment. Ideally, you should be able to work in a range of media including Revit, Enscape, Vectorworks, Adobe Creative Suite as well as an ability to make physical models.

Hayhurst and Co is an equal opportunities employer and a member of the London Practice Forum. We are keen to receive applications from a diverse range of candidates and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. We support career progression with mentoring support, project experience and assistance for Part 3 studies.

Key requirements:

• RIBA Part 2 or equivalent qualification
• a minimum of one year of practice-based experience
• strong design and presentation skills with an interest in materials and the environment
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• ideally experience in the use of Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and (preferably) Vectorworks
• ability to work well in a team
• excellent time management, organisation, planning and attention to detail, ability to think creatively and problem-solve through design

The salary will be within our architectural assistant salary range of £31k – 35.5k per annum plus company benefits. The role is full-time, studio-based with a start date in May 2024.

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5 MB, no web links) jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk. Please attach a cover letter with the subject line “Architectural Assistant/ Architect Bristol– your name”. No agencies please.

Deadline for applicants is noon 3 May 2023.

Interviews will commence the week of 6 May 2023.

Hayhurst and Co is looking for a senior architect to join its team in London UK.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including one-off homes, community and cultural projects around the UK.

In the first instance, you will be involved in working on a number of projects at different RIBA stages with a focus on one-off houses at the early RIBA stages and supporting other team members working on one-off homes. As a small to medium sized studio, you will be involved in all aspects of the practice from design, detailing and delivering projects as well as contributing to the development of the practice generally.

As a senior architect, you will have a minimum of five years’ post-qualification experience, excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment. Ideally, you should be able to work in a range of media including Revit, Enscape, Vectorworks and Adobe Creative Suite.

Hayhurst and Co is an equal opportunities employer and a member of the London Practice Forum. We are keen to receive applications from a diverse range of candidates and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Key requirements:

• RIBA Part 3 (or equivalent qualification)
• minimum five years’ post-qualification experience
• strong design skills with an interest in materials, craft and the environment
• strong technical skills, ability to think through bespoke detailing and experience of leading projects through RIBA stages 4 and 5
• experience of client, consultant and contractor-facing roles and ability to foster excellent external relationships
• ability to support an associate lead a team and help mentor recently-qualified architects and architectural assistants
• understanding and experience of Passivhaus design, LETI principles and low energy buildings
• ideally, experience in the use of Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and (preferably) Vectorworks
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• excellent time management, organisation, planning and attention to detail

The salary will be within our senior architect range of £42k – £50k per annum plus company benefits. The role is full-time, studio-based with a start date in June/July 2024. This will be based in our London studio.

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5 MB, no web links) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk. Please also submit a cover letter with the subject line “Senior Architect – your name”. No agencies please.

Deadline for applicants is noon 3 May 2024.

Interviews will commence the week of 6 May 2023.

A little work in progress/ nearing completion…. Including two squircles on a diagonal mirrored axis. More to follow…

#hayhurstandco #workinprogress #squircle

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

We’re delighted that Jonathan has guest edited this quarter’s edition of Planning Learning Spaces – the specialist journal on school building design for architects, designers and school leaders.

The edition includes schools from around the world as well as our own RIBA National Award-winning Edith Neville Primary School. Jonathan’s editorial highlights the importance of listening and ensuring that our profession’s design of school environments is founded on listening to the specific communities that we design for. He writes;

“We were once asked by the funding-lead for one of the UK’s most prominent educational charities, at the beginning of a commission, ‘are you a listening architect’. The question seemed perverse to us at the time, but the collaborative design relationship that followed revealed how many of the architects they had worked with prior to us, some of whom are the leading architects of the day, were not.

The idea of listening is core to this edition of Planning Learning Spaces. Listening to learners, listening to educators, and successfully processing the experiences of building users and local communities into new designs that support improvements to learning. The work in this edition demonstrates that the process of design, as with education itself, is in continual evolution and no single school model fits all.”

@planninglearningspaces #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #learningspaces #school #schools #schoolarchitecture #schoolarchitect

Nick & Jonathan gave a lecture about Green House – RIBA House of the year 2023 – to a packed audience at the Watershed in Bristol on Thursday evening.

They also talked about a few other projects including our recent commission for the retrofit and expansion of @filwoodcentre for @bristolcouncil

Thank you so much to Design West for the invite. There was a warm reception and some proper questions about landscape, planting, materials and warranties.

Photo credits: @ejstudiouk and @designwestuk

#watershed #bristol #greenhouse #houseoftheyear #houseoftheyear2023 #architecture #newhome #lecture #architecturelecture @w_shed

Hayhurst & Co – Open lecture – Green House, RIBA House of the Year, 2023.

Nick will be talking next Thursday 25th January, 6.30pm at the Watershed in Bristol for @designwestuk

All tickets via the Design West website www.designwest.org.uk

#greenhouse #hayhurstandco #bristol #architecture #architecturetalk #houseoftheyear #houseoftheyear2023

A few recently-taken autumnal photos of Green House moments for a little Christmas Eve cheer.

Happy Christmas from Hayhurst & Co…!

Photo credit: @kilianosullivan

Earlier this week we had our Christmas away day – it was community focussed encompassing a number of recently-completed projects in north-east London.

We started at the NLA-award winning Angel’s Yard in Tottenham designed by @jankatteinarch and run by @launchit_uk . We had an amazing tour by Cliff Dobbs the centre’s manager (thank you Cliff!) talking enabling start-ups, viability and discussing an architecture of economy of means.

Following a hearty brunch, we went ont to Fore Street Living Room Library – also by @jankatteinarch . We were intrigued by the adaptability of the reading spaces as performance spaces and the breadth of activities the library enables.

Next up was @aocarchitecture -designed refurbishment and re-imagining of the Museum of Childhood to become the @young.vam . Lots of chats about the seamless integration of design, graphics and curatorial content and what makes spaces intriguing and curious, (as well as the amazing content!)

We finished up at Lea Bridge Library by @studioweave with timber work by @sebastiancoxltd discussing timber detailing, curved glass and architect/ maker collaborations (we also worked with @sebastiancoxltd on Grain House).

And then onto drinks and dinner (and more drinks, of course) in Walthamstow.

Happy Christmas from everyone at Hayhurst & Co.

Photo credits from various members of the team.

#studytrip #awayday #hayhurstandco #happychristmas

We are over the moon that Green House in Tottenham by Hayhurst & Co, has won RIBA House of the Year 2023. The prestigious award given annually to the UK’s best new architect-designed home.

Green House is a fun-filled, super-eco, pretty-pop home on a low budget. The RIBA Awards judges said it is ‘an extraordinary ordinary house’.

The jury chair, Dido Milne, said: ‘Green House, affectionately known as the “Tottenham Riad”, is a true oasis within the city. It is both airy and cosy, bold yet respectful of its neighbours. Your eye is simultaneously drawn upwards to open sky and down and out across the living room to verdant greenery.

‘The close architect and client relationship, with a joint desire to deliver a truly sustainable home, is evident in all of the design decisions and detailing. On a confined urban site, the house was delivered to a tight budget with an economy of means – and it remains richer for it. ’

Milne added: ‘Nowhere do you feel the site or budget was restricted. It feels both luxurious, homely, deeply private and relaxing. It’s an extraordinary ordinary house and a remarkable collaboration.’

The project would not have been possible without our amazing clients – Amandine and Tom van Schelven, the fantastic contractor – Rebuild London and the brilliant consultant team including Eurban, Iain Wright Associates (Andrew Lucas) and Mesh Energy who worked relentlessly along our team at Hayhurst & Co.; Claire Taggart (Project Architect), Holly Crosbie, Jonathan Nicholls and Nick Hayhurst. Planting by Ollie Allum.

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

@riba @ribalondon @vascon975 @eurban_limited @meshenergy @amlucas55 @plantingmad

#green #greenhouse #hayhurstandco #tottenham #tottenhamriad #hoty #hoty2023 #houseoftheyear #houseoftheyear2023

We are humbled to have won 3 New London Architecture (NLA) awards at yesterday’s lunchtime ceremony at the Guildhall.

Edith Neville Primary School in Somers Town for @wemakecamden won the best education building in London.

Green House in Tottenham won the ‘Environmental Prize’ for its innovative, low-energy, low-carbon design.

Edith Neville Primary School also won the ‘Wellbeing Prize’ for the wider impact that the school has had on the Somers Town community.

Group photo thanks to co-winner @nicholls.justin
Associate Jamie Wakeford-Holder with the awards for Edith Neville Primary School and Associate Claire Taggart with the award for Green House.

@nlalondon #hayhurstandco #camden #tottenham #londonarchitecture #greenhouse #edithnevilleprimaryschool #environmental #wellbeing

Claire Taggart, Associate at Hayhurst & Co, will be talking about our RIBA House of the Year-shortlisted ‘Green House’ at this morning’s @ribajournal webinar on bespoke house design.

It’s free and between 9-11.30am – tune in!

See eventbrite link in bio to register.

Claire – who won RIBA London Project Architect of the Year on the project – will be talking alongside Marion Baeli from @studiopdp Ann Nesbit from @annnisbetstudio Nicholas Lyon’s from Lyons Architects.

#hayhurstandco #greenhouse #ribajournal #architecturewebinar

We are really excited to have won the bid to design a new roof-top garden and cafe in the place of a dis-used car park right in the centre of St Austell – Cornwall’s largest town and a stone’s throw from the Eden Project.

The project will form the first of several key regeneration schemes identified in a recent masterplan for the town. The project will create a significant new public space and community asset for the town. The project is funded from the Cornwall Council ‘Shared Prosperity Fund’.

We are working with an amazing team including

@hemingwaydesign @integral_engineering_design @propagatingdan @aecom
#staustell #cornwall #community #hayhurstandco

House of the Year shortlist spotlight: Green House, Tottenham, London by Hayhurst & Co (@hayhurstandco)

Tucked away down an alley in London’s Tottenham, this exceptional five-bedroom house blurs boundaries between inside and outdoor spaces. A ‘riad’ style central atrium, bamboo and sliding polycarbonate screens, reference the greenhouses that once stood on the site. At the same time, double-aspect views of the gardens and a roof terrace further emphasise the connection to nature. A simple block form plan and creative use of sustainable materials inform the aesthetic, providing generous space and light within the modest budget.

👉 Explore this shortlisted project at architecture.com/houseoftheyear, or via the link in our bio.

🏆 The winner of RIBA House of the Year will be announced on 30 November 2023.

#HouseOfTheYear #RIBAawards

Green House, Tottenham. Shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2023.

The RIBA Journal writes:

Although the House of the Year jury had done its homework in advance of visiting, the impact of the house still came as a surprise. ‘When you step inside, it is so much more than drawings and photos suggest,’ it reported. ‘Your eye is simultaneously drawn skywards through the lightwell at the heart of the plan – a beautiful calm space – and down and out across the main living space towards a verdant rear garden.’

Jurors praised the blurring of boundaries between interior and exterior, sensitivity to neighbours, and rich spatial organisation. ‘Although the house was designed to be efficient in response to site and budget,’ said jury member Bev Dockray, “it felt luxurious, homely, deeply private and relaxing.

An “extraordinary ordinary” house.’

The winner will be announced on 30th November.

@riba @ribajournal @ribalondon #hayhurstandco #greenhouse #tottenham #haringey #london #architecture #house #home

We are delighted to announce that our Green House in Tottenham has been shortlisted as one of the 6 houses in this year’s RIBA House of the Year.

The RIBA’s jury chair, Dido Milne said this year’s shortlist ‘includes a range of exciting new typologies, including a rethink of the family terraced house and a model for collective rural living.’
She added: ‘Here we have everything; from homes inserted into tight urban sites and new life breathed into existing structures, to detached rural homes where the architect has been given free rein to reimagine the baronial hall or lakeside retreat.

‘Localism is a recurring theme, with architects engaging with the local vernacular without being slaves to tradition, and local sourcing of materials targeting both embodied and operational carbon to deliver genuinely sustainable design.

Milne described the ‘most notable aspect’ of the year’s projects as ‘the power of “collaboration” to deliver great buildings.’

She said: ‘The fundamental importance of the client and architect relationship is evident in all the shortlisted projects which demonstrate demonstrate how an architect can bring a client’s dreams to life.’

A massive shout out to our super -collaborative clients (you know who you are… 😉) and the super-talented team at Hayhurst & Co.

Congratulations to all the teams behind the shortlisted projects.

More to follow on Green House shortly…

@riba #houseoftheyear #houseoftheyear2023 #greenhouse #hayhurstandco #house #architecture #londonarchitecture #newhouse

Nick was honoured to be a judge for this year’s @ribajournal Rising Stars who were announced yesterday.

Nick was part of an amazing panel of fellow judges comprising @eleanor.young.336 Eva MacNamara Lucy Clark @bettsbubbles sifting through and discussing all the entries.

As noted in the editorial, this year’s cohort are leading architecture into areas beyond traditional boundaries – so many young architects engaged in community, climate challenge and care for the environments they are making and awareness of who they are making them for. The future’s of the profession is looking exciting!

Well done everyone. @clementine.blakemore @elena.arch @marfsummers @sophiamalik_studio @j.h.purkiss @larrybotchway @j.w.hawthorne @oliverbeetschen Faye Sedgewick @hamzashaikh.design

#ribarisingstars #risingstars #ribarisingstars2023

Our competition winning design for Filwood Community Centre in Bristol is based around the construction of a series of 2D MMC extensions plugged in to the existing building which will receive a non-structural retrofit.

The approach include extending to the front of the building to create a civic presence at the top of Filwood Broadway to showcase the activities taking place in the centre. Extensions in the courtyard to help provide a more fluid connection between in and out and to activate the external spaces and a nursery with secure play-space and accommodation for hire to the rear of the site in a building that is conceived as the centre’s ‘third hall’.

Together, this creates an architectural strategy that minimises demolition, maximises the potential social value with strategically-placed ‘enabling interventions’ that increases the centre’s useable floor area by 75%.

An architectural approach of retrofit and intervention. Along with @youandme_archi @bd_landscape @integral_engineering_design and @greengaugebec we will be working with the Knowle West community over the next 12 months with the project due to be on site during 2025.

Drawings: Sahba Akbar & Dovile Ciapaite

#competitionwinner #architecturalcompetition #bristolarchitecture #retrofit #hayhurstandco

We are thrilled to announce that we have won the competition to overhaul the Filwood Community Centre in Bristol.

We have been totally inspired by the work that the centre does for the Knowle West Community and are looking forward to working with Bristol City Council and an amazing array of local stakeholders to help realise their vision for a new centre.

Architecture: Hayhurst & Co with @youandme_archi
Structures: @integral_engineering_design
MEP & Sustainability: @greengaugebec
Landscape: @bd_landscape

Hayhurst & Co. Team: Sahba Akbar, Dovile Ciapaite, Jonathan Nicholls and Nick Hayhurst.

We are looking for a RIBA Part 2 architectural assistant to join our London studio.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including one-off homes, community and cultural projects around the UK.

You will be working on a number of projects at various RIBA stages with a focus on one-off homes in the first instance.

As a RIBA Part 2 qualified architectural assistant you will have a minimum of one years’ experience in professional practice. You will have excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment. Ideally, you should be able to work in a range of media including Revit, Enscape, Vectorworks, Adobe Creative Suite as well as an ability to make physical models.

🔗 Full Details🔗

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5MB, no weblinks) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk, subject line “Architectural Assistant – YOUR NAME” with covering letter. No agencies please.

Deadline for applicants is end of day, November 1, 2023.

Interviews will commence the week of November 13, 2023.

Starting in January 2024.

We are looking for a Senior Architect to join our team.

We are currently working on a wide range of exciting projects including one-off homes, community and cultural projects around the UK.

You will be involved in working on a number of projects at different RIBA stages with a focus on community projects in the south-west at the early RIBA stages and supporting other team members working on one-off homes. As a small studio, you will be involved in all aspects of the practice from design, detailing and delivering projects as well as contributing to the development of the practice generally.

As a Senior Architect, you will have a minimum of five years’ post-qualification experience, excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment.

🔗 Full Details 🔗

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5MB, no weblinks) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk, subject line “Senior Architect – your name” with covering letter.

Deadline for applicants is end of day, November 1, 2023.

Interviews will commence the week of November 13, 2023.

Starting in January 2024.

‘A masterclass in bringing a Victorian house back to life with a glorious extension’

A lovely article about Grain House in @houseandgardenuk Lots of talk about materials and weathering and creating spaces that are both subtle and dynamic.

Words by @dominic_bradbury
Photographs by @mark_anthony_fox

#grainhouse #hayhurstandco #timber #londonarchitecture #home #house #houseextension

Flashback to last Saturday and a cracking sunny day for Open House 2023.

Thank you to our clients at Edith Neville Primary School for opening up their buildings and all the 500 or so people that visited both buildings.

A few photos from the day. Photo credits: Lexie McDougall, Claire Taggart, Marina Konstantopoulou and Nick Hayhurst.

@opencity_uk #hayhurstandco #edithnevilleprimaryschool #greenhouse #openhouse #openhouse2023

Nick will be talking tomorrow (Wednesday 13th September) at 11am as part of the ‘winning work in education and healthcare’ series.

In particular, Nick will be showing recent case study schools projects as part of a webinar that will ask the question, ‘how can we accelerate the upgrade of the UK’s school estate?’

#wwieh #assemblemediagroup

Green House will be open as part of @opencity_uk on Saturday 16th September between 2pm and 5pm with guided tours every 15 minutes (last entry 4.30pm).

Address is 25 Jansons Road, London, N15 4JU. More info on the Open House website.

Hope to see you there…!

#openhouse #openhouselondon #openhouselondon2023  #opencity #greenhouse #hayhurstandco

Edith Neville Primary School will be open as part of @opencity_uk on Saturday 16th September between 10am and 1pm with guided tours every 30 minutes (last entry 12.30).

Entry to the site will be via the pupil entrance at the junction of Ossulston Street and Polygon Road.

Hope to see you there…!

More info on the Open House website.

#openhouse #openhouselondon #openhouselondon2023 #opencity #openschool #hayhurstandco
#camden #edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool

‘Plants that plug homes into nature’

A lovely piece about our Green House in @ft_houseandhome by @amyfrearson this morning.

“As the facade is south-facing, Hayhurst & Co developed a 60cm-deep multi-layer facade fronted by translucent polycarbonate panels. They slide open to reveal a layer of plants which in turn screen windows. This creates a low-tech system that can be adapted to offer different levels of daylight, shade and privacy. You have two lines of control, which you can manipulate at different times of day.”

Green House will be open in as part of Open House @opencity_uk on Saturday 16th September – more to follow…

#greenhouse #hayhurstandco #newhome #plantsofinstagram

Preparation is everything.

1:2 construction drawings of every junction for a bespoke, site-made European oak-framed seat/ window/ door-set (or a ‘windoor’ as the contractor has decided to call it.)

#window #door #windor #detaildrawings #onsite

We are absolutely delighted that our Edith Neville Primary School for Camden Council is on the front page of the September issue of @architectsjournal that explores the theme of ‘neighbourhood’. Part of Camden Council’s Community Investment Programme (CIP), the school is featured alongside @adamkhanarch Community Facilities as part of a wider scheme masterplanned by @dsdha_architecture and in collaboration with @moco_arch and @drmm_architects

In her Editorial, AJ Editor Emily Booth, writes that “there is a careful opening-up of space, coupled with an understanding of the need for children and communities to feel secure – as Nick Hayhurst explains of the Edith Neville Primary School design: ‘It was developed around the idea of a family-scale courtyard, an “oasis” that welcomes families into the heart of the school site.’

A big thank you to Emily Booth and Rob Wilson for such a lovely write up. Today, it is has also been announced that the school is shortlisted for the 2023 AJ Awards: for the best education building in the UK.

The project has been a labour of love to work on since we were first appointed in 2014 – we all realised very soon that projects with this level of impact on a community and neighbourhood are rare. We are lucky to have worked on such with such a fantastic team of consultants and within our own studio.

We agree with Emily’s final statement: “Great neighbourhoods should indeed be a rock on which communities can build and grow – and architects should help them flourish” More investment and more commitment for schemes such as Central Somers Town is where local and central government funding needs to be placed.

A link to the full article is in our bio.

Client: @wemakecamden
Project Management: Urban Logik
Landscape: @mrhowardmiller
Structures: @priceandmyers
MEP & Sustainability: @maxfordhamllp
QS & CDM: Currie & Brown
Contractor: Neilcott Construction

Hayhurst & Co Team: (past & present)
Jamie Wakeford-Holder (Project Architect), Jonathan Nicholls, Bronya Meredith, Amy Waite, Mariko Whittaker, Rory Lean, Antonis Papamichael, Nick Hayhurst

Photo Credits: @kilianosullivan
Communications: @goodfellowcomms

#neighbourhood

Work in progress:

A bricolage of re-used, locally-found and hacked materials are assembled, placed and re-placed to form a new home and artist’s studio in Peckham, south London.

Materials include re-used brick (some horizontal and some on end), terrazzo formed from crushed glass from the nearby bars and made a mile away, old floorboards threaded and resumed together to form surfaces and linings.

Some smooth, some rough – some material relationships jarring, some complementary.

Still work in progress, trying to find an architectural language for the bricolage – not there yet – needs more roughing-up.

Project Team: Marina Konstantopoulou, Ruby Sleigh, Claire Taggart, Jonathan Nicholls, Nick Hayhurst

Images: Marina Konstantopoulou

#workinprogress #notthereyet #reuse #materials #needsroughingup #newhome #newstudio

BIG NEWS…! We’re delighted to announce that Green House is one of the 20 homes long-listed for RIBA House of the Year 2023.

#greenhouse #hayhurstandco #houseoftheyear #houseoftheyear2023 #newhouse #newhome #architecture #londonarchitecture

Something for the weekend…

WIP sketches for the remodeling of an Edwardian home in South London.

Mixing and matching: Cabinetry elements on cabinetry elements which obfuscate the reading of the original plan form blended with the tones and patterns of the retained original features.

#houserefurbishment #home #house #edwardianhome #architecture #houseremodelling

A little studio excursion and spot of lunch for some of the Hayhurst & Co crew on Wednesday lunchtime.

Lots of conversation about the construction sequence of yurts, the centre spacing and depth of glu-lam timbers and whether a pavilion has to be centrifrugal to be a pavilion.

#pavilion #serpentine

Boom… we’re delighted to announce that we have finally received planning for a new micro-house: a single-storey, 1-bedroomed home on a dis-used site in Earl’s Court.

After 2 refused planning applications, 1 appeal hearing (where we won on 3 out of the 4 reasons for refusal) and then 1 further planning application, we finally received planning consent at committee from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea this week.

The house represents the smallest possible home allowable under the London Plan 2021 and the NDSS (Nationally Described Space Standards). A 37m2, 1-bedroomed-1 person, single-storey home with a 5m2 courtyard, bin store and cycle parking. The site sits in a gap between rows of 5-storey stucco-fronted established C19th terraces in a conservation area and under a substantial Cat A tree: the design works around almost every constraint imaginable.

We looking to forward to building it out with our client who will make it their home.

Whilst one might – quite reasonably – question whether we should really work to minimums, it shows the potential of micro-sites such as this throughout London to deliver housing. We’re all for scrutiny and rigour in design and planning process, but really, does it need to be this difficult to gain panning consent for a single home?

Project Team: Claire Taggart (Project Architect), Ruby Sleigh, Sahba Akbar (Images), Nick Hayhurst.

#planning #planningconsent #newhouse #microhouse #londonhouse #house

We are absolutely thrilled that our Edith Neville Primary School for Camden Council has won an @riba National Award.

It is one of 36 projects across the country to receive the award and the only school building on the list.

Denise Bennetts, Chair of the RIBA Awards Jury, described the project as ‘remarkably inventive and the design process closely involved with its community’.

Congratulations to the whole team who have made the project such a success.

Client: @wemakecamden
Project Management: Urban Logik
Landscape: @mrhowardmiller
Structures: @priceandmyers
MEP & Sustainability: @maxfordhamllp
QS & CDM: Currie & Brown
Contractor: Neilcott Construction

Hayhurst & Co Team: (past & present)
Jamie Wakeford-Holder (Project Architect), Jonathan Nicholls, Bronya Meredith, Amy Waite, Mariko Whittaker, Rory Lean, Antonis Papamichael, Nick Hayhurst.

Photo Credit: Killian O’Sullivan

#edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #architecture #riba #ribaaward #ribanationalaward #ribaaward2023

An oldie but a goodie…

‘Barn-ish, Brighton-ish’ – in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex – is on the market with @themodernhouse

The refurbishment of the Grade-II listed former Coach House was completed in 2015 with the transformation of the parking area into a garden in 2017.

The existing structure and fabric were retained and new floors and wall linings installed where the spaces were being converted from the previous garages into new residential use. The refurbished spaces were sculpted around the existing structure to enable the new elements to be clearly read against the historic fabric: maximising the armature of the existing Coach House.

Constructed within the existing building’s timber-framed shell, the design provides new single-storey and double-height spaces in this long, thin building. The design features a double-height space that creates display space for the owner’s collection of records and books as well as a discreet picture window with views through to the adjacent first floor space.

Photos c/o The Modern House

#onthemarket #architectureforsale #barnish #brightonish #hayhurstandco #themodernhouse

‘No place for plastics in our oceans’

The Year 3 shop-front window looking amazing at Edith Neville Primary School this morning…

#edithnevilleprimaryschool #schooldesign #school #shopfront #schooldisplay #display

A lovely little article by Jan-Carlos Kucharek in the RIBA Journal as part of their ‘Making Buildings’ series. Jan-Carlos is in conversation with Tom Van Schelven (client), Claire Taggart (RIBA Project Architect of the Year, no less…) and Nick Hayhurst about the challenges behind building Green House.

Talking planning (the simple bit), material selection (the fun bit) and procuring MMC for residential projects, building warranties (the tricky bits) amongst other things.

Link to the article in our bio.

#greenhouse #tottenham #planning #procurement #materials #newhome #londonarchitecture @ribajournal #ribajournal

Oh my days… we had an amazing evening at the RIBA Awards 2023 winning a total of THREE awards…!

RIBA regional award for Edith Neville Primary School in Central Somers Town. Associate, Jamie Wakeford Holder and client Mark Hopson (Camden Council/ Urban Logik) picked up the award from Jury Chair, Barbara Weiss.

@riba @ribalondon #riba #ribaawards #greenhouse #edithnevilleprimaryschool #camden #tottenham @wemakecamden

Oh my days… we had an amazing evening at the RIBA Awards 2023 winning a total of THREE awards…!

RIBA regional award for Green House in Tottenham. Associate, Claire Taggart and client Tom van Schelven picked up the award from Jury Chair, Barbara Weiss.

@riba @ribalondon #riba #ribaawards #greenhouse #edithnevilleprimaryschool #camden #tottenham @wemakecamden

Hayhurst and Co Architects is looking for a Studio/ Practice Manager to join our growing team in London.

Hayhurst and Co is a friendly London-based architecture studio working on a range of educational, community and residential projects from our sunny roof-top studio in Spitalfields.

We are looking for a Studio/ Practice Manager with experience in architecture and/or design-related workplaces to support our team. This will involve working closely with the Directors and Associates to ensure the smooth operation of the practice and create an enjoyable working environment for staff.

This is a 20-24 hour a week role – the specific hours/ days are flexible to suit the preferred candidate.

Key responsibilities include;

– Financial administration
– New business co-ordination
– Social media/public relations
– Human Resources
– Health and safety
– General office administration

Essential skills:

– experience in a similar role, preferably at a design consultancy
– excellent organisational skills
– strong communicator
– high standard of written and spoken English
– experience of financial administration
– proactive and logical approach to problem-solving
– ability to meet deadlines and prioritise workloads
– competent in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel)

Preferred skills:

– interest in architecture and design
– knowledge of Adobe InDesign would be an advantage
– basic Adobe Photoshop skills would be an advantage

Hayhurst and Co is an equal opportunities employer and a member of the London Practice Forum. We are keen to receive applications from a diverse range of candidates and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Please submit a CV and a supporting statement (maximum one page A4) outlining your reasons for applying and experience relevant to the role via the apply for job button below.

The salary will be £34-£40k FTE per annum (depending on experience) plus company benefits.

The closing date is Tuesday 9th May. The start date is June 2023.

#hayhurstandco #studiomanager #practicemanager #architecturejobs

We’re delighted to have gained planning and listed building consent for a new-build, 250m2 home and studio just off Rye Lane in the heart of Peckham.

The new home is arranged around a courtyard in a back-land site behind the Grade-II listed villas that face the road. The new front elevation is made up of alternating courses of re-used brick from the boundary walls and Peckham-made terrazzo using site waste. The terrazzo also forms the window and door reveals and lintel detail.

Looking forward to getting on with detail design and starting on site.

A massive effort from the Hayhurst & Co team: Alex Boyce, Claire Taggart, Jon Nicholls, Marina Konstantopoulou, Nick Hayhurst, Ruby Sleigh & Temi Odele.

#newhouse #newhome #londonhouse #londonhome #architecture #londonarchitecture #hayhurstandco

We are looking for graduate Part 2 architectural assistants to join our team.

We are currently working on a wide range of projects, from one-off houses and new-build schools through to estate regeneration strategies.

The position will involve work on a number of projects at various RIBA stages with a focus on one-off homes in the first instance.

We are looking for a RIBA Part 2 qualified graduate with a minimum of one years’ experience in professional practice.

The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to a creative team-working environment. Ideally, you should be able to work in a range of media including Revit, Enscape, Vectorworks, Adobe Creative Suite as well as an ability to make physical models.

Hayhurst and Co is an equal opportunities employer and a member of the London Practice Forum. We are keen to receive applications from a diverse range of candidates and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Key requirements:

· RIBA Part 2 (or equivalent qualification)
· minimum one year of practice-based experience
· strong design skills with an interest in materials and the environment
· excellent written and verbal communication skills
· ideally experience in the use of Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and (preferably) Vectorworks
· ability to work well in a team
· good communication and presentation skills
· excellent time management, organisation, planning and attention to detail
· ability to think creatively and problem-solve through design

The starting salary will be £31k per annum plus company benefits. Start date is in May 2023.

Please submit a PDF of your CV, portfolio and professional work samples (less than 5MB , no weblinks) to jobs@hayhurstand.co.uk with covering letter.

#architecturejobs #hayhurstandco

Great to be at Green House with Jan-Carlos Kucharek – Deputy Editor of the RIBA Journal – along with Client Tom Van Schelven and Project Associate Claire Taggart.

We talked about the design, materials, the wonderfully-smooth planning process, procuring CLT , building warranties and the constructional approach of the house for a forthcoming article.

Looking forward to seeing it in print!

#greenhouse #newhouse #newhome #londonhouse #hayhurstandco

Today…!

If you happen to be in Lostwithiel, Cornwall pop in to Taprell House and see the work we have been doing to create a sustainable future for the Grade-II* listed Edgcume House and Taprell House.

#lostwithiel #cornwall #edgcumbehouse #taprellhouse #hayhurstandco #townteam #listedbuildings

A massive thank you to Year 5 at Lostwithiel Primary School in Cornwall for all the excellent ideas they gave us this week on the future use of their town’s heritage buildings.

We have been consulting with a cross section of the community on how Lostwithiel Town Council’s Grade-II* listed Edgcumbe House and Taprell House might be given new uses and a more valued community asset.

Maple Class were excellent at helping us understand the great things about Lostwithiel and what new uses they would like to see for the 500 year old buildings.

Maple class’ ideas (as well as the ones we have been working on), will be exhibited in the town on Thursday 30th March – more details to follow in the week…

Photos: Marina Konstantopoulou, Jon Nicholls

#lostwithiel #lostwithielprimaryschool #cornwall #edgcumbehouse #taprellhouse #listedbuildings #townteam #talktothekids #consultation #schoolworkshop

A nice relaxing thought for a Thursday morning…

The new top floor of our remodelling and retrofit of a townhouse on Portobello Road coming together under the watchful eye of Project Associate Jamie Wakeford Holder. (Photo credit also Jamie).

#tetrofit #bath #topfloor #portobelloroad #nottinghill #hayhurstadco #houserefurbishment #londonrefurbishment

That was goooood… studio trip to see @smiljanradic at @barbicancentre

Speculation, storey-telling and super studio. A bit too much concrete but plenty of hot air… hahaha.

Needed that.

#smiljanradic

Presenting the designs for a project in a project we designed. That’s a first…!

#greenhouse #hayhurstandco

Selma – a 6th form student from @centralfoundationboysschool just round the corner from our studio – joined us last week for her work experience through the @accessaspiration programme.

It was great to share and exchange ideas on our ongoing community/ heritage project in Lostwithiel, Cornwall and study the picturesque town centre through the colourful lens of Selma’s lovely sketches.

Access Aspiration – a Mayor’s fund – aims to address this imbalance by creating more visibility of career pathways for 16-18 year olds from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds who are making key decisions about their future but struggling to link with employers.

#hayhurstandco #accessaspiration #lostwithiel #handdrawing #sketching

We’re delighted that two (!!!) of our projects have been shortlisted for a 2023 RIBA Award.

Second up – our new-build Green House in north London.

We’re looking forward to the jury visits in early March. 🤞

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

@ribalondon #greenhouse #house #home #newhouse #newhome #architecture #londonarchitecture #timber #timberbuildings

We’re delighted that two (!!!) of our projects have been shortlisted for a 2023 RIBA Award.

First up – our new-build Edith Neville Primary School in Somers Town for Camden Council.

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

@wemakecamden @ribalondon #edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool #school #primaryschool #architecture #londonarchitecture #awardshortlist #hayhurstandco

It was great to show officers and councillors from the planning and housing teams at @haringeycouncil around Green House yesterday.

Project Associate Claire Taggart led the visit and conversations about sustainability in house design and the replicability of the design for social housing and custom-build.

Green House won the ‘Best House’, ‘Most sustainable building’ and was the overall winner at last year’s Haringey Design Awards and we are now facilitating a number of tours and conversations.

Photo credit: @tomvanschelven

#greenhouse #hayhurstandco #sustainability #timber #timberarchitecture #clt #newhouse #newhome #londonhouse #londonhome

A nice little Q&A with Nick & Jon in the December issue of Enki.

Showcasing recent education and residential projects: all of them exploring ideas of materiality and nature, and domesticity and play.

#gardenhouse #grainhouse #greenhouse #edithnevilleprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #newhouse #newhome #newschool #architecture #londonarchitecture

@enkimaguk

Also at the end of December, we were appointed on an exciting new community/ heritage project in Lostwithiel, Cornwall following an open tender.

We are now working with Lostwithiel’s Town Team to find new community uses for their 16-Century Taprell House and 17-Century Edgcumbe House (both Grade II* listed).

Our appointment will look at how the buildings might become a sustainably community asset for the town. We will be working with the local community over the next few months to find out what they feel the possible futures for these heritage assets might be.

Any ideas – lets us know!

#lostwithiel #cornwall #taprellhouse #edgcumbehouse #community #heritage

Already lots to talk about…

We start off with news from the end of December that our Edith Neville Primary School has been long-listed for the RIBA Journal MacEwan Award. The award recognises socially-aware architecture for the ‘common good’.

The design is based on a shared ‘manifesto’ for the school that evolved from a detailed consultation and co-design process undertaken between the school community, Camden Council and ourselves. The manifesto established the project’s key objectives and a vision for the educational environment and social impact. The manifesto covered subjects such as ‘pedagogy’, ‘nature’, ‘community’ and ‘well-being’: defining and expressing the school’s ethos, community outlook and intended social value.

These photographs show some of the pupils at the school presenting the school values – independence, creativity, empathy, perseverance – in their new school setting.

Our STEM lab for Torriano Primary School made the shortlist in 2020 – fingers crossed for Edith Neville…!

Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

@ribajournal #edithnevilleprimaryschool #primaryschool #schoolvalues #schooldesign #empathy #creativity #perserverance #independence #camden #camdenschool #primaryschool #londonschool

For the first time in 3 years, and despite a broken arm, a foot operation, the addition of a tiger, a teenager, multiple totts and Mini the sausage dog we actually had a Christmas away day at Christmas.

We started for breakfast at the heart-warming and stirling-shortlisted @seaccfulham by @maearchitects (thank you to the team for showing us around).

We then went for lunch at (well, outside in the rain) by the dark, hi-tec retail environment of Battersea Power Station (in our defence, none of us has been there, we were just intrigued).

And then on for drinks in the the @greenwichdesigndistrict – lots of conversation about how you make an architectural languages on its own terms without a pre-existing built context.

Journeyed via bus, tube and boat we all had a good day finished with dinner and drinks (until closing-time, of course…) in Greenwich.

Happy Christmas from everyone at Hayhurst & Co. (Including the tiger).

Photo credits from various members of the team.

#studytrip #awayday #hayhurstandco #happychristmas

We are really excited to be one of the 30 practices to have won a place on the new @notting_hill_genesis framework for small and specialist sites.

We’re looking forward to working with Notting Hill Genesis and their residents to create new homes and help shape communities.

Exciting….

Also @architectsjournal – it’s ‘Hayhurst & Co.’ – the Co. is important.

#nottinghillgenesis #newhomes #smallsites

Just before December arrived… it was lovely to show our team and architects from @rckarchitects and @met_work around our recently completed Edith Neville Primary School.

Lots of good chats about ‘school as gallery’, school communities, masterplans and procurement, (of course).

#edithnevilleprimaryschool #schooldesign #hayhurstandco #edithneville #camdenschool #architour

We are delighted that our Green House was ‘Highly Commended’ in the Private Buildings category at the @woodawards earlier this week.

The wood awards also put in an amazing exhibition of all the shortlisted work at the Carpenters Hall in London.

The project uses a cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure by @eurban_limited along with frameless CLT cabinetry and architraves fully integrated into the CLT superstructure.

We’ll done to all the winning and highly commended projects… 👏👏👏

#wood #woodawards #timber #clt #greenhouse #newhouse #architecture #timberarchitecture

Delighted to see our Edith Neville Primary School for @wemakecamden published in @dezeen yesterday.

The project has been a total labour of love for the practice since 2014. It has been a real collaborative effort with the school community, consultants and our own internal team. It couldn’t have been delivered without the sterling effort of so many people.

The wider design team aren’t listed on the dezeen article so this post is to acknowledge the amazing work done by so many hands over the last 8 years.

Hayhurst & Co design team:
Jamie Wakeford, Amy Waite, Bronya Meredith, Rory Lean, Mariko Whittaker, Antonis Papamichael, Nick Hayhurst, Jonathan Nicholls.

Consultant Team:
Landscape Design: Howard Miller Design (@hmillerbros)
Structural Engineer: @priceandmyers
MEP Engineer: @maxfordhamllp
Project Manager: Urban Logik
Quantity Surveyor: Currie & Brown
Principal Designer: Currie & Brown
Employer’s Agent: Capital Property & Construction
Fire Consultant: Exova
Contractor: Neilcott Construction
Photo Credit: @kilianosullivan

#edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool #camdenschools #school #schooldesign #learningspaces #architecture #londonarchitecture #schoolarchitecture

We are thrilled to announce that we have won ‘Education Architect of the Year’ at this year’s Architect of the Year Awards.

This validates almost two decades of work delivering publicly-funded school projects for young children and their school communities.

More posts (with the actual work!) to follow…

Photo Credit: @richardc100

#schooldesign #educationbuilding #architectureaward #architecture

Big congratulations to Ruby Sleigh and Marina Konstantopoulou from the Hayhurst & Co team who both passed their RIBA Part 3 with flying colours today…!

Ruby is currently working on a new development of 6 homes on a backland site in north-London which we will be submitting for planning soon. In addition to practice, Ruby also teaches on the MArch course at Oxford Brookes University and is helping lead the practice’s sustainability initiatives.

Marina is leading two residential projects which are both on site. A refurbishment and extension of a house in Swiss Cottage and a retrofit of a 1960s house in Hackney. Marina is helping lead the practices’ approach to visual representation techniques.

Delighted that our Green House in Tottenham has won the ‘Custom and self-build project of the year’ at the Structural Timber Awards ceremony on Wednesday night.

#greenhouse #hayhurstandco #selfbuild #custombuild #timber #structuraltimber #architectureaward #timberhouse

The lovely RIBA Journal article is now on-line on the RIBA Journal website. Extracted here…

Have a read…!

‘A different world’

Edith Neville Primary School in Somers Town, London for Camden Council is our first new-build school project and a building that synthesises so many of the practice’s educational and architectural principles. It is amazing to see it in print – it has been a long time coming! We will be sharing more about the project in coming weeks and months.

Thank you RIBA Journal and Chris Foges for such a thorough, careful and astute write up.

‘Edith Neville is the sort of ambitious, generous and situation-specific building that routinely filled architecture magazines and awards lists in the late 2000s, until the government had an abrupt change of heart and insisted instead on standardisation and efficiency’

‘Hayhurst & Co’s intricate, light-filled building is bursting with architectural ideas and extraordinary spatial events, but none is simply indulgent: every move is rooted in a coherent educational ethos – and evident empathy with young children’

‘Its effect has been profound, says Ruby Nasser, Headteacher. “Some parents cried when we first showed them around” The children are noticeably calmer, she notes, and have greater self-esteem – not least because their school is a match for flashy buildings springing up on every side of Somers Town. Too few new school heads could say the same, but it is what every child deserves”

A different world indeed.

@ribajournal @chris.foges @wemakecamden #edithneville #edithnevilleprimaryschool #school #schoolbuilding #camden #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #learningspaces

I went for a wander yesterday into the hills of deepest Croydon to see Hayes Primary School in Kenley 10 years after it opened.

In 2010, the scheme had a CABE design review panel and I remember them saying – in a disparaging way – how filthy the screen would be over time because of the proximity of the trees and that overall the scheme lacked legibility between building and landscape.

I remember saying that I wouldn’t mind if in 10 years time the screen became really mossy and sappy as it would symbolise being enmeshed in its sylvan setting and visually indistinguishable from its landscape and that was the architectural ambition. I’m not sure that comment went down very well.

However, I can report that the school looks as good as new (and has done at every point I have revisited or wandered past over the years). The screen still looks sharp and dynamic and the landscape has now matured around it. The building feels quite bold yet synthesised in its landscape context.

I’ll take another trip back in another 10 years.

#hayesprimaryschool #thehayesprimaryschool #croydon #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #educationspaces #spacesforlearning #school #schoolbuilding #architecture #londonarchitecture

Hayes Primary School, Croydon. 2010-2012. Following on from last week’s post marking 10 years since the opening of Hayes – a bit more nourishment….

Here are some of the design drawings for Hayes that explore the use of CLT and the relationship between building, material and landscape.

Image 1. This was our first CLT project. It was a hybrid structure (along with some block work walls and steel beams). The CLT is conceived as one of a series of timber interventions.

Image 2. We spent a lot of time testing how CLT elements would read and be expressed relative to one another and the spaces they made. This photo shows the corner of a classroom where CLT wall meets CLT furniture meets removable CLT perforated panel that provides ventilation.

Images 3-6. The CLT was also used to make a 650mm-thick, 60m-long furniture wall that separated the classrooms and the circulation spaces. It provided storage – it looked really heavy (it was heavy!) but it wasn’t structural. The CLT elements were used horizontally and biscuit jointed at the corners. A visual expression of the language of trees in a sylvan site.

Images 7-10 The extension was located at the front of the school – just high enough that the previous building would be concealed from view and giving the impression if a new building. The roof behind the screen varied in angle to provide natural ventilation to the classrooms. The order of the landscape followed suit.

#hayesprimaryschool #hayhurstandco #schooldesign #clt #learningspaces #architecture #architecturaldrawings #timber #wood #anoldiebutagoodie #school #schoolbuilding #architecture #londonarchitecture

10 years old…! 🎉🎉🎉

10 years ago today, our extension to Hayes Primary School in Kenley, Croydon opened its doors for the first time…

A vibrant extension to a tired and out-dated school building at the heart of its community. The extension provided 4 new infant classrooms, an ICT Lab, a small hall and new administration facilities.

The main façade of the building has a reflective steel brise-soleil that provides shade from solar glare and over-heating to the teaching spaces as well as giving a uniformed building elevation. The perforations vary in size: larger at the bottom to let light in and gradually getting smaller to the top to allow for a greater level of reflection. This mirror-finished screen, positioned at high-level on the building’s façade, reflects the canopies of the mature trees at the front of the school site, giving the illusion that the mass of the building is reduced. Walking or driving past the building gives the sense of a dynamic elevation: a variable, enlivening and visually-engaging elevation.

Ahead of the curve and before we were talking so much about embodied carbon, we used CLT is used as the structure of the building as well as for the central storage wall that runs through the extension: a 650mm thick wall, made up from horizontally stacked timber panels that give an internal elevation of exposed timber end-grains. The solid-timber pieces are cut and stacked to form openings in the wall, through to the classrooms, and with recesses on alternating sides that form shelves for the school library, seats and reading alcoves as well as storage for classroom equipment and teaching materials. When stacked and biscuit-jointed, the end grain of the pre-fabricated element appears as a substantial and solid core at the centre of the school.

Amongst others, the project won a 2013 RIBA National Award, the NLA Award for Best Education Building and was the NLA overall winner: Best Building in London in 2013.

Here’s to the next 10 years…!

Photo Credits: @kilianosullivan

#10 #10yearsold #hayesprimaryschool #hayhurstandco  #schooldesign #croydon #clt #crosslaminatedtimber #education #educationspaces #teachingspaces #school #schoolbuilding

The October issue of @houseandgardenuk hits the stands this week and features our very own Grain House on the front cover.

Lovely article inside. An amazing shoot by @mark_anthony_fox and kind works by @dominic_bradbury

Looking forward to seeing the hardcopy.

#homesandgarden #newhome #hackney #grainhouse #hayhurstandco #architecture #londonarchitecture #houseextension #londonextension

Thank you Temi…! A select gathering of the @hayhurstandco crew (i.e. Those not on holiday!) gathered at #theprideofspitalfields on Wednesday evening this week to say farewell and thank you to one of our Part 1s Temi Odele.

Temi joined us last year following the completion of her first-class degree from University of Reading and is going on to the LSA for her Part 2 in September.

We wish her well…!

Great polaroid photo from @ciapaite.dovile

Front page of the @architectsjournal today… Green House is one of the 11 new homes in the country shortlisted for the Manser Medal.

Good luck to all the shortlisted practices…!

#aj #ajawards #manser #mansermedal #architectureaward #newhome #londonarchitecture #architecture

Woohoo… 🎉🎉🎉

Green House longlisted for @dezeenawards_ awards. Only one of three urban houses in the UK to make the list…!

@dezeen #architecture #greenhouse #hayhurstandco #londonarchitecture #newhome