Visit to Totally Modular
As part of the practice’s on-going process of continuing professional development, as well as exploring the latest techniques and technology to provide a better value and quality of construction to our clients, we visited Totally Modular in Birmingham. Their state-of-the-art factory, capable of producing around 800 modular houses a year,…
Project Update | Georges Road
Following a period of intensive dialogue and negotiations with Islington planning department, our application for 5 new build houses and a B1 office at Georges Road near Highbury Corner was approved last night by Islington’s Planning Sub-Committee. The new purpose-built mixed use design proposals will replace a row of dilapidated…
Happy New Year 2020!
To celebrate 2020, we have created a map of selected projects completed or in progress within London over the past 20 years. Many of the projects are on our website, so you can click to go directly to their pages on the map below to find out more of what…
Annual Review 2019
It’s time once again to send out our annual festive review of some of the projects and events that have kept us busy throughout the year. The office will be closed from 20th December until 2nd January and we look forward to working with you on many new projects in…
Project Update | Alma Street
Having secured planning permission to extend and refurbish this three-storey Victorian terraced house in Kentish Town we have been progressing the detailed design and preparation of drawings, with a contractor recently appointed who has commenced works on site in the last couple of weeks. Working with a tight budget and…
Alan & Tim at Poggenpohl Champagne Masterclass
The event, held in Poggenpohl’s Wigmore Street kitchen showroom, was hosted by Richard Anderson and Sherynne Murray. With food prepared at one of their great kitchens in front of a captive audience, we were taken through the history, processes and tastes of Louis Roederer Champagne by their expert Charles. Sponsored…
Alan & Maria at World Architecture Forum & Awards 2019
The event discussed key issues facing contemporary practice, such as sustainability and economic challenges, alongside supplier meetings, live crits with finalists for the WAF Awards and one-to-one meetings with architects and designers from around the world. With an incredibly list of key-note speakers, and meeting James Timberlane (Partner at Kieran…
Project Update | Kenilworth Road
Crawford Partnership are delighted to receive planning permission from the London Borough of Ealing to utilise the site of an existing unused double garage to provide a self-build contemporary starter home. The site is being developed to give our client’s son his first step on the housing ladder. The design…
Alan & Maria at ABB LEAF Forum & Awards 2019
Alan and Maria enjoyed a visit to Berlin for the 2019 ABB LEAF International Forum followed by the prestigious LEAF Design Awards, the judging panel for which Alan was chairing this year. The two-day event included a forum titled ‘Architecture for Future Generations’ involving dissecting topics relating to sustainability, technological…
Project Update | Isle of Wight
Working closely with our client, our aspiration is to establish a benchmark in contemporary design and the provision of an environmentally sustainable, energy efficient home, which would be unique on the island. We appreciate the enormous responsibility of building within an area of outstanding natural beauty, and our proposals respond…