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,…
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…
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…
CP at Designer Kitchen & Bathroom Awards 2019
As a returning judge, reviewing all of the categories of the prestigious industry-standard Designer Kitchen & Bathroom Awards, Alan was delighted to attend the Awards again at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Seeing some of the familiar and new faces across the industry is always fascinating with a speech…
Elval Host Exciting LEAF Executive Dining Event
The annual pilgrimage to The Stafford Hotel for the LEAF Executive Dining Event, sponsored by Elval, was held last night. Alan and Tim attended again to view a presentation by architects from Lianou Chalvatzis Architects (Natassa Lianou and Ermis Chalvatzis) about their exciting projects in Greece. Moderated by LEAF Review’s…
North London Architects | Discussion – The Future of Practice
With construction lagging behind other technological advances, changes to working practices and with the future likely to be dominated increasingly by computing, coding and eventually artificial intelligence, the main thesis discussed was about the future of practice. Held at 76 Portland Place, this event brought together several speakers from a…
Crawford Partnership explore bamboo in Guatemala
Enjoying a Saturday evening together outside of the office, Alan, Tim, Aris and Adrian were all together to hear from Jan on the project to build a sustainable extension to an impoverished school in Guatemala using bamboo and local natural materials. As part of the London Festival of Architecture this…
Maria at Poggenpohl Cookery Event
The event, held in Poggenpohl’s Wigmore Street kitchen showroom, was hosted by Sherynne Murray, one of their senior designers. With the ‘chef’s experience,’ Maria was able to enjoy the amazing food and drinks on offer whilst networking with some important designers, clients and specifiers. Sponsored by Louis Roederer Champagne and…
North London Architects | Building Tour – Clerkenwell Close
The project has grabbed headlines and so was a fascinating project to explore and visit, being taken around by the architect Amin Taha who also has his architecture practice within the lower ground floor. Despite it representing a return to craftsmanship, using traditional structural-stone cladding to create a floor plan…