Monthly Archives: October 2020
17 Nov 2020 | CTBUH Live-Streaming Three City Conference
On November 17, Alison Brooks will be presenting alongside esteemed colleagues from around the world, including Lord Norman Foster, Mun Summ Wong, and Patrik Schumacher, to discuss what the future of cities could look like post-COVID.
On November 17, Alison Brooks will be presenting alongside esteemed colleagues from around the world, including Lord Norman Foster, Mun Summ Wong, and Patrik Schumacher, to discuss what the future of cities could look like post-COVID.
Could we emerge from this pandemic committed to creating more sustainable and resilient urban environments? View the program and join this great event on the link.
In the second quarter of 2020, much of the world’s office workforce transitioned to working from home. But many homes were never intended to double as workspaces; childcare takes on entirely new, daunting dimensions; and the lack of traffic into central business districts is severely damaging local economies. A panel of leading experts discusses how they’ve dealt with the work-from-home surge in their own lives and companies, and how we’ll work next.
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Windward House Shortlisted at AR House Awards
We’re delighted to have our project Windward House recognised on the AR House Awards shortlist among other 14 fantastic private houses from around the world.
We’re delighted to have our project Windward House recognised on the AR House Awards shortlist among other 14 fantastic private houses from around the world.
The winner and commended projects will be announced online at the end of November and published in the December 2020/January 2021 issue of The Architectural Review.
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Knights Park Wins the Evening Standard New Homes Awards
We’re absolutely delighted to have received the Evening Standard New Homes Award in the Development of Outstanding Architectural Merit category for our scheme Knights Park.
We’re absolutely delighted to have received the Evening Standard New Homes Award in the Development of Outstanding Architectural Merit category for our scheme Knights Park.
We designed 143 new homes, as part of Cambridge University’s exceptionally ambitious North West Cambridge Development. The 150-hectare urban extension masterplanned by Aecom includes university and market housing, a primary school, research space plus community facilities such as a nursery, a doctors’ surgery, community center, supermarket, and retail units, and open green space.
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Alison Brooks Architects ― Housing Architect of the Year
We are thrilled to win our second BD Housing Architect of the Year Award in the company of great competition. Congratulations to our partners, Argent, Hill Group, Rize Alliance, patrons and residents.
We are thrilled to win our second BD Housing Architect of the Year Award in the company of great competition. Congratulations to our partners, Argent, Hill Group, Rize Alliance, patrons and residents.
Our winning submission included Cadence, a mixed-use scheme in King’s Cross about to start on site, The Passages, a residential development at the heart of the emerging Surrey City Centre in Vancouver, Athena, a Cambridge Universit’s exceptionally ambitious North West Cambridge Development where we designed 143 new homes as a part of, and Durham & Gloucester Court, a regeneration scheme in the South Kilburn Estate that establishes a consistent urban character.
We’re also happy to receive an AYA High Commendation in Individual House Architect category for our projects Mesh House and Windward House, with thanks to our exceptional clients.
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