http://www.fletcherpriest.com/rss/ News feed for Fletcher Priest Architects Mon, 21 May 2012 21:33:45 +0100 http://www.fletcherpriest.com/ pl hourly 1 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:11:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/NLA-East-Village-designing-a-lasting-legacy-for-London/ East Village, situated on the doorstep of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will be the first residential legacy to result from the Games when it opens to residents in late 2013.<br /> <br /> A series of NLA breakfast talks, to accompany the <a href="http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/exhibition.php?id=347&amp;name=east_village_a_lasting_legacy_for_london">East Village: a lasting legacy for London exhibition</a> on display at the NLA from 13-31... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:06:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Grand-Designs-Live-Londons-Newest-Village/ <h3>London&rsquo;s Newest Village</h3> <p>Speaker: <a href="http://www.granddesignslive.com/experts/aidan-walker/">Aidan Walker</a></p> As the Olympic dust settles, the legacy issues kick in. No better place to start than the rebirth of the Athletes&rsquo; Village, home to 23,000 during the Olympic season, which will transform by 2013 into more than 2,800 homes under the new epithet of East Village, London E20. Master planner,... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/NLA_East-Village-a-lasting-legacy-for-London/ &lsquo;East Village &ndash; a lasting legacy for London,&rsquo; will bring to life the &lsquo;living, legacy design&rsquo; of London&rsquo;s newest neighbourhood, and give visitors to the exhibition a flavour of what it will be like to live in East Village, E20. Situated on the doorstep of The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this new neighbourhood will be the first residential legacy to result from the Games bid when it opens to residents in late 2013.<br />... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:27:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Moravian-Library-Stavebni-technologie-v-Olympijskem-Londyne/ <div>Britsk&eacute; velvyslanectv&iacute; v Praze</div> <div>a Moravsk&aacute; zemsk&aacute; knihovna v Brně</div> <div>si v&aacute;s dovoluj&iacute; pozvat na odborn&yacute; semin&aacute;ř s diskuz&iacute;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&quot;Stavebn&iacute; technologie v Olympijsk&eacute;m Lond&yacute;ně&quot;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div>... Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Fletcher-Priest-Architects-6-bevis-marks-starts-on-site/ A 16 storey office building next to St Mary Axe has started on site this week . Designed by Fletcher Priest Architects for AXA Real Estate, MGPA ,EUROHYPO and CORE, the new 234,200 sq ft office will be a distinctive addition to the City, and its dramatic ETFE covered roof garden will enliven the surrounding roofscape.<br /> <br /> The new building replaces a 1980&rsquo;s office that over-sailed the pavement to form a dark colonnade that isolated the building from the street.... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/page--1/ <p><strong>Garden Museum : Garden City to Green City Events</strong><br /> <br /> Thursday 29th March 6pm doors open, event begins at 6.30pm</p> <p>In the final week of our exhibition From Garden City to Green Cities architects, landscape architects and an historian celebrate five visionary projects which have achieved a balance between architecture and landscape, indoors and outdoors, and the green and the grey. What lessons can we learn from... Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:59:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Context-and-Sustainability-the-architecture-of-Fletcher-Priest/ <p>Tuesday, 20 March 2012: 'Context and Sustainability: the architecture of Fletcher Priest' Fletcher Priest have several City of London buildings to their credit, most notably the Watermark Place building on the Thames, now occupied by Nomura and called 1 Angel Lane. They now have two new projects starting on site, at 6 Bevis Marks for AXA and at <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:18:00 GMT http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Belgrade-events/ <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF />... Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:41:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Faces-of-British-Architecture/ <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF />... Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:51:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/London-Global-Design-Hub/ Fletcher Priest's masterplan for the new urban centre in Latvia's capital, Riga, features in an upcoming <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/exhibition.php?id=324&amp;name=london_global_design_hub">NLA</a> exhibition:<br /> <br /> This exhibition provides a snap shot of the wide variety of work that is being carried out by London-based architects and consultants in 51 different countries across the world, from... Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:26:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Central-St-Giles-is-best-of-the-best-at-office-awards/ Renzo Piano and Fletcher Priest&rsquo;s Central St Giles development has been named 'best of the best' at the British Council for Offices (BCO) annual awards.<br /> <br /> BDP, AHMM, HKS, Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher, Haa Design and CDA Group were also recognised in separate categories.<br /> <br /> The awards list in full is:<br /> <ul> <li>Best Commercial Workplace and Best of the Best Award: Central Saint Giles, London by Renzo Piano... Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:32:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Finsbury-Circus-House-and-Bevis-Marks-in-Estates-Gazette/ <a href="http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Estates-Gazette---Core-Strategy/" target="_self">See the full article here</a><br /> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:34:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Neil-Porter-PresentsUrban-Group-Seminar/ <strong>The BCO Urban Group will hear from Neil Porter, Gustafson Porter, on contemporary landscape architecture and public realm including his most recent work.<br /> <br /> Venue: Fletcher Priest Architects, Middlesex House, 34/42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JE</strong><br /> <br /> The development of Gustafson Porter&rsquo;s design work has continuously pushed the boundaries of what constitutes the field of landscape. They have a reputation... Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:44:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/BBC-Radio-4---Spirit-of-the-Beehive---On-the-roof-on-Nomura-One-Angel-Lane/ <p>Nina Perry's composed feature 'Spirit of the Beehive' explores our enduring relationship with the honeybee, lifting the lid of the beehive to hear some surprising lessons to be learnt through observing and working with bees, as well as how the life of bees inspires human endeavours in the arts and in business.</p> <p>We follow a group of young people from Hackney in London who are passionate urban beekeepers. They work for The Golden Company, a social enterprise... Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:29:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Shortlists-announced-for-2011-Architect-of-the-Year-Awards/ <p>Small practices take on architectural giants in the running for this year&rsquo;s awards, which celebrate bodies of work across 13 categories.</p> <p>This year &ndash; the eighth in which they have been running &ndash; the awards drew a record 168 entries.</p> <p>The judging will be conducted in October by a jury of architects, clients and built environment experts.&nbsp; They include Waheed Nazir, director of regeneration at Birmingham... Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:41:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/BDonline---Photography-Competition/ <div> <p>Third Architect&rsquo;s Eye competition now open for entries</p> </div> <p>Architect&rsquo;s Eye, a competition which judges architects&rsquo; photography skills, has been launched.&nbsp;</p> <p>The competition, for which BD is media sponsor, is open to all qualified architects practising in the UK and is split into two distinct categories: Architecture and Place and Architecture and People.</p> <p>The... Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:00:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Planning-consent-has-been-received-for-a-significant-new-central-London-development-for-Land-Securities-designed-by-Fletcher-Priest-Architects-and-Sauerbruch-Hutton/ <p>Fletcher Priest, in collaboration with Sauerbruch Hutton, developed the masterplan for the large site on Ludgate Hill, the City&rsquo;s ceremonial route to St. Paul&rsquo;s. Stretching back along the Old Bailey to the Central Criminal Court, it will include 34, 850m2 of new offices and retail space.</p> <div>60 Ludgate Hill and 30 Old Bailey will replace a pair of existing buildings from the 1960s, such that the streetscape of the entire site is transformed. A... Tue, 24 May 2011 17:58:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Central-Saint-Giles-wins-the-British-Council-of-Offices-best-Commercial-Workplace-award-for-London-and-South-East-Region/ Neil Thompson, Portfolio Director at Great Portland Estates and <br /> BCO Judging Chair for London and the South East, said: <br /> <br /> <em>&ldquo;The focus of the BCO awards is to judge buildings from a multi-disciplinary point of view, placing an emphasis on aspects such as architectural flair, sustainable and economic construction with fitness for purpose for users of the space.&nbsp; We had a very high standard of entries once again this year, with... Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:24:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/The-City-granted-planning-consent-for-470000ft-new-office-buildings-for-TIAA-CREF/ <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF />... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:00:00 BST http://www.fletcherpriest.com/Marco-Montariello-seminar-of-FPA-work-at-Politecnico-di-Milano/ <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF />...