Appletree farmhouse has won the Hertfordshire Architects Association Awards 2018 for Building Conservation in the open category. This project comprised the sensitive and meticulous repair of a Grade II listed farmhouse on the edge of Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Works included careful repairs to roofs, brickwork and timber frames, and the successful use […]
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Sarah Khan presented ‘What you need to know about Listed Building Consent’ on CPD day at ‘Guerrilla Tactics 2018: Expanding Practice: Navigating the Architecture of Planning, Procurement and Property’, which took place at the RIBA on 13–14 November 2018. The talk was aimed at architects new to working with Listed Buildings. The talk began with […]
Read MoreThe Heritage Statement is a standard requirement of planning applications involving heritage assets. Sarah Khan talks to RIBA about some key issues to consider when writing a Heritage stement for a succesful Listed Building Consent Application. The article can be read on RIBA’s website, it is also reproduced below. How to write a successful Heritage […]
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Our Partner Sarah Khan writes in the September RIBA Journal about her research into sustainability. The article focuses on some traditional methods, which can be re-introduced to improve comfort in traditional builidngs in a zero-carbon way. The article can be accessed from the RIBA Journal website. The article is also reproduced below: RIBA Intelligence/ Engery […]
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Appletree farmhouse has been Highly Commended at the Hertfordshire Building Futures Awards in the Retrofit for the Future category. The awards ceremony took place at Knebworth house on the evening of 4th October 2018. Judge’s comments: ‘A masterclass in striking an appropriate balance between preserving the historic aspects of a building, whilst creating a modern […]
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Our Practice Partner, Sarah Khan is leading a tour of St Leonards, Shoreditch on 5th of October, 2018. This is a free evening of architecture and archaeology talks discussing the unique history of St Leonard’s Shoreditch, from its Norman roots and Shakespearean worshippers to its current Georgian structure, and hopes for the future preservation of […]
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New Visitor Centre | Highfield Park Trust This new building creates a flexible environment, ideally positioned to welcome an ever increasing number of visitors and provides a base from which they can then explore the many diverse and interesting features that Highfield Park has to offer. It has been built on the old storage compound […]
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From Monday 25th of June we will be at our new address: Union Chapel Compton Avenue N1 2XD Our phone numbers and emails will remain the same.
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Appletree farmhouse won the RICS East of England award for Building Conservation at the awards ceremony on 10th of May. This project comprised the sensitive and meticulous repair of a Grade II listed farmhouse on the edge of Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Works included careful repairs to roofs, brickwork and timber frames, and […]
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The stabilisation and repair to the portico stonework at St Leonard, Shoreditch, has been shortlisted for the SPAB John Betjeman Award 2018. Winners are to be announced at a later date. The award is given for repairs to a specific element of a building, rather than for a general programme of works. The award is always made […]
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