We are very pleased to announce that the restoration of the West Facade and Clock Tower at St Leonard, Shoreditch has been shortlisted for the Hackney Design Awards 2020 in the Heritage and Conservation Category! Hackney Design Awards are a celebration of great design in Hackney. Voting is now open for the people’s choice and young […]
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The Forum aims to bring together both architects and heritage professionals to provide wide range of perspectives on the issues of sustainability and existing buildings. The Forum will be divided into three ‘sections’, each addressing a specific theme: The Political and Institutional Landscape (Tax, Policy, Procurement and Ethics) Sam Balch, Deputy Director at The Department […]
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Roger Mears Architects have started work on Phase II of the restoration of the East Lodge of the Nunhead Cemetery Chapel, Southwark. The East Lodge forms one of the pair of lodges at the northern entrance of Nunhead Cemetery, it is Grade II listed and has been on the Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register […]
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Lord Rookwood (now Rookwood Village) reopens We are very pleased that the Lord Rookwood has just reopened following a complete, high quality refurbishment. The development of the flats upstairs is also complete. The new build residential units are just being finished off as well as the external works. We will follow up with more photos […]
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We are very pleased to announce that Putney Chapel has been shortlisted for the South London RIBA Regional Awards 2020! The locally-listed yet derelict Gothic Revival chapel is surrounded by a common and historic cemetery; conversion to a dwelling was the only viable means of saving it. Over five years, the whole fabric and its […]
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We’re very excited to announce that Highfield Park Visitor Centre won the RICS Social Impact Awards 2020 in the Land and Rural Category! Highfield Park Visitor Centre is a new purpose-built visitor centre supporting the Highfield Park Trust’s expanding activities. A new low-key barn style building sits within the hedged perimeter of the previous maintenance […]
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There are certain events that change the course of one’s life. It is these events that we remember in detail and that continue to excite our minds, informing our thoughts and actions today. It was during a journey to west Wales when Roger and his wife discovered an abandoned watermill in a remote valley. Covered […]
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The winner of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Award for 2019 has been selected by guest judge Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses, as Sarah Khan, whose course work on ‘The Ghost in the Machine: Occupants’ influence on the Environmental Performance in a Grade I Listed Building’ was submitted to the former Postgraduate Diploma […]
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We are very pleased to announce that Putney Chapel is a finalist for the ASBP sustainability awards. Our aim was to save the derelict building by providing an imaginative re-use as a dwelling annexe to the nearby cemetery lodge. We were also able to capitalize on the embodied carbon of the existing building which had […]
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We hosted the 2019 SPAB Repair of Old Buildings Course at St Leonard’s Shoreditch on Wednesday 9th October, and also earlier in the year in May, seeing the progress of the West Facade repair project. Site visits are a key part of the course, allowing delegates to see how the principles discussed in the lectures […]
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