Enabling London 2012: The Olympic Infrastructure (Webinar)

John Lyall gave a presentation today of our work on the infrastructure of the Olympics, as part of the Infrastructure Now conference.

In a webinar entitled Enabling London 2012: The Olympic Infrastructure there were presentations by Simon Wright, director of infrastructure and utilities at the ODA, Mike McNicholas, project director for London 2012 at Atkins, and finally John Lyall.

You can watch (and listen to) Johns presentation below:

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John presenting for the Infrastructure Now virtual conference

Click here to listen to the follow-up discussion:

Following Johns presentation there was a really interesting discussion on the  cost of good quality architecture in Infrastructure projects, how our work relates to that of the Victorians, and finally whether John has enjoyed the process of working on the Olympics  - click here to listen

The full webinar  is available on demand here –  and includes the other presenters and an introduction from Tom Lane of Building magazine (requires registration).

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Crossness Enhanced Digestion Plant into planning

John Lyall Architects have submitted for planning designs for a new Enhanced Digestion Plant at Thames Water’s Crossness facility in East London.

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The Crossness Enhanced Digestion Plant is a sludge cake storage and de-watering facility. The building houses the final stages of a process which renders sewage sludge into fertiliser cake. The cake is stored in the building before being freely distribution to farm fields as fertiliser – providing a valuable and sustainable use for what was once considered

‘waste’.

The building, for Thames Water, adds to John Lyall Architects’ growing body of high quality infrastructure projects. The design has a dense and exciting composition of

rectangular walls and corners, with peaks and troughs of cast glass and etched concrete. The massing is intended to give a controlled, mannered and timeless expression to what is a large and important building on the river Thames.

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Design fit for Education

“These are exciting times for independent schools and improved facilities are the perfect way to attract new pupils and parents”

An A4E advertorial piece in the Autumn/Winter 2010 edition of Schoolhouse Magazine:

Click here to view this article as a pdf.

See http:// http://www.architects4education.co.uk/ for more details about how we work, or click here to see the latest A4E brochure.

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Architects4Education at the Remodelling Education Conference

This weeks Remodelling Education Conference and exhibition was a great success, especially if you consider that this was the first year the organisers have run this format. The atmosphere was very positive, despite the current uncertainties over funding for schools projects, with a lot of talk about new opportunities. The Architects4Education stand was very busy and we talked to a lot of people interested in our track record and collaborative working. The conference was also a good platform for us to show our ability to create high quality learning environments through remodelling and refurbishment as well as new buildings.

A particularly relevant project to the theme of remodelling was Northbury School, designed by Greenhill Jenner.  In July this year the project was “Highly Commended” by the British Council for School Environments in the category of Best School Extension, Refurbishment or Remodel, and also won a 2010 RIBA award.

A Case Study in Remodelling: Northbury School

Click here to open a pdf version of the case study.

See http:// http://www.architects4education.co.uk/ for more details about how we work, or click here to see the latest A4E brochure.

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Remodelling Education Conference, Manchester

Architects4Education will be exhibiting at next weeks Remodelling Education Conference in Manchester, on 13th and 14th September.

Come along to stand number 9 to see what we do!

The conference is a dedicated platform for discussing reuse and refurbishment in existing education spaces. Given the current economic climate the conference is perfectly timed, and we look forward to engaging in the debate! Architects4Education have a wide range of experience in refurbishing schools, as well as building new.

Northbury School is a good example of adding to an existing school, which in July this year was “Highly Commended” by the British Council for School Environments in the category of Best School Extension, Refurbishment or Remodel. Click here to go to the A4E website for more information.

Northbury School designed by Greenhill Jenner

For more details on the conference and exhibition – including free seminar content – see http://www.remodellingeducation.com/

To view the new Architects4Education brochure see our earlier blog post.

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Architects4Education new brochure

Architects4Education (an education-specific consortium of award winning architects) is pleased to announce our new brochure:

Click here to open the brochure as a PDF

Architects4Education comprises of John Lyall Architects, Greenhill Jenner, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects and Dr Chris French. Projects are designed in collaboration and with peer review, meaning that design quality is kept consistently high. Top level management maintain a close involvement through all stages of the project, and together we offer the resources of a larger company, but with the flexibility and approachability of a smaller practice.

For more information on what we do and our projects please see the consortium website: www.architects4education.co.uk

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Enabling London 2012: The Olympic Infrastructure

John Lyall will be presenting an online webinar on Enabling London 2012: The Olympic Infrastructure at the upcoming ‘Infrastructure Now’ conference – free to attend online.

John will talk about John Lyall Architects role in the design of the London Olympics infrastructure, including our Pudding Mill Lane pumping station and the family of three other pumping stations on and around the Olympic Park:

The Olympic Pumping Station, designed by John Lyall Architects

The talk – free to attend virtually – takes place at 10am on 23rd September – click here for more details. Also presenting as part of this discussion will be:

Simon Wright, director of infrastructure and utilities, ODA

and

Mike McNicholas, project director for London 2012, Atkins

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Helsinki Horizon 2030 review

Further to our previous blog post John Lyall Architects own Laura Brax has written an article in Finnish design magazine ‘ au ‘ – reviewing the Helsinki Horizon 2030 project:

As part of the Helsinki Horizon 2030 project vast industrial port and harbour areas are being freed-up in the city centre and will be developed into three new city districts. The old ports release 20 km of new shore line for public paths and bicycle routes, beaches, yacht clubs, cafes, parks and other recreational areas for the citizens to enjoy. The new districts will also create 50 000 new homes, the majority of which come with a sea view and are located within a short tram ride from the old city centre. This being the largest urban redevelopment project in Europe, Helsinki finds it self in a unique position…

Click here to read the PDF article (in Finnish)

For those of you who don’t read Finnish - we plan to post a translation here soon!

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The Mill Published in German magazine Archimag

Our award winning mixed use scheme The Mill in Ipswich continues to generate wide interest – this time featuring in German design magazine Archimag:

Click here to read the online article (in German)

The piece talks about how the residential project was anchored by the successful integration of the dance school at the very heart of the waterside development. It also discusses the history of the scheme and the mixture of new build and historic refurbished elements.

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