What can we do with Waste? Article in New London Architecture Quarterly

John Lyall Architects feature in a recent article in New London Architecture Quarterly asking “What can we do with Waste?”

The article documents the discussions made at the NLAs conference Recovering Energy from Waste: New technologies and infrastructure for the capital  and includes commentary on the opportunities and constraints in the fast moving sector of energy from waste. The article includes input from all of the speakers at the event:

“London is a huge producer ‘of everything’ and contributes some 20 per cent of theUK’s ‘waste arisings’. ‘That means that the potential fuel sources from energy to waste are bountiful’ ”  - James Cleverly, Chairman, London Waste and Recycling Board

‘We’ve got waste; we’ve got to get rid of it. We’re not putting it in landfill; we need somewhere to get rid of it. Where’s the easiest place to put it? Let’s put it here. It’s not very efficient, and we’ve got to move away from that. We’ve got to plan better, make sure that all the opportunities are taken…”  Andrew Richmond, Waste Policy and Programmes Manager, GLA

To read the full article click here.

The full list of speakers from the seminar were:

Andrew Richmond, Waste Policy and Programmes Manager, GLA

James Cleverly, Chairman, London Waste and Recycling Board

Tim Judson, Director of Procurement, North London Waste Authority

Stuart Hayward-Higham, Development Director (Technology and Markets), SITA UK

Ian Brebner, Partner, Austin-Smith:Lord

Mark Challis, Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell

Mark Bradbury, Deputy Director of Development,London Thames Gateway Development Corporation

John Lyall, Managing Director, John Lyall Architects

Matthew Webb, Climate Change Strategy Manager - London Uunderground Limited

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Goldsmiths – Patinated Brass Cladding

The Goldsmiths project is progressing rapidly on site, with most of the stonework completed, and the final panels of patinated brass being finished prior to installation. As with all of our projects, the combination of high quality complimentary materials is important, and we make regular visits to suppliers to check that the quality of production and supply is as high as it can be.

The metal cladding is particularly good example – it is hand-patinated by Capisco – a small team of highly skilled craftspeople in East London, ensuring that each cladding panel is unique, featuring a richly mottledbronze-coloured pattern. This is a really important feature of our design – this element of craftsmanship perfectly compliments our client – the venerable 700 year old jewellery institution that is The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

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The brass cladding panels are first pressed in Glasgow, before being shipped to Capisco’s workshops in Clapton, London. The panels start as a brightly-polished yellow colour, and are treated by up to seven different hand processes including chemical washes and blow-torching. The panels are then ready for inspection by our project architect, after which they can be installed on the building!

The build is going well on site – see this previous post  - which also gives further information on the project.

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JLA field trip to the Olympic Park

John Lyall Architects went on an office field trip to the Olympic Park last week – partly to see some of our new infrastructure buildings on and around the site, partly to discuss the rest of the Olympic architecture… and partly just to enjoy a glass of wine and catch up with one another!

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We took in the sights of three of our  pumping stations: Pudding Mill Lane, Old Ford Water Treatment Plant, and Old ford Pumping Station, and walking along The Greenway we also saw The Viewtube, The Orbit Tower, the Olympic Stadium, and then retired to nearby Formans for some excellent smoked salmon!

Click here to see our pumping stations on and around the Olympic site on a map. To see more of our award winning Infrastructure projects - Click here

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Pudding Mill Lane pumping station wins NLA award

John Lyall Architects have won a prestigious New London Architecture award for our Pudding Mill Lane pumping station for the Olympics!

 

Neil Young and John Lyall accepted the NLA award earlier this week, at the impressive Guild Hall in The City of London. This award adds to Pudding Mill Lane’s CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence in sustainability.

In his opening remarks, NLA Chairman Peter Murray said:

‘As the awards jury we have sought to reward not only excellence in design but also to recognise architecture that complements the surrounding city. The New London Awards are about buildings that sit comfortably with their neighbours and adjacent spaces and the strength of the winners is remarkable. It goes to show that London is attracting the very best in the world in terms of design and built form despite the economic downturn, and is a positive sign of what is to come.’  

 

An exhibition of the entries highlighting all of the finalists will open in the NLA galleries in September and run for 12 months.

Pudding Mill is just one of a number of award winning Infrastructure projects designed by John Lyall Architects – click here to find out more!

Image copyright: top: ODA; left and right: Agnese Sanvito. Click image to open the image in its original location.

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Goldsmiths Centre published in Building Design Magazine!

“The brass cladding of John Lyall Architects’studios for the Goldsmiths Company in Clerkenwell gives a hint towards the work going on inside”

John Lyall Architects Goldsmiths Centre in Farringdon, London has been published in this weeks Building Design magazine. The article looks in particular detail at the  pre-patinated brass cladding, which has been hand finished to produce a rich colour and texture, with each panel being unique.

Click here to open a PDF version of the article.

The project is progressing well on site, and is due for completion in the autumn 2011. To see the latest site photos click here. For more design development images click here.

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Mapped! Our Pumping Stations seen from the air.

Google has updated its aerial imagery of the Olympic Park – so you can now see our pumping stations under construction on and around the Olympic Park! Use the plus and minus buttons to zoom in and take a closer look!

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The whole park is a hive of activity, and even though it is a dusty, cluttered construction site in these images, the park is clearly taking shape – and the public spaces and bridges are beginning to look really exciting! Roll on 2012!

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Old Ford and Stratford Box – latest site photos!

These are the latest site photos of our innovative infrastructure work on and around the Olympic Park; three separate facilities, each recovering water which would otherwise be wasted!

Old Ford Pumping Station: the photo above shows one of the four cubes of Corten steel which cluster around the central well head – itself also clad in Corten Steel but with a laser-cut pattern, inspired by the trees of the surrounding nature reserve.

This new pumping station sits above an existing Victorian well, and recovers raw groundwater, pumping it to North London for treatment as drinking water. This facility sits next to another of our new buildings – the Old Ford Water Treatment plant:

This groundbreaking water treatment plant uses the latest technology to treat foul water from the Northern Outfall Sewer, processing it and pumping it into the Olympic Park for use as grey water – watering landscape and pitches.

Our third and final pumping station on site – Stratford Box – is situated on the other side of the Olympic stadium:

The Stratford Box project is a dewatering facility – pumping millions of litres of water from the ground below the nearby Stratford Box railway cutting, route of high speed trains heading from Kings Cross and on towards France.
Clad in variously sized and subtly coloured bricks, the building’s interlocking volumes sit low within another area of natural beauty, in the very centre of the Olympic park.

Keep an eye out for all three buildings (and our completed Pudding Mill Lane Pumping Station) on the telly next summer! (maybe!)

To see how these buildings will look when complete, and for more of our award winning Infrastructure projects - Click here !

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Raising the bar to deliver sustainable civil engineering

 

John Lyall will be speaking at this Thursdays CIRIA seminar in London entitled  ’Raising the bar to deliver sustainable civil engineering’.

The event will discuss the future of sustainability in the infrastructure sector,  looking in depth at a number of best practice projects – including JLAs Pudding Mill Lane Pumping station, which recently won a CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence in sustainability.

For more information and to register to attend click here 

 

Pudding Mill is just one of our award winning Infrastructure projects - Click here to read more!

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Pudding Mill Lane pumping station up for an NLA award

Our Pudding Mill Lane Pumping Station – connecting the new Olympic sewer with London’s  existing infrastructure – has been shortlisted for this years New London Architecture Awards!

Click here to read the full shortlist.

Pudding Mill is just one of our award winning Infrastructure projects - Click here to read more.

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Deanes Nursery On site!

Another of our projects currently on site is the Deanes Nursery:

The construction of this new nursery is progressing well, with the slab finished and the brickwork commenced. It is due to be completed  end of August 2011.

The new building will provide modern nursery facilities for 43 children, replacing the aging nursery in the existing school .

The project provides a variety of stimulating spaces for the children. Large windows open out to the courtyard, providing high levels of natural light and ”box windows” create cosy places to play in.

The exterior will be finished in carefully balanced untreated timber and cladding panels in shades of green with red highlights.

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