Open House London
As part of Open House London Roddy Langmuir and David Cawston hosted an online tour of the Hillside Hub. Via the internet, 'visitors' were able to 'walk' around the building and post questions and comments using virtual 'sticky notes' for the architects to respond to. The Hub can still be accessed online and we will endeavour to answer any questions you leave.
In July the Stonebridge Estate held a celebration to mark the 15th anniversary since the regeneration of the area began. The Hillside Hub represents a major milestone in the regeneration programme and provides mixed-tenure apartments, a community centre, a health centre, a convenience store, a communal garden and parking in one development.
Stonebridge Site 10
We have won a limited competition to design 122 new dwellings for Hyde Housing in Stonebridge, north west London, adjacent the Hillside Hub. The housing is a mix of open market rent and innovative dwellings designed specifically for independent older people. We are now working with Hyde to draw up the scheme towards a planning application in the first half of 2012.
Maggie's Night Hike
Through the night of September 16th, and some of the morning of the 17th, a team from Cullinans walked 20 miles around London for Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres. The North East Maggie's Centre, designed by Ted Cullinan, is due to go on site this Winter. All donations to Maggie's via the Night Hike Team are still welcome!
Videos on the website
Recent videos added to our website include an animation of how the BFI Master Film Store works and was put together, an animation of our Istanbul Mixed-use Theme Park Masterplan, which was runner-up in a recent competition and one of a series of short videos by Wood for Good in which Roddy Langmuir talks about the John Hope Gateway.
Community Involvement
We have been working with Global Generation on ideas for their Skip Gardens in Kings Cross.
A sustainable architecture workshop for 15 Generators was held at our offices in October, during which time we made a small presentation on the essence of sustainable architecture using the designs for our new studios as a case study. Following the talk, the Generators split into 3 groups to carry out a brainstorm design session to create ideas for the entrance piece to the Skip Garden.
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Completed
Over the past three months we have completed the BFI's Master Film Store that will preserve the nation's history of film for future generations; the final phase of the extensive remodelling of Forest Gate Community School in east London; structural engineering on a private house basement conversion in south London; and the sensitive refurbishment of four classrooms at Rosendale Primary School in south London. "We were astonished at the results they produced in the time given... We feel that their input is helping to make the school a better learning space for children and adults alike." Kate Atkins, Head of Rosendale Primary School.
On site
To celebrate the start of works on our new studios we hosted a table-tennis tournament against the contractors, Jerram Falkus, in the soon-to-be-transformed building. We lost, but graciously. Other projects that have recently started on site inlcude; the Institute of Product and Service Innovation, our third building for the University of Warwick; and the Penarth Heights development near Cardiff Bay in Wales.
Competitions
We collaborated with Jane Wernick Associates for the RIBA competition to design a pylon that would be capable of creating energy at the same time as distributing it. The PYLON+ design was not shortlisted, but we believe it would transform the grid and, if rolled out across the country, would get close to meeting the Government's micro-generation energy target of 2% by 2030 on its own. The PYLON+ could be used for local electricity generation by incorporating up to 8 vertical axis wind turbines.
Events
Since the summer, Robin Nicholson has given a series of lectures in Chile (above) and took part in a debate on delivering the 'Green Agenda' at the London Design Festival; Roddy Langmuir spoke at the RIBA Symposium on working abroad, gave a talk and hosted a design charette for a group of students from Idaho University and chaired a debate at In Touch With Timber; Ted Cullinan gave a lecture to the RIBA NE in Newcastle and delivered the keynote speech at the LoveLight event; Philip Graham gave a high profile lecture at Goodenough College on our work in libya; and Carol Costello was a speaker at the annual Employee Ownership Association Conference. Coming up...
- 8 Dec: Brendan Sexton - Oxford Architectural Society Debate
- 9 Dec: Wen Quek - Talk at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 12 March: Ted Cullinan - Harwell Hamilton Harris Endowed Lecture 'Contemporary Urbanism', North Carolina, USA
- 14 June: Ted Cullinan - 'Deep Roots in a New Energy City' Festival of Architecture, RAIC, Newfoundland
Studio Toogood
In May we welcomed Studio Toogood to our canal-side studios. Toogood designs, directs and executes interiors and environments from concept through to creation, with projects ranging from the 2D page to the 3D space, and from the real to the conceptual.
Awards
New Herbarium Wing, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
John Hope Gateway
Brampton Manor School
Maggie's Night Hike
To celebrate the North East Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre going on site this summer, and to continue our support to the charity, a team from Cullinans will be walking 20 miles around London again. All donations will be very gratefully received.
Lambeth Community Care Centre
A group from Cullinans visited Lambeth Community Care Centre in South London on its annual garden open day in May. Robin Nicholson, senior partner at Cullinans and the project architect of the Care Centre, took us on a tour of the building and explained how its extensive gardens have matured since its completion in 1985. The centre is based around an innovative approach to patient care, where patients have an active role in their own care and running of the centre.
Community Involvement
As parent volunteers, Carol Costello and Kristina Roszynski undertook a study of Rosendale Primary School’s existing buildings. A London Board School, the building has many familiar environmental issues such as heat gain, heat loss and poor daylighting, due to later additions to the Victorian classroom and poor utilisation of space. Cullinans have since been appointed to help the school carry out works to four classrooms over the summer holidays. Our proposal will reduce summer heat gain and increase natural daylight. Natural ventilation is maximised in the design whilst the new adaptable classroom layouts with natural materials will provide a child centered learning space for the 21st century.
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Planning Success
In May, Bristol City Council's planning committee voted unanimously to approve the last major residential building and Millennium Promenade leading down to the floating harbour (picture above) in our Bristol Harbourside Masterplan. The project will go on site later this year. In April, the International Institute for Products and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at the University of Warwick won planning consent and is due to go on site in August.
On site
Projects progressing on site at the moment include a new state-of-the-art Master Film Store for the British Film Institute, due for completion later this year, and Shenley Academy in Birmingham, due for completion in 2012. In August, the North East Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre (pictured above), designed by Ted Cullinan, will be going on site and the designs for our new low carbon, low energy studios in Baldwin Terrace will begin to be realised.
Competitions
In June we were runners-up in an international competition to design a multi-purpose masterplan to regenerate 150 Ha of land in west Istanbul (pictured above), incorporating housing, offices, retail and a theme park. We were also invited to take part in an international competition to remodel the Central European University Campus in the heart of Budapest in Hungary.
Events
At the Building Centre, Robin Nicholson gave the annual Building Centre Trust Annual Lecture and contributed to the first of the 'Energy Conversations' series, and Roddy Langmuir talked about the John Hope Gateway at the Wood Awards Launch. In May, Roddy gave a talk on Shahat Garden City as part of our Sustainable Talks series, which will continue in September after a summer break. In May we hosted a lively debate on 'Different Perspectives on Domestic Eco-Renovation' for Transition Highbury.
- 16 Feb - 7 Aug: Visit the Design Museum to see the Stonebridge Hillside Hub in the Brit Insurance Design Awards Exhibition
- 12 July: Roddy Langmuir is contributing to an Open City Exemplar Masterclass at the Stonebridge Hillside Hub in North West London
- 27 Sept: Roddy langmuir will be talking at TRADA's 'In Touch With Timber' event in Coventry
SDF
In January we welcomed the Sustainable Development Foundation to our offices in north London. SDF organise programmes such as the Good Homes Alliance and SHINE.
Awards
In November 2010 the RSA named Ted Cullinan a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI). Recent Awards for the practice include:
HLAA, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
John Hope Gateway
Stonebridge Hillside Hub
Team Build
Part 2 Architectural Assistants, Scott Jenkins and Brendan Sexton, were part of two inter-disciplinary teams involved in this year's Team Build event, one of which went on to win the Worshipful Company of Architects's procurement prize for best performance in the procurement task.
Community Involvement
David Cawston, who was recently Project Architect for the award winning Stonebridge Hillside Hub, is volunteering one day a week to help convert a disused Victorian Hall into a creative facility for the local community, on behalf of St Barnabas Dalston Church in east London.
'Dislocation'
Allan Collins's artwork featured in last year's 'Dislocation' exhibition in the gallery space next to our studios in Islington, north London.
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Planning Success
In January we gained planning approvals for Shenley Academy in Birmingham, which has now started on site, and the Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre in Newcastle designed by Ted Cullinan - who we are happy to report is making a good recovery from his recent illness; he says thank you for all your good wishes.
Openings
November 2010 saw the opening of two Cullinan buildings: the new Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives wing at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and a new Gatehouse was opened by Frank Dobson MP at Torriano Junior School in Camden, north London.
Projects
- Work has now started on site for a state-of-the-art storage facility for the British Film Institute
- The International Institute for Products and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at the University of Warwick has been submitted for planning
- Work is nearing completion on the extensive remodelling and new entrance building at Forest Gate Community School in the London Borough of Newham
Events
- 22 Mar: Robin Nicholson - 'Can we rise to the challenge', Building Centre Trust Annual Environment Lecture
- 16 Feb - 7 Aug: Visit the Design Museum to see the Stonebridge Hillside Hub in the Brit Insurance Design Awards Exhibition
- 26 Feb - 8 May: Visit the V&A to see the Newcastle Maggie's Centre design on display in the RIBA Architecture Gallery
- 24 Mar: Francesca Greco from Arup Associates, 'The Water Challenge'
- 19 May: Roddy Langmuir from Edward Cullinan Architects, 'Shahat Garden City, Libya'
This year we became a member of the Employee Ownership Association. The EOA are a business association for companies who are substantially or wholly owned by the people who work for them.
Awards
John Hope Gateway
Stonebridge Hillside Hub
International Digital Laboratory
Green News
This year we have been hosting a series of lively talks on current thinking in sustainable practice. Sustainability Consultant and Architect, Ann Bodkin, will give the next talk 'Learning from Malmo and Frieburg' on 14th October.
On behalf of Cullinan's, Project Architect Laura Marr contributed to a Partnerships for Schools study looking at preventing over-heating in existing schools due to climate change. Senior Practice partner, Robin Nicholson, chaired the Zero Carbon (Schools) Task Force whose report was accepted by the Government earlier this year. Robin is now chair of the Cambridgeshire Quality Panel.
50 Years of London Architecture
During the London Festival of Architecture, the Architecture Club organised a comprehensive exhibition at the Mall Galleries that celebrated the last 5 decades of London Architecture. Nine of our buildings featured in the exhibition, including Ted Cullinan's own Listed house in Camden, the new Herbarium Wing at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Clink Street Development in Southwark, the Stonebridge Hillside Hub in Brent and the Lambeth Community Care Centre which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.
Supporting Maggie's
A team of 12, including the Project Architect for the Maggie's Centre North East, Lucy Spencer, will be walking the 20 mile Night Hike around London on 17th September. All donations are welcome via this link to help raise money for Maggie's Centres!
Johnny Winter, Project Director on the Maggie's Centre North East is cycling 100 miles on 12th September to raise money for the charity. Again, all donations welcome via this link!
Door Henge
The reclaimed doors used in our London Festival of Architecture events were further recycled in a children's maze designed and built by members of the Practice at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival in August.
Journey Home from Libya
A trip to Libya by the Shahat Garden City project architects coincided with the infamous 'ash cloud' this year. Learn about their eventful journey home and more general news stories on our blog.
Architectural Practice of the Year
In April, Edward Cullinan Architects were announced as Architectural Practice of the Year at the Building Awards 2010. The judges commended the quality of our work, our commitment to sustainability; socially, economically and environmentally, and our employment practices. We are also shortlisted for Building Design's Public Building Architect of the Year Award.
What is keeping us busy...
- Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre in Newcastle
- Sub-zero National Master Film Store for the BFI
- Sustainable masterplan for the new Shahat Garden City in Libya
- Institute for Sustainability at the Sustainable Industries Park in east London
- The final 180 unit residential building in the regeneration of Bristol Harbourside
SCHOOLS:
- A new gatehouse for Torriano Junior School in Camden was completed in August
- Brampton Manor School has been extensively remodelled and is the first Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project to be completed in the London Borough of Newham
- The remodelling of Forest Gate Community School, our second BSF school in Newham will be complete next summer and will encourage greater community use
- The design of a new academy for E-ACT in Birmingham
Royal Botanic Openings
We have recently completed two buildings in Royal Botanic Gardens; the John Hope Gateway in Edinburgh and the new Herbarium Library, Art & Archives Wing at Kew. The Gateway was officially opened by HRH The Queen in July and the Herbarium will be formerly opened in November. As part of this year's Open House Weekend, 18 - 19 September, the Herbarium at Kew will be open to the public. Other Cullinan buildings open over the weekend are the Stonebridge Hillside Hub, Greenwich Millennium Primary School and the Charles Cryer Studio Theatre in Carshalton.
London Festival of Architecture
We hosted four events for the 2010 London Festival of Architecture:
- 'Love Your Canal'; a local postcard competition that was judged by Ted Cullinan, Peter Murray (founder of the Festival) and Mark Davy (Futurecity). Local MP Emily Thornberry, who attended the prize-giving event, applauded the competition for drawing attention to appreciating where we live.
- Ted Cullinan gave a talk on the work of the practice
- The 'Making Places' exhibition showcased our work alongside structural engineers Ramboll UK's work
- and we collaborated with Ramboll to create a welcoming installation to our studios on Baldwin Terrace and along the canal
The 'Love Your Canal' prizes were donated by Cass Art, Panopus sponsored the printing associated with our Festival events and the doors used in the installation and the exhibition were donated by Jerram Falkus from a schools project on site.
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