‘The lunatic is on the grass, remembering games and daisy chains and laughs’ Roger Waters
More than ever it feels important to be discussing the need to rebel, to ignore the ‘keep off the grass’ signs. If we want to build more homes, reduce pollution, combat climate change and design better cities for a fast changing world, then we need to challenge the rules and be bold. The increasing politicising of design and planning, along with weighty beaurocracy and legislation, has led to huge frustrations with the process, resulting in less getting built, not more. It’s great to see the next generation demanding more in the way of humanising their workplace, public realm, homes and so many areas of what make great places and cities, and there’s no doubt that this demand has led to some exciting new developments in design.
We are now a year on from our move to Brixton, and have really enjoyed working and communicating both internally and externally through The Department Store. This building represents the approach we try to take with every project we do: respect context and history, communicate with and include local people, provide active and permeable street frontage, collaborate, innovate, be adventurous, be playful, be contemporary and include well thought out public realm.
The Department Store has achieved recognition with our peers, winning an RIBA National Award, Blueprint award and AJ Retrofit Award and has also been featured as an exemplar development in the Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities. Multi-purpose spaces in the building have allowed the practice to increase its communication with the outside world through a large events programme, hosting talks and exhibitions exploring themes of collaborative art and making, as well as workshops with local schools and members of the community.
As a practice we continue to grow both in architect numbers and disciplines. This year saw the launch of a collaboration with graphic designers Mammal. Mammal are an award winning creative agency with whom we have worked for several years. Their 13 years of experience delivering brand strategy, campaigns and multi-platform design for both property and consumer clients enables us to offer clients an even deeper understanding of their projects and to develop the brand with the architecture, rather than as an afterthought.
The workplace revolution is fully underway and this year has seen us complete a number of exciting workspaces for clients across London including: The Ministry in Borough, The Frames in Shoreditch and 6 Warwick St in Soho. The Rolling Stock Yard development in Kings Cross began on site and will be complete in Q1 2020.
The coming year will see the completion of some large scale residential and mixed use developments including: Chelsea Barracks, Southbank Place, 20 Grosvenor Square and One Palace Street. Other notable projects on site include: The Broadway, Landmark Pinnacle and three office refurbishment projects on Notting Hill Gate. We are particularly excited about the completion of our first large scale affordable housing scheme at Island Point which will deliver 125 new homes on the southern end of the Isle of Dogs.
Our UK portfolio is reaching beyond London to Manchester, Harrogate, Birmingham and Dublin, and we continue to grow our international projects with current commissions in St Petersburg, Budapest, Karachi, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, the Bahamas and the USA.
Design is only a part of what brings about change but it can help and we all need to speak up, many voices are more powerful than one.
As far as we are concerned the lunatics are on the path, we hope to see you soon, on the grass for daisy chains and laughs.
Michael, Henry, Tim and Murray
Chelsea Barracks Phase 1
Type: Residential
Location: Chelsea
Status: On site
Phase 1 of the Chelsea Barracks masterplan is beginning to take shape, revealing its rich details.
Chelsea Barracks Phase 5
Type: Residential
Location: Chelsea
Status: On site
The 14 townhouses take inspiration from historical developments in the area, with rich, layered elevations and a strongly expressed base, middle and top.
Horizontal rhythm, vertical hierarchy
Local character
Rich detail
Generation of the pattern
Botanical pattern studies
Generation of the pattern
Chelsea Barracks Phase 6
Type: Residential
Location: Chelsea
Status: Planning consent 2018
This phase provides the affordable housing for the scheme, consisting of intermediate and socially rented homes, as well as extra care senior living homes and a sports centre.
Local context
Corner treatment
Palette of materials
Chelsea Creek
Type: Residential
Location: Chelsea Creek
Status: On Site
A new waterfront community positions a series of dual aspect residential blocks along a series of reinstated canals, created by restoring an existing lock linked to the River Thames.
Waterside living
Industrial heritage
Concept sketch
Clarges Mayfair
Type: Residential
Location: Mayfair
Status: Completed 2018
Bespoke residential development with highly crafted interiors inspired by Mayfair’s heritage and the nearby Royal Parks.
Royal Parks and seasons
Crafted details
Mayfair grandeur
The Designers’ Dreamscape
Type: Installation
Location: Doon Street
Status: Completed for designjunction 2018
This headline installation for designjunction, during London Design Festival, created a multi-sensory environment using light, sound and smell to inspire creativity, and supported the work of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and the RIBA by hosting mentoring workshops, talks and events.
Awards
The Department Store
RIBA National Award
New London Award
Blueprint Award
AJ Retrofit Award
Civic Trust Award Regional Finalist
Warwick Street
Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards finalist
New London Awards shortlist
Brick Awards shortlist
Noah’s
One Tower Bridge
Housing Design Awards shortlist
World Architecture Festival Awards shortlist
Ark Children’s Hospice New London Award
The Lexicon Sunday Times British Home Awards shortlist AJ Awards shortlist New London Awards shortlist
Island Point Housing Design Awards shortlist
Kensington Primary Academy AJ Awards shortlist: School of the Year
Downtown Doha AJ100 Collaboration of the Year shortlist
Hans Place Brick Awards shortlist
Musheireb
The Frames
Type: Office
Location: Shoreditch
Status: Completed 2018
Flexible creative workspace for small and growing businesses, with designs informed by the industrial warehouse character of the South Shoreditch Conservation Area.
Industrial references
Perforated aluminium fins
Art installation by Mr Jago
Green Shoots Agricultural Technology Centre
Type: Education centre
Location: Krong Samraong, Cambodia
Status: On site
A series of buildings offer agriculture, enterprise and education space for the community. A collaboration between Squire & Partners, SAWA and The Green Shoots Foundation.
Sketch plan The Permaculture cycle
Local materials
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES:
1. Entrance arch
2. Agritech hall
3. Block making + store
4. Water harvesting
5. Nursery/compost
6. Net house
7. Growing structure
8. Treatment pool
9. Bio gas kitchen, WCs, dining area
10. Chicken House 11. Water tower
Bamboo screen workshop using recycled plastic bottles
Volunteer build team on site
October 2018
August 2018
Earth brick fabrication
Island Point
Type: Residential Affordable
Location: Isle of Dogs
Status: On site
High quality affordable homes in a group of low rise buildings, centred on a new south facing garden square.
Community
Brixton Windmill Education Centre
Squire and Partners provided pro bono designs for a new Education Centre to secure the future of Brixton Windmill as a community venture.
We have also offered design advice to the Marcus Lipton Youth Club, Stockwell Primary School and Lambeth Council for various local projects aimed at enhancing existing building stock.
Brixton Design Trail
Squire and Partners has been heavily involved with Brixton Design Trail since 2015. In 2018 we remain on the Brixton Design Trail Committee and support further by managing all Press and Public Relations. The practice also hosts a large scale installation for Brixton Design Trail each year, providing a platform for local creative talent.
Downstairs at the Department Store
Our Downstairs event space is available for private hire, and offers a discount to local organisations as well as a charity rate for weekday evenings.
Brixton BID
Squire & Partners holds a position on Brixton Business Improvement District’s (BID) board, supporting the Director and other board members to plan and implement improvements locally which benefit local residents and businesses, and attract new businesses to the area.
Winter Windows
A collaboration between designers and modelmakers from Squire and Partners and a group of children aged 8-11 from Stockwell Primary School.
Local Schools
We have engaged with local primary and secondary schools such as Evelyn Grace Academy, Corpus Christi, Hill Mead, Elmgreen and Stockwell Primary. Throughout the year we offer workshops and talks, as well as hosting classes from local education groups.
Meet the Neighbours initiative
On our arrival in Brixton we held a six month programme of monthly talks called ‘Meet the Neighbours’ where we invited local organisations to introduce themselves, which included Brixton Pound, Connection Crew, Brixton Soup Kitchen and Bounceback.
Luma King’s Cross
Type: Mixed use
Location: Lewis Cubitt Park, King’s Cross
Status: On site
Forming part of the Argent King’s Cross masterplan, the designs establish strong physical and visual connections with the gardens, and create a bespoke contemporary envelope featuring latticed screens and etched stonework.
Historic use Future use Lattice screen concept development
Msheireb Downtown Doha
Type: Mixed use
Location: Doha, Qatar
Status: On site
Apartments, offices and a hotel within the Mushreib masterplan-an evocative new urban framework that responds to both the environment and the history of its location.
Phase II
Phase III
The Ministry 01 - Borough Road
Type: Workspace & Private Members Club
Location: London, SE1
Status: Completed 2018
A highly creative and energetic environment which transforms from day to night, combining the social and networking aspects of a members club with dynamic workspace.
Museum of Science and Industry
Type: Public
Location: Manchester
Status: Feasibility
A series of unique spaces are enhanced through simple but effective design gestures, whilst preserving the unique characteristics of the existing buildings.
One Tower Bridge
Type: Masterplan
Location: London, SE1
Status: Completed 2017
Our masterplan for One Tower Bridge on London’s South Bank was fully realised in Autumn 2017 with the opening of The Ivy restaurant and the launch of the Bridge Theatre for the London Theatre Company, creating a lasting new piece of the city.
Rolling Stock Yard
Type: Office
Location: York Way, King’s Cross
Status: On site
The facade design is informed by the history of freight, industry and transport which characterises King’s Cross.
Texture, pattern, repetition
Directional movement, colour
Branding by Squire & Partners with Mammal Design
Education
Open City Accelerate Squire and Partners mentored three students in 2018 as part of their longstanding support of the Open City Accelerate mentorship scheme, which aims to increase diversity in the architecture profession by helping students develop skills and a valuable portfolio of work for their university applications.
Regent’s Unviversity
Squire & Partners have provided mentoring for students of the Interior Design programme at Regent’s University, as well as working with students as they devised a bespoke display system for their end of year show, inspired by The Department Store.
Southbank UTC
Students from Southbank UTC have been working with Squire & Partners on a live design project to design and fabricate a furniture series for the
Brixton Windmill Education Centre.
Stephen Lawrence Building Futures Programme
We have been continuing to mentor groups of students through the Stephen Lawrence Building Futures mentorship programme, which offers a platform for established architects to be able to support and guide those who may otherwise not have access to an architectural education.
London School of Architecture
As part of the LSA’s practice network, Squire & Partners are committed to the employment and mentoring of students each academic year. ‘The Civic Station’ was created by LSA students in the Making Room at The Department Store as part of the Design Think Tank ‘Emerging Tools’, exploring new forms of infrastructure for Crossrail 2.
Westminster Mega Crit
We regularly participate in University crits, offering the experience of senior level architects in practice to support academic research and development.
Southbank Place
Type: Masterplan
Location: Waterloo
Status: On site
The mixed use masterplan for this iconic location continues to take shape and reconnect Waterloo station with the established cultural and open spaces along the South Bank.
Stag Brewery
Type: Masterplan
Location: Richmond
Status: Planning
Designs for the buildings draw inspiration from traditional riverside mansion blocks, as well as the brewery and warehouse heritage of the existing buildings.
Generous living spaces flow into one another and draw in natural light, allowing the apartment to act as a showcase for the owner’s personal art collection.
The Candle Factory
Type: Masterplan
Location: York Road, Wandsworth
Status: Planning
Retained historic buildings reinforce the prevailing street pattern, while the elegant contemporary tower refines the open space leading to the river.
The Secrets of St James’s
Type: Installation
Location: St James’s Market
Status: Completed 2018
In collaboration with creative agency Mr President, the installation reveals hidden stories of this historic area, and forms part of an ongoing placemaking project for the Crown Estate that aims to reposition St James’s as an area of the city with a distinctive culture and heritage.
Trinity Place
Type: Residential
Location: St Petersburg, Russia
Status: On site
Part of a mixed-use masterplan, the residential building embraces the river and the new public realm.
Colour Classic order
Craftsmanship
Exhibitions
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
SAWA Architecture
A model of our concept design for the Green Shoots Agricultural Technology Centre in Cambodia was selected for this years Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Architecture Club Exhibition & Debate ‘Art in Architecture’ Squire & Partners curated and hosted an exhibition and ensuing debate on the topic of how architects and artists can best interact during the design process.
UNDER/EXPOSED
As part of the 2017 London Design Festival, Squire & Partners presented UNDER/EXPOSED, a design series collaborating with the area’s finest creative talent. The doors of the Department Store were opened to host exhibitions, talks, workshops, installations and makers markets.
Giant Doll’s House
Catja de Haas
As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2018, Squire & Partners collaborated on and hosted the Giant Doll’s House installation, a collaborative arts project by Catja de Haas with individuals, local schools and community groups.
The Department Store Shop
One year after the re-opening of the Department Store, Squire & Partners launched an online shop - an evolving platform to share the range of ongoing collaborations with artists and makers within the Department Store with a wider audience.
True Love x The Department Store
Abe Odedina
True Love was the world premiere of paintings by the Brixton based Nigerian artist Abe Odedina, hosted by Squire & Partners as part of the London Design Festival 2018.
Paste x The Department Store
Christopher Riggio
As part of this year’s London Design Festival Squire & Partners in collaboration with After presented Paste x The Department Store, a unique site specific ceramic installation by recent RCA graduate Christopher Riggio.
Vida Hotel
Type: Hotel and residential apartments
Location: Dubai, UAE
Status: Detailed design stage
The design is inspired by traditional Arabesque forms and patterns, translated into a contemporary aesthetic which utilises a minimal palette of materials to express simple but beautiful forms.
Arabesque
Concept sketch Bay Study
Vida Hotel
Vida Hotel
Warwick Street
Type: Office refurbishment
Location: Soho
Status: Completed 2018
High quality office and retail spaces are provided within the existing building structure behind a new facade, while a new top floor is expressed as an irregular folded mansard, the erratic playful form making a nod to Soho’s history of rebellion.
Textile heritage
Art & Rebellion
Local context Concept sketch
Yeoman’s Row
Type: 9 private houses and apartments
Location: Chelsea
Status: Completed 2018
These Art and Crafts inspired houses sit comfortably in the street, while at the same time revealing rich and intricate details of their own.
Clear articulation lines
Textured facade
Asymetry
Projecting bay windows
Modelled entrances
Hand-tooled ‘Cove Red’ sandstone
Individually welded powder-coated steel plates
Yeoman’s Row
Squire & Partners with Finchatton
Squire & Partners with Finchatton
Great Architectural Bake Off Park Guell Tower
Five-a-side Football Every Monday
Office Trip 2018 Lisbon
Life-drawing classes Downstairs at the Department Store
Summer softball Every Wednesday
Team Day Out
Epping Forest
Yoga Tuesdays and Thursdays
West End Gate
Type: Mixed use
Location: Edgware Road
Status: On site
The ‘mansion blocks’ define the street, while the tower recognises the wider role of the site, creating a gateway into London from the west.
City & Gateway Mansion Blocks Nature
Community Art & Public Realm
Zrinyi III
Type: Residential
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Status: Planning consent 2018
Located on one of the most iconic streets in Budapest next to Gresham Palace, the design of the facades, apartment interiors and branding set a new standard for residential developments in the city.
Concept sketch Balustrade pattern development
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