21st September 2018
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26.07.18 Royal Foresters Hotel, Ascot opens its doors.
The Royal Foresters has opened its doors for the first time since its closure several years ago. The original bar areas have been restored and a new open kitchen added which is the new heart of the hotel and is surrounded by a series of new dining spaces.
The £4.4m project which is half existing and half new buildings using Cross-laminated timber construction has...
28.02.18 Royal Foresters Hotel, Ascot - CLT Structure arrives on site.
The Royal Foresters is an old coaching inn which has been vacant for many years. The redevelopment began at the end of 2017 and now the old inn is being complemented by a new cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure which will form two Hotel wings and enclose new dining areas.
Thanks to Vale Southern Construction for the photograph of B&K Structures assembling...
24th November 2017
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30.10.17 Cardinal Pole School Library, Hackney, completes.
The new Library at Cardinal Pole School is complete and now awaits books and students. The building is a cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure with external copper-coloured perforated metal cladding. It is connected to the existing school buildings (by Jestico and Whiles) by a glazed bridge following the lines of the existing building with its main circulation route running seamlessly into the new spaces. The...
28.08.17 Royal Foresters Hotel, Ascot Receives Planning Consent
The proposal for new Hotel accommodation at Royal Foresters Hotel extends the original Coaching Inn which has laid empty for many years. The new buildings will use white painted brickwork, contrasting zinc and larch cladding and will form a counterpoint to the older parts.
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24th January 2017
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24.01.17 Broadwaters Inclusive Learning Community shortlisted for The MacEwan Award - 'Architecture for the common good'.
GLA were delighted to be one of 12 shortlisted projects for the MacEwan Award - and award which recognises the wider benefit of projects to the people and places that surround them.
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19th October 2016
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19.10.16 Broadwaters Schools win best Community Building and Best overall building in Haringey Design Awards.
Broadwaters Inclusive Learning Community is a rare example of a shared learning environment where SEN and mainstream groups come together for lessons, facilities and experiences. It represents a new and inspiring piece of Community Infrastructure.
The school completes a masterplan for this key site opposite the Broadwater Farm Estate - a process which began with Gollifer Langston’s...
26th February 2016
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16.02.26 New Library Building for Cardinal Pole School, Hackney receives Planning Consent.
This Proposal is for a new Library Extension at Cardinal Pole School, located at the rear of the existing school which was designed by Jestico and Whiles. The building will be linked to the existing school with a bridge link on each level and will connect with the upper level of the playground at the rear.
The building proposed is...
27th November 2014
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27.11.2014 The Garden School receives Hackney Design Award
Extract from judges comments: This is an outstanding building of quality. It has a clever plan that maximises daylight and views, is calm and thoughtful using soft edges at the boundary that blend into neighbouring gardens. The judges feel that simple approaches have resolved the competing demands for a school on this site.
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14.01.14. The Garden School Hackney has been awarded an RIBA London Award.
Extract from the RIBA Awards publication:
This is hard work, finely resolved: a Special Educational Needs school for children from 4-16 at the extreme end of the autistic spectrum, but on a difficult urban site. This building is secure without showing it, in a school where young and secondary age pupils share facilities. ‘A wonderful and uplifting place that is clearly enjoyed...
