Victoria Park Nursery School,Newbury Outdoor learning Space/Garden Officially opened

We were pleased to attend the official opening on 27 June of the Outdoor Learning Area by the Mayor of Newbury that we designed for Newbury's Victoria Park Nursery school and children's centre. Please visit the following link for details: http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/victoria-park-nursery-unveils-outside-learning-centre

The head teacher, Fiona Wilkinson, said that the school and the children are very pleased with the design and the construction of the outdoor learning area into several learning zones with various items of play equipment that provide both physical and mental challenges. Some additional images of the play areas are attached below:

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Vauxhall-The Missing Link Competition March-April 2013

We teamed up with local landscape practice Draffin Associates to enter a competition sponsored by the Vauxhall One organisation, The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Landscape Institute (LI). The exciting proposal is to connect this part of London with the South Bank development to the north east and the new Battersea Power station American embassy development to the south west. The proposals also includes creating more pedestrian friendly shared spaces and reviving the Vauxhall pleasure gardens which were a famous pleasure gardens that existed until the 1860's. There were at least 100 entries form 21 countries for the competition and although we were not selected as the winner the images and extracts from our submission demonstrate our joint abilities in Urban Design and Green Infrastructure imaging.

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Design Review Panel Meeting

Interesting RB Windsor and Maidenhead design review panel presentation yesterday at the town hall to review Maidenhead Waterways scheme and proposed residential and retail developments in the town centre. Seemed like the scale of the building proposed were over the top and the public realm needed to be given better emphasis. Also saw a totally inappropriate art deco building design presented by a duo who reminded us of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sympathetic to that era.

Vauxhall The Missing link RIBA Competiton

Taking a special interest in the results of this Competition. Watch this space.

Building Design Christmas Party

Trip up to London yesterday to attend the Building Design Tweet up Christmas party at Feilden Clegg architects office off Tottenham Court Road. Took the opportunity to visit the fantastic Trafalgar Square with the Christmas tree from Norway and fountains lit up with colourful LED lighting. Also enjoyed choir singing Christmas hits under the tree for a deaf children's charity. Enjoy images below. BD party was great fun and made many new friends and contacts there. My friend and associate Adrian won a fabulous book on the creation of Queen Elizabeth park by the Olympic stadium.

 

Birch Green Staines-Upon-Thames, Enhamcements nearly Complete

We have been working on a masterplan for the improvement of Birch Green for nearly three years. Birch Green is an important green space and common land in the centre of Staines and we are aiming to integrate it successfully within the urban fabric of the town. Folowing a public consutlation last year we managed a contract to implement enhancements within a first phase funded by planning gain funding. The first phase is now nearing completion as the images below indicate.

 

Finchampstead Allotments Opening Ceremony

Today, 13th October, the opening ceremony took place of the new Finchampstead Allotments off Longwater Road, Finchampstead, Berkshire, England watched by a crowd of around 60 people. There was a competition for the best scarecrow which was won by a robot scarecrow. Goodger Design Associates designed the new allotments site and project managed the work to its successful completion. See images below of the opening event.