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BoonBrown welcomes RIBA President Simon Allford to Brixton!
Our London Studio team (alongside several southwest studio visitors!) had the pleasure of welcoming inspirational architect and RIBA president, Simon Allford to Brixton last week.
Re-imagining Brixton | Collaborations
We are thrilled to share this fantastic short film produced by You See Media…giving a glimpse into our Re-Imagining Brixton Exhibition, which was part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture. Due to the positive response we’ve had and continuing popularity, the exhibition has been extended for a few more days, so please do come down and check it out!
Reflections from Chelsea
Chartered Landscape Architect Josh George discusses one of this years’ themes for the Chelsea Flower Show, which was the use of different substrates within planting designs, setting out how this may benefit your project.
Elephant Park Tour with LDN Collective
Architectural Director Abigail Baggley and non-exec Director Ed Watson make observations about the successes in architectural detailing, and discuss how the development has anchored itself within the community, creating a really exciting bustling working and living hub within Elephant and Castle.
Re-imagining Brixton Goes Live!
We are thrilled to be unveiling our Re-imagining Brixton Exhibition, as we play a part in this year’s London Festival of Architecture! Check out some of our launch party highlights and find out more about our exhibition - we are welcoming visitors until Friday 30th June, so please come on down to Brixton!
Doubling Up: Tall buildings and two stairs
Our Associate Architectural Technician Tom Kimber discusses the recommendations and mandating of second staircases in new residential buildings over 30 metres tall. So there are many questions... but fundamentally, how will this impact our plans and layouts?
New Numatic production and distribution facility gets the go ahead
The new building will provide circa 24,000m2 of new floor space dedicated to the production of the much-loved Henry family of vacuum cleaners. The aim of the development is to streamline the process into one facility incorporating raw material storage, manufacture, assembly, storage and distribution, to ultimately improve sustainability and increase productivity.
Mandatory changes to the planning process: Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
As of November 2023 (TBC), it will be mandatory for developments requiring planning permission to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). The Environment Act 2021 introduced the requirement that new planning applications for development meet the following objective 'biodiversity value attributable to the development exceed the pre-development biodiversity value of the on-site habitat by at least 10%'.
Designing Equitable Spaces
Firstly, what is equitable design? The dictionary definition of equity, is to provide equal treatment to everyone whilst still acknowledging the differences between individuals. This implies that there are inherent differences between individuals’ circumstances, and for everyone to achieve the same equal outcome, they must be given tools and opportunities specific to their needs.
Diversity Matters
Could architects be doing more to address and provide solutions to the world’s current social, cultural and environmental issues? As an industry, we generally try to be proactive and keep ourselves well informed and there is fundamental change happening within construction, along with a growing awareness in the wider society in relation to diversity and other commonly understood issues.