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Model Making Awards, The University of Sheffield
We're excited to be sponsoring The University of Sheffield's Model Making Awards 2023.
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In the Spotlight: Model Maker
Read the first story in our new series, as we take a look into the different roles that make up our SimpsonHaugh team.
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Colour in Architecture
The value of colour should not be overlooked in the creation of beautiful buildings.
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Art at One Blackfriars
London-based artist, Idris Khan's first permanent UK installation is the latest addition to the One Blackfriars plaza.
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It’s the little things that count
When designing the functional components of No.1 Spinningfields, the same rigorous thought process was applied to designing both large elements, such as the façade, and smaller, subtle aspects, helping this special building acknowledge and remain connected to the Spinningfields masterplan and the city of Manchester.
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Seeing the light
External feature lighting on a student residential scheme may seem like a ‘nice to have’ when budgets and timescales are tight, but City Village’s large and decorative pendant lights are proof that many hands do make light work.
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Supporting modelmaking excellence
For the second year running, we are supporting Manchester School of Architecture's Modelmaking Awards.
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Public Exhibition, Private View
For this year’s London Festival of Architecture, we exhibited artwork created by the public which featured buildings we’ve designed and built.
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Private View
Since 1987, we’ve created buildings that respond to and contribute to the identities of the cities they’re located in. But how do you personally identify with those buildings? And how are those buildings seen through your eyes?
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Fabricated Spaces
Join Architect Sanna Wennberg and stretched fabric system experts FabriTrak as they share their collaborative experience of using fabric wall cladding to add texture, depth and colour.
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Modelmaking Awards Launch
As sponsors of Manchester School of Architecture’s B.15 Modelmaking Awards 2018, we launched the programme by inviting students to see how important modelmaking is to the architectural design process.
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Transformations
We look back at our conservation work and new interventions that have improved the building user experience. Can you spot the difference?
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Tried and tested
For architectural designers, the small scale model is an invaluable design tool, helping turn ideas into a physical reality.
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One Blackfriars at The Glass Supper
Rachel Haugh, our Founding Partner, and Christian Male, Partner, will share their insight on the design and construction of One Blackfriars at The Glass Supper in London.
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The view from here
Our buildings contribute to the skylines of the cities they're located in, creating new points from which to see them. Here are some views out of some of our projects.
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The art of drawing
This year’s Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition features a SimpsonHaugh original artwork “One Blackfriars. The Façade Explained.”
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Art inspired by architecture
To mark our 30th anniversary, we invited artist Colin Taylor to capture the construction of No.1 Spinningfields, a new commercial building in Manchester. Colin’s “New Lines in Space” exhibition showcases the changes he witnessed.
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The complexity behind simplicity
Vincent Van Gogh famously said “il est difficile d’etre simple”. And certainly those who encounter the rapidly emerging One Blackfriars may not appreciate at first glance, the complex design processes that have gone into creating such a seemingly simple, sculptural form.
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Contextual façade
I forget who first described our decorative designs for the tracery panels on our office building at Two St Peter’s Square as an ‘angry bear’ but the analogy was a fair one.
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