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The Architectural Model: Across Histories and Disciplines
Read about our recent participation in a Model Making Workshop hosted by the Zaha Hadid Foundation in London.
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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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In Detail: Façade Design
No.1 Spinningfields’ high performance triple glazed façade creates an exceptional internal working environment and was key to the building achieving its BREEAM Excellent rating.
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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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In Detail: Modelmaking
In the run up to the B.15workshop Model Making Awards, we take a look at how modelmaking has influenced our team's design work both in study and practice.
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Manchester New Square tops out
We joined Urban&Civic to celebrate the project’s key milestone.
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Sale Town Centre redevelopment given the green light
Phase 1 proposals for redevelopment of The Square have been approved by the Trafford Council Planning and Development Management Committee.
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Tall building design
Tall buildings significantly impact on a city’s skyline, making a bold statement about the city, the local community, and the building’s residents, so it’s essential that they contribute positively. Design quality is fundamental to that perception.
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NLA Nights: Circus West Village
On 1st February, NLA members were treated to stories on site about how collaboration and a desire to create a new community resulted in the new riverside neighbourhood at Battersea Power Station.
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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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Realising THIRTY years
When preparing a competition entry for SimpsonHaugh’s 30th anniversary installation, THIRTY, I never imagined that just a few weeks later my proposal would be built and sitting outside our London office.
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Creating a new neighbourhood
How do you transform a derelict industrial site into a genuine new neighbourhood? This is the question at the heart of our work at Battersea Power Station's Circus West Village, designing and delivering the pioneer phase of a flourishing, culturally rich urban community.
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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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