There is always something happening at the practice, whether we are designing, building or celebrating, you’ll find out all about whats happening with us here.
Associated Architects’ “Parkside”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/education/universities/biad/ building has been formally handed over to Birmingham City University, meaning it’s one step closer to being inhabited by staff and students. This short video provides a snapshot of the impact that this building this building will have on the creative media industries in Birmingham and the rest of the UK. Chris […]
Associated Architects has completed the handover of Phase One of the new City Centre Campus for Birmingham City University. The £42m Parkside Building, which is connected to Millennium Point, is a leading feature of the ambitious Eastside redevelopment programme. Parkside has been designed to house world-class provisions from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design […]
Associated Architects is delighted to announce that Karis Cochrane and Tim Cornbill have passed their Part Three examinations and are now fully qualified Architects. _“Karis and Tim are great members of our team, we’re incredibly proud of their achievement.â€_ Warren Jukes, Director.
Tim Cornbill, of Associated Architects, has an exhibition in the “LA:B Love Architecture”:http://birminghamarchitecture.ning.com/events/la-b-love-architecture-birmingham-festival. His Birmingham Retrospective is a unique take on the architecture of the second city. Combining his passion for photography and buildings, he’s created pieces that reflect the drastic changes the city has witnessed in the last century. The photos are on display […]
Our “Michael Baker Boathouse”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/education/independent/the-michael-baker-boathouse/ was featured on BBC Herefordshire & Worcestershire Radio yesterday, in celebration of it winning an RIBA regional award. You can find a link to the iPlayer on our blog: “wp.me/p3tTpw-4Y”:wp.me/p3tTpw-4Y
Last night Associated Architects picked up two awards in the RIBA 2013 regionals. “The Michael Baker Boathouse”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/education/independent/the-michael-baker-boathouse/, for Kings School in Worcester, won in the West Midlands category, with the judges describing it as, _‘…very well detailed and made’_ and praised it for _‘an impressive zero carbon standard.’_ Our Princess Alexandra Auditorium, at “Yarm School”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/masterplan/yarm-school-masterplan/, […]
On Friday 7th of June, the winners of the Celebrating Construction awards were announced. Our work remodelling and restoring parts of the “Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery”:http://www.bmag.org.uk/birmingham-museum, which was delivered by Thomas Vale, won a Heritage award. The project is part of a succession of successful commissions for the BMAG. It was opened by Benjamin […]
Associated Architects has been given the green light, by planners, for the expansion of three schools as part of Coventry City Council’s on-going programme of Increasing Pupil Places (IPP). Decisions are expected on two more next month. The five schemes in the current 2014 phase are designed by Associated Architects as part of a wider […]
Today the “Michael Baker Boathouse”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/education/independent/the-michael-baker-boathouse/, at King’s School Worcester, was featured on Dezeen, one of the most popular architecture and design sites. Dezeen carefully selects projects that it believes to be exemplary works of contemporary design, offering readers a feed of fantastic new art and buildings. You can find the article here: “http://www.dezeen.com/?p=320503”:http://www.dezeen.com/?p=320503 Jack Tasker, […]
Earlier this week, members of Associated Architects attended a charity dinner at Moxhull Hall, organised by Simon Seaton Smith of Couch Perry Wilkes. The Heroes and Legends dinner was held to raise money for Help for Heroes, Battle Back and Fisher House, while promoting the efforts of “Team Sapper”:http://www.bmycharity.com/teamsapper2013, who are planning to cycle 300 […]
Late April saw the BIM Show Live descend on the Park Plaza, Westminster. Among the delegates was Associated Architects Director James Hall, who was there to present AA’s use of the BIM. Associated Architects were one of only a few speakers to give a live demonstrate their work to the audience the BIM Show Live […]
Working with the “City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra”:http://www.cbso.co.uk/, Associated Architects are developing designs for improvements to the orchestra’s permanent home the “CBSO Centre”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/culture/cbso-centre/, including improvements to ground floor public spaces, acoustic innovations, new seating in the recital hall and investment into core infrastructure. Earlier this year, Associated Architects completed a feasibility study for the building, […]
Associated Architects is pleased to announce that our building at “10 Woodcock Street”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/workplace/woodcock-street/, for Birmingham City Council (BCC), won the corporate workplace award in the British Council for Office awards, Midlands & East Anglia category. The development has allowed BCC to provide excellent support facilities for 2,300 workstations and 3,000 staff. Peter Jones, Head of […]
Yesterday the Practice received strong public support for it’s new “Birmingham Dogs Home”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/community/birmingham-dogs-home/ masterplan, which has been submitted for planning. Members of the public, commenting on the Birmingham Updates Facebook page, said of the project, ‘Fabulous, a much better location for the dogs’ and ‘It looks amazing and has got plenty of room for all […]
Associated Architects have submitted plans for a new purpose-built “dog rescue and welfare centre”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/community/birmingham-dogs-home/ on the outskirts of Solihull. The project sits in a 12.45 acre site of peaceful, semi-rural land, creating a stress free environment for the lost and abandoned dogs. The building is designed to rigorous Passive design strategy and aims to achieve […]
This month Associated Architects was ranked 44th in the AJ100, a huge growth from last year’s position of 70th. AA was also recognised as the largest Practice operating solely out of Birmingham. Results, collected as part of a national survey of architectural practices, are calculated based on the number of ARB-registered architects employed by the […]
