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PRACTICE
Since it was founded in 1982, the practice has established a
reputation for work of exceptional quality at an international
level.
Our skills in research, architecture and planning provide cultural
and economic benefits that are directly experienced in the buildings
we make and the world around them. This is demonstrated in the
long-term success of the Centre for Visual
Arts in Sway, Hampshire and the Quay
Arts Centre in the Isle of Wight, where the process of making
the building has brought to the foreground the raison d’
etre of its users and raised the profile of the venue. Stroud
Valleys Artspace, Gloucestershire, which is currently on
site, is another example of a project that will work in this
way.
As well as designing galleries such as the Lisson Gallery, the
Camden Arts Centre and a new art museum
in Southern Denmark, Cultural Centre Fuglsang,
we have worked with artists as part of the design team, designed
exhibitions for Tate Modern and
the Hayward Gallery in London,
executed houses for artists, and created spaces for artists
collectives.
We are skilled in working in sensitive urban and rural situations
and locations of historical significance, making architecture
that properly relates to its context, and is functionally and
aesthetically appropriate to the present time. The critically
acclaimed award winning Red House, a new-build
house in a conservation area in Chelsea, typifies our approach
to bespoke housing and has led to our appointment as architects
of a new London residence for Anish
Kapoor.
Our work is frequently exhibited and published at a national
and international level. It is this recognition that has led
to the commission for the new British Embassy
and Residence buildings, Warsaw, awarded in 2003, and subsequent
contracts for large-scale housing developments in the Netherlands
and Denmark.
It is our policy to work at all scales, from modest buildings
such as Faith House, to major urban
masterplanned schemes such as Andreas
Ensemble, a £10 million scheme housing development
in Amsterdam.
Whether making spaces to live, work in or visit, the priority
of the practice is to design with detailed awareness to ensure
long-term pleasure in use and provide occupants with a sense
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