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What are the most common mistakes people make when retrofitting properties? And what is the relationship between a DIY approach and the role of the architect? Grace Fletcher from 5th Studio addresses these questions and more as she discusses how the practice has partnered with Barclays UK to produce a pilot #retrofit pattern book. Use the link below to learn more about the book and read it on our website ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g3VBceKt

5th Studio are excited to be appointed as lead consultant to develop proposals for restoring the riverine landscapes of Dagenham Brook. The Dagenham Brook is a 1.5km watercourse which runs from north of Low Hall Sports Ground in Walthamstow to the culvert beneath the railway south of Orient Way, on the edge of Hackney Marshes. It links a series of public landscapes, allotments gardens and wilder spaces. We will be supporting the London Borough of Waltham Forest in the development of proposals in line with the Lea Bridge Area Framework’s ambitions for improved access to blue and green spaces. The client team will be supported by Project Board members Thames21 and the Environment Agency. 5th Studio are leading a team including Jonathan Cook Landscape Architecture, Civic Engineers and Accertum. Our team will support the design and integration of a suite of projects and interventions to foreground public access and awareness of Dagenham Brook and establish measures to improve the water quality and biodiversity of this hidden historic watercourse.

In advance of Wednesday’s budget, which will no doubt mention my city, I’m re-upping this radio session on some of the spatial challenges facing #Cambridge, recorded in March by Lewis Herbert and feat. yours truly and serial entrepreneur David Cleevely CBE FREng FIET – have a listen!

5th Studio is delighted to have been selected for the London Legacy Development Corporation’s new £2 million landscape and public realm design services framework. Designed to complement the GLA-wide Architecture and Urbanism framework, the framework is also open to the wider GLA group, including Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and GLA LAND AND PROPERTY LIMITED (GLAP) – as well as London boroughs working in partnership with them. 5th Studio is one of five design practices on Lot 1 of the framework, covering strategy, research and studies focusing on existing public spaces, parkland and streets within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park estate. The framework role complements 20 years of work by the practice in many varied roles on and around the Olympic Park, including ongoing work to re-invent Stratford station area, and masterplans covering an urban railfreight interchange & cement works, a total of 6,000 homes, c.100,000m2 industrial & commercial space, street improvements, public realm and bridge connections, schools, health & community spaces, meanwhile uses, parklands and strategic walking and cycling connections, some of which are mapped below. Read more on the LLDC’s website here: https://lnkd.in/evrWnBtV

5th Studio is delighted to have been selected for the London Legacy Development Corporation’s new £2 million landscape and public realm design services framework. Designed to complement the GLA-wide Architecture and Urbanism framework, the framework is also open to the wider GLA group, including Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and GLA LAND AND PROPERTY LIMITED (GLAP) – as well as London boroughs working in partnership with them. 5th Studio is one of five design practices on Lot 1 of the framework, covering strategy, research and studies focusing on existing public spaces, parkland and streets within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park estate. The framework role complements 20 years of work by the practice in many varied roles on and around the Olympic Park, including ongoing work to re-invent Stratford station area, and masterplans covering an urban railfreight interchange & cement works, a total of 6,000 homes, c.100,000m2 industrial & commercial space, street improvements, public realm and bridge connections, schools, health & community spaces, meanwhile uses, parklands and strategic walking and cycling connections. More here: https://lnkd.in/eTmwewkA

Tonight! A discussion on Heat Pumps led by our very own February Phillips!

As part of a programme that has assigned ten architects from the Mayor’s Design Advocate panel to locations experiencing rapid change across London, the Mayor of London has appointed 5th Studio Director Tom Holbrook to the role of Town Architect for the London Borough of Hounslow. Funded by the Greater London Authority, The Mayor of London's two-year pilot scheme is part of the £1.25m Local Growth Capacity Support Programme, to embed expert design support in ten locations to deliver Good Growth for Londoners. The new role of the Town Architect is intended to provide a ‘constructive and critical view across multiple projects’ within their identified area, offering ‘oversight and coherence across schemes’. The 10 Town Architects will build capacity in local boroughs, promote knowledge-sharing and bolster skills in existing teams, and help authorities to utilise the skills of planners and architects to help shape better places in their local areas. Tom will be working with the borough to join up the significant transformation anticipated and underway in Brentford, and to optimise the benefit of the West London Orbital – a planned expansion of the Overground network, running from Hounslow to Hendon, Brent Cross & West Hampstead, delivering a missing orbital link between North and West London. Tom said “it is really exciting to be appointed as a Town Architect, and I look forward to working with Hounslow’s excellent planning and regeneration teams. The work builds on 5th Studio’s significant work on optimising the spatial integration of rail infrastructure, including at Stratford Station, on the Cowley Branch Line in Oxford, and on East West Rail.” London deputy mayor Jules Pipe, said: ‘By drawing on the expertise of the Mayor’s design advocates, local boroughs will have the expertise and support they need to boost design quality to improve their high streets and public spaces and promote positive neighbourhood placemaking, helping to build a better and more sustainable London for everyone.’ The GLA pilot includes nine other Town Architects in strategic locations across the capital: Holly Lewis, Jas Bhalla, Adam Khan, Ken Okonkwo, Hilary Satchwell, Farshid Moussavi Architecture, Paul Monaghan, julian lewis and Alice Fung Read more in the Architects’ Journal: https://lnkd.in/dvx-aejC #placeshaping  #strategicplanning #goodgrowthforlondon  #GLA #mayoroflondon  Portrait by Elizaveta Sudravskaya & Anna Loch

Planning to be in Berlin at #InnoTrans24 this week? Do visit the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence – a unique project to transform a 700-hectare coal mine in South Wales into a European centre for rail research and innovation, sustainable mobility and renewable energy. 5th Studio have developed the spatial masterplan for the project, which will combine rail testing facilities at scale, a research and innovation campus as well as a public hotel on the edge of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. GCRE will be the UK’s first net zero railway and the site will deliver significant renewable energy generation. GCRE will be critical in the testing of new products to support decarbonisation and the path to net zero, while improving design and innovation in the rail industry. GCRE will be the Wales Pavilion, in Hall 23b, Stand 340.

I was back at the amazing ecosystem which is BLOQS today for Open City tours. The model would be different in every city, but for the establishment of a circular economy, and to support the next generation of high impact innovators, it is a critical resource. Check out Jim Stephenson’s short film which includes an interview with Seabound’s founder Alisha Fredriksson, working in #Cleantech, decarbonising shipping: https://lnkd.in/e-cTgyhj

5th Studio are Recruiting - Opportunities for Part 2 & 1 Designers! 5th Studio is a friendly and exciting B-Corp architecture and design practice with studios in London and Cambridge. We work with a broad range of clients and commissioners to design and deliver innovative proposals for the built environment. We work on projects ranging in scale from small buildings to large urban strategies. We are currently working in some of the most challenging parts of the UK, with a focus on masterplanning, and the realisation of buildings and infrastructure within those larger plans. 5th Studio is seeking talented and enthusiastic designers to join our London and Cambridge studios. We are currently seeking applications for positions starting as soon as possible. We are currently recruiting for a series of positions: Part 2 architectural assistants; and Part 1 architectural assistants. Applicants should be: Ambitious and engaged with a strong interest in public projects; Skilled designers with excellent drawing and model making skills; Enthusiastic with a positive attitude and strong communication skills; Proficient across a range of software including Adobe Creative Suite, Microstation & Revit, proficient in written and spoken English and eligible to work in the UK. Please send applications to recruitment@5thstudio.co.uk, to include the following: A brief cover letter including details of when you are available to start work, and any notice periods or university term dates; A CV; and A short portfolio (maximum 10MB) No hard copy applications. Please note that due to the volume of applications we can only respond to shortlisted applicants. We actively encourage qualified applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.