Allies and Morrison

In the London studio last week we were treated to another great PechaKucha, this time curated by Antje Saunders and Emad Sleiby. The evening of short talks explored how landscape is shaping many of our most significant masterplans; from London to the Middle East. Featuring West End Public Realm, a recently announced project presented by our Head of Landscape, Eric Hallquist, Al Balad Waterfront by Jai Warya, Wimbledon Park Project presented by Sarah La Touche, Ebbsfleet West by Jacob Neville, Basingstoke by Steve Walker and Knights Road by Daniel Alba Eugenio.

Voices for London. We're pleased to share that three of our colleagues will be involved in the NLA Expert Panels this year. Jo Bacon continues her role as Chair of the NLA Tall Buildings panel for 2025, while Antje Saunders joins the Industrial & Logistics panel and Billy Choi, the Innovation Districts panel. With all three sectors being key growth areas for London, we're excited to see how they contribute to the discussion.

Our Lionel Eid and Daniel Elsea will be heading to Paris next week for the British Architecture and Engineering Exhibition, hosted at the Ambassador's Residence from the 22nd-23rd January. Lionel will be presenting a talk entitled Research and innovation: how design technology informs our approach to urban renewal and circularity. Thursday 23rd Jan, 12:40pm. If you're in the city next week, get in touch with Lionel and Daniel. To view the full programme and register: https://lnkd.in/ecriubzB. ------------- Nos collègues Lionel Eid et Daniel Elsea seront à Paris la semaine prochaine pour l'exposition britannique d'architecture et d'ingénierie, organisée à la Résidence de l'Ambassadeur les 22 et 23 janvier. Lionel présentera sur le thème Recherche et innovation : comment la technologie du design éclaire notre approche du renouvellement urbain et de la circularité. Le jeudi 23 janvier à 12h40. Si vous êtes à Paris la semaine prochaine, contactez Lionel et Daniel.

Pleased that our Angie Jim Osman has been invited to join the jury for AZURE Media's 2025 AZ Awards along with an impressive panel of practitioners, collaborators and friends. We look forward to seeing the interesting work spotlighted by the awards this year.

A good start to 2025. Looking forward to kicking off the project with a creative team of designers, makers and doers, working alongside Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate to help craft the future of these landmark destinations to be enjoyed by everyone for decades to come.

The joy of making. Our festive window along the facade of our Southwark Street studios, stop by and take a look. This year's display celebrates the abundant creativity of our colleagues through their explorations in making, outside of practice life. From ceramics, to dressmaking, to bike restoration, we’re proud to show the talent of the many people that ‘make' a practice. With a sprinkling of seasonal fun. Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyous end to the year. See you in 2025.

On Thursday, our Bob Allies will be in Seoul sharing learnings from our work at King's Cross, as part of Reshaping Spatial Structure, an international conference organised by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (서울특별시) and the Korea Urban Real Estate Association. You can register here: https://url.kr/yn3we5 

Thrilled with this news. Congrats to all the team.

Delighted to share that our Boord Street project has recently received planning approval. This community of sustainable new homes at the heart of Greenwich Peninsula marks a point of transition between our masterplan to the east where an emerging piece of city is taking shape, and to the western edge of the peninsula with its active wharf. The trio of residential buildings with interlocking forms step down from 26 storeys along Millenium Way, to 21 and 9 storeys towards the wharf; each step representing an increasing informality. March Square, a new south-facing public space at the corner of Marsh Walk and Boord Street, provides an entrance court for a nursery and leads to a light-filled residents garden at the centre of this family of buildings. New and repaired streets will knit the site into the wider fabric of the peninsula, with key routes along the future Millenium Way, a lively, tree-lined boulevard and River Way, an important east-west route. The wider project features student housing and self-storage and was a collaboration with aca studios and Threesixty Architecture Ltd.

Wonderful to see two of our projects recognised in the NLA Awards last week - The Low Line Vision took home the top prize for Masterplan and Area Strategies, as the category winner. Holland House also received a special commendation in the Conservation category. Congratulations to both project teams and clients - London Borough of Wandsworth, London Borough of Lambeth and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. #NLAawards24 #lowlinevision #masterplan #hollandhouse #conservation