dRMM

After four years of public consultation, a Hybrid Planning Application for the Earls Court Site was submitted to the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBHF). The Site, located within the wider Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (London Plan 2021) occupies an area of approximately 18 hectares. The Earls Court Development Company will provide residential dwellings, purpose-built student accommodation, assisted living, workspace, culture, community, retail and leisure facilities alongside high quality public realm and open spaces. With an ambition to be a global exemplar of sustainable development, it will be a neighbourhood designed for all stages of life and a landscape-led development. The overall masterplan is led by Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West, with SLA as the landscape architects, whilst dRMM’s plots are led by Sheppard Robson working with us and Serie Architects. As part of the first phase of work located in Hammersmith and Fulham, we’re designing a permanent home for the existing temporary community hub, with potential café and other flexible spaces, as well as two residential buildings: a 16-storey building and a nine-storey mansion block. Both classed as affordable housing, they are intended for social rent and shared ownership respectively. Our designs are inspired by the Art Deco nature of the original Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Work on this first phase is planned to start on site in 2026. Read about our work in Earls Court: https://lnkd.in/e9wvPFnF

last month went way too fast!! but I’m back with another Open Studio this month 😊 This is for those of you struggling to put together a career portfolio ↓ In this workshop you will be able to get first hand feedback from architects and designers on the structure, layout and contents of your architecture portfolio. Additionally you will be able to learn about common hiring practices and ways to stand out in a competitive field. dRMM is a London and Berlin based, international collaborative studio of architects and designers founded in 1995 by directors Alex de Rijke, Philip Marsh and Sadie Morgan, soon joined by co- directors Jonas Lencer, Saskia Lencer and Judith Stichtenoth. dRMM are makers of radical, sustainable and socially useful architecture, recipients of numerous awards including the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2017 for Hastings Pier. sign up here 🔗: https://lnkd.in/ecYnNfBy — If this was insightful, consider re-sharing ♻️ and follow me, Sana, for more content like this! 🍒 Keep up with me daily on Instagram → @to.scale

Tomorrow afternoon in Driebergen, just outside Utrecht in the Netherlands, Alex de Rijke is speaking at the PEFC Nederland Annual Meeting. The themes for the day are bio based and timber construction, health and wellbeing and the new EU regulations on deforestation-free products. Details on how to join below.

WorkStack - WINNER, SOLID WOOD PROJECT OF THE YEAR at the Structural Timber Awards 2024!! A great night for WorkStack which Arup was proud to attend together with our collaborators dRMM, changebuilding (Adrian Campbell), F Parkinson Ltd and B&K Structures. Massive congratulations also to dRMM for their winning of ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR for the same project! Structural Timber Awards by Structural Timber Association Ltd, and this wonderful project for Greenwich Enterprise Board.

We're especially proud of WorkStack today, after it won three awards which acknowledge its pioneering timber construction credentials. Jonas Lencer, Judith Stichtenoth and Steve Wallis were at the #StructuralTimberAwards last night where we were named Architect of the Year for WorkStack, which also picked up Solid Wood Project of the Year. While at the #OffsiteAwards last week, WorkStack won Best Use of Timber Technology. The project has also been shortlisted for two upcoming awards; the AJ Architecture Award for Workplace Project (up to £50 million) and the Wood Awards, in the Commercial and Leisure Building category. Built for the Greenwich Enterprise Board, and a collaboration with Arup, Adrian Campbell, Webb Yates Engineers, F Parkinson Ltd, B&K Structures and Stora Enso, the building completed towards the end of 2022, with tenants moving in from May last year. WorkStack addresses the lack of high quality industrial workspace in the borough, and current occupants include a furniture designer, an e-bike workshop and a branded workwear manufacturer. Pictures show: 1. dRMM's Jonas Lencer, Judith Stichtenoth and Steve Wallis 2. Vacant Studio at WorkStack 3. Mentsen's occupied studio at WorkStack

Yesterday, I visited Oxford to see some of the projects shortlisted for the Wood Awards alongside my fellow judges, Ruth Slavid, Nathan Wheatley, Jim Greaves, David Morley, Kirsten Haggart. Looking forward to more visits of great timber projects in the coming weeks.

On Tuesday 1 October, dRMM's Professor Sadie Morgan OBE will be speaking at the University of Southern California, hosted by USC School of Architecture Sadie's talk will explore Integrity Through Design, looking at what makes design good or bad, today’s priorities and ambitions for design excellence and the role of design at different levels and scales of development. Introduced by Brett Steele and with a Q&A moderated by Sam Lubell, it promises to be a fascinating evening. To reserve your place, click here: https://lnkd.in/gu2nyRPZ

It's the London Real Estate Forum tomorrow and dRMM's Professor Sadie Morgan OBE will be chairing two sessions at the event. At noon she be joined by Tom Goodall, Nick Walkley and Claire Kober in the Livery Hall for New Towns Vision: how can London play its part? Using Related Argent's Brent Cross Town as a case study they'll be discussing whether towns within the capital can play a role in the new Government's placemaking plans. While towards the end of the day, Sadie will be chairing Place Panel: Canary Wharf, with the Canary Wharf Group and some of their principal collaborators including Tom Venner, Laura King, James Sheppard, Tim Ruthven and Glenn Howells. Come and hear them in the Livery Hall at 5pm. Have a good LREF everyone!

We're always happy to support UK Architects Declare, can you do the same? They suggest that every signatory practice makes a contribution of £20 for each architect employed. Details below.

I'll be speaking on a panel about architectural design's role in making places more resilient at London Build 2024. https://lnkd.in/emJ3JwPb They've got a really packed couple of days of talks planned, from sustainability to fire safety. It's free to attend. Hope to see you there!