Intervention Architecture Ltd (IA) is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Birmingham. Our way of working is collaborative and open, to enable extensive exploration of ideas, an inherent appreciation for craft, and the value of workmanship and materials. We are an award winning, RIBA chartered architecture practice, a young boutique studio, with a rigorous design approach, from development of sketches to material details, to the making of space and collective involvement is essential to the realisation of our projects. From community-led architectural regenerations, to artist collaborations, we invite people to become engaged with space in innovative ways. We involve community engagement in our design and making, as well as undertaking temporary structure physical builds ourselves as a studio. In 2017 IA was shortlisted for ‘Architect’s Practice of the Year’ at the West Midlands Property Awards, Insider. If you would like to get in touch please contact hello@interventionarchitecture.com, we look forward to hearing from you.
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Great film - it's been brilliant getting to work with you and everyone involved Cath! 🌿
Very excited to finally be able to share this great video about the recent Pocket Parks project in East Birmingham! Thank you to everyone who got involved in telling the story 😊 We will also be sharing and celebrating the story of this great project at the Big Summer Event on Saturday! https://lnkd.in/eDn6hRDM National Trust Intervention Architecture Birmingham City Council
Our recent Gardeners Pond House, completed in #Moseley #Birmingham - filmed by Dion Barrett :
Intervention Architecture Gardeners Pond House - a transformed home design to create a cantilevered floating effect on an enlarged body of water, for two gardeners in #Moseley, #Birmingham. The beauty of film is really something else, to capture architecture / life in its changeable shifting light, sound subtleties and natural surroundings... by local super talent Dion Barrett More info on the project here: https://lnkd.in/egbnDS5p IA team included: Anna Parker, @JakeMace Ayesha Kaur Contractor: Wow Developments, Structural Engineer @webbyates
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Birmingham City Council has unanimously approved Lendlease’s regeneration plans for Birmingham Smithfield. The approval covers individual projects, including dRMM’s mixed-use scheme for Plot 1D on the eastern edge of the Prior and Partners masterplan, as well as for the wider masterplan itself. The colourful proposals, designed in collaboration with emerging studio Intervention Architecture, include 429 homes with flexible retail space and a gym making up the ground floor. Within the vibrant new quarter, Plot 1D provides a mix of one-, two- and three-bed homes in a family-friendly environment. Located on the edge of the new park, there is ample play space, a freestanding pavilion and a resident’s garden at its heart. Construction is expected to commence on site later in 2024 and the delivery will be completed in four phases over 15 years.
🎊 Planning approval for Birmingham Smithfield 🎊 . . We are so happy to be part of designing this landmark scheme for a vibrant new neighbourhood - here are some images from our collaboration with dRMM , working along side their team we developed this family oriented plot with a play pavilion corner, gardens, pocket park, and a mixture of ground floor uses such as gym and shops. Part of a wider masterplan led by Prior + Partners with landscaping by Field Operations and client Lendlease with Birmingham City Council . #mixeduse #planningapproval #masterplan #development#design #interventionarchitecture #drmm #birmingham#citycentre #smithfield #activation #community #family#residential #public realm #materials
Earlier this week I spoke with RIBA on how architects can become empathetic leaders - drawing upon my own experience, ahead of taking part in this years #FutureLeaders - read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eteUrzgG
We are so pleased to have been longlisted for the Davidson Prize for our “Qweensway Ringway : it’s giving Monumental Domesticity” proposal, developed in collaboration with our Chloe Luvena Dent and #savesmallbrook campaign, Birmingham City University _march students Dr. Michael Dring Rob Nield Webb Yates @zerocarbonhouse @seanburns team. . If you have time to vote for your favourite here: https://lnkd.in/eDrREcve . The 2024 brief ‘Rethinking the home- adapt and reuse’, addresses the housing shortage in the context of climate change : Building upon our teams activist national@campaign to save Smallbrook Ringway Centre in Birmingham, we propose this modernist icon is retained, linking the paradigmatic shift from carbon-intensive modes of building to new nurtured experiences of urban living in co-existence and queer kinship. . Domestic interiors are negotiated within the existing reinforced concrete frame, adaptable to lifestyle choice and circumstance- with panels grown on site in renewable biomaterials such as cross laminated bamboo and hemp. . The south facade becomes an inhabited winter garden enclosed by over a thousand windows salvaged from the north elevation of the Ringway centre. . Our proposal foregrounds inclusive fair housing and contemporary practices in conservation, whilst setting new standards for carbon reduction. . @thedavidsonprize #thedavidsonprize #thedavidsonprize24 #savesmallbrook #carbonreduction
We are looking for a talented Architect to join our team! In this role you will lead projects across RIBA stages with input from the whole studio, as well as overseeing project co-ordination of other team members. You will show a range of abilities, be flexible in working across multi-disciplinary work across micro to macro scales, which could range from joinery details and installations to new builds and masterplans level. As a minimum we require an excellent knowledge of Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, and hand drawing skills. Our studio is an open and inclusive environment, where we support each other equally in working towards interesting high quality designs, in a playful and collaborative way. Flexible working is enabled. To apply, please submit your CV, sample portfolio, and cover letter (total 5mb max) noting your suitability to the role and notice period if required. Applications should be sent to hello@interventionarchitecture.com with the subject “Architect role” We will only be able to respond to successful applicants on this occasion. Application deadline: 29th March 2024. Salary is negotiable based on local benchmarking. IA is an equal opportunities employer and we actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, to build upon the diversity of our team and welcome applications from people of all identities and background.
We are very pleased to share our collaborative project 'Loop the Loop', as part of the Moseley Road Baths activity programme, has been longlisted for the RIBA Journal MacEwen Award 2024, exemplars in architecture for the common Good. For more info and to see the other fantastic longlisted entries click here: https://lnkd.in/euupyR7c Huge thanks to all the team, project partners, and wonderful participants. Dual Works Open Theatre Ayesha Kaur Birmingham City Council . #communityengagement #communitydesign #codesign #coproduction #interventionarchitecture #Birmingham #midlands
✨ ANNUAL DINNER - MAIN SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ With only two weeks to go, the Midlands committee are delighted to announce our guest speaker this year is Anna Parker from Intervention Architecture! Anna Parker is the founding Director of Intervention Architecture (IA), based in Digbeth – an award winning RIBA chartered architecture practice with a unique design approach working across Birmingham and the UK. IA has developed an interdisciplinary way of working which provides a holistic vision to create places with personality, co-designing community-led architectural regenerations, with in-house skills covering interiors, furniture, temporary structures, exhibitions, residential, and mixed-use developments. Since setting up in 2015, IA has been recognised as Winner of West Midlands Architects Practice of the Year, Elle Decoration’s Top 20 UK Architects, Winner of RIBA West Midlands Award, commended within the British Homes Awards and longlisted for the MacEwen Award recognising architecture for the common good. In addition to leading her growing team at IA, Anna has been listed as; a national RIBA ‘Rising Star’; UK Construction Week Role Model; the Birmingham Post ‘Business Entrepreneur of the Year’, within ‘Midlands top 50 Entrepreneurs’ (Insider), and finalist for Birmingham’s Young Professional of the Year. Further to her RIBA chartered membership, Anna sits on the UK panel for the RIBA Small Practice Group, RIBA Education Publishing group, and Birmingham City Council ‘Design and Conservation Review Panel’, as a Core Member. Anna also teaches within the UK, at the Birmingham School of Architecture since 2014 – with varying roles such as leading a 3rd year design studio on the Undergraduate Course, an MArch module, and on the Part 3. In addition to this, she has co-run a vertical studio at the Welsh School of Architecture; been a guest critic at Liverpool School of Architecture; and exhibition reviewer of De Montfort for the AJ. Anna is an inspiration and we are delighted to have her join us on the evening! We look forward to hearing from her and please reach out to her with any questions beforehand if you have any!