Stanton Williams

Next week Principal Directors Paul Williams & Gavin Henderson will be in Singapore for World Architecture Festival. We are really looking forward to presenting our four nominated projects:   Completed Buildings / Mixed Use- Norton Folgate for British Land  In collaboration with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, DSDHA, Morris+Company and East architecture, landscape urban design ltd Completed Buildings / Refurbishment- Rhodes House for Rhodes Trust Small Projects- Rhodes House for Rhodes Trust Completed Buildings / Higher Education and Research- UCL East, Marshgate    Do get in touch if you would like to meet Paul and Gavin.

We are thrilled to welcome Tom Cronin as our new Operations Director. Tom leads, establishes and delivers the strategic objectives of the business. Tom has more than 20 years’ experience in architectural practice management. That experience has been informed by roles in a variety of diverse, award-winning practices working in the arts, education, residential, healthcare, commercial and community sectors, but which share Stanton Williams’ values and an approach which puts people first, at the centre of responsive design. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Ym6exv

On Tuesday 29th October Principal Director Patrick Richard will be presenting at the Anglia Ruskin University's Chelmsford School of Architecture on some of our recent and ongoing projects involving the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings for cultural uses, including the Musée d’arts de Nantes, France and the new Museum of London at Smithfield.    Tickets available via the link below: https://lnkd.in/d96sZT3W ARU Chelmsford

Huge congratulations to Grimshaw, Maynard Design Consultancy, EQUATION Lighting Design and AtkinsRéalis, winners of this year’s RIBA #StirlingPrize. While we are disappointed King’s Cross didn't bring home the trophy last night, we were blown away by the standard of the entries this year and think the #ElizabethLine is a very worthy winner.   It would be remiss of us not to use this opportunity to acknowledge the very many people and companies that have been involved in the King’s Cross regeneration project over the last 20+ years, none more so than Allies and Morrison, Porphyrios Associates,Townshend Landscape Architects and everyone at Related Argent and KCCLP who has made King’s Cross possible.   We are so proud to have played a part alongside the brilliant Bob Allies, Graham Morrison, Demetri Porphyrios and Robert Townshend who masterminded the project, and whose vision remains at the core of everything we do today.   We cannot thank everyone individually (though we’d like to!) but special mention goes to all the architects we have worked with over years: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Big Architecture, Heatherwick studio, Alison Brooks Architects, Stanton Williams, dRMM, Bennetts Associates, Eric Parry Architects, Bell Phillips BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd), Moxon Architects Ltd., Morris+Company, PRP, Mossessian Architecture, WilkinsonEyre, Conran and Partners, David Chipperfield Architects, NIALL MCLAUGHLIN ARCHITECTS LTD, Maccreanor Lavington, Fumihiko Maki Architecture, Lee + Wilkinson Architecture, Studio Downie, Howells, Piercy&Company, Carmody Groarke, Coffey Architects, David Morley Architects LLP, Johnson Naylor, Knight Architects and Wilmotte & Associés Architectes.   Thanks also to the judging panel and to everyone at RIBA for shortlisting King’s Cross for this prestigious prize – and to the public for helping us win the People’s Poll, with 35% of the vote!

#ArchitectureTour Tickets are still available for The Architecture Foundation tour of Norton Folgate tomorrow, Saturday 19th October at 11am.    We will be leading the tour in #collaboration with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Morris+Company, DSDHA and East architecture, landscape urban design ltd.   The Norton Folgate site sits within the Elder Street Conservation Area, between the City of London and Shoreditch. The scheme is a collection of restored Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian buildings, with the addition of new medium-rise blocks at the northern end of the site for British Land. Link below to book your ticket:

This evening Sam Evans will be presenting at Revelation, Sensation, Imagination taking place at New York University's London campus in association with their MA Historical and Sustainable Architecture course. He will be drawing upon his experience working on the transformation of the two historic Smithfield market buildings for London Museum. Good luck Sam! Tickets are available in the link below.

This evening Senior Associate Claire Dale-Lace will be attending NLA's NextGen Speed Mentoring event, advising the next generation of built environment professionals on their careers. Please get in touch with Claire directly if you would like to catch up.

We are over the moon that the Norton Folgate project was recognised at the British Construction Industry Awards last night, winning not one but two awards!  The first was Commercial Property of the Year, where the judges said:   "The intent of the project, its execution, the complexity of the old and new buildings interlinked with one another and sensitivity of how that responded to the local area was outstanding. The project sets a great example of how commercial property development can go wider than the client requirements and benefit the community too. The consideration of material use through to skills development made this project stand out." The team was also recognised for its commitment to community work, with the Project Charter (Norton Folgates Community Initiative) winning Community Impact Initiative of the Year, according to the judges:   "Great client engagement, defining the culture and approach to local community. Focus on project team development, community impact and supply chain integration. Authentic leadership driving the change showcasing humility and embracing the power of collaboration."   Huge congratulations to the whole team who made the success of this project possible. Paul Williams, Nieves Valle and Stephen Hadley from our team at Stanton Williams attended the ceremony along with representatives from:  British Land, Lynn Summerfield (FCIOB), Matthew Secker Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Peter Mayhew Morris+Company, Joe Morris DSDHA, Michael Breen East architecture, landscape urban design ltd, Dann Jessen AKT II, Steve Toon, Gerry O'Brien Skanska. James Crosby MCIOB   Other team members involved in the project include: Cantillon M3 Consulting Turner & Townsend alinea  Arup DP9 Limited Eckersley O'Callaghan Atelier Ten Hilson Moran MOLA KIWA Sandy Brown StudioFractal QCIC Arcadis Rex Procter & Partners

Here is a great article by Francis Grew - Senior Curator of Archaeology at London Museum - about how Smithfield General Market holds a unique place in the history of civil engineering.    Designed by Sir Horace Johns, this iconic building was a feat of Victorian #engineering with innovative #ironwork at its core. Today, working together with Asif Khan MBE and conservation architect Julian Harrap, we are transforming it into an exciting new home for the London Museum. #cityoflondoncorporation #smithfield #smithfieldmarket #museumoflondon #retrofit #retrofirst #museumdesign #museum #museumarchitecture #transformation #adaptivereuse #construction #westmithfield #londonmuseum #museumoflondon #restoration

Rhodes House #Oxford has been shortlisted by Dezeen in the Heritage Project category for the #DezeenAwards2024. This exciting news came to us on #WorldArchitectureDay2024, whose theme this year, 'Empowering the next generation to participate in urban design', highlights the importance of preparing the next generation of architects to meet the urban challenges of our time. This theme aligns with one of our practice's core values: transformation. Our #transformation of Rhodes House for The Rhodes Trust is a manifestation of the dialogue between existing structures and new interventions. Our scheme dialogues with and complements Herbert Baker's 1929 architecture, while doubling its usable space and substantially improving its spatial and environmental performance. Read more of the shortlist below: