#WhenThisIsAllOver
The London Society has gathered thoughts and ideas on #WhenThisIsAllOver. Alistair’s contribution argues that we need to return the West End to a place of real production and work.
Kodak House receives planning consent
We are delighted to have secured planning and listed building consent for the refurbishment of Kodak House, 65 Kingsway. The scheme, for Clearbell, creates unique workspace that modernises and restores London’s first purpose built open plan office space
Gorgeous Georgians
Alistair has written a piece for the London Society Journal on the history of Regent Street and his ideas for its future. His study, Gorgeous Georgians, explores the boundary that the street created and how it could be reimagined into a more democratic space.
Tom becomes an AJ Retrofit Awards judge
Tom is delighted and honoured to be names as a judge for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. Retrofit is a subject close to our hearts.
Jon presents at Futurebuild 2020
Jon presented at Futurebuild alongside Jane Wakiwaka, the Head of Sustainability for The Crown Estate. They discussed the WELL Building Standard in The Crown Estate’s portfolio and how we designed One Heddon Street to become the world’s first WELL co-working space.
Barr Gazetas joins AJ’s RetroFirst campaign
We are proud to be on the list of supporters of RetroFirst, the campaign by Architects’ Journal. We are very lucky to work with clients and consultants who champion sustainability and we enjoy working together for the future of the built environment
Quadrant Arcade shortlisted for Civic Trust Award
We are delighted that Quadrant Arcade is a Regional Finalist in the 2020 Civic Trust Awards.
The awards celebrate the best architecture, planning and design making positive cultural, social, economic or environmental contributions to the local community.
Alistair takes part in FX round table on ‘Creativity’
Alistair took part in a seminar discussion, ‘Creativity: Tuition or Intuition’, organised by and featured in FX Magazine this month. The topic threw up many interesting questions, including where does creativity come from, who is creative, how can it be useful, and what counts as creativity?
NLA on Location takes in Barr Gazetas projects in Westminster
Two of our recent projects for The Crown Estate featured in the NLA on Location: Westminster conference on the 19th November 2019.
We showed attendees around Quadrant Arcade and One Heddon Street as part of the route taking in Oxford Street, Regent Street and their surrounding areas.
Sydne and Alistair enter artworks into Article 25 10x10 London auction
This year we have entered two artworks into the 10×10 London auction to raise money for Article 25.
Sydne took inspiration from the bands of colour and pattern within the Isle of Dogs and Alistair featured some mudlarking finds from Greenwich Reach at Low Tide.
Tom takes part in AE17 PechaKucha ‘Walthamstow: What’s Next?’
Architects E17 held their fifth Chit Chat PechaKucha event on the subject ‘Walthamstow: What’s Next?’
Tom Barton took part and presented our work with Making Places and Truman’s Brewery.
The BGs take part in Construction Rocks 2019
Rebranded into ‘The BGs’, Alistair’s band with Canary Wharf Contractors took part in the 2019 Construction Rocks battle of the bands competition this October. The band won the best fundraising prize, raising over £2000 for The Lighthouse Club – the construction industry charity.
Quadrant Arcade is a finalist in this year’s FX Awards
Quadrant Arcade was a finalist in this year’s FX Awards. We were up against very stiff competition in the Retail Space category. The awards have a focus in interior design and saw entries from all over the world so we are thrilled to have made it so far.
CPA Autumn Reception takes place at Riverscape
The CPA hosted their Autumn Reception at Riverscape, our project with Aukett Swanke for Knight Frank.
Guests were treated to amazing views of the London skyline at sunset and a speech from Alastair Moss, Chair of the Transportation and Planning Committee at the City of London Corporation.
Summer Newsletter 2019
Our latest newsletter is out! Read all about what we’ve been up to since January
Quadrant Arcade wins an AJ Retrofit Award!
We are absolutely thrilled that Quadrant Arcade, our project for The Crown Estate has won the Hotel, Retail & Leisure category at this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards.
One Heddon Street profiled in Architects Data File
Architects Data File have a project focus this month on One Heddon Street, our flexible workplace for The Crown Estate. Jon Eaglesham speaks about how the project came to be and how we worked with The Crown Estate and the rest of the project team to create the world’s first WELL-accredited co-working space.
Barr Gazetas signs Architect’s Declare pledge
UK Architects have declared a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency and we have signed the Architect’s Declare pledge. We will continue to push for sustainable methods in our industry and in more directly in the project teams of which we a part.
Jon elected to the BCO Board of Management
Jon Eaglesham, our Managing Director, has been elected to the BCO Board of Management.
He is looking forward to engaging with the members and finding out how the BCO should continue to promote the best in class around all areas of influence.
‘Stop undermining executive architects’ Tom argues in BD Online
Tom Barton, our associate who worked on the Royal Academy, features in BD Online to make the case for executive architects, a role that is too often misunderstood and undervalued in our profession.
We’ve been shortlisted for three AJ Retrofit Awards
We are thrilled to have been selected as finalists in three categories at this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards:
· Listed Building – Quadrant Arcade
· Hotel, Retail & Leisure – Quadrant Arcade
· Offices – One Heddon Street
Plus, Royal Academy of Arts, where we served as Executive Architect, is a finalist in the Cultural Buildings category.
Quadrant Arcade wins an NLA Award!
We are thrilled that Quadrant Arcade, our project on Regent Street for The Crown Estate, has won a New London Architecture Award!
The judges commented that, “from a design perspective, the arcade is very beautiful” and that it “transformed a somewhat unloved part of Regent Street and created a new link through at the same time”, providing “long-term investment in the city.”
Sun House features in The Modern House
Alistair Barr has showcased his mews home, Sun House, in The Modern House.
He explains how he made the period building energy efficient and gives insight into his house style.
127-133 Charing Cross Road receives planning permission
Our project with RDI REIT, 127 Charing Cross Road, has received planning permission.
We have designed a three-storey extension to the building, increasing the its floor space by 47% and taking it to circa 60,000ft2.
Architecture Today profiles Tower House
Our work on Tower House in Lewisham has been profiled in Architecture Today. The article explains the history of the building and how we approached the conversion and extension.
Tower House features in BD Online
BD Online has featured our work on Tower House, an old department store in Lewisham that we have converted in flats for MHA London. The project “could become a model for how to breathe new life into abandoned department stores.”
Gemma and Iain compete in the JLL Property Swim and Biathlon
We continued our annual participation in the JLL Property Triathlon this June.
Gemma took part in the Property Swim (2.2km of Dorney Lake) and Iain took part in the Duathlon (5km run, 22km cycle, 2.5km run)