This morning Associated Architects downed tools at 11am to hold another annual Macmillan Coffee Morning to raise funds for the cancer support charity. Staff spent the weekend baking to provide cakes for sale, as well as some that were shop bought (but didn’t taste as good but devoured in equally quick time!) It was a […]
This morning staff from Associated Architects got on their bikes to ride to work for “‘Cycle to Work Day 2015′”:https://www.cycletoworkday.org/. Meeting at 8am for breakfast at “Madeleine”:http://www.madeleinefinefoods.com/ before work, a combined total of 116 commuting miles were pledged between us. Cycle to Work Day is a national event held each year to encourage everyone to […]
Works at the Springfield Campus commenced yesterday and was celebrated with a ground breaking ceremony. The site, located on the former 12 acre Springfield Brewery in Wolverhampton is being redeveloped by the University of Wolverhampton and CITB, with the first development being the “West Midlands Construction University Technical College (WMCUTC)”:http://www.www.associated-architects.co.uk/projects/education/colleges/wmc-utc/. The design incorporates an existing […]
“The Centre for Medicine”; Associated Architects’ project for The University of Leicester, has been featured in the September/October issue of the RICS Building Control Journal. The article describes how the Passivhaus standards of the design will help to meet energy efficiency goals for the university reducing the building’s annual energy bill by up to six […]
Associated Architects’ project “The Barn at Kings Hawford Junior School” in Worcester has been featured in Passive House+ Magazine this month. The article focuses on St Gobain’s ‘Multi-Comfort’ standard applied to the project, described as “a holistic approach to constructing buildings to improve occupant comfort, health and well being.” This will be the first building […]
Associated Architects last week submitted the latest proposals for planning approval at the City Centre Campus at Eastside for Birmingham City University. Plot 2A is preceded by two previous phases designed by Associated Architects, namely “The Parkside Building” and “The Curzon Building.” The latest proposal expands the campus with 100,000sq.ft of teaching space spread out […]
Associated Architects is pleased to announce their appointment to refurbish an eleven storey office building in Birmingham City Centre. Civic House is located on the corner of Great Charles Street facing the north side of the Paradise Circus site and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. The refurbishment will include a degree of external remodelling and […]
John Burton, a 5th year student of the Birmingham School of Architecture, is the first recipient of the Associated Architects Award. The prize was presented by Director Warren Jukes, an Alumni of the school, at the end of year show, held in Birmingham City University’s “Parkside building”on the 17th June. The Parkside building, which is […]
At the beginning of June a topping out ceremony for the “new library” at the University of Birmingham was marked and celebrated by all those involved in the project. A commemorative slab was laid with a quote by Professor Morris Zapp taken from David Lodge’s novel, “A Small World.” To mark the event the University […]
“The Keyes Building” (formerly SPACE) named after Tim Keyes, Headmaster of the School from 1998-2014 was opened at the weekend. Students, staff and alumni celebrated the launch of the dynamic sports facility. Included within the site are a 12m indoor climbing wall, four mutli-use courts, eight cricket nets, a five-a-side football pitch, a basketball pitch, […]
