Reinvention
As operational energy levels decline, the embodied carbon of our buildings becomes more significant in looking at the lifetime emissions of a building. It makes much less sense to demolish buildings without good reason as it may take decades for compensate for the loss of the embodied carbon involved.
Some of our recent projects, like the David Attenborough Building, have used this whole-life approach to determine their future and explore how far the sustainable re-invention of fabric and services can also reduce carbon in use. The answer is significantly, with huge savings in energy costs being delivered.
There is delight and inspiration too in re-invention: serendipitous matchings of new activities to old spaces of strong character, the juxtaposition of crisply detailed new interventions with historic fabric and the simple joy of careful renewal and restoration.
Our architectural approach - underpinned by a strong sense of materiality and a respect for context - is ideally suited to the sensitive re-use or imaginative extension of old buildings and we have an excellent track record of successful engagement with conservation groups and planners.
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The London Film School
London City Island
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Museum of Zoology
University of Cambridge
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Bloomsbury Theatre
University College London
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The Dyson Centre for Engineering Design
University of Cambridge
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Harris Westminster Sixth Form Academy
London
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The London Film School
Barbican Project
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Florey Building
Queen's College, University of Oxford
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George Salter Academy
West Bromwich
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Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Bristol
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Coleridge Primary School
Haringey, London
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Coldfall Primary School
Haringey, London
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The Courtauld Institute of Art
University of London
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Education and Simulation Centre
Royal College of Surgeons of England, London
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Information Services Building
University of Wales, Bangor
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The David Attenborough Building
University of Cambridge
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The Study Preparatory School
Wimbledon, London