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182 Pages·2016·8.43 MB·English

is for architecture
By Barton Willmore

Explore Engage Excite

It brings me great pleasure to be able to present A is for Architecture:
a coming together of Barton Willmore’s architects from across the
UK and a selection of our diverse range of projects.
Born as a small architectural Practice in 1936 in Reading, Barton Willmore
has grown over the past 80 years to become the UK’s largest integrated
planning and design consultancy with 11 UK offices. But, within these
pages, we wanted to take you back to our roots: architecture.
Over the past two years in particular, our architectural service has been
evolving. Breaking the barriers of our presence in London, Reading, Bristol
and Edinburgh, we now work together as one team interconnecting our
skills. For me as a Partner, it’s great to lead a national team that can
offer a more streamlined service to our clients.
The architectural experience at Barton Willmore is to explore, to
engage and to excite. This book has enabled us to share some of our
favourite projects, which focuses on this exciting process that we go
through as designers. In it, we think about a site’s context, how it will
function, the creation of spaces and form and how we can add value
both economically and socially. While we’ve aligned projects to each of
these, it’s a full process that we go through for every project.
We’re in a great place now, but like the industry we will of course
continue to evolve and adapt. We’re already ahead of the game in
moving our team over to BIM and Revit (in the top 10% nationally), and
every job from our Bristol, Reading, Edinburgh and London offices will
be making the most of these to work seamlessly and increase efficiency.
I do hope you enjoy looking through the book and taking a glimpse into
our world - we look forward to seeing what the future has to offer for
our team at this exciting time.
Nick Collins
Partner

INTRODUCTION 4
UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT 9
SOUTHALL REGENERATION: THE ARCHES 10
SOUTHALL REGENERATION: MALGAVITA 18
ALPHATECTURE 23
OLD FISON’S, BRAMFORD 28
READING FC: BEARWOOD PARK 34
DAMMAM BOTANIC GARDENS 42
PENNYWELL, EDINBURGH 46
FOCUS ON FUNCTION 55
DHL AT EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT 56
ENTERPRISE HOUSE, ALDGATE 62
ARCHITECTURE PINBALL 65
WESTCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS 68
LOW ENERGY HOMES 72
ACACIA VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE 76
POPLAR BUSINESS PARK 82
SPACES & FORMS 91
ST PAUL’S CHURCH, WESTON 92
NEW USES FOR OLD BUILDINGS 98
FORMER HONILEY AIRFIELD 103
ARCHIDOODLE 105
WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES 108
MULBERRY MEWS, LONDON 112
ADDING VALUE 119
KNIGHTSTONE OFFICES 120
OFFICES REBOOTED 124
WHY ARCHITECTURE? 127
FORMER CADBURY FACTORY 130
SOMERDALE PAVILION 136
CAVERSHAM CENTRE, READING 141
ARTCHITECTURE 145
THE HAVEN, SWANSEA 148
READING FC: ROYAL ELM PARK 152
AND FINALLY... 161
EXPLORE 162
ENGAGE 164
EXCITE 166
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 168
MEET OUR TEAM 170
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INTRODUCTION
Barton Willmore is the UK’s leading integrated,
independent, planning and design consultancy.
Originally established as an Architectural Practice
80 years ago, Barton Willmore has a strong design-
led approach throughout all disciplines. Our
architectural team, which is based across London,
Reading, Bristol and Edinburgh combines high
quality, innovative and sustainable design with
extensive commercial awareness on projects across
the UK. Each member of our team is skilled at
guiding developments of all types, from large scale
commercial hubs to the refurbishment of listed
buildings or development of major integrated
urban regeneration schemes.
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