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09.17
Cover ALEXANDRA PALACE, N LONDON
The Smile, Chelsea
Steve Menary on restoring the ‘People’s Palace’
College of Art
Alison Brooks Architects and Arup’s
LONG LANE, SOUTHWARK
curved hardwood CLT sculpture is up
for structural award Levitt Bernstein designs a social housing block
page 08
which doesn’t look like social housing
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CONTENTS 09.17
NEWS, VIEWS
& INSIGHTS PRODUCTS
04 Industry news & events 27 Groundworks & Drainage
10 View Point: Architects’ salaries 55 Planning & design
39 16 Ask the Architect: Sunand Prasad, 55 Structural elements
co-founder of Penoyre & Prasad 58 External envelope
18 Future Watch: Microhousing 73 Insulation
22 International Focus 74 Heating, ventilation & services
24 CPD Focus 82 Interiors
27 Appointments & news 95 Safety & security
47 Healthcare Estates Show Preview 96 Landscaping & external works
49 100% Design Show Preview 98 Classified & directory
PROJECT REPORTS
32 Restoring a Palace to the people
The refurbishment of a London landmark offers an alternative to traditional
‘new for old’ theatre restoration to create a major community venue, writes
Steve Menary
39 Stealth social housing
Teodora Lyubomirova looks at how architects Levitt Bernstein applied
care and precision to create a tenure-blind affordable social housing
scheme on a space-constrained site in the heart of London
FEATURES
56 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS: WATERPROOFING
Waterproofing for the ages
For decades, mastic asphalt has proved its credentials as an underground
waterproofing membrane that can last a lifetime, as the Mastic Asphalt
Council explains
59 EXTERNAL ENVELOPE: CLADDING & FACADES
Behind the secret fix
49
Panel Systems unravels how recent technological advancements became the
catalyst for uninterrupted exteriors and where this trend is heading
75 HEATING & VENTILATION: FIRES & FLUES
Rural charm without the harm
Solid fuel stoves are gaining in popularity in urban areas, but do they contribute to
pollution? Phil Lowe of Schiedel Chimney Systems, tackles some misconceptions
83 INTERIORS: FLOOR COVERINGS
Underpinning the evolution of the modern workplace
Jeremy Broadhead of Heckmondwike considers how flooring has addressed
workspace trends
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Steve Smith But at a time when the profession is under some strain, with the dual challenges of Brexit and continual
Audience Development squeezes on fees and earnings for a large proportion of architects, whether we need the Carbuncle Cup to
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the reproduction costs of material and Arup for the 2016 London Design Festival, and
used to illustrate their products. The
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NEWS 5
EDUCATION
AHR building for
AWARDS
Bath uni unveiled
Brick Awards 2017
A 6,000 m2 building designed by
shortlist announced
AHR at the University of Bath to
house the top-ranked UK architecture
school has been completed.
The new £23m building for the
Department of Architecture & Civil
Glen Howell Architects’ London City Shortlisted in the Worldwide Project
Engineering boasts double-height
Island, a cube-shaped campus for London category is Foster + Partners’ university
studios and spacious workshop and
College of Creative Media, and an campus of Xiao Jing Wan, which has
exhibition spaces plus offices and
innovatively-structured residential home in bronze-coloured cladding and a specially
bespoke zones for staff and students.
Oxfordshire are among the 85 shortlisted developed clay brick.
Gary Overton, director at AHR,
schemes for the 2017 Brick Awards. Head judge Joe Morris of Duggan
said: “The University of Bath sought a
Whittled down from 324 entrants, Morris Architects, said the 2017 shortlist
robust and durable building with good
shortlist highlights include Craig Tan was “one of our strongest” in the awards’
proportion, befitting both engineering
Architects’ Stepping Stone House (pictured) 41-year history, commenting: “Year on year,
and architecture disciplines. Our team,
and London City Island. the quality of design in the submissions and
including architects who have
Glenn Howell Architects’ project is a the quality of workmanship has steadily
themselves taught in the Department,
mixed-use neighbourhood that will provide increased.” She added: “It is increasingly
used their own experience to add
over 1700 homes as well as the new English difficult to identify single stand-out
unique value and insight.”
National Ballet headquarters and new award submissions.”
The architects utilised a simple
facilities for The London Film School. It The judges will visit every shortlisted site
pattern of pre-cast concrete frame
has been selected for Innovative Use of and judging criteria include planning,
elements repeated across a bronze
Brick and Clay Products & Large Housing design, and quality of construction, plus
anodised aluminium clad structure.
Development. the “substantial and skilful use of brick,
“The repetition of the expressed
Stepping Stone House in Henley, and how the building responds to its
frame creates a cohesive backdrop
Oxfordshire has two nominations; the surroundings and purpose”.
to the parkland setting,” commented
project is shortlisted for Outdoor Space and The winners will be announced at the
the architects.
Individual Housing Development. Brick Awards on 9 November.
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6 NEWS
EVENTS REGENERATION

Khan picks architects to create a new
d
SEMINARS Walthamstow neighbourhood
CDM 2015: Is your project in line with the
current regulations?
19 September, London C.F. Møller Architects has been chosen as
www.architecture.com/whats-on the practice to transform a former industrial
estate in London into a new mixed-use
neighbourhood.
RIBA Croydon CPD Roadshow
The architecture firm was awarded a
21 September, Croydon
preferred bidder status by the Greater
www.architecture.com/whats-on London Authority (GLA) and will work
alongside a consortium led by property
FESTIVALS developer Catalyst Housing Group and
Open House London housing association Swan to regenerate the
16-17 September, London Webbs Industrial Estate in Walthamstow.
The site, which was purchased by the
www.openhouselondon.org.uk
GLA in 2016, will provide 330 affordable
shared ownership homes, over 3,000 m² of
TRADE SHOWS
affordable workspace and artist studios, a
Decorex park and retail space.
17-20 September, London Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “I’m
www.decorex.com working hard to identify more brownfield
sites across London that we can use to
100% Design build the thousands of genuinely affordable
homes London desperately needs. This site
20-23 September, London
in Walthamstow shows the benefit of City
www.100percentdesign.co.uk
Hall taking a greater role unlocking and
bringing forward land for development –
Restaurant Design Show working closely with housing associations
26-27 September, London like Catalyst to deliver a scheme that is 100 on designing the best possible new homes,
www.restaurantdesignshow.co.uk/ per cent affordable for Londoners strug- along with a creative hub of artists’ studios,
gling to buy a home.” small parks and retail spaces. This is
Healthcare Estates Rolf Nielsen, associate partner, C.F. complimented by Catalyst’s and Swan’s
Møller, added: “We are delighted to be ambitious ideas for regenerating the Webbs
10-11 October, Manchester
involved in this important project that seeks Industrial Estate site.”
www.healthcare-estates.com
to provide exceptional quality of design for The proposals lodged by C.F. Møller,
this ground-breaking development of exclu- Catalyst and Swan beat off competition
UK Construction Week
sively affordable homes. Our approach to from 12 other bidders – a record number
10-12 October, Birmingham this project is to develop an architectural according the GLA. Work to clear the site is
www.ukconstructionweek.com/ and placemaking response with the focus starting later this year.
Surface Materials Show BOOK
10-12 October, Birmingham
www.ukconstructionweek.com/ Black: Architecture in Monochrome

Smart Buildings Show
10-12 October, Birmingham An exploration of 1000 years of colour black”, the tome features
www.ukconstructionweek.com/ architecture in black is published in a works by notable 20th century
book by Phaidon in October. architects and celebrated contemporary

With an introduction by Stella Paul designers and offers “a spectacular
Timber Expo
and a showcase of over 150 structures assortment of vernacular and historic
10-12 October, Birmingham
from across the globe, ‘Black: structures to show the diversity and
www.ukconstructionweek.com/ Architecture in Monochrome’ traces the beauty of black architecture like rural
historical influences of black in various barns, Georgian townhouses, Icelandic
Sleep materials and architectural styles. chapels, and traditional Portuguese
21-22 November, London Described as a “visual ode to the stone houses.”
www.thesleepevent.com

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8 NEWS
AWARDS
Excellence in structural engineering
celebrated in awards shortlist
Adele’s stage, the Tate Modern Switch
House, the new Design Museum and the
British Airways i360 observation tower are
among the highlights in this year’s
Structural Awards shortlist.
A total of 43 projects have been selected
from a pool of 119 entrants to compete at
the 50th edition of the respected industry
awards. Among the engineering practices
and schemes that have made it to the final
are the following:
• Arup (The Smile, Design Museum);
• OPS Structures (Adele 25 Stage);
• Jacobs (British Airways i360);
• Atkins (Custom House Station);
• Atelier One (Chadstone Shopping The Smile © Arup
Centre, Melbourne);
• BuroHappold Engineering (Queen Alia Union Square) and Ramble (Tate Modern ceremony for the Structural Awards, which
International Airport Phase 2, Jordan); Switch House). will be held on Friday, 17 November 2017
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (Apple The winners will be announced at the at The Brewery in London.
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VIEW POINT
A continuing wage gap between architects working in different sectors is presenting a
further obstacle to diversity of new entrants to the profession. Nigel Ostime from
Hawkins\Brown suggests a different approach
Economic commentators are observing minimum two years (many take more), of Should this be an area we
an increasing gap between the super- preparation for their final professional
just give up and pass on to
rich – the ‘1 per cent’ –and everyone exams – plus, for many, years of practice,
else. The conversation is not just about those the return on investment is poor. We have the ‘plan-smiths’?
who live below the poverty line but also to ask, does it make sense for architects to
about the ‘squeezed middle’. The gap is do this small-scale domestic work? Should
reckoned to be far wider than it has been this be an area that we just give up and pass RIBA Part 1 and a combined Part 2 and Part
previously and to be getting wider still. on to the non-architect ‘plan-smiths’? 3 qualification.
Worryingly, commentators on the increasing Certainly there are the more bespoke, high- For those who want to pursue a career in
use of technology believe that this trend will end extensions that provide the opportunity small domestic projects, perhaps we could
continue and that the ‘rise of the robots’ will for creative expression, paid for by wealthy look to an ‘architecture-lite’ course? To
further exacerbate the situation. and enlightened clients, but these are the qualify and undertake projects up to a value
There is also a gap between the haves and exception, not the rule. of say £1m (index-linked to account for
the have-nots in the architectural profession. No doubt micro-practitioners across the future inflation) students would undertake a
There is an economic gulf between large and country reading this will be exclaiming that course tailored to the needs of this scale of
small architectural practices in the UK. The they enjoy their lifestyle and accept lower work. It might include a fourth year in
challenge for the 45 per cent of practices with remuneration as a trade-off (some will also practice and, critically, include training in
five or fewer people is to make domestic resi be making a reasonable income from it). But running a small business as well as compre-
work –which, according to RIBA typically is it really worth the enormous investment, hensive knowledge of the relevant
makes up around 70 per cent of their particularly compared to other professions? regulations. Those completing the course
income –pay. Graphs illustrating the statis- If you want to undertake this sort of work, would not be able to use the protected title
tics all start steeply and have very long tails: why bother with the expense of training as ‘architect’ but could use a term such as
income per employee is significantly higher in an architect? Surely you don’t need the full ‘minor works architect’ (subject of course to
large practices and lower for the ‘micro’ 7+ years to design what are typically sub- ARB ratification).
practices, reducing as practice size reduces. £250K projects? For those who want to pursue the full
According to the 2016 RIBA Business A recent survey of architecture students architectural training, sponsorship (in a
Benchmarking survey the median annual highlighted a worrying trend of increasing similar way to apprenticeship) might be a
income for sole principals is just £24,000. debt and consequent mental health issues means to broaden entry. The employee would
Architects who have chosen to work as a sole attributed to course fees and low subsequent agree a contract tying them to the sponsor
principal or a two-person practice earn about income. Add to this the trend for the for a period of time, much as professional
half what principals in practices of up to 10 numbers of entrants to architecture being footballers do. Practices often decry the
people earn and less than a fifth of principals dominated by those from a wealthy middle relevance of the training graduate students
in practices of 50-plus. Perhaps more perti- class background and the consequent lack of receive, so as clients to the schools they could
nent is that sole traders under-perform diversity in the profession, and it is clear that be enabled in this way to have more say in
financially compared with all salaried archi- something has to change. the course structure.
tects with over five years’ experience. If we want diversity in the architectural
Broader education thinking
Clearly there are economies of scale; the profession we must find ways to give access
larger the practice, the lower the overhead There are already plans afoot to open archi- to all, regardless of their background and
per person. But it seems that designing tecture to a wider spectrum of society. My financial means. And maybe stop doing
house extensions doesn’t pay. And when practice, Hawkins\Brown, is one of a number house extensions. (cid:0)
you consider that these individuals will of large practices who have signed up to an
have undertaken the five-year graduate and apprenticeship scheme that has the support Nigel Ostime is project delivery director at
post-graduate university course, and a of the RIBA and will provide routes to both Hawkins\Brown Architects LLP
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