RE-CYCLE Exhibition December 2011

Haworth Tompkins Dovecote Studio is included in the current exhibition at the MAXXI Museum in Rome called 'Recycle - Strategies for Architecture, City and Planet' and runs from December to April 2012.

MAXXI Museum Website

Publications December 2011

Haworth Tompkins project to create a new home for the Bush Theatre in a former Library has been included in Decembers' issue of ICON Magazine as one of Edwin Heathcote's one of his six cultural highlights of 2011 in architecture, design and art.

Toby Johnson contributed an article to Theatres Magazine on the creative opportunities of working with listed theatre buildings. Drawing on Haworth Tompkins experience at the Royal Court Theatre, the National Theatre Studio, the National Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre the article looked in detail in the current proposals for the Chichester Festival Theatre.

The Dovecote Studio is one of 19 case studies included in the new book 'Old Buildings, New Designs' by Princeton Architectural Press.

Bush Theatre October 2011

The Bush Theatre reopened on 10 October 2011 in its new home created within a former library on Uxbridge Road. Haworth Tompkins have been working with with the theatre on a redevelopment programme that can be implemented in phases. The first phase which has facilitated the opening includes forming a new auditorium from a former reading room, and creating front of house facilities including a bar/cafe and script library. The Bush and artist Antoni Malinowski have been partners in the design process. The inaugural show is Sixty-Six Books, an epic performance cycle featuring over 200 artists from across the globe which celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible.

Bush Theatre Preview Movie

Silchester Garages October 2011

Haworth Tompkins and Peabody have been selected by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to implement a major regeneration project on part of the Silchester Estate near Latimer Road Tube Station. The project was won following an eight month competitive dialogue process and involves providing new mixed tenure housing, community and retail facilities, a new community garden and mews that open up the existing railway arches below Latimer Road Station for new employment uses. The project will be submitted for planning in the new year with the aim of starting on site in summer 2012.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Website

Donmar Warehouse October 2011

Haworth Tompkins proposals for a new mixed use development for the Donmar Warehouse and the Mercers Company on Dryden Street in Covent Garden has been granted planning permission. The scheme involves the remodeling and refurbishment of a group of late 19th century warehouse buildings in Covent Garden to create a new rehearsal, education and administrative centre for the Donmar Warehouse and new residential and community uses for the Mercers Company. The project will retain as much of the character of the original buildings whilst creating a series of new interventions such as a double height rehearsal room, a new stair core and a rooftop extension to house a flat for visiting artists.

Exeter College, Oxford September 2011

Exeter College, Oxford has recently launched a campaign called Exeter Excelling to celebrate their 700th Anniversary and one of their goals of the campaign is to transform the recently purchased Ruskin College campus on Walton Street into Exeter's "third quad" in the heart of Oxford. Haworth Tompkins are one of five practices shortlisted for the project, including Alison Brooks Architects, Eric Parry Architects, Richard Sundberg Architects and Wright & Wright Architects. The design proposals can be viewed at the link below.

Exeter College Website

Housing Design Awards July 2011

Peabody Avenue has been awarded a 2011 Housing Design Award. The project was one of three winners in the completed project category. The awards recognise quality in the design of new housing and consider the views of the residents in making their selection. The award video can be viewed below.

New London Awards July 2011

Haworth Tompkin's designed projects won two of the twelve awards in the inaugural New London Awards, launched by NLA to recognise the capital's best projects. The projects at the London Library and Peabody Avenue won the Conserving and Living Awards respectively from the 62 schemes shortlisted from a total of some 316 projects submitted. A selection of the projects entered into the awards will feature in a new 12 month exhibition at the NLA galleries in The Building Centre from September and be published online as part the New London project directory.

NLA Website

The Scotsman Steps July 2011

Martin Creed's Work No. 1059 at The Scotsman Steps, Edinburgh has opened to the public. The work, which was carried out alongside the conservation of the listed staircase by Edinburgh City Council, was funded through the Fruitmarket Gallery and involves repaving each of the 104 stairs and landings in different coloured marbles from all around the world. Haworth Tompkins worked with Martin Creed and the Fruitmarket Gallery on the realisation and execution of the work and follows earlier collaborations at the London Library and Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York.

Scotsman Article

Canning Town June 2011

Haworth Tompkins have submitted a planning application for the first phase of a major new regeneration project in Canning Town for developers Bouygues Development. The application was submitted alongside an outline application for the wider regeneration project which is being master planned by AECOM Design + Planning.

The first phase comprises a 7,500 sqm foodstore at ground level with a basement car park. Above the foodstore, 179 new homes will be created around the perimeter of a large, shared, landscaped garden. A mix of unit sizes, types and tenures will be provided including two and four storey houses and wheelchair accessible flats. The scheme also includes a new Energy Centre, which will provide heating and hot water for the whole of the masterplan area.

Jericho Wharf June 2011

Haworth Tompkins has recently completed a masterplan and feasibility study for The Jericho Living Heritage Trust. The Trust, in collaboration with the Jericho Community Association, Jericho Community Boatyard and St Barnabas Church, want to purchase land adjacent to the Oxford Canal in Jericho for community uses.

The proposals include a new working boatyard, a community centre and new bridge across the canal. At the centre of the scheme will be a new public square bounded by small shops and cafes, the Grade I listed St. Barnabas church and the canal. The scheme also includes a mix of housing, including terraced family dwellings.

Jericho Wharf Website

Park View School June 2011

The refurbishment and extension of Park View School in Birmingham has started on site. The project which is being carried out with Lend Lease under the Birmingham BSF Programme, is being phased to ensure that the school is fully operational throughout the construction of the project. The works consist of a new entrance, a new sports hall, an extension to the dining room, improved circulation and accessibility as well as general improvements to the learning environment.

AIA UK Awards April 2011

The London Library was one of four winners at the recent annual Awards Gala for the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter Excellence in Design Awards.

AIA UK Website

Peabody Avenue April 2011

Haworth Tompkin's extension to Peabody Avenue in Pimlico has been reviewed in the Evening Standard. The project which was occupied by its new residents in March provides 55 new flats, a community space, new play areas and new landscaping to the entire estate. It was built on the bomb damaged south end of the existing Avenue and is designed to reflect the scale and materiality of the existing estate whilst developing a distinct identity of its own.

Evening Standard Article

Donmar Warehouse March 2011

The Clore Duffield Foundation has announced a £500,000 grant to the Donmar Warehouse to fund new creative learning spaces for young people which will form part of their new Haworth Tompkins designed facility on Dryden Street in Covent Garden.

The scheme which has recently been submitted for planning involves the remodeling and refurbishment of a group of late 19th century warehouse buildings in Covent Garden to create a new rehearsal, education and administrative centre for the Donmar Warehouse. The project will retain as much of the character of the original buildings whilst creating a series of new interventions such as a double height rehearsal room, a new stair core and a rooftop extension to house a flat for visiting artists. Work is due to commence on site later this year.

The Stage Article

Bush Theatre March 2011

The Bush Theatre are moving to the Old Library on Uxbridge Road and Haworth Tompkins have prepared a feasibility study that maps out a phased refurbishment and development strategy. They are currently working with the Bush on facilitate an opening in autumn.

Guardian Article

Civic Trust Awards March 2011

Snape Maltings was a winner at the recent Civic Trust Ceremony at the People's History Museum in Manchester on Friday 4th March 2011. The award covered the work for Aldeburgh Music's Creative Campus and the completed phases of a housing, retail and cultural development being implemented by the site owners George Gooderham Investments. The judges commented:

'A hard-line attitude to the conversion of these industrial buildings, in terms of materials and details, has been rigorously followed to leave the old exposed and insert the new in a reworking of the same architectural language but using modern industrial materials.'

Civic Trust Website

RCA Topping Out February 2011

On the 15th of February, the Royal College of Art's new Dyson Building is to be officially 'topped out' in a ceremony involving the Rector, Dr Paul Thompson, Sir James Dyson, and staff and students of the RCA. Topping Out ceremonies are traditionally held to mark the completion of the highest point of a building. With a gross internal area of 4,750 sqm, the Dyson Building marks the second phase of the Royal College of Art's ambitious expansion programme in South London.

Work on the Dyson Building began in 2010 and is scheduled to open at the start of the Academic Year 2012/13, when it will house the departments of Printmaking and Photography as well as incubator units for start-up design enterprises, a lecture theatre seating 225 and a 250 sqm gallery.

The Clothworkers Centre February 2011

Haworth Tompkins has been commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum to design a new Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation Centre within Blythe House, a grade II listed building in Olympia.

The project, which will be named the Clothworkers Centre, reinstates the original entrance to Blythe House, providing a dedicated visitor reception, new study room, seminar room and conservation studios, together with 3,500 cubic metre of compressed storage to house the entire fashion and textiles collection. The Centre will be one of the world's most important resources for the study of textiles and fashion. It will make available to the public, on request, some 104,000 objects which form the Museum's Fashion and Textiles Study Collection.

The Young Vic January 2011

The Young Vic is featured in January's issue of BluePrint, as one of ten "most significant buildings completed since 2000." Focusing on the best architecture to have emerged in the UK since the millennium, the Blueprint team travelled the country, revisiting significant projects and assessing their architectural worth and influence.

Blueprint Magazine

Canning Town December 2010

Haworth Tompkins have been selected by Bouygues Development to work on the first phase of their masterplan for a 6.3 hectare site in Canning Town. The brief consists a new supermarket and energy centre, with mixed tenure housing above and car parking at the basement level below. The design for the site is being developed in close consultation with AECOM Design & Planning who are developing the masterplan for the wider site and a planning application is due to be submitted in early 2011.

Bouygues Website
Image: AECOM Design & Planning

Chichester Festival Theatre December 2010

Haworth Tompkins has been appointed by the Trustees of Chichester Festival Theatre to develop a feasibility study for upgrading their Powell and Moya designed theatre. Based on Tyronne Guthrie's Festival Theatre in Stratford Ontario, Chichester Festival Theatre opened in 1962 and boasted the first modern thrust stage auditorium in the country. Now Grade II* Listed, Haworth Tompkins are in the process of developing a Conservation Management Strategy to ensure that any new work preserves and enhances as many of the building's significant features as possible.

National Theatre October 2010

The National Theatre refurbishment project has been granted planning permission and listed building consent by Lambeth planning committee.

RIBA Special Awards October 2010

The Aldeburgh Music Creative Campus at Snape Maltings was runner-up to David Chipperfield and Julian Harrap's Berlin Neusmuseum for the 2010 Crown Conservation Award, announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize Dinner on Saturday 2 October 2010 at The Roundhouse, London.

Open Air Theatre September 2010

Haworth Tompkins redevelopment of The Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park has received planning permission. The project involves improving the back of house facilities including new dressing rooms, box office, offices, workshop and storage facilities. Scheduled to go on site next month and completed in April 2012.

Park View School, Birmingham August 2010

Haworth Tompkins redevelopment of Park View School in Birmingham has received planning permission. The project is being carried out under Birmingham's BSF Programme and involves the extension and remodelling of an existing 960s secondary school, providing new sports facilities, a new entrance and circulation routes, extended dining facilities and upgraded teaching facilities. The project is due to start on site at the start of 2011.

Everyman Theatre August 2010

Haworth Tompkins' £28 million redevelopment of Liverpool's Everyman Theatre has received planning permission. The project, which involves more than doubling the size of the premises, is scheduled to go on site in 2011 and open in 2013.

New Publications August 2010

A selection of our projects have recently have been featured in British and International publications. A detailed building feature of the Sackler Building was published in the Korean bi-monthly publication "Details" whilst the North Wall Arts Centre featured in the book "British Interior Design" by Braun Publishing. The Egg Theatre, Almeida Theatre and The Young Vic are among 28 case studies selected by the Association of British Theatre Technicians for their publication "Theatre Buildings: A Design Guide".

Sackler Publication August 2010

A new book on the Sackler Building for the Royal College of Art will be published by CLC Editions at the end of August. The fully illustrated book outlines the recently constructed designs for the RCA's new Painting Department in Battersea. The book is in paperback, 256mm x 172mm, 62 pages, 14 colour spreads and drawings. ISBN 978-0-9566084-0-6.

Aldeburgh Music Campus Awards July 2010

The Aldeburgh Music campus has won two Quality of Place awards, for conservation and design, and a D&AD award for the buildings' hand painted signage. The project has also been awarded the AJ national Small Projects award, an RIBA regional award and an RICS regional award.

Liverpool Everyman Theatre May 2010

Haworth Tompkins have submitted a planning application to rebuild the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool's historic Hope St. Developed in close collaboration with theatre practitioners, the new building will provide a new 400-seat thrust stage auditorium, a community theatre studio, rehearsal space, workshops and offices for the Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust. Front of house spaces will include a new pavement café, a theatre bar and a reincarnation of the famous basement Bistro.



RIBA Awards May 2010

Haworth Tompkins have been awarded RIBA Awards for three of their recently completed projects: The RCA's Sackler Building in Battersea London, Sites 1 and 7 at Liverpool One which was a collaboration with Dixon Jones and the Music Campus at Snape Maltings Suffolk. The 3 projects are among the 102 winning buildings which will provide the 6 projects nominated for this year's Stirling Prize.


Martin Creed New York Exhibition May 2010

Haworth Tompkins have assisted Martin Creed with an art installation at the Gavin Brown's Enterprise gallery in New York. The work consists of over 100 different marble planks and is described by the New York Times as 'a stunning, seemingly encyclopedic testament to nature's beauty and variety'. The exhibition runs until 19 June 2010 at 620 Greenwich Street, at LeRoy Street, West Village.


RICS Awards May 2010

The renewal of Snape Maltings has jointly won the RICS East of England Conservation Award. The project, to provide new music facilities for the Aldeburgh Music campus and new residential and retail accommodation for Johnny and Alesha Gooderham, brings back to life a substantial group of derelict 19th century buildings on the Suffolk Coast. The judges reported that the standard of this year's shortlist was exceptional, but that the maltings was a worthy joint winner.


National Theatre May 2010

Haworth Tompkins proposals for the redevelopment of the National Theatre were exhibited in the theatre's Foyer over the weekend of 8-9 May 2010. The exhibition forms part of the pre-planning consultation on the project which will provide a new extension on Upper Ground to create space for additional educational facilities, refurbish the Cottesloe, remodelling the front of house including opening up the north east corner to the river and carrying out environmental improvements to the terraces and pedestrian areas.



Bishops Palace, Kingston April 2010

Planning Permission and Conservation Area consent has been granted for the Bishops Palace site in Kingston upon Thames. The scheme, which was designed by Haworth Tompkins for Canadian and Portland Estates plc, consists of a radical remodelling and extension of an existing 1970s retail and leisure development. The designs seek to improve accessibility and connections to the river, and provide an architectural presence more befitting of its prominent position on the river.

Scotsman Steps April 2010

Haworth Tompkins are working with Martin Creed on a project for the Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh. The artwork, which is being commissioned by the Fruitmarket Gallery, consists of cladding the existing treads and risers with different coloured marbles from around the world. The work is a development of a collaboration with Martin Creed at the London Library project where the WC floors were in coloured marble tiles. The artwork is being implemented as part of the restoration of the Scotsman Steps and is due to be completed later this year.

Open Air Theatre April 2010

10 years after having carried out the renovation of the Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Haworth Tompkins have submitted a planning application for new back of house, box office and administrative accommodation to complete the scheme. The project is due to be implemented in winter 2011.

Herbert Art Gallery April 2010

The Herbert Art Gallery has been named the Guardian's Family-Friendly Museum of the Year 2010. Haworth Tompkins completed the first Phase of the redevelopment of the Museum consisting of new gallery and education spaces a new cafe and a Creative Industries Centre including an recording studio and editing suites.

Design Museum March 2010

The Herbert Art Gallery has been named the Guardian's Family-Friendly Museum of the Year 2010. Haworth Tompkins completed the first Phase of the redevelopment of the Museum consisting of new gallery and education spaces a new cafe and a Creative Industries Centre including an recording studio and editing suites.

The London Library March 2010

The books have been have moved into the latest phase of work that has been completed at the London Library. This phase of work includes creating a new reading room from a former light well, remodelling of the Art Room, extension to the 19th Century book stacks and creating new internal links. The works are continuing with the refurbishment of the entrance and catalogue area completing Phase 2, which is due in August this year.

Battersea Arts Centre March 2010

The Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre has opened after a 2 month restoration and refurbishment programme overseen by Haworth Tompkins. This is the first phase of a two phase project which will be completed later in the year and includes a new floor, decorations, curtains, lighting and power. The project seeks to bring out some of the more eccentric qualities of the original Grade 2* building after many years of institutionalisation and is seen as a testing bed for a larger project currently under discussion.

South Bank Rooms at Coin Street March 2010

Haworth Tompkins have been working with Coin Street Community Builders to develop the basement shell of their neighbourhood centre to provide new meeting and conference facilities and a new community medical facility. The new facilities, which were opened at the beginning of February, includes a major new art work by Antoni Malinowski entitled 'Reflected in Blue' which dominates the new Foyer space.

Architects Journal Small Project Award March 2010

The Dovecote at Snape Maltings for Aldeburgh productions has been awarded the 2010 Architects Journal Small Project Award. The project inserted a new prefabricated coreten shell into the ruined brickwork of the former Dovecote. The cor-ten shell was insulated and lined in plywood to create a new studio space for artists in residence.

Recent Publications March 2010

The recently completed Sackler Building for the Royal College of Art and the Dovecote Studio at Snape for Aldeburgh Productions have featured in British and International publications. A building feature of the Sackler Building was published in the Architects Journal 26.11.09 whilst the Dovecote Studio featured in the Architects Journal Technical & Practice section 21.01.10. The Korean publication C3 published an article on both Aldeburgh Music and the Dovecote Studio in their January 2010 issue.

Buildings of the Decade January 2010

Haworth Tompkins temporary theatres at Gainsborough Studios and Kings Cross have been selected amongst Kieran Long's buildings of the decade. Kieran Long, editor of the Architects Journal says: "The other projects on my list are highly subjective of course, and are moments I remember as very special in the nation's architecture of the last ten years. The Almeida Theatre's temporary inhabitation of Gainsborough Studios in Shoreditch (2000) and a bus shed in King's Cross, London, (2001) were orchestrated by Haworth Tompkins and were a sign of that practice's command of cultural venues that it played out through the decade."

European Housing Concepts Publication January 2010

Haworth Tompkins have two projects published in a new book titled European Housing Concepts 1990-2010 by Luisella Gelsomino and Ottorino Marinoni and published by Editrice Compositori. The book is a sweeping critical repertory of the design orientations of residential architecture in Europe, offering a significant overview of built works and emerging trends spanning the period of 1990-2010 and includes articles on Newington Green Student Housing and Iroko Housing.