We are honoured to have been selected, alongside our project team, Citizen Design Bureau, Office Sian, LDA Design, Heyne Tillett Steel and XCO2 as part of Be First’s ambitious new architecture framework together with 7 other exemplary design teams. We are looking forward to supporting Be First with their vision to build up to 4,000 high-quality, socially rented homes in Barking and Dagenham.
We are also delighted to be collaborating with Be First on the third phase of the Gascoigne West masterplan and to be part of the landmark redevelopment of the Gascoigne neighbourhood. Our proposals provide 137 high-quality, inclusive new homes for rent, shared gardens for residents and a new co-designed community park delivered in collaboration with Citizens Design Bureau and LDA Design.
The scheme focusses on improving the local streetscape, including opening up new connections and greening of routes that link together various neighbourhoods within the estate, earlier phases of the masterplan, and the nearby River Roding. Sustainable, future proof and healthy design sits at the heart of the design approach, and Be First’s design aspirations for a well-connected, high-quality, net zero neighbourhood. This will be the second project that Haworth Tompkins has undertaken for Be First in Barking, and we look forward to working together again.
Haworth Tompkins has been shortlisted in two categories at this year's Building Design Architect of the Year Awards.
We are so pleased to see The Court Theatre continue to receive industry recognition, with multiple honours at Friday night's Property Council New Zealand Industry Awards, including the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Judges' Choice Award.
In the second of three NLA articles, Tom Gibson, Associate Director at Haworth Tompkins, reflects on the practice’s international mass timber projects and the lessons they offer for timber construction in the UK.
Last week, Haworth Tompkins received the Dewi-Prys Thomas Award for our work on Theatr Clwyd in Mold, North Wales. The award celebrates the role of design in improving quality of life and supporting regeneration across Wales.
The redevelopment of Pembroke Mill Lane, Cambridge, for Pembroke College has been recognised with four RIBA awards, including a 2026 RIBA East Award, Building of the Year, Project Architect and the Conservation Award.
Planning approval has been granted for two new residential developments at Regents Court and Orwell Court & Welshpool Street, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing Hackney New Homes Programme.
Following the announcement of £10m investment from the Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to undertake critical infrastructure repairs to the Grade I listed Royal Festival Hall, we are delighted to announce our appointment to work with the Southbank Centre on the next phases of this landmark project.
Tendring Cochester Borders Garden Community wins Pineapple Award for Future Place over 20ha!
| 25.03.26 | Mass Timber Design Innovations: from fire strategy to carbon reduction, the challenges and opportunities of designing with timber. → |
| 30.10.25 | Construction Reaches Topping Off Milestone for the New Home of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University → |
| 28.07.25 | Haworth Tompkins reveals plans for the redevelopment of Grade I listed De La Warr Pavilion → |
| 13.05.25 | Haworth Tompkins to lead design of affordable housing in £2.5 Billion York Central Regeneration → |