Our retrofit of Kingston School of Art for Kingston University has won the 2021 BREEAM award for the best Public Sector Project post-construction. The judges commented that they were "impressed with the take on overall wellbeing, as well as embracing the challenge of refurbishing an existing building. The efforts made on solar shading, biodiversity and accessibility were also highly rated".
One of the drivers of the project has been to demonstrate how a carefully considered retrofit can transform the environmental performance, functionality and design quality of existing university buildings, so it is encouraging to see a refurbishment project achieve this award. Universities are faced with the twin challenges of meeting their zero carbon goals while addressing new ways of working and teaching in the post-pandemic era. This retrofit shows how these challenges can be addressed while also delivering high-quality design and without the need to fully decant staff and students off site to undertake major demolition and rebuilding. Our upgrades for Kingston School of Art prioritised passive design measures, increasing north-light to studios through re-organising the internal layout, introducing solar shading to the South, upgrading the thermal performance/airtightness of the envelope and replacing inefficient building services and plant. Together this package of measures contributed to achieving BREEAM Outstanding while also delivering on-going energy cost savings and significant reductions in CO2 produced by the university.
Pembroke Mill Lane, Cambridge picked up two awards at the 2025 Brick Awards last night, including winner of the Education category for outstanding architectural design, craftsmanship, and innovation in educational spaces, as well as a Special Award for Excellence.
Haworth Tompkins is working with The Castle to shape a long-term vision for the future of its spaces, building on the facility’s already strong commitment to sustainable operations.
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, along with Harvard Capital Projects, Shawmut Design and Construction, Haworth Tompkins, ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, and Charcoalblue, marked a major construction milestone with the ceremonial topping off of the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Center for Creativity & Performance.
Haworth Tompkins picked up three awards at last night’s BD Architect of the Year Awards ceremony including the coveted Gold Award for the 'best of the best', as well as winning Best Architect Employer of the Year, and Higher Education Architect of the Year.
Rother District Council has unanimously granted planning permission and listed building consent for the De La Warr Pavilion Masterplan, launching this major capital project to transform heritage for community, creativity & skills that will both preserve its iconic heritage and transform it for future generations.
The Warburg Institute highly commended at the Camden Design Awards
Completing The Court Theatre: A Landmark in Ōtautahi Christchurch’s Cultural Renewal
HT is collaborating with Troubadour Theatres on two innovative, fully demountable theatre projects, designed for an 8–10 year lifespan, in Canary Wharf and Greenwich.
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