In Progress: Offsite Fabrication 

—Production of our innovative family homes in Liverpool has started in the factory, based at HMP Hindley. The houses will be assembled on site in approximately 12 hours per unit from pre-fabricated externally finished cassette panels

In the Studio: Roger, Danny and Maria 

—Figuring out how the timber structure of the Den, at the Royal Exchange Manchester, will work with its fabric cover and seating

In Progress: Early Albert Island model 

—Early stage massing model of Albert Island, exploring industrial typologies and layout

On Site: Knights Park photography workshops 

—This recently completed darkroom houses the processing and print equipment at Kingston School of Art. It also includes a pass-through sink to make the transition between darkroom processing and review in the light less cumbersome. These new workshop facilities, largely for analogue processes, are retained as part of strong ethos that believes in a holistic approach to arts education

From The Archive: Testing rooflights under an artificial sky 

—Testing the effectiveness of our rooflight design on this 1:20 model of the Royal College of Art, Battersea. The Bartlett School of Architecture has a lighting simulator that can mimic any time of day

In the Studio: 1:25 Model 

—Testing proposals for a courtyard extension to the Warburg Institute Library. The roof structure has been designed to evoke an elliptical rooflight in the original Warburg Institute in Hamburg. The ellipse is symbolic of Aby Warburg’s intellectual theories behind cosmological freedoms of the mind

On Site: Theatre Royal Drury Lane strip out 

—Demolition progressing on the Grade I listed auditorium ahead of a new, improved geometry

Study Trip: Social Housing 

—Wohnpark Alterlaa, a flourishing social housing neighbourhood in Vienna, a city where 62% of the population live in state funded housing

On Site: Fish Island Village 

—Concrete and steel entry lobby at Fish Island Village

In the Studio: Auditoriums 

—Modelling flexible auditorium layouts

On Site: Creative demolition at Knights Park 

—Temporary props hold up the existing roof in advance of the new steel frame

From The Archive: Cambridge, Massachusetts 

—Early morning at the Carpenter Centre

In the Studio: Gingerbread Housing 

—Gingerbread tower assembly session for the Museum of Architecture at the V&A

On Site: Albert Island 

—A plane lands at London City Airport, seen from our Albert Island site. The relationship to the airport is a key consideration in the masterplan design.

In the Studio: Samples 

—Carpet discussions for Theatre Royal Drury Lane

On Site: Texture 

—Play of light and shadow, mornings at the Bristol Old Vic

Reference: Entrance for Elephants 

—Entrance to the Malmö Stadsteater. Formerly used by elephants

In the Studio: Sketching 

—Overlay sketching on the Warburg Institute visuals

Reference: Handrail 

—Walter Segal handrail, London, 1950, steel and sapele

On Site: Etching Press at Knights Park 

—The etching press is now in the printmaking workshop at the Knights Park campus, Kingston School of Art

On Site: Grand Hall 

—Finishing touches to the Grand Hall plywood lattice ceiling at Battersea Arts Centre

From The Archive: Bridge Theatre light 

—The Bridge Theatre light is a pendant fitting made of copper mesh, each one is unique due to its hand formed nature.

On Site: Precast concrete 

—On-site processing plant for precast concrete paving at Fish Island

Reference: Markings in Porto 

—Planned and unplanned, formal and informal, anarchy versus order.

On Site: Corten steel shutters for the Bristol Old Vic 

—Prototyping waterjet cut artwork based on two interwoven poems. First by David Garrick from the Theatre Royal prologue written in 1766, he also did a spoken work performance to announce the opening of the original theatre. And second by Miles Chambers, former Bristol City Poet.

Study Trip: Porto 

—Alvaro Siza's Bouca Casas Socials, an alternative to British Standards: narrow entrance doors, stepped planting, stepped access and visible clothes drying opportunities.

In the Studio: Sarah and Safa 

—Placements for school leavers and students are well supported in the office and add to the culture and experience of the whole office.

In Progress: Working 'yard' spaces 

—This typology appears in a lot of our work at the moment. This is in response to the need to keep work places within the city, endeavouring to provide truly integrated city culture.

On Site: Concrete Testing 

—Thinking by doing: Exploring the range of interesting work undertaken by the labs at Kingston University, including these concrete stress tests.

On Site: NT Deck 

—The timber diagrid for the National Theatre’s new rooftop events pavilion is craned into place. The timber structure was pre-fabricated in workshops in York, assembled on the Southbank over three hours and then craned onto the third floor roof deck in under six minutes.