On Site: Modular Methods of Construction 

—We continue exploring modular methods of construction; at Blackwall Reach, facade panels have been entirely constructed off-site including window installation at the factory. Employing these methods often can result in significantly reduced build programmes, ensure more uniform quality control, and minimise wastage

In the Studio: Pembroke public art commission 

—Workshop with Associate Director Beatie Blakemore and artist Alison Turnbull, who has undertaken a public art commission for our project with Pembroke College, Cambridge. The ceramic mosaic, within the new Tom Stuart-Smith designed courtyard garden, relates to Alison’s research into Alfred Waterhouse and his work with the College. The artwork will sit in the centre of York stone paving which has been designed to create a Voronoi pattern, contrasting the formal pathways around the site.

In the Studio: Malmö model 

—Foam board and plywood model with paper details, showing the auditorium for Malmö Stadsteater

Study Trip: Porto, Hamburg and Zurich 

—Every year, Haworth Tompkins runs study trips to three different locations with rich architectural history, and invites everyone in the studio to come along. After these trips, we put together booklets to share with the practice what we have seen. Here is our record of 2017, and the three trips to Porto, Hamburg and Zurich. Click on the link, or the arrow, to view

From The Archive: Competition image 

—Competition image for a housing and estate regeneration scheme in London, seeking to retain existing podium play spaces at ground and their connection to the landscape beyond, whilst upgrading and extending the towers that define the edges of each open space. Ink drawing, coloured and textured in Photoshop

On Site: Fluted Glazed Bricks 

—These yellow bricks, laid on a curve, will form the parapet level of the final two blocks in Fish Island Village Phase 3

Report: Housing Book 

—A Haworth Tompkins publication focussing on our approach to housing. Illustrating our masterplanning, regeneration, heritage and mixed-use projects we also explore ideas around social value, sustainability and innovative ideas

In Progress: Working model 

—Working 1:50 façade model to test options; bringing urbanity and depth to our 150m long warehouse elevations at Albert Island

On Site: Stencilling on site 

—Fox stencil graffiti, popping up all over Fish Island Village

On Site: Maydew House strip out 

—Base of the Maydew House tower in Southwark, stripped out and ready for refurbishment

On Site: East London Metalwork 

—Powder coated aluminium metalwork detail from our Gardner Close project in Wanstead, due to complete later this month

On Site: Cast-in signage 

—Signage for Fish Island Village of board-marked concrete made from vertical rough sawn timbers. The indented lettering is cast-in using chamfered forms.

In the Studio: Cardboard testing 

—A contemporary interpretation of a rosary window for The Lighthouse. Testing out the modules of the design in cardboard

On Site: Precast facade panels 

—Precast facade panels in the factory. These are fully produced off-site, including brickwork and windows, at Decomo in Belgium. Installation started at Blackwall Reach in east London earlier this month

In Progress: Sketching for Theatr Clwyd 

—Theatr Clwyd ground floor sketches: Procreate over Lumion renders from the Revit model

Report: Disruptive Experimentation 

—This publication explores our process of retrofitting Kingston School of Art’s Mill Street Building. With its well preserved concrete and brick exterior, and fully functioning but inefficiently organised workshop spaces, this factory-like building proved the perfect starting point for a programme of adaptive re-use. (download report)

In the Studio: Photographing models 

—Photographing updates to our model for The Warburg Institute

On Site: Aerial auditorium 

—Work continues in the at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane ahead of the opening in the New Year

In Progress: Early massing for Kingswood 

—Early massing studies for our Legal and General Kingswood project. Clusters of 4-6 dwellings, pictured, establish a more informal, landscape-led northern boundary to the listed building, creating a sense of community

On Site: Fish Island arches 

—Beginning to get a sense of the double-height entrance space to one of our five buildings in Fish Island Phase 3. Arched openings will continue along the façade to form the windows of the adjacent gallery space

From The Archive: Everyman facade planning 

—Facade planning process for Liverpool Everyman Theatre, using Dan Kenyon's portraits of people from across the city. The images were then cut from aluminium plates using water jet technology to create a functional shutter screen to provide light and shade to the building

On Site: How can we gather? 

—The flexible auditorium at the Bridge Theatre lends itself to a new seating arrangement. This layout allows for 250 socially distanced seats in clusters of 1-3, allowing audiences to come back to live theatre. Shown here - a production of An Evening with an Immigrant about to begin

In the Studio: Pembroke College model 

—This 1/50 model of our scheme for Pembroke College, Cambridge is over one metre long. For ease of transportation, it is constructed using layers of ply and birch veneer with a foam board core.

On Site: Fish Island Phase 3 

—Work is progressing at Fish Island Village Ph3 in Hackney Wick, on the Hertford Union Canal. The brickwork is approaching roof level for two of the buildings, with the structure of the other blocks in this phase now almost complete

On Site: Auditorium Balcony 

—Construction is continuing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. At balcony level, the timber structure to support the new seating is being installed, ahead of the opening early next year

On Site: Blackwall Reach 

—The structure of our two blocks at Blackwall Reach in Poplar topped out earlier this year. Looking north from the intersection of Cotton Street and Poplar High Street, the cranked massing and setbacks visually reduce the length and volume of the facades, while also allowing access to Millennium Green.

On Site: Staircases 

—Newly created lobby from the Wyatt stair at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane site, which is currently closed. These new routes improve access to the upper levels; patrons with tickets for balcony seats can now enter via the foyer rather than directly from the street

From The Archive: Royal Court model 

—1:25 model of the Royal Court auditorium from 1999

In the Studio: Team meeting 

—Theatr Clwyd team meeting at our studio in Kentish Town - Part I to Associate Director

On Site: Theatre Royal Drury Lane 

—Spotted in Covent Garden, a fox ambling round the Theatre Royal site