Last week Emrys Architects were delighted to join Great Portland Estates, BAM and the rest of the project team to celebrate the topping out of our 30 Broadwick project. The practice of “topping out” a new building as its structure reaches its highest point can be traced back to the ancient Scandinavian religious rite of placing a tree atop a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits displaced in its construction. Although…
Artist Sasha Holzer has been commissioned to hand carve a series of wood blocks in geometric designs. These original artworks are now being scanned and scaled up to create stone panels that will become a frieze around our Broadwick Street project. Featured here is some work in progress.
This week, we have welcomed two Third year Part I architecture students from Central St Martins as part of the RIBA mentoring scheme. It has been a busy week visiting various schemes on site together with some completed schemes. They said it gave them a good rounded insight into the workings of an architectural practice.
An interesting visit to Albion Stone’s quarry in Portland, Dorset where they have started to stack up the stone for despatch to our Broadwick Street project. Great to see the source of the stone that will be a prominent feature of the building.
Vote for Emrys’ Garden Villa In Sunday Times Housing Competition
10.09.2015
Emrys have been shortlisted for the SundayTimes British Homes Award competition to design high density housing for a new garden city. Public voting decides the winner so please take the time to vote for our Garden Villa here: Update – voting is now complete. Our Garden Villa is a light-filled dwelling in a densely populated garden city. Villas are arranged around communal garden squares creating safe areas for children to play and…