Duggan Morris Architects

01 | May | 2013 Tweet

Curtain Road -
Nearing completion

Works are close to completion for a
16,000sqft. urban infill in the
heart of Shoreditch, East London.
The project retains a three storey
brick building fronting onto
Curtain Road, crowned by a 3 storey
lightweight contemporary extension
designed to complement the street
morphology and embrace the changes
in height and indents in the street
pattern. The project places a
dynamic, sculptural form into a gap
between two adjoining Victorian
warehouse buidlings.

The compositional strategy
locates a series of large, flush
bonded glass units into a textured
facade of framed corrugated mesh
panels, intended to heighten the
sense of delicacy and poise in
contrast to the lower levels of
load bearing brick: a retained two
strey facade of Georgian origin.

To the rear, a stepped
arrangement of terraces and
landscaping, tracks the maximum
permissible envelope defined by the
penetration of sunlight into a
communal courtyard shared by both
commercial and residential tenants.…

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29 | Apr | 2013 Tweet

Alfriston School -
Site commencement

The new swimming pool extension at
Alfriston School has commenced on
site. The project will take 51
weeks to complete.

The main roof to the pool
room will be constructed of
prefabricated timber panels forming
the clear span repetitious form.

The facility has been
developed over 2 phases since 2008…

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28 | Apr | 2013 Tweet

Maudsley Learning -
Nearing completion

Works are nearing completion for
the construction of a new learning
centre for mental health and
wellbeing, on the site of the South
London Maudsley Campus, Denmark
Hill. Delivered through a bespoke
partnering contract, the project
creates over 15,000sqft of
accommodation, arranged over four
floors.…

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27 | Apr | 2013 Tweet

The Old Vinyl
Factory - Planning
consent

Formal planning consent was granted
by the London Borough of Hillingdon
for the redevelopment at The Old
Vinyl Factory today, a 17-acre site
in Hayes, Middlesex. Secured for
joint venture partners Cathedral
Group plc and Development
Securities plc, the scheme proposes
a radical £250m redevelopment
of the site which pays homage to
its important history. The project
was masterplanned by Studio Egret
West with Duggan Morris Associates
and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.

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