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Known Architectural Agencies working in Newham
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In
addition to buildings designed by the Design Architects, the Design
Services assists other developers with their
developments in Newham. Here is a sample of external
architectural agencies' work in Newham:
Allies
and Morrison
Abbey Mills Pumping Station
Stratford, East London Client:
Thames Water Utilities
Contract value: £2m
The
building forms the enclosure to a new £25m
sewage pumping station, constructed on a
site at Abbey Mills on the Stratford Marshes.
The site lies adjacent to an existing Grade
II listed Victorian pumping station of great
historical interest. A single space 56 metres
long and 29 metres high, it provides complete
access to all the pumping chambers which
lie 20 metres below ground, and houses diesel
generators, electrical switch-gear and a
computer control room. Clad in aluminium
louvers and panelling the building stands
temple-like within its open, semi-industrial
landscape setting.
Awards
RIBA Award 1997
British
Construction Industry Awards 1997
Aluminium Imagination Architectural Award
1997
Concrete
Society Awards 1998
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Patel
Taylor
Project name: Thames Barrier Park
Location: North Woolwich Road, Silvertown,
London
Client: London Development Agency (LDA)
Completed: 2000
Size: Approx. 9ha
Cost: £12.5m
Credits: Designers: Groupe Signes and Patel
Taylor
Engineering: Arup
Quantity Surveyor: Tweeds
Contractor (phases 1 and 2): May Gurney
(Construction) Ltd
Main Subcontractors: Hasmeads (landscape)
Konform (concrete works)
Ocmis (irrigation and water feature)
Awards:
Millennium Marque 2000
RIBA Award 2001
AIA Award 2002
Civic Trust Landscape Award 2002
London's
first major post-war park won in an International
competition by the French and English team
of Groupe Signes and Patel Taylor with Engineers
Arup. The 9 hectare park creates a rich
and inviting public space and provides settings
for different activities. Built over a brownfield
site the park catalyses regeneration in
the area in a contemporary formal composition
that unites urban design, landscape, architecture
and engineering, creating a new piece of
the city. £12.5m of investment has
regenerated a contaminated site, creating
approximately £25m of land value and
upwards of £50m of capital investment
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Birds,
Porchmouth and Russom
Andrews Birds, Richard Porchmouth and Mike
Russom and formed their practice in 1989 when
they won an open competition for Chichester
Car Park. BPR have participated in prestigious
invited competitions including Stonehenge
Visitors Centre, The Imperial War Museum and
Somerset House. The practice is highly regarded
for the exquisite drawings and models with
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for Plashet School in Newham, London
Structural
Type: Girder bridge
Function: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Location: Newham, London, Greater
London (United Kingdom)
Built: 2000
Cost: £ 530.000 (at time of
construction)
Work History
Birds-Foster (1984-85), Stirling Wilford
(1985-89), Barnard Urquart Jarvis (1987-88);
Russum-Ahrends Burton & Koralek (1982-83),
Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhardt & Ignazio
Gardella (1983), Stirling Wilford (1983-89);
Portsmouth-Broadway Malyan (1978-79), Stirling
Wilford (1981-89); Jensen-Stirling Wilford
(1986-87)
Key
completed projects
Avenue de Chartres Car Park, Chichester,
U.K. (1991); the "Pacemaker" (1994);
the Chase apartments, London (1999); Plashet
Grove School Footbridge, London (2000)
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