Special Commendation for erect architecture at Young Architect of the Year Awards

Building Design called it 'the closest-run competition in years': After 3 hours of deliberation the jury awarded us second place with a special commendation for our 'impressive body of built work'. BD quoted jury member Fran Tonkiss of the LSE: 'These are socially engaged, very useful buildings for real clients, showing great sensitivity for materials.'

We are thrilled about the commendation, which has only been awarded for the second time in the history of the YAYA.

Vote for Dexter Road APG

Local residents please get voting (Band 3 - Option C) for more funding to be allocated to works to the Adventure Playground in Dexter Road! A new canopy and an under 5s area will be added to the project. New play structures will explore the history of the site, which was heavily implicated in the Brixton Riots. The structures echo the previous urban fabric playing with issues of domesticity and public life.

Autumn impressions in Kilburn Grange Park

We went back to see the adventure playground in autumn. We found it merging into the park. Materials are weathering to become a continuation of the surroundings, structures play with bare trees and colours with autumn leaves, vistas open to enable renewed discoveries and tweak the character of spaces.
We were also excited to see the biodiversity roof of the play centre is indeed flourishing. It was designed to be an extension of the landscape. The plants now emphasize the undulation of the zinc roof edge - the manmade topography, which contains the (eventually hopefully quite) wild growth.

erect architecture presents work at Architecture Foundation

On 1 November all five finalists for the 2010 Young Architect of the Year Award will speak about their work at the Architecture Foundation. The event starts at 7pm.
The winner of the award will be announced on 4 November.

erect architecture finalists for Young Architect of the Year Award

October 7th was big: We not only won the international Making Space Children's Award, but were also shortlisted for the Young Architect of the Year Award. What a day!
Click hear for more info and the full YAYA 2010 shortlist.

Kilburn Grange Park Adventure wins international Children's Making Space Award

We are very honoured to have won the international award given every 5 years. Even more so as it is awarded by children - the very people the project was conceived with and for. We could not think of a bigger compliment for the adventure playcentre and playground. At the end of a project with much creative involvement of young people it feels like it has come full cycle.
More soon on the judging process and hopefully a link to the film the children's jury made about the selection process, which outlines their criteria for a successful project for young people.
A total of 75 schemes were submitted originating from 26 countries. Our project also received a commendation for the Making Space Architecture Award.

Planning Submitted for Streatham Common Play Space

Planning has been submitted for the proposed play space on Streatham Common! Following consultation with users of the Common and the Friends of Streatham Common a design has been developed that allows play to occur in and around the canopy of three enchanting mature oak trees.

It is also intended that the play space forms part of a wider educational experience for the mature Oak woodland.