Happy New Year 2022
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Bandon Primary Care Centre is complete
19 November 2021Bandon Primary Care Centre is a 360-degree health facility home to GP practices, public health nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dieticians, speech and language therapists, podiatrists, psychologists, dentists, ophthalmologists, and mental
Isokon Building and Gallery win Docomomo International Award
2nd November 2021Avanti Architects have won the prestigious Docomomo International Rehabilitation Award (DRAW) 2021 in the Conservation Through Activism category for its ‘outstanding renovation’ of the Isokon and Isokon Gallery. Avanti was
Avanti’s user-first approach praised at opening of Macmillan Unit
22nd October 2021Users first: patients and staff help determine design outcomes at new Macmillan Unit, Ulster Hospital.
New Regents College celebrated at opening ceremony
1st October 2021Praise all-round for new school with revolutionary funding solution
Ulster Hospital wins Build Back Better Gold Award
30th July 2021Avanti Architects are delighted that Ulster Hospital has won a Gold in the Build Back Better Awards 2021, for innovative technical design at Ulster Hospital. Avanti worked closely with Engineering
Regenerating Winslow
12 July 2021Avanti Architects has been appointed by Buckinghamshire County Council to deliver a masterplan and design for buildings on a large town centre regeneration site in the heart of Winslow.
The Old County Offices
5 July 2021Avanti has recently received planning consent for the regeneration of the Old County Offices in Aylesbury.
Redbridge housing planning win
15 March 2021We are delighted to announce that our proposals for two sites in Redbridge – Little Gearies Estate and Heathcote and Glade Court – have achieved planning consent. Our proposals on
British Museum framework win
21 June 2021Avanti joins British Museum architectural framework
Two housing projects in Redbridge submitted for planning
02 November 2020We are delighted to have just submitted planning proposals for new council-led housing across two housing estates in the London Borough of Redbridge.
Terracotta repairs to the Natural History Museum
28 October 2020Director Fiona Lamb writes about our Natural History Musem facade restoration project
Makers achieves practical completion
15 September 2020Flagship regeneration scheme reaches practical completion
The Makers shortlisted for the Housing Design Awards 2020
15 April 2020We are delighted to learn that The Makers has been selected as one of the Shortlisted projects for the Housing Design Awards. This £113m project offers a new, innovative model
Be First housing – two sites submitted for planning
03 January 2020Avanti Architects have recently submitted planning applications for two sites for BeFirst in Barking and Dagenham. The two schemes deliver new affordable homes for Barking and Dagenham’s housing company Be
Avanti contribute to RIBA Bauhaus exhibition
27 November 2019Avanti Architects Conservation team have been contributing to events supporting the “Beyond Bauhaus” exhibition at the Royal Association of British Architects (RIBA).
Duncan Finch Judges AJ Healthcare Award
21 November 2019As one of the judges for the Health and Wellbeing project category, Healthcare Director Duncan Finch presented the 2019 award to winners last week.
Mayow Road housing planning win
11 November 2019Our Mayow Road housing scheme has won planning consent following a positive planning committee decision in October. The project is a pioneering combination of supported living and homes for families with temporary housing needs for Lewisham Council.
Wells Coates talk at Isokon Gallery
24 October 2019Wells Coates talk at Isokon Gallery
Ulster Hospital Acute Services Block Video Tour
7 October 2019A new video showing you around the Ulster Hospital Acute Services Block, Belfast.
Negroni Talks #16 Jobs for the boys?
03 October 2019Avanti Director Andrew McKeown attended “Jobs for the boys?” at Ombra in Hackney on Monday 30th September with a lively and thought-provoking debate about challenging the issue of diversity and gender balance in our profession.
Avanti conservation projects at Open House 2019
20 September 2019This weekend, Open House will once again welcome visitors for a rare chance to look around some of London’s most iconic buildings. The programme includes four modernist & brutalist buildings
Natural History Museum phase II repairs complete
18 September 2019Avanti Architects have completed the design and management of the second phase of urgent repair works to the terracotta on the west façade of the Grade I listed, Natural History Museum
New Appointment – Dover Castle
10 September 2019English Heritage have appointed Avanti to re-design two cafes at the Grade I listed Dover Castle in Kent.
New Appointment – Be First Housing, Barking & Dagenham
31 August 2019Avanti Architects have been selected by the Barking & Dagenham owned company, Be First, to design and deliver over 140 new affordable homes on Oxlow Lane and Roxwell Road.
Prince Harry opens Sheffield Children’s Hospital
25 July 2019Prince Harry has officially opened the new multi-award winning wing at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, recently completed by Avanti Architects.
New appointment – Lewisham SEND School
19 March 2019We are delighted to be embarking on a project for a new SEND School for Lewisham Council. The new special school, located near to Mayow Park in Sydenham, will form
Quinan Stove, Waltham abbey gunpowder mills
27 February 2019Avanti Architects has been commissioned to record, develop a conservation strategy and undertake trial repairs on the Quinan Stove at Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills.
New appointment – council-led housing in Lewisham
15 January 2019Avanti appointed for new council-led housing developments across Lewisham
Avanti visit “Living with Buildings”
19 December 2018Members of Avanti team recently enjoyed a visit to Wellcome Collection’s exhibition Living with Buildings, followed by dinner in Wellcome’s Level 2 restaurant Kitchen – both recommended!! The Exhibition looks
Health & Digital Access – Anglia Ruskin at RSA
11 December 2018Avanti attended Anglia Ruskin University’s research workshop on digital uptake in the older population with regard to improving health outcomes. Attendees from local government, charity housing providers, architects and academics
THE MAKERS REACHES THE TOP
23 OCTOBER 2018Avanti Architects and project team celebrated reaching the 29th and final floor of the Makers building last week in a topping out ceremony attended by the Mayor of Hackney, with
Avanti Wins New Build Project of The Year
12 October 2018Sheffield Children’s Hospital has won Best New Build Project at the IHEEM Healthcare Estates Awards.
Urgent repairs complete at Natural History Museum
2 October 2018Avanti Architects have completed the design and management of the first phase of urgent repair works to the terracotta façade of the Grade I listed, Natural History Museum, one of the
Isokon Gallery exhibition at Museum of Estonian Architecture
23 August 2018As part of the programme for the 2018 Tallinn design festival, the Isokon Gallery permanent exhibition is being re-created in the Museum of Estonian Architecture The exhibition tells the story
Dover housing submitted for planning
14 August 2018Avanti Architects have submitted a planning application for 65 mixed-tenure housing units in central Dover for Dover District Council. This mid-rise scheme for two sites within view of Dover castle
Architects for Health Northern Ireland Study Trip
4 July 2018Avanti, represented by long time AfH members Claudia Bloom and Andrew McKeown, joined Architects for Health on a study tour of new healthcare buildings in Northern Ireland. Best practice in
Metric Handbook hospital design chapter by Avanti
15 April 2018Avanti Architects have written the hospital design chapter of the Sixth Edition of the Metric Handbook published this year. This provides a complete range of data, analysis, diagrams and spatial
Education Architect of the Year Awards
01 March 2018Avanti Architects are delighted to have been recognised as one of the shortlisted practices for this years BD Education Architect of the year awards. Awards results will be announced on
Video tour of Cherry Hill
22 February 2018A Grade II listed modernist house designed by Oliver Hill in the 1930’s which has been sensitively restored. You can read about the project here.
Inform Magazine “Ulster is Both Environmentally responsible and patient focused”
15 December 2017Avanti’s award winning Inpatient Ward Block at Ulster Hospital has been featured in Architecture Today’s Inform Magazine. The project has been described as both environmentally responsible and patient focused, having
New GOSH Accommodation
25 October 2017Avanti’s most recent project to open to the public is a pair of Grade II listed Georgian houses in Bloomsbury, which have been refurbished to provide free accommodation for parents
Video Unveiling Trumpington Community College
15 August 2017A new video showing you around Trumpington Community College.
St Peter’s Seminary receives Getty Foundation support
8 AUGUST 2017Commissioned by NVA, a not-for-profit arts charity, Avanti Architects are currently developing plans to partially restore and adapt the Grade A/I listed St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross and it was
AJ100 2017
22 June 2017Avanti once again features in the Architects’ Journal’s list of the UK’s biggest architectural practices, which has been published annually since 1995. Celebrating Avanti’s success, Director Amir Ramezani and Associate
Banbridge Health & Care wins Building of the Year Award
15 June 2017Last week Banbridge Health & Care Centre won the Medical & Health Building of the Year Award at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards, which recognise architectural excellence
Mossbourne Riverside Academy officially opens
14 June 2017Mossbourne Riverside Academy was officially opened by the Mayor of Hackney last week. The new Academy is the first primary school for one of the country’s leading Multi Academy Trusts
Ground broken at Nile Street with Mayor of Hackney
17 May 2017Last week the Nile street team gathered on site for a Ground breaking ceremony with the Mayor of Hackney, marking the first day of construction for this important mixed-use regeneration
World Health Day 2017
7 April 2017#WorldHealthDay 2017 focusses on the theme of depression and mental wellbeing. As Architects, we need to consider how the environments we help to create support our aspiration to enhance the health
Gropius exhibition at the isokon gallery
3 APRIL 2017An exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of Gropius’s departure from England to the USA opens at Isokon Gallery
Trumpington Community College Wins Civic Trust Award
10 March 2017Trumpington Community College in Cambridge won a Commendation at this year’s Civic Trust Awards. The awards recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design in the built environment and Trumpington’s Commendation was
#buildingsthatcare debate
09 November 2016Avanti’s Claudia Bloom will be joining the AJ expert panel for the #buildingsthatcare debate on Wednesday 9th November. She will be sharing our top tips for delivering successful healthcare projects including
Banbridge Health Centre wins the Grand Prix Design Award
03 November 2016Avanti Architects in association with Kennedy Fitzgerald architects has received the prestigious Grand Prix Design Award for Banbridge Health and Care Centre , which also received joint winner for the
The Hinterland film
30 September 2016In March this year, the ruins of St Peter’s Seminary, near Glasgow, were open to the public. NVA created a stunning light and sound event designed to reveal the full
New Positions at Avanti
15 August 2016Avanti Architects have decided to strengthen and grow the management of the practice to reflect the opportunities and growth we have experienced. We are pleased to announce that Adrian Miles,
First Look at Trumpington Community College
07 July 2016The design team at Avanti Architects were delighted to attend Trumpington Community College’s open day on the 07 July 2016. The open evening, gave an opportunity for the local Cambridge
Double Award Win for Banbridge Health and Care Centre
06 June 2016Banbridge Health and Care Centre was announced RIBA Regional Award Winner and Best Public Building over £3 Million at the RSUA Design Awards held in Waterfront Hall in Belfast on
High Hill – New Ross, Co Wexford
08 June 2016Avanti Architects have been appointed to undertake architect and masterplanning services for the historic High Hill area of New Ross. Proposals will include a new public park that will connect
Mossbourne School featured in Design Curial Magazine
16 May 2016In this month’s issue of Design Curial Mossbourne Community Academy by Avanti Architects features in the ‘6 innovative projects in the public sector ‘ article. You can read the article here
Trumpington Nearing Completion
13 May 2016Avanti Architects’ design for the first new secondary school in Cambridge for over 40 years is nearing completion. Trumpington Community College is designed around Danish school models with compact planning, allowing a
Ram Brewery – new project appointment
13 May 2016Avanti Architects have been appointed to undertake lead consultant, architect, heritage and interior design services on the historic and iconic buildings of the former RAM brewery. The RAM brewery is
Avanti’s Trip to Hinterland
19 March 2016A small group of Avanti devotees embarked on a short pilgrimage to St Peters Seminary located in the woodlands of Kilmahew Estate near Glasgow, to participate in ‘Hinterland’– a light
Banbridge shortlisted for the RIBA Northern Ireland 2016 Awards
14 March 2016Just five schemes have been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Northern Ireland Regional Awards including Avanti Architects Banbridge Health and Care Centre , in association with Kennedy FitzGerald Architects. Banbridge Health and Care Centre
Scotland’s Festival of Architecture 2016
18 – 27 March 2016St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross will be transformed by light and sound at the official launch event in March for Scotland’s Festival of Architecture 2016. Fifty years on since the building opened,
Avanti Architects at MIPIM 2016, Cannes
MIPIM 2016Avanti are delighted to be in Cannes from the 15 – 18 March . If you would like to arrange a meeting , please contact our Bid/ Business Development Manager
Avanti Win Natural History Museum Project
14 December 2015The Natural History Museum has appointed Avanti Architects to carry out a research project to define the repair and restoration of the Grade I listed, Waterhouse Building Façade. Originally designed
Handover of Banbridge Health and Care Centre
30 November 2015Construction of the Banbridge Health and Care Centre is complete and the new building has been handed over to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust due to open early
The need to revisit integrated health centres
25 September 2015Justin De Syllas has contributed a comment piece to the RIBA Journal which draws upon the research he carried out while writing his new book, ‘Integrating Care: the architecture of
Work has begun on St Peter’s Seminary
14 September 2015Forty years after St Peter’s Seminary closed, work has finally begun to transform St Peter’s Seminary into an iconic cultural resource where powerful art and heritage learning will sit side
Tybalds Estate exemplar in AJ and Urban Design London publications
26 June 2015Avanti’s proposals for the Tybalds Estate regeneration in Camden feature in new publications by the Architects Journal and Urban Design London. The project is included within the AJ’s ‘Exemplary Housing
A Phoenix Rises from the Flames
18 March 2015Southwark Council has appointed Avanti Architects to draw up new plans for the Walworth Town Hall and Newington Library buildings.Following the devastating fire in March 2013, Southwark Council agreed a
John Allan at NLA Hyde Park Barracks Talk
27 February 2015John Allan was a panellist in NLA’s Breakfast Debate on Hyde Park Cavalry Barracks, on 27th February. Other speakers included Anthony Blee, Sir Basil Spence’s former partner and project architect;
London Clinic Selects Avanti for Major Refurbishment
5 February 2015The London Clinic is one of the city’s oldest and largest independent hospitals. The clinic has operated since 1932, developing an international reputation as one of the UK’s leading independent
A Future Reclaimed for St Peter’s
17 January 2015Avanti Architects are leading a project to transform Scotland’s greatest Modernist building into an international venue for cultural events and public art. St Peter’s Seminary designed by Gillespie Kidd &
The Institute of Hepatology Moves to Kings College Research Campus
10 January 2015Led by Professor Roger Williams CBE since 1973, the Foundation for Liver Research supports research programmes into liver disease including much of the pioneering work into liver transplantation and acute liver
Avanti Shortlisted for Glasgow School of Art
8 January 2015Avanti Architects is one of five practices shortlisted to lead the restoration of the fire-damaged Category A-listed Mackintosh building. Liz Davidson, Mackintosh Restoration Project director at GSA, said: “All of
Site-update – Ulster Hospital
3 December 2014The new 288 bed Inpatient Ward Block at the Ulster Hospital is currently in the 18th Month of a 38 month construction programme. On Wednesday 3rd December 2014 Northern Ireland
Ickburgh School celebrates opening
28 August 2014The London Borough of Hackney celebrated the official opening of Ickburgh School, a groundbreaking new specialist school for 150 pupils between 2-19 years with profound and multiple learning difficulties. The
East Wick Primary School site visit
24TH JULY 2014The Avanti team spent a summer evening visiting the East Wick Primary School site & surroundings on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The school is located between the International Broadcast
Isokon Gallery Launch
4TH JULY 2014On Wednesday the 9th of July, the Grade I Listed Isokon building turns 80. To celebrate this, a public exhibition with the support of the National Trust will be opened
NLA Awards 2014
Thomas Fairchild shortlistedThomas Fairchild Community School has been shortlisted in the Education category of the New London Architecture Awards 2014. Winning schemes will be announced on 9 July at NLA’s Annual Lunch
AJ100 2014 result
23rd May 2014We ranked 61 in the list of Britain’s 100 largest architectural practices compiled by the Architect’s Journal.
Avanti selected by University College Hospital
25th April 2014Avanti Architects have been appointed to the consultancy services framework established by the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). The framework will be used to select design teams
PRIMARY SCHOOL IDEAS COMPETITION
20TH MARCH, 2013Avanti was shortlisted by the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland for the design competition: ‘Designing Primary Schools for 21st Century Learners‘. The brief called for proposals that would facilitate contemporary teaching styles
AVANTI ARCHITECTS WIN FLOREY DESIGN COMPETITION
13th March 2014Avanti Architects have been selected as winners of a competition to redesign James Stirling’s iconic Florey Building of Queens College, Oxford. The 40 year old grade II listed building is
Civic Trust Award finals for Thomas Fairchild
24th January 2014We are delighted to learn that Thomas Fairchild Community School has been selected as a finalist to win a 2014 Civic Trust Award. The 55th Annual Civic Trust Awards Ceremony will
Finnish delegation visits Ickburgh School
22nd January 2014Senior Government representatives of the Finnish city of Espoo (Finland’s 2nd largest) visited London as part of a fact-finding mission to better understand the use of timber as a structural
Avanti on AfH Student Design Awards 2014 Winning Team
23rd January 2014Avanti Architect’s nominated year out students Eduard Tipaldo and Yuntong Mu to participate in the 2014 annual charette organized by Architect’s for Health in collaboration with London South Bank University
GRANGEWOOD MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS UNIT OFFICIALLY OPENED
17 December 2013Grangewood, a new mental health crisis unit near Gransha designed by Avanti Architects in collaboration with Kennedy Fitzgerald, was officially opened on Tuesday 17th December. The ribbon was cut by
St. Peter’s Seminary gets Lottery funding
06 December 2013Avanti Architects’ proposals for public arts organisation NVA to resuscitate St. Peter’s Seminary, Cardross have been given a substantial boost with a first-round pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The
GLA / TFL Framework appointment
18 October 2013Avanti Architects are pleased to have been appointed on the new GLA and TfL Architecture, Design and Urbanism consultants panel. The framework will cover a variety of services including architecture, urban
Beatrice Tate School opens
1st October 2013The pupils of Beatrice Tate are now in the new building after a hectic period of transfer from their old site and enjoying space and facilities such as an art
Hallfield Commission
20 September 2013Avanti Architects have been commissioned to assist Citywest Homes and LB Westminster in the assessment of window replacement options for the Grade II listed, Hallfield Estate designed in the immediate
NLA Award Overall Winner for Tybalds
11 July 2013‘Overall winner’ and winner of ‘Masterplanning and Mixed Use’ category for Tybalds Estate Regeneration.
Luxborourgh Tower Gardens
30 August 2013Avanti Architects in collaboration with JL Gibbons Landscape Architects are currently redesigning the grounds surrounding Luxborough Tower, Marylebone, built in 1965, containing 115 apartments over 21 storeys. The architectural elements
WAN Recognition for Tybalds
30 August 2013Tybalds Estate Regeneration made the shortlist for the WAN Residential Awards 2013. With huge international interest in the awards, the competition was very high. Our shortlisted project can be viewed
Design Competition win at Torbay
30 June 2013Avanti Architects won the design competition to design a new five-storey tower block and main hospital entrance for Torbay Hospital. South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust held an architectural competition to
Appointed for Harrow Road
14 June 2013A multidisciplinary team led by Tibbalds Planning and Urban design and Avanti Architects has been appointed by CityWestHomes to design and develop an infill site on Harrow Road in London
Award shortlist for Tybalds
04 June 2013Tybalds Estate Regeneration has been shortlisted in this years New London Architecture Awards in the Masterplans and Mixed-use category. The winners will be announced on 11 July at the NLA
Construction starts at Ulster Hospital
29 May 2013Construction is about to start on the next phase of our radical overhaul of Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, a major acute hospital serving the Belfast area. The new six-storey ward block
AJ100 2013 result
09 May 2013We ranked 48 in the list of Britain’s 100 largest architectural practices compiled by the Architect’s Journal.
Planning Approval for Trumpington
23 April 2013Avanti Architects’ design for the first new secondary school in Cambridge for 50 years has just been approved by Cambridge City Council. Andrew Hutchinson, Executive Principal of Parkside Federation Academies,
Children’s Hospital, Sheffield gets go ahead
11 February 2013Avanti Architects’ design for a £40 million project at the Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, has just been granted planning permission. The design aims to create the best possible experience for patients,
Sheffield Children’s Hospital in line for council approval
Sheffield Telegraph – 01 February 2013PROPOSALS for a £40m wing for Sheffield Children’s Hospital are in line for council approval next week, raising hopes of easing traffic and parking congestion as well as radically creating
Its a winner!
07 November 2012Barrhead has just won a second award. Building Better Healthcare awarded the project the award for the best Out-of-Hospital Care Facility!