Avanti Architects are delighted to have been selected as one of three practices for The Guinness Partnership Architect framework for London, the South and South-East. We will be supporting Guinness
Avanti Architects former director John Allan has released ‘Revaluing Modern Architecture’ which is a fantastic exploration and dissection of key issues relating to our Modern listed building heritage and strategies
We are very sorry to hear the sad news about Max Fordham. Max was an inspiration for a whole generation of architects and engineers.
Avanti Architects’ scheme for 70 social rent homes in Newham has won planning by unanimous decision at planning committee. The proposals deliver over 40% family homes, with a mix of
Bandon 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
Avanti 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
Praise all-round for new school with revolutionary funding solution
Avanti 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.
Avanti has recently received planning consent for the regeneration of the Old County Offices in Aylesbury.
Avanti Architects have submitted proposals for 70 new affordable homes in Newham. The proposals deliver over 40% family homes, with a mix of townhouses, maisonettes and apartments across three, four
Director Fiona Lamb writes about our Natural History Musem facade restoration project
Agatha Christie lived at Hampstead’s Lawn Road flats – also known as the Isokon building – from 1941 until 1947. Watch this fascinating film made for the 2020 International Agatha
We 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
Avanti Architects has received planning consent via remote planning committee for two housing schemes for Be First, the housing company for Barking and Dagenham
Avanti Architects continue to closely monitor the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic and are regularly reviewing our policies in line with current government advice
Our housing scheme for temporary accommodation homes for Lewisham have obtained planning consent with unanimous approval at committee. The planning committee praised the level of design quality for these much-needed
Avanti Architects have contributed to a new book by Lawrence King Publishing “Planning Learning Spaces – a practical guide for architects, designers and school leaders”.
Our 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
Avanti 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.
This 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
Avanti 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.
Avanti 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
English Heritage have appointed Avanti to re-design two cafes at the Grade I listed Dover Castle in Kent.
Prince Harry has officially opened the new multi-award winning wing at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, recently completed by Avanti Architects.
The newly opened St Mary’s Primary Care Centre, Cork has won ‘Health project of the Year’ at the 2019 Irish Construction Industry Awards.
Avanti Architects are developing a new state of the art Chemotherapy Unit at Ulster Hospital with Macmillan Cancer Support and The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
Avanti & Health Service Executive’s new 6500sqm Primary Care Centre Located on the grounds of St Marys Health Campus, Cork has been officially opened by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
Avanti Architects has been commissioned to record, develop a conservation strategy and undertake trial repairs on the Quinan Stove at Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills.
To mark the Bauhaus Centenary, Avanti’s Isokon Gallery is hosting an exhibition to celebrate the life and works of Bauhäusler George Adams (1904-1983).
Avanti appointed for new council-led housing developments across Lewisham
Members 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
Avanti 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
Avanti 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’s Sheffield Children’s Hospital project has been shortlisted for the AJ Health and Wellbeing Project of the Year, 2018. The scheme includes a new landmark civic entrance and new 72-bed
As 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
Avanti 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
The Makers mixed-use development in Shoreditch is making good progress with construction now up to the 29th floor. The off-site fabricated unitised cladding system is being applied to the structure
Walter Gropius (1883-1969), Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) and László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) – all designers and teachers at the Bauhaus, the vastly influential German art school – have been commemorated with an
Avanti, 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
Avanti 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
John Allan, one of our former Directors, has been awarded a Macgeorge Fellowship from the University of Melbourne and will be lecturing there and in Sydney during March 2018. More
Avanti 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
A 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.
We are looking ahead to an exciting year for Avanti with a range of landmark projects moving forward on site and on the drawing board. Following the success of Avanti’s
Todd Williams and Billie Tsien gave an inspiring talk at the Royal Academy on the evening of 20th November, providing a masterclass in humane and ethos-driven architectural storytelling. That story
Avanti’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
Last weekend Avanti Director Amir Ramezani and Associate Director Fiona Lamb presented to a 40 strong audience at the Florey Building, Queens College at an event hosted by modern movement
This year marks 25 years of Open House London, the annual architecture festival where hundreds of buildings will open their doors to the public for free. Included as part of
A new video showing you around Trumpington Community College.
Commissioned 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
Avanti Director Duncan Finch has contributed to the AJ “Buildings that care” issue for a design focus article called “How single-person rooms are shaping hospital layouts”. The article by Architecture
This Month’s AJ specification on colour and texture features 7 spreads on the uplifting new interiors at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. The Article describes the collaboration between Avanti Architects, Artist Morag
The newly completed Inpatient Ward Block at Ulster hospital features as the first case study in the March/April issue of Perspective magazine, the official publication of the Royal Society of
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s AJ100 Awards. These include Sustainable Practice of the Year and Architectural Collaboration of the Year. Our Sustainable
Last 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
#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
An exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of Gropius’s departure from England to the USA opens at Isokon Gallery
Trumpington 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
John Allan, former Director of Avanti Architects, will be giving a talk on Late Modernism and will also join a panel discussion at the prestigious Taliesin Colloquium organised by the
Avanti’s £110m mixed use regeneration scheme at Nile Street has financially closed and has started on site. This flagship scheme which is located in the heart of Shoreditch is an
Director Amir Ramezani will be part of an eclectic panel debate on the topic of “Façadism: Preserve or Renew?” at the RIBA on Tuesday 22 November 19:00 – 20:30 Fellow
Avanti’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
Amir Ramezani spoke to the Higher Education Design Quality Forum (HEDQF) on ‘Listed buildings in universities: opportunities and challenges’ on 1st November 2016 at the Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich. Dr Roger
Avanti 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
Trumpington Community College has been officially opened to wide acclaim by the HRH Duke of Gloucester. Against the backdrop of austerity and standardised design, the Avanti Architects led team have
Amir Ramezani spoke at this year’s London Build Expo for the panel discussion “Achieving Sustainability Through Design – Delivering Building Efficiency” Panellists included : Avanti Architects – Amir Ramezani, Director Atkins
At this year’s event, Avanti Architects will showcasing a 3D model of our current high rise mixed used project at The Architects Hub , and the Digital Architects Wall will be showing
As part of Great Britain health and wellbeing at work week, Avanti offered all members of staff a free introductory Iyengar Yoga Class. Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga
The Architectural Review has issued an article focusing on the recently launched RIBA competition for the next phase of redevelopment at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) in central
In 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
Claudia Bloom Managing Director of Avanti Architects will be attending this year’s Healthcare Estates Exhibition and conference on 4 and 5 of October. Claudia will be chairing the ‘Design and Construction’
We are delighted to announce that five of Avanti’s projects featuring a mix of our conservation, new build, adaptation and interior design work are open to the public on the
Avanti 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,
The 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
Avanti once again featured strongly in the Architect’s Journal’s list of Britain’s 100 largest architectural practices moving up to 2 places to a creditable 63rd ranking this year. This year’s
Banbridge 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
Avanti 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
Avanti Architects would like to thank everyone who joined us to celebrate our 35th birthday on the 12 May 2016 at the LSO St Luke’s, an 18th-century Grade 1 listed
Avanti’s proposals to re-habilitate the Florey Building has been approved by Oxford City Council. The conservation led scheme which received wide support from Historic England, Oxford Design Review Panel and
In 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
Avanti 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
Avanti 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
Video of Banbridge Health and Care Centre taken from an aerial drone following recent completion of the project. For further information regarding the RIBA Award shortlisting of the project and
A 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
Creative Scotland reports today that the Heritage Lottery Fund announced £4.2m funding to breathe new life into the derelict St Peter’s Seminary transforming it, and the estate surrounding it, into a truly
Just 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
St 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 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
The 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
Construction 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 Avanti team have just got back from a fantastic site trip in Ulster, visiting four Avanti projects in the region completed in association with Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects, Belfast. The
Fiona Lamb from Avanti architects picked up the shiny award at this year’s awards ceremony at Camden Council’s offices. The awards celebrate excellent design in Camden and after nearly 60 submissions
A wonderful night was had by all at Justin De Syllas book launch on Thursday 08 October, to celebrate the publication of ‘Integrating Care – the architecture of the comprehensive
Justin 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
‘Modernist Estates : The buildings and the people who live in them today’ by Stefi Orazi provides an inside look at remarkable and sometimes controversial estates in Britain and the
Avanti’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
Southwark 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 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;
BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design, construction and operation and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognised measures of a building’s environmental
Both Ickburgh School and Thomas Fairchild School have been shortlisted in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) London Awards. The projects have been selected for the ‘Design through Innovation’
The 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
Avanti 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 &
Led 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 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
The 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
The 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
The 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
On 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
Thomas 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
We ranked 61 in the list of Britain’s 100 largest architectural practices compiled by the Architect’s Journal.
Avanti 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
Avanti 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 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
We 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
Senior 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 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, 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
Avanti 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
Avanti’s Harrow Road project is currently being submitted for planning. The site is currently occupied by two single storey specialist houses and a MUGA play area. The outline scheme stitches
Modern Shows (Midcentury Modern and The Midcentury Show) http://modernshows.com commissioned People Will Always Need Plates www.peoplewillalwaysneedplates.co.uk/ to produce a limited run of just 300 china cups to christen the shows inaugural
Two of Avanti Architects’ projects are being shown at the NLA Housing London Exhibition: Tybalds Estate, a refurbishment project, and the Avanti Modular housing product, a prefabricated sustainable building solution.
We are revisiting one of our projects, Jack Hunt School, to have a look at expanding the building. Avanti Architects worked on the new expressive arts block in 2011 as part of
Avanti 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
Adrian Miles joined the NLA and Urbed for a round table debate discussing lessons that can be learnt from looking at urban design best practice in London and Paris. What
Avanti Architects has won the grand prize of the Xi’an Conference of Modern Architectural Heritage Conservation Project Competition, hosted by Docomomo International, ICOMOS and UIA, held at Xi’an University of Architecture
The 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
Avanti Architects have been appointed to undertake the feasibility studies for the proposed new East Wick Primary School as part of the London Olympic Legacy on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Avanti 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
‘Overall winner’ and winner of ‘Masterplanning and Mixed Use’ category for Tybalds Estate Regeneration.
A free NLA breakfast talk looking at the two Joint Overall Winners of the New London Awards 2013: Hayes Primary School and Tybalds Estate Regeneration. The New London Awards recognise
Avanti 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
Tybalds 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
Avanti 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
A 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
Our housing scheme for Tybalds Estate to deliver 90 units has now received planning permission.
Tybalds 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 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
We ranked 48 in the list of Britain’s 100 largest architectural practices compiled by the Architect’s Journal.
Avanti 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,
Avanti receives commendations at the Civic Trust Awards 2013, for The Urswick School and Haggerston School. Urswick – “This colourful and airy new facility is a major contribution to the
Avanti 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,
Thomas Fairchild Community School in the London Borough of Hackney was formally opened this Thursday (17 January) by Jules Pipe, the mayor of LB Hackney and actor Adam Deacon.
Avanti Architects received commendations for both The Urswick School and Haggerston School at the Hackney Design Awards last night, with The Urswick School also winning the People’s Choice Award. Thank
Barrhead has just won a second award. Building Better Healthcare awarded the project the award for the best Out-of-Hospital Care Facility!