Alison Brooks Architects

Alison Brooks Architects has been shortlisted for the Private Housing Architect of the Year Award. Earlier this year BD announced all the architects who made it on to the shortlists for our prestigious annual Architect of the Year Awards. Now we are shining the spotlight on each category in turn and publishing a selection of the images that impressed the judges. The practice embraces residential architecture as ‘civic infrastructure that enables human potential’. In Cambridge, the 186-dwelling Rubicon scheme integrates cycle storage and maintenance facilities into a five-building plan while Knights Park in Eddington will be the UK’s first net zero-carbon neighbourhood (in collaboration with PTE). Two London projects also feature in the entry – Cadence at King’s Cross and One Ashley Road in Tottenham Hale. https://lnkd.in/em-N9aEX #architecture #AYAs #AYAs20in24

Tune in to the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science at Toronto Metropolitan University Lecture Series: (An Architecture of) Kindred Spirits with Alison Brooks. 🗓️  Thurs 31st Oct 2024, 18:00 – 20:00 EDT 📍  ARC 202, Department of Architectural Science, 325 Church St, Toronto CA Alison Brooks, Canadian-British founder of internationally acclaimed, UK-based firm Alison Brooks Architects will describe how her practice embeds memory, material culture, and the concept of journey in works conceived to help strengthen communities and deepen human connections to place, both natural and constructed. She will expand on how this ethos permeates her work across all scales, from installations like the Smile, to experimental houses, academic buildings and high-density urban housing in the UK, Far East and North America. Her dedication to the technique, art and craft of building is represented in her recently published monograph TC Cuadernos- revista de arquitectura Issue 63: Alison Brooks Architects 2004 - 2024. Tickets are open to the public from the Toronto Metropolitan University website - https://lnkd.in/eqMpsNBT Photo is by Paul Riddle Photographer #TorontoMetropolitanUniversity #ArchitectureLecture #MaterialCulture #Context #KindredSpirits #LectureSeries

Every year, we hold our breath in anticipation of which project will win the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize. The winning entry often combines design ingenuity, enlightened clients, and a sense of joy for the many 🤍 As graham morrison, Architect and Master planner, notes, "King's Cross is very much a heritage-led development. What was here before was an industrial site—remnants of the Victorian railway infrastructure. We were uniquely lucky with the presence of so much that was left. The character of the place was founded on its history. Wherever you are, there is always a glimpse or a connection to a historic building.’’ We understand that what truly makes a place work often involves an urban intervention that extends beyond what a single building can deliver. This is why, when we won the opportunity to develop Cadence as part of the King's Cross N1C master plan, we aimed high, imbuing our courtyard towers with the magic of nearby St Pancras station, whose red brick arches are a welcoming sight for many first stepping into London. This sense of familiarity is perhaps at the heart of the joy found in this regeneration project. Best of luck to Allies and Morrison, Porphyrios Associates, Related Argent and everyone involved in the master plan. We’ll be holding our breath alongside you at the #StirlingPrize ceremony next Wednesday. The 20-year-long redevelopment of King's Cross is the largest project on the Stirling shortlist and is featured in a short film series published by Dezeen in collaboration with RIBA. This film has been produced by #RIBA

Really lovely to see the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service planners on-site at Rubicon in Eddington - North West Cambridge Development last week, continuing the conversation after the 2024 Housing Design Award win for our project, which is now also shortlisted for the Architects’ Journal Awards in the Residential category! The five mid-rise, highly-dense residential blocks draw inspiration for their colours from the surrounding landscape - seamlessly blending into the palette of wetlands and local species plantings in a generous urban edge for Hill Group UK's master plan, no matter the weather! Thanks to Sarah Chubb and Paul Robertshaw for highlighting the 'gentle density' of Rubicon.

🏆 We are thrilled that Rubicon has won big at the Housing Design Awards - huge congratulations to our clients, collaborators, and all who were involved in bringing the 186-home residential quarter to life! This prestigious award is the only one supported by all three major professional institutions – RICS, RIBA, and RTPI – and is judged by a panel of national experts across fields ranging from planning and biodiversity to urban design and low-carbon development. Sarah Chubb, Principal Urban Designer at Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service says of the scheme, ''what we are learning is that if the original architects are kept right through to the implementation stage, that the high-quality schemes that were promised at the reserve, as well as to the offices and the council, are actually being delivered on the ground. ABA were retained by Hill, and that really represents their commitment to delivering the quality that was promised to us - and the best thing about it is that we're also finding the schemes are being delivered in a more efficient and quicker way.'' Rubicon, a residential quarter in Eddington - North West Cambridge Development, is part of Hill Group UK and University of Cambridge’s ambitious North West Cambridge Development, building on the legacy of the 19th-century warehouse paradigm. Thank you to Design For Homes for this recognition David Birkbeck Rhiannon Bydawell Client: Hill Group UK + University of Cambridge Structure: Walker Associates Services: Whitecode Consulting Ltd Landscape: Townshend Landscape Architects Visualisations: Mir + Hayes Davidson #housingdesignawards2024 #housingdesignawards #eddingtoncambridge #rubicon

📆 This year's Architizer Future Fest will celebrated 'Renewing, Rethinking, and Regenerating' in architecture. Alison Brooks will present on 'Crafting Community and Civic Spaces' with Hannah Rose Feniak, Architizer’s Managing Editor, art historian and educator. Future Fest is the leading global live virtual event for architecture which is100% free to attend. Join us for the 13th iteration of Future Fest, where Alison will share insights on how cultural research informs inclusive design, the role of generosity in urban development, and how architecture can serve as a social art that encourages civic dialogue. ⏲ 16:00 - 17:00 (BST) 📆 Thurs, 26 Sept 2024 📍 Virtual 🎫 https://lnkd.in/ehUpba8N #Architizer #FutureFest #UrbanDesign #ArchitectureFestival

📆 Join Alison Brooks, Andreas Magnusson, and Peter Butenschøn at Oslo Urban Week's kick-off event for "Back to the Future". Together, the architect panel will explore how lessons from past urban development can shape sustainable, forward-thinking cities of tomorrow. Also joining the discussion are Rasmus Reinvang CEO of OMA, and Maren Bjerkeng, Chair of the Program Committee at OMA and Head of Architecture and Urban Development at Aspelin Ramm. The event will be held in the heart of Oslo’s historic Kvadraturen, which proudly celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. ⏲ 09:00 - 10:30 📆 Tues, 24 Sept 2024 📍 Telegrafen, Kongens gate 21, 0157 Oslo, Norway 🎫 Register on web #BacktotheFuture #SustainableUrbanism #OsloUrbanWeek #OsloArchitecture

An evening of kindred spirits – thank you to everyone who joined us at the Barbican on Tuesday for Alison’s lecture, part of the Architecture on Stage series, hosted by The Architecture Foundation and the Barbican Centre in London. In her thought-provoking presentation, Alison traced the foundations of her practice through projects such as Windward House, Cohen Quad and Cadence. She drew on her early influences from Europe after arriving in London in 1988, which embedded a sense of memory, material culture and a deeply human experience of place throughout her later works. Concluding the evening was a delightful conversation led by chair, jamie fobert, sparked by questions on the inclusion of indigenous voices in Canadian projects, advocating for female founders and architects in a challenging industry, and more. #ArchitectureOnStage #AlisonBrooksArchitects #KindredSpirits #ArchitectureFoundation #Barbican

We are honoured that Unity Place, a collaboration with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios), Gort Scott, RM_A and Brent Council, has been shortlisted for the Neave Brown Award for Housing. This recognition comes at a crucial time when the agenda for affordable housing is at the forefront in the UK. Key points from the press: RIBA describes the project as a "key element" in the 15-year South Kilburn Regeneration Programme, delivering 235 homes that restore historical street patterns and harmonise high-density housing with surrounding low- to medium-rise buildings through contextually sensitive materials. Astrid Smitham, founder of Apparata and last year’s winner, highlighted the shortlist’s emphasis on strong client-architect partnerships in delivering high-quality housing, “At a time when the UK sets out to build 1.5 million new homes, this shortlist shows the importance of great partnerships between clients and architects in delivering housing of the very highest standard, that everyone deserves." RIBA President Muyiwa Oki PRIBA added that social housing is "a great opportunity" for architects, not a limitation, "This year's shortlist reaffirms that creating social housing should not be seen as a limitation to architects, but a great opportunity." We are honoured to share the shortlist with Pollard Thomas Edwards, AL-JAWAD PIKE and Page\Park Architects. Congratulations and good luck to all! Photography by Paul Riddle Photographer #AffordableHousing #UnityPlace #NeaveBrown #SouthKilburn

📅 Join us tomorrow, Tuesday 17th September, 19:00 for Alison Brooks’ lecture and book signing event: (An Architecture of) Kindred Spirits: part of the Architecture on Stage series presented by The Architecture Foundation and the Barbican Centre In this talk, Alison will describe how her practice embeds memory, material culture, and the concept of journey in her mission to deepen human experience of place, support communities and enhance their contexts, both natural and constructed. She will expand on how this ethos permeates her work across all scales, from intimate projects like Windward House, awarded 2020 RIBA House of the Year, to recent urban housing and academic projects in the UK and North America. Following her lecture, Alison will be joined in conversation with renowned architect jamie fobert. Signed copies of our newly published practice Monigraph by TC Cuadernos- revista de arquitectura will be available to purchase. Date Tuesday, 17 September 2024 Venue Frobisher Auditorium 1 Level 4, Barbican Centre Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Speakers Alison Brooks, Jamie Fobert Schedule 19:00 – Lecture begins 19:50 – Q&A with Jamie 20:20 – End Tickets can be booked via the link below . The photograph featured above is Cadence by Paul Riddle Photographer For more details, please visit https://lnkd.in/e9tHm8VU