MJP Architects : News

News updates as the practice develops and completes projects.

RICHARD MacCORMAC TALKS AT ECOBUILD CONFERENCE
Richard MacCormac is talking at the Ecobuild sustainable design conference at Earls Court on Thursday 4th March at 2.45 . He will be discussing how demographics will change the built environment with Dan Cruickshank, Joan Bakewell and Sara Arber in the session entitled 'The age of ageing'. Jonathan Dimbleby will be hosting the day's lectures at the Ecobuild Arena.
link to information about the Ecobuild Arena lectures
link to Ecobuild conference registration

LAST FEW WEEKS : MJP 'BUILDING IDEAS' AT ROYAL ACADEMY
MJP's 'Building Ideas' exhibition continues until March 17th 2010 in the Hugh Casson Room for Friends of the Royal Academy. It is open to the public daily 4-6pm and on Fridays until 10pm. Admission is free.
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link to Royal Academy information about the exhibition
link to TimeOut information about visiting exhibition

RICHARD MacCORMAC TALKS AT ROYAL ACADEMY
Richard MacCormac is in conversation with Jonathan Glancey at the Royal Academy on Monday 15 March. The talk will take place in the Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends at the Royal Academy ; 6.30–7.30 pm ; Ł10/Ł5 reductions (includes a drink).
download a flyer
link to ticket booking information at the Royal Academy website

KENDREW QUADRANGLE IN BUILDING DESIGN
Kendrew Quadrangle - MJP's latest project for St John's College, Oxford - is featured in Building Design 26th February 2010.
The article illustrates the use of precast concrete for the project's two spiral staircases.
download article
link to view the article on the Building Design website.
link to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page

MJP ARCHITECTS IN INDIA FOR MUMBAI DIALOGUE
MJP were part of a delegation of 10 practices to the Mumbai Dialogue event to exchange ideas about urban regeneration.
Mumbai Dialogue was led by New London Architecture and the London Development Agency and was supported by UK Trade & Investment, Bombay First and the Indian Institute of Architects.
The mission included a one day conference at which Gerald Fox of MJP delivered a paper entitled 'Place making : local and foreign transactions'. Gerald also participated in a one-day design charette, the results of which will be showcased at a month long exhibition at New London Architecture during April.
link to article about the delegation on the Building Design website.
link to view Mumbai Dialogue conference programme.

WARWICK CTU ACHIEVES 'A' RATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
MJP's new Clinical Trials Unit for the Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick has achieved an 'A' Energy Performance Rating. Issued on 19 February 2010, the Energy Performance Certificate states that the building achieves a very low emission of 17 kg of CO2 per floor area (m2) per year - an 'A' rating. This further enhances the building's sustainability credentials - which already includes BREAAM excellent status.
link to Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick project page
link for more information about Energy Performance ratings.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK NURSERY IN NURSERY WORLD MAGAZINE
MJP's nursery and cafe for University of Warwick is featured in the Nursery Management Spring 2010 supplement issued with Nursery World 24th February 2010.
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LANGLANDS & BELL TALK AT MJP
Artists, Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell are to give a talk about their work to MJP staff on 16th April. This is part of a season of talks by artists at MJP. Previously we have hosted Alexander Beleschenko and Antoni Malinowski.
link to the Langland & Bell website
link to Alexander Beleschenko's website
link to Antoni Malinowski's website

NEW PROJECT PAGES ADDED TO MJP WEBSITE
New Project Pages have been added to the MJP website for the following projects:
Students' Union at the University of Warwick.
Kendrew Quadrangle at St. John's College, Oxford
Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Maggies Centre, Cheltenham
CREO House, Carbon Neutral Affordable Housing, BRE
link to Students' Union, University of Warwick project page
link to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
link to Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick project page
link to Maggies Centre, Cheltenham project page
link to CREO House project page

MJP NEWS CAN NOW BE FOLLOWED ON TWITTER
As of Monday 18th January we will be posting tweets about MJP News items on Twitter. Please follow us on Twitter to receive these updates. If you haven't yet joined Twitter you can do so by clicking on 'Join Today' from the link below and then select to follow mjparchitects.
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UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK STUDENTS UNION LAUNCH EVENT
The official University of Warwick launch event for the new MJP designed Students' Union is on Friday 15th January 2010. The project was a Ł11m redevelopment of the existing 1960s building incorporating two new live music venues, two bars and catering outlets aswell as a central multi-purpose atrium space. Images of the new Students' Union can be found on the Warwick Students' Union website and also on the photographer Peter Durant website.
link to University of Warwick Students' Union launch event pages
link to Peter Durant's images of the new Students' Union
link to Students' Union, University of Warwick project page

RICHARD MACCORMAC WRITES ABOUT HAPPI IN THE AJ
Richard MacCormac is a member of the Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation (HAPPI) which published recommendations for provision for the ageing populations in its report launched on 3 December. In the AJ 14.01.10 he wrote about projects that impressed the panel.
view Richard MacCormac's article
link to the HAPPI website to download the report

MJP 'BUILDING IDEAS' EXHIBITION OPENS AT ROYAL ACADEMY
MJP's 'Building Ideas' exhibition opens on 11 December 2009 in the Hugh Casson Room for Friends of the Royal Academy. It is open to the public daily 4-6pm and on Fridays until 10pm. Admission is free.
download a brochure
link to Royal Academy information about the exhibition
link to TimeOut information about visiting exhibition

ANTONI MALINOWSKI TALK AT MJP OFFICES
The artist Antoni Malinowski came into the MJP offices to give the practice a talk on his work on 4th December 2009.
Antoni collaborated with MJP on colour for the interiors of the BBC Broadcasting House project.
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link to Antoni Malinowski's website

IMAGES FROM THE MJP QUALITY DEBATE AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
Images from the MJP debate 'Quantifying Quality : Can Good Design be Measured' on 01.12.09 can be downloaded.
download the images
link to the MJP Design Quality Debate page

MJP QUALITY DEBATE BROCHURE AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
The brochure for MJP's debate 'Quantifying Quality : Can Good Design be Measured' can be downloaded from here.
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link to the MJP Design Quality Debate page

MJP HOST DESIGN QUALITY DEBATE AT DANA CENTRE
In association with the RIBA Higher Education Design Quality Forum, MJP are hosting an evening debate on 1st December from 6.30pm enititled 'Quantifying Quality : Can Good Design be Measured'. The debate will be held in the MJP designed Dana Centre, Wellcome Wolfson Building on Queen's Gate SW7 and will be hosted by Paul Finch with panellists to include Ian Caldwell, David Gollancz and Richard MacCormac.
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link to the Dana Centre, Wellcome Wolfson Building project page

LIZ PRIDE AT HIGHER EDUCATION DESIGN CONFERENCE
MJP's Director for Education, Liz Pride, is speaking at the AJ conference 'Higher Education Buildings - From Design to Construction' on 12th November 2009 at De Vere Canary Wharf, London. Liz will be talking about MJP's University of Warwick Development Plan along with Bob Wilson, Director of Estates at University of Warwick in the session entitled 'Campus focus: A case study of an expanding campus'.
more information on the conference
link to University of Warwick Development Plan project page

MJP ACHIEVE ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARD
As part of MJP's commitment to improving the practice's environmental performance we have been working towards an approved environmental management system. On 23nd October MJP achieved the ISO14001 Environmental standard when MJP's Environmental management System was approved by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.
view MJP's ISO 14001 certificate
more information about the ISO 14001 Environmental standard
link to MJP's Sustainability pages

PORTELET BAY WINS IN DAILY MAIL UK PROPERTY AWARDS
MJP's residential scheme at Portelet Bay in Jersey won the award for Best Architecture (Multiple Units) at the Daily Mail UK Property Awards and has been put forward to the International Property Awards, San Diego in November 2009.
link for more information about the award
link to Portelet Bay, Jersey project page

BANGKOK EMBASSY SHORTLISTED FOR BCIA AWARD
MJP's British Embassy in Bangkok has been shortlisted for Best International Project in the British Construction Industry Awards 2009. The winners will be announced at the BCI Gala Awards Dinner on Wednesday 14 October.
link to British Construction Industry Awards website
link to British Embassy Bangkok project page

TWO MJP PROJECTS FEATURED IN RIBA/HEDQF 'RESOLUTION' EXHIBITION
MJP projects - the Print Room Cafe at University College London and the Wolfson Research Exchange at the University of Warwick are featured in the RIBA/Higher Education Design Quality Forum exhibition 'Resolution : Architectural solutions for a changing higher education sector in the UK''. The exhibition is showing at the RIBA from 3-26 September, goes onto University of Liverpool (5-16 October), University of Newcastle (19-30 October) and University of Plymouth (9-20 November).
link to RIBA website page on Resolution exhibition
Print Room Cafe at University College London catalogue page
Wolfson Research Exchange at University of Warwick page

CREO HOUSE FACTSHEET ON ZERO CARBON HUB
The Zero Carbon Hub has added a factsheet on our housing project at the BRE in Hertfordshire. The CREO project targets an 131% reduction in CO2 emissions over Building Regs Part L 2006.
The factsheet explains the design features.
For more information contact us : creohouse@mjparchitects.co.uk
download the CREO house factsheet
link to Zero Carbon Hub website
link to MJP Zero Carbon Housing website

CREO HOUSING MOVIE ON YOUTUBE
MJP Architects have uploaded a movie about their CREO Housing project onto YouTube
link to movie on YouTube
link to MJP Zero Carbon Housing website

DUNCAN McKINNON AT BRE INSITE09 CONFERENCE
MJP director Duncan McKinnon spoke at the Sustainable Urbanism day at the BRE INSITE09 conference on 4th June 2009. He presented the MJP Sustainable Suburbia housing density study.
more information about the BRE INSITE'09 conference
more information about the Sustainable Suburbia study

MJP's BRITISH EMBASSY IN BANGKOK FEATURED IN ART4D
MJP's British Embassy in Bangkok is featured in the Thai magazine ART4D. The project for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office includes over 6,000m2 of residential units, a swimming pool and a new clubhouse.
download article
link to view the article on the ART4D website.
link to British Embassy Bangkok project page

CREO APARTMENTS AT BRE INSITE09 EXHIBITION
The BRE INSITE09 exhibition includes the MJP designed CREO House - a Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 four-storey apartment block complete with an M&S Simply Food store which is currently being constructed with insulated concrete formwork (ICF) walls, floors and roof at the BRE Innovation Park.
link to BRE INSITE'09 website CREO apartment pages
link to MJP Zero Carbon Housing website

MJP DRAWING WINS AT ROYAL ACADEMY
Peter Hull's drawing of the MJP Kendrew Quadrangle project for St Johns College Oxford was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009. The drawing, entitled 'Oxford Quadrangle' won the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects annual drawing prize.
download the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects newsletter May 2009

ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL BUILDING STUDY ON BRITISH EMBASSY BANGKOK
MJP's British Embassy in Bangkok is featured as a Building Study in the Architects' Journal 30th April 2009. The project for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides 7000m2 of residential accommodation, recreational facilities and staff amenities.
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link to Building Study on AJ website
link to British Embassy Bangkok project page

RICHARD MacCORMAC FILM AT PALLADIO EXHIBITION
A film in which Richard MacCormac discusses the influence of Palladio is shown as part of the exhibition 'Andrea Palladio: Through the eyes of contemporary architects' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (extended until 28 April 2009). In the film he also talks about MJP's Cable & Wireless College project.
view the film on YouTube
more information on the Royal Academy Palladio exhibition
link to Cable & Wireless College project page

BRITISH EMBASSY BANGKOK IN POLISH JOURNAL ARCHITEKTURA & BIZNES
The Polish architectural journal Architektura & Biznes February 2009 features a major article on MJP’s British Embassy Bangkok.
It was written by Tomasz Fiszer.
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view article from Architektura & Biznes website
link to British Embassy Bangkok project page

LE PETIT FORT, JERSEY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION
MJP's Le Petit Fort, a private residence with annex sited on the west coast of Jersey, has been granted planning permission.
The site is very exposed to strong salt-laden wind from the west. The existing walls offer protection and the possibilities of a good microclimate within. In contrast, the site also commands extraordinary views out to sea to the west and up and down the coast. So the site invites a primordial response at ground level a sense of containment and refuge from the elements and at upper level the prospect of sea and sand and open landscape.
The accommodation of the main building includes at ground-floor level the kitchen and family room with associated utility rooms, a dining room and sewing room facing into the garden, a gym, store and cloakroom facilities associated with garages, and main entrance. At first-floor level, accommodation includes a living room and study and four bedrooms. The annex provides an additional bedroom and sitting room with a kitchen.

MJP's BRITISH EMBASSY IN BANGKOK FEATURED IN AJ
MJP's British Embassy in Bangkok has a double-page spread in the Architects' Journal 27th November 2008. The project for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office includes over 6,000m2 of residential units, a swimming pool and a new clubhouse.
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link to British Embassy Bangkok project page

RICHARD MacCORMAC ESSAY IN CONSERVATION BULLETIN
Richard MacCormac's essay entitled 'Innovation, context and congruity' is published in English Heritage's Conservation Bulletin Issue 59 : Autumn 2008
more details from English Heritage website
view essay in MJP THEORY section

MJP's 'SUSTAINABLE SURBURBIA' TO BE PRESENTED AT NLA 'DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES' CONFERENCE
Richard MacCormac will be speaking about the MJP study 'Sustainable Suburbia' at the New London Architecture 'Developing Communities: How the outer boroughs work' conference on Thursday 9th October. The half-day conference coincides with the 'London's Towns : Shaping the polycentric city' exhibition which runs from 25th September to 15th November at NLA Store Street London WC1.
more details on the conference
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

WESTMOUNT QUARRY, JERSEY SUBMITTED FOR PLANNING
MJP's mixed use development of 206 apartments on the site of a former quarry in St. Helier for Dandara Jersey Ltd. Jersey has been submitted for planning.
The designs include 16 sheltered apartments, a 60 room nursing home, and a children's nursery. The four buildings sit in a radial arrangement to take maximum advantage of sunlight, and the facade design inflects each apartment towards the view. The existing 50 metre high quarry rockface, which will be stabilised as part of the proposals, is revealed as part of the composition, framed between the buildings. MJP collaborated with Jersey architects Axis Mason on the proposals.
The project comprises four stepped medium to high rise residential blocks of a total of 200 studios and 1 & 2 bedroom apartments along with sheltered housing, a 60 bed nursing home and 300sqm commercial space.
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FRIENDSHIP HOUSE IS PART OF OPEN HOUSE
MJP's Friendship House in Belvedere Place, Borough is open to visit on Saturday 20th September (9.30am-4.30pm) as part of Open House. The 179 resident self-catered accommodation for LHA was an RIBA Award Winner in 2005. You will be able to visit the common rooms, dining areas, bedsits and garden.
see Open House website
link to Friendship House project page

MJP MENTIONED IN FT ARTICLE ON HADRIAN'S VILLA
MJP's work was mentioned in an article by Hugh Aldersey-Williams on Hadrian's Villa published in the Financial Times on July 26th 2008. The article was written to coincide with the British Museum exhibition - Hadrian : Empire and Conflict.
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view the article on FT website
more on the British Museum exhibition on Hadrian.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK STUDENTS UNION GOES ON SITE
MJP's Ł11m Students' Union building at the University of Warwick began on site on 21st July 2008. The project which includes new performance spaces, bars, cafes and a nightclub is expected to be complete in August 2009. The construction programme is phased in order to keep the Union in partial occupation.
more details from University of Warwick website

RICHARD MacCORMAC INTRODUCES KENGO KUMA ROYAL ACADEMY ANNUAL ARCHITECTURE LECTURE
Richard MacCormac introduced the lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma at the Royal Academy (14th July 2008).
link to hear the lecture

RICHARD MacCORMAC IN PETER ACKROYD EXHIBITION
'Dark Waters' the audio installation produced by Peter Ackroyd and RIBA London for the London Festival of Architecture features an interview with Richard MacCormac. During the exhibition which takes place from 27 June - 20 July 2008, audio installations can be experienced at six piers along the River Thames.
link to hear Richard MacCormac's interviews
more about Dark Waters
more about the London Festival of Architecture 2008

BBC LIGHT SCULPTURE INAUGURATED BY HEAD OF U.N.
'Breathing' the light sculpture on top of MJP's new wing of the BBC Broadacsting House building was officially inaugurated by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday 16th June 2008. The sculpture (a collaboration between MJP, artist Jaume Plensa, public art consultants modus operandi and engineers WhitbyBird) is a memorial to journalists killed in the line of work. The 10m high glass and steel construction will emit a light beam a kilometre into the sky every night during the BBC Ten O'Clock News.
The poem 'Memorial' by ex-war correspondent and poet James Fenton was read by journalist John Simpson at the ceremony.
link to BBC Press Pack
more about Breathing from modus operandi website
link to BBC Broadcasting House project page

MJP JOIN CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY
MJP have become members of the Centre for Alternative Tecnology.
link to MJP Sustainability page
link to Centre for Alternative Technology website

PLANNING RECEIVED FOR WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION
MJP's scheme for the Students' Union at the University of Warwick was granted planning permission in April 2008.
link to University of Warwick website

MJP's HARROW COLLEGE PUBLISHED IN SCHOOL BUILDING MAGAZINE
School Building magazine published an article on MJP's Harrow College scheme in the February/March 2008 issue.
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MJP's HARROW COLLEGE FEATURED IN LOOKWEST ARTICLE ON THE REGENERATION OF HARROW
LookWest published an article on the regeneration and development in Harrow which was distributed at MIPIM 2008
download article
view article on LookWest website

BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE CIVIC TRUST AWARDS COMMENDATION
MJP's BBC Broadcasting House project has received a commendation in the Civic Trust Awards 2008.
see Civic Trust website
link to BBC Broadcasting House project page

MJP TALK AT CITYSCAPE INNOVATE & GREEN CONFERENCE
Richard MacCormac will speak on Designing and building sustainable suburbs as part of the EcoTowns : Brown towns for a sustainable future session on Tuesday 26th February at 11am. While MJP Director Duncan McKinnon will speak as part of the Design for quality places session on Thursday 28th February at 2.40pm. He will be delivering a case study on quality places : the Phoenix Initiative, Coventry.
The Innovate & Green conference is part of Cityscape / EcoBuild / FutureBuild which is at Earls Court between 26th - 28th February.
more details on Richard MacCormac's talk
more details on Duncan McKinnon's talk

ONE HARROW FEATURED IN SCHOOL BUILDING JOURNAL
MJPąs designs for the 32,480 sq m One Harrow project for Harrow College have been published in the journal School Building (February/March 2008)
more details

MJP RESEARCH INTO ADAPTABLE BUILDINGS
MJPąs Matthew Dean is interviewed in OnOffice journal (Feb. 2008) about his research into the possibilities of hybrid new-builds that could accommodate both commercial and residential uses.
view the OnOffice article

MJP IN ARCHITECTS IN PRACTICE EXHIBITION
MJP are included in the Architects in Practice exhibition of photographs of architectsą working environments by Tim Soar. RIBA Gallery 2 - 5th-29th February 2008.
more details on the exhibition at the RIBA

RICHARD MacCORMAC ON WORKING AT MJP OFFICES
To coincide with the Architects in Practice exhibition Richard MacCormac was interviewed in OnOffice journal about the working environment at MJP's Spitalfields offices
read Richard MacCormac interview

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK LIBRARY NOW FULLY OPEN
The final phase of the newly remodelled Library at University of Warwick opened on Wednesday 30th January 2008. Information and images of the Library remodelling can be seen at the University of Warwick website.
view details about opening
more details about opening

JEREMY ESTOP ON MJP's EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST
In an article in The Guardian (12th January 2008) on employee ownership MJP managing director Jeremy Estop was interviewed about Employee Benefit Trust scheme at MJP
view The Guardian article

SENIOR COMMON ROOM ST JOHNS OXFORD PUBLISHED IN COUNTRY LIFE
Senior Common Room at St Johns College, Oxford is published in Country Life December 6th 2007
view Country Life article
link to Senior Common Room St Johns Project page

NEW IMAGES FOR HARROW COLLEGE UNVEILED
MJP have unveiled its designs for One Harrow, the 32,480 sq m building which is set to replace two existing Harrow College campuses.
more details

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK LIBRARY REOPENS
The Libary at the University of Warwick remodelled by MJP has reopened with the final phase to be completed at the end of January. Images of the opening day can be seen at the University of Warwick website.
view images

BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE WINS STONEWORK AWARD
In the Worshipful Company of Masons' Natural Stone Craft Awards 2007, BBC Broadcasting House received the New Building in Natural Stone Cladding award.
more details

'SUSTAINABLE SURBURBIA' IN 'PLANNING' JOURNAL
'Planning' 28th September 2007 features an article entitled 'Squeezing suburbia' which discusses the MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia' and the Design for Homes report 'Recommendations for Living at Superdensity'.
view the Planning article
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'SUSTAINABLE SURBURBIA' IS FRONT PAGE NEWS
MJP's 'Sustainable Suburbia' study was Building Design's front page news story (BD 6th June 2007). It also reported that English Partnerships has agreed Ł100,000 worth of funding for further research.
view the Building Design story
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

RICHARD MacCORMAC SPEAKS ON HOUSING DENSITY AT 'THINK 07' CONFERENCE
Richard MacCormac is on the panel discussing 'The right housing in the right place' along with representatives of Richard Rogers Partnership and Peter Barber Architects at the 'Think 07' conference at ExCeL London on Thursday 3rd May at 3.15pm.
link to Think 07 website
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

MJP PROJECTS FEATURED IN 'DISTINCTION BY DESIGN' EXHBITION AT RIBA
St. Johns Senior Common Room, The Learning Grid at the University of Warwick and the West Cambridge Residences are included in the RIBA Higher Education Forum 'Distinction by Design' Exhibition which runs at the RIBA from 11th - 21st April 2007
more details

SENIOR COMMON ROOM ST JOHNS OXFORD PUBLISHED IN DETAIL MAGAZINE
Senior Common Room at St Johns College, Oxford is published in DETAIL magazine vol.2007:2, a special on glass construction
link to Detail website
link to Senior Common Room St Johns Project page

'SUSTAINABLE SURBURBIA' STUDY ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN 'PLANNING IN LONDON'
'Planning in London' Issue 61, April-June 2007 features an article by Richard MacCormac on the MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'.
view Planning in London article
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

RICHARD MacCORMAC SPOKE AT ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Richard MacCormac spoke on 'Rethinking housing densities' at Architectural Review's 6th Annual Conference 'Re-engineering the European City : Exploring the impact of economic, social and climate change' at the RIBA 29th March 2007.
link to AR Annual Conference website
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

MAGGIE'S CHELTENHAM GAINS PLANNING CONSENT
MJP's Maggie's Centre in Cheltenham has gained planning consent. The new centre will provide a free drop-in service for cancer sufferers and their families, offering emotional and psychological support and information.
more details on MJP's Maggie's Centre
link to Maggie's Centre website

LEARNING GRID AT UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK FEATURED
IN THE INDEPENDENT & SCONUL FOCUS
The MJP design for The Learning Grid, the innovative new student resource centre at the University of Warwick was featured in an article in The Independent 15th January 2007 'The Learning mould is smashed'. The Learning Grid was also the lead article in the recent SCONUL Focus number 38.
link to The Independent article
link to SCONUL Focus article by Rachel Edwards
link to Learning Grid University of Warwick Project page
link to University of Warwick's own Learning Grid website

RICHARD MacCORMAC GIVES DOCOMOMO 'MASTERS OF CONCRETE' LECTURE ON FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Richard MacCormac is to give a lecture at 7pm on 12th December entitled 'Frank Lloyd Wright's Concrete' at The Gallery, Farringdon as part of DOCOMOMO's 'Masters of Concrete' series.
more details about the lecture

PHOENIX INITIATIVE WINS TWICE AT BURA AWARDS 2006
MJP collected two awards for the Phoenix Initiative project at the BURA (British Urban Regeneration Association) Awards on 29th November 2006. Aswell as being a BURA Best Practice for Regeneration winner, the project won the English Partneships Award for Partnership in Regneration.
more details about the BURA Award
more details about the English Partnerships Award
link to Phoenix Initiative Project page

NATURAL STONE AWARD FOR MJP's BBC EGTON HOUSE
MJPąs BBC Broadcasting House project carried off an award at the Stone Federation Natural Stone Awards on 24th November 2006 with the new Egton House building winning the New Build Modern (Non Load Bearing Stone) category.
link to BBC Broadcasting House project page

MJP JOIN URBAN BUZZ BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME AS AFFILIATES
MJP have become affiliates in the new UrbanBuzz Building Sustainable Communities knowledge exchange programme. The HEFCE funded initiative aims to develop new ways of delivering genuinely sustainable forms of development and community in London and the wider Southeast region. Launched on 21st November, the website is designed as a project showcase and a place for communication, networking and collaboration between the partners, affiliates and the wider community.
link to UrbanBuzz website

MJP PRESENT WARWICK UNIVERSITY LEARNING GRID
AT HIGHER EDUCATION DESIGN QUALITY CONFERENCE
Stephen Morey of MJP & Rachel Edwards of University of Warwick presented The Learning Grid to a good reception at the RIBA HEDQF (Higher Education Design Quality Forum) 2006 Conference 'Thinking Outside the Box' at Queen Mary, University of London on 31st October 2006
view RIBA/HEDQF 2006 Conference flyer
link to Learning Grid University of Warwick Project page
link to University of Warwick's own Learning Grid website

LEARNING GRID AT UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK FEATURED
IN UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS OF ESTATES JOURNAL
The MJP design for The Learning Grid, an innovative new student resource centre at the University of Warwick was featured in the AUDE (Association of University Directors of Estates) Newsletter Autumn 2006
view AUDE Newsletter article
link to Learning Grid University of Warwick Project page
link to University of Warwick's own Learning Grid website

WEST CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS
IN BUILDING FOR EDUCATION JOURNAL
Building for Education October 2006 features an article on the Ł22m development of 206 apartments for staff, postgraduates and visiting academics for the University of Cambridge at West Cambridge.
view Building for Education article
link to North Residences University of Cambridge Project page
link to South Residences University of Cambridge Project page

RICHARD MacCORMAC AT THAMES GATEWAY FORUM
Richard MacCormac will be speaking at the Thames Gateway Forum at ExCeL London on Thursday 23rd November 2006. He will be part of the 'Reinventing the suburb in the carbon-neutral era' discussion which takes place at 2pm in the Buro Happold Theatre
view the Thames Gateway Forum programme

MJP HAVE BECOME MEMBERS OF THE GREEN REGISTER
The Green Register of Construction Professionals brings together all disciplines in the construction industry who have a demonstrable commitment to sustainable building practices. It allows members to develop their knowledge and network with similarly minded professionals and clients. The MJP contact is Stephen Morey (20 October 2006)
view the Green Register
more on MJP's approach to sustainability

RICHARD MacCORMAC SPOKE AT THE LONDON FORUM 'RAISING RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES' CONFERENCE
Richard MacCormac presentated the ideas behind the MJP Sustainable Suburbia study at the Raising Residential Densities conference organised by the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies at the Building Centre, London on 18th October 2006.
more details
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

WEST CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCES
FEATURED IN SCHOOL BUILDING JOURNAL
The MJP West Cambridge North & South Residences projects for the University of Cambridge are featured in the October/November 2006 issue of School Building. (October 2006)
view School Building article
link to North Residences University of Cambridge Project page
link to South Residences University of Cambridge Project page

MJP DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
FEATURED IN SCHOOL BUILDING JOURNAL
The MJP Development Plan for University of Warwick is featured in the July 2006 issue of School Building. The article also features the MJP design for the Learning Grid, an innovative new student resource centre at the University of Warwick (July 2006)
view School Building article
link to Development Plan University of Warwick Project page

PRIORY VISITOR CENTRE, COVENTRY GAINS MUSEUM ACCREDITATION STATUS
MJP project Priory Visitor Centre in Coventry has gained full accreditation under the MLA (Museum, Libraries & Archives Council) scheme. (27th July 2006)
more details
link to Priory Visitor Centre Project page

SENIOR COMMON ROOM ST JOHNS OXFORD WINS
RIBA AWARD 2006
MJP project Senior Common Room at St Johns College, Oxford has won an RIBA / South Award (22nd June 2006)
more details from RIBA website
view AJ coverage
link to Senior Common Room St Johns Project page

MJP HOSTED 'SUSTAINABLE SURBURBIA' DEBATE AT RIBA
As part of Architecture Week, MJP organised a debate at the RIBA Jarvis Hall at 6.30pm on Monday 19th June. The debate was entitled 'Sustainable Suburbia - where do people want to live?' and drew on the research in the MJP Housing Density Study. Richard MacCormac was on the panel and it was chaired by Jonathan Glancey.
more details from Architecture Week website
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'

BRITISH EMBASSY BANGKOK IN ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL
MJP project to build 6,000sq m of new residential accommodation and leisure facilities at the British Embassy in Bangkok for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is illustrated in the Architects' Journal 01.06.06.
view AJ feature

MJP IN BEAMISH VISITOR CENTRE COMPETITION
MJP are among the seven shortlisted practices in a competition for a Ł6 million visitors centre at the Beamish open air museum. (June'06)
view Building Design feature

SENIOR COMMON ROOM ST JOHNS OXFORD WINS
N.A.S. DESIGN PARTNERSHIP AWARD 2006
MJP project Senior Common Room at St Johns College, Oxford has won the National Association of Shopfitters Design Partnership Award (18th May 2006)
more details from N.A.S. website
link to Senior Common Room St Johns Project page

MJP HOUSING DENSITY STUDY 'SUSTAINABLE SUBURBIA' PRESS COVERAGE
Richard MacCormac and MJP Director Duncan McKinnon were interviewed in the RIBA Journal May 2006 in an article on housing density called 'Happiness per hectare'. The article discussed and featured images from the MJP Housing Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'
more details in MJP RESEARCH section

THE QUEEN OPENS PHASE 1 OF BROADCASTING HOUSE
On 20 April 06, The Queen officially opened Phase 1 of the BBC's Broadcasting House Project designed by MJP Architects. She was shown around the completed building, now in use, and met Sir Richard MacCormac. (20th April 2006)
download MJP press release
link to BBC Broadcasting House

MARK HINES TO TALK AT RICS BRIEFING 2006
Mark Hines is speaking about modern architecture in the "Historicist v. modernist" debate with Robert Adam at the RICS Briefing 2006 conference in Nottingham on Friday 7th April
more details from RICS website
view essay in MJP THEORY section

MJP PROJECTS IN NEW ENGLISH HERITAGE PUBLICATION
Shared interest:Celebrating investment in the historic environment - the new English Heritage publication which features projects they have championed as exemplary includes MJP projects Boathouse 6, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Millennium Place, Durham. (March 2006)
more details & publication download from EH website
link to Boathouse 6, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
link to Millennium Place, Durham

FRIENDSHIP HOUSE CIVIC TRUST AWARDS COMMENDATION
Friendship House has been awarded a commendation in the 2006 Civic Design Awards (March'06)
more details from Civic Trust website
link to Friendship House Project page

MJP ARCHITECTS SCOOP DESIGN MENTOR AWARDS
MJP Architects Joann Tang and Julie Morrison have been awarded the first ever 'Allgood Design Mentor Awards' in recognition of their contribution to Open House Learning initiatives in recent years. (6th March 2006)
more information

BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE RADIO DOCUMENTARY
Richard MacCormac contributed to the BBC Radio 3 documentary "A Ship of Voices : A celebration of BBC Broadcasting House" The programme was broadcast on 4th March 2006
listen here
(this requires RealPlayer - go here to download Real Player)

MJP WIN COVENTRY DESIGN AWARD
MJP's Coventry Phoenix Initiative received the award of Special Urban Design Project at the Coventry Design Awards on 3rd February 2006.

RICHARD MacCORMAC TO TALK AT SURFACE DESIGN SHOW
Richard MacCormac is making the headline presentation at the opening night of the Surface Design Show at the Business Design Centre, Islington at 6pm on Wednesday 1st March 2006.
more details
view essay in MJP THEORY section

NEW QUADRANGLE FOR ST.JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD
MJP has been commissioned by St. Johnąs College to design a new quadrangle to the north of the existing College. (Nov'05)
download MJP press release
MJP's designs for St. John's College were featured in the First Look feature in Building Design 27th January 2006
view BD 27.01.06 article

MJP COMPETES FOR MANCHESTER MASTERPLAN
MJP are among 4 architects selected by Cibitas Investments Ltd / New East Manchester Ltd, to propose a master plan for a high density residential (app. 4000 dwellings) and mixed-use commercial scheme, on a 38 ha site next to Sportcity, within walking distance of the City Centre.(Jan'06)
view AJ 09.01.06 article
view BD 27.01.06 article
view BD 13.01.06 article

BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE PUBLISHED IN TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
Mark Hines' article 'BBC Battleship Relaunched' describing how the symbolic home of the BBC is being given a new lease of life is the cover story of the Twentieth Century Society Newsletter Winter 2005/6 (Jan'06)
view essay in MJP THEORY section

MJP FEATURED IN COMPENDIUM EXHIBITION AT RIBA
MJP are featured in 'Compendium' and exhbition looking at the work of the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture
The exhibition runs at the RIBA, London from 27 January 2006 - 18 February 2006
more details from RIBA website

MJP OUTREACH - GRID CITY PROJECT
MJP architect Joann Tang recently completed a six week pilot outreach project, GridCity, with a class of Year 9 students from Mulberry School for Girls in Tower Hamlets. She was one of the recipients of the inaugural RIBA McAslan Bursary in 2004 (Jan'06)
view project description from RIBA website

RIBA AWARD FOR FRIENDSHIP HOUSE:
On Monday 12th December 2005, Stephen Robinson, Director of the RIBA presented MJP Architects with an RIBA Award 2005 for Friendship House, London.
Friendship House also won a Housing Design Award 2005. (Dec'05)
link to Friendship House Project page

BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE FEATURED IN LONDON LIGHTS EXHIBITION
New London Architecture's exhibition 'London Lights : The Art of Architectural Lighting' features MJP's 'Breathing' the permanent public art installation at BBC Broadcasting House.
The exhbition is at the Building Centre, London from 30 November 2005 to 21 January 2006
more details
download London Lights catalogue

VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
Sir Richard MacCormac is giving a lecture about this project at 6.30pm, Thursday 08/12/2005 at the LSE. (Nov'05)
more details

MJP HOUSING DENSITY STUDY 'REDEFINING SUBURBIA' PRESS COVERAGE
'Redefining Suburbia', MJP's study into the possibilities and benefits of higher suburban housing densities, was reported in Estates Gazette and Building Design (Aug'05)
more details in MJP RESEARCH section

FRIENDSHIP HOUSE PUBLISHED IN BUILDING
MJP's Friendship House 179-bed hostel for London Hostels Association at Belvedere Place is published in Building 9th July 2004.
download article
link to view the article on the Building website.
link to Friendship House project page

COVENTRY PHOENIX INITIATIVE
To celebrate the completion of the project and its subsequent shortlisting for the prestigious Stirling Prize, the project team have combined to produce a book:
'Phoenix: Architecture/Art/Regeneration' (ISBN 1-904772-22-6)
which records this unique experiment in urban regneration in Coventry.

SUTTON WALK PUBLISHED IN BLUEPRINT MAGAZINE
MJP's Sutton Walk gateway to London's South Bank project is published in Blueprint January 2002.
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link to Sutton Walk project page

MJP's PATERNOSTER SQUARE PROJECT PUBLISHED IN ARCHITECTURE TODAY
MJP's Warwick Court at Paternoster Square is published in Architecture Today September 2003
download article
link to view the article on the Architecture Today website.
link to Warwick Court, Paternoster Square project page