News updates as the practice develops and completes projects.
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26.01.12
DEZEEN PUBLISHES MJP'S STEAM BRIDGE
Dezeen the online architecture and design magazine has published MJP's University of Birmingham Steam Bridge.
link to full news item
link to MJP's Steam Pipe project page
Link to Steam Bridge article on Dezeen
26.01.12
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM STEAM BRIDGE IN ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL & AJ WEBSITE
MJP's University of Birmingham Steam Bridge is in the Architects' Journal and is featured in more depth in an article on the AJ website with plans, sections, details and photographs.
link to full news item
link to MJP's Steam Pipe project page
Link to Steam Bridge article on AJ website
20.01.12
SOUTHWARK UNDERGROUND STATION ADDED TO ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL BUILDINGS LIBRARY
MJP Architects' JLE Southwark Station has just been added to the Architects' Journal Buildings Library - the digital database that showcases exemplar architectural projects.
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link to Southwark Station on AJ Buildings Library
link to MJP's Southwark Station project page
16.01.12
MJP PROJECTS ON CIVIC TRUST AWARDS SHORTLIST
Two MJP projects, Kendrew Quadrangle at St John's College, Oxford and Maggie's Centre in Cheltenham are on the shortlist of winning projects for the 2012 Civic Trust Awards.
view full news item
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
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to Maggie's Cheltenham project page
20.12.11
FRIENDSHIP HOUSE IMAGES ADDED TO RIBAPIX
The RIBA have just added images of MJP Architects' Friendship House to their RIBAPix online image database.
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link to Friendship House project page
15.12.11
WARWICK UNIVERSITY NURSERY WINS RIBA AWARD
MJPs University of Warwick nursery and café pavilion has received an award from the RIBA as part of it's Small Budget Big Impact project.
view full news item
link to MJP's Warwick Nursery project page
23.11.11
PORTELET BAY JERSEY WINS HOUSE AWARD
Portelet Bay apartment development in Jersey has won the
What House Gold Award for Best Apartment Scheme.
view full news item
link to MJP's Portlet Bay project page
15.11.11
MJP RECEIVE RIBA AWARD FOR KENDREW
MJP's Matteo Sarno received an RIBA Award for Kendrew Quadrangle at the RIBA South/South East Awards Presentation.
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link to MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project page
04.11.11
KENDREW WINS OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST AWARD
MJP Architects' Kendrew Quadrangle has been awarded a plaque (highest recognition) in the new building category by the Oxford Preservation Trust.
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link to MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project page
26.10.11
BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE on AT WEBSITE
Architecture Today have published BBC Broadcasting House article on their website.
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link to MJP's BBC Broadcasting House project page
18.10.11
HOUSING DENSITY PRE-PLANNING TOOLKIT IN URBAN DESIGN
Urban Design 120 Autumn 2011 features a housing density pre-planning toolkit developed by MJP with Richard MacCormac.
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link to MJP's Sustainable Suburbia website
04.10.11
MJP's WEST CAMBRIDGE SOUTH RESIDENCES ON AJBL
MJP Architects' West Cambridge South Residences for the University of Cambridge have been added to the Architects' Journal Building Library.
view full news item
link to West Cambridge South Residences project page
06.10.11
HOUSING DENSITY PRE-PLANNING TOOLKIT IN AJ
Architects' Journal 06.10.11 features a housing density pre-planning toolkit developed by MJP with Richard MacCormac.
view full news item
link to MJP's Sustainable Suburbia website
04.10.11
WARWICK CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT ON AJBL
MJP Architects' University of Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials Unit has been added to the Architects' Journal Building Library.
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link to Warwick CTU project page
20.09.11
MJP ARCHITECTS AUTUMN 2011 NEWSLETTER
MJP's Autumn 2011 Newsletter available to download.
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download MJP Newsletter
11.09.11
MJP's RUSKIN LIBRARY FOURTH IN GUARDIAN's CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
TOP TEN
MJP Architects' Ruskin Library at Lancaster University makes 4th place in a Top Ten list of contemporary architecture examples of the era compiled by The Guardian. The top ten appeared in the Guide to British Architecture issued with The Observer on Sunday 11th September 2011.
link to The Guardian's Top Ten
link to Ruskin Library's project page
08.09.11
KENDREW IN EXHIBITION IN VICENZA
MJP Architects' Kendrew Quadrangle for St John's College Oxford is in the Dedalo
Minosse International Prize exhibition in Palladio's Palazzo Barbaran in Vicenza.
view full news item
link to Kendrew Quadrangle project page
30.08.11
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK STUDENT UNION ON AJBL
MJP Architects' University of Warwick Student Union has been added to the Architects' Journal Building Library.
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link to University of Warwick Student Union project page
25.08.11
VISIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE DURING OPEN HOUSE
MJP Architects' Friendship House in Belvedere Place, Southwark will be open to visit during this year's Open House London on Saturday 17th September 2011 between 9.30am-4.30pm.
view full news item
link to Friendship House Open House details
link to Friendship House project page
03.08.11
KENDREW QUADRANGLE AJBL BUILDING OF THE DAY
MJP Architects' Kendrew Quadrangle is the first Architects' Journal Building of the Day on 3rd August 2011.
link to MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project page
29.07.11
MJP SHORTLISTED IN ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR AWARD
MJP Architects have been shortlisted in the Education Architect of the Year (6th Form to University) in this year's Architect of the Year Awards.
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view Architect of the Year Awards shortlists
link to MJP Education sector pages
28.07.11
MJP'S TESCO LUDLOW ON BBC TV
MJP's Tesco Ludlow was featured on Nicholas Crane's programme 'Town' on BBC 2 on 28th July 2011 which focussed on Ludlow. The coverage of MJP's Tesco appears at 31 minutes into the programme.
view programme on BBC iPlayer
view Tesco Ludlow project page
28.07.11
MAGGIE'S CHELTENHAM IN ONOFFICE MAGAZINE
The July 2011 issue of the OnOffice magazine features an article on MJP Architects' Maggie's Centre Cheltenham.
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25.07.11
GREENWICH MILLENNIUM VILLAGE PROPOSALS
GMV design proposals developed by Tibbalds, MJP Architects, PCKO and Allen Pyke.
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22.07.11
MJP PROJECTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE CLUB'S
50 YEARS OF LONDON ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
Four MJP projects (Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum, Southwark Station, Paternoster Square and BBC Broadcasting House) are in the 50 Years of London Architecture exhibition at Ambika P3 from 22 July - 24 August 2011
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exhibition details
18.07.11
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK STUDENT UNION ON EUROPEAN COPPER AWARDS WEBSITE
MJP Architects' University of Warwick Student Union is featured on the website for the European Copper in Architecture Awards
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Warwick University Student Union on Copper Awards website
link to University of Warwick Student Union project page
18.07.11
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK NURSERY IN RIBA 'GOOD DESIGN' REPORT
MJP Architects' University of Warwick Nursery is illustrated in 'Good design - it all adds up - the RIBA report promoting the value of architecture.
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view RIBA 'Good Design' report
13.07.11
MJP PROPOSAL FOR SHENZHEN TOWER
See MJP Architects' recent proposals for a landmark tower complex in Shenzhen, Southern China.
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13.07.11
MJP PROPOSAL FOR TESCO IN NOTTINGHAM
See MJP Architects' recent propsals for a Tesco store in Nottingham
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13.07.11
MJP PROJECTS IN BIG IMPACT! PUBLICATION
MJP's University of Birmingham Steam Bridge and Unversity of Warwick Nursery are included in the RIBA Higher Education Design Quality Forum publication 'Small Budget Big Impact!' featuring UK university & HE projects that display imagination and innovation with a small budget to deliver a big impact.
view full news item
view page on University of Warwick Nursery
view page on University of Birmingham Steam bridge
link to RIBA HEDQF page on 'Small Budget - Big Impact'
05.07.11
KENDREW QUADRANGLE ARTICLE IN TW MAGAZINE
MJP Architects' Kendrew Quadrangle at St John's College Oxford infeatured in a six page article in TW - the St John's College, Oxford Alumni magazine
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download Kendrew article from TW magazine
link to MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project page
16.06.11
MJP PROJECTS ON ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL SPECIAL COVERS
The 16.06.11 issue of the Architects' Journal is available in one of 89 different covers - one for each of the RIBA 2011 award winners - including MJP projects Kendrew Quadrangle at St John's College Oxford
and the Maggie's Centre Cheltenham.
view full news item
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
link
to Maggie's Cheltenham project page
16.06.11
KENDREW QUADRANGLE ADDED TO AJ BUILDINGS LIBRARY
MJP Architects' Kendrew Quadrangle at St John's College Oxford has just been added to the Architects' Journal Buildings Library - the digital database that showcases exemplar architectural projects
view full news item
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle on AJ Buildings Library
link
to MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project page
19.05.11
MJP ARCHITECTS WIN RIBA AWARDS
Two MJP projects are winners in the RIBA Awards 2011. Kendrew Quadrangle at St John's College, Oxford has won a RIBA South award, while MJP's Maggie's Centre in Cheltenham has won a RIBA Wessex award. As winners both projects go on to the long list for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2011.
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RIBA South Awards : Kendrew
RIBA Wessex Awards : Maggie's
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to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
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to Maggie's Cheltenham project page
10.05.11
MJP ARCHITECTS WIN WESTMINSTER SOCIETY AWARD
MJP Architects have won the Westminster Society Biennial Award for Urban Design for the BBC Broadcasting House's new configuration and All Soul's Place pedestrianisation.
view full news item
download Westminster Society Urban Design Award
link to MJP's BBC Broadcasting House project page
06.05.11
NEW MJP DIRECTOR - REZA SCHUSTER
Reza Schuster has been elected to the MJP Architects' Board of Directors.
view full news item
see Property Week announcement
see Building magazine announcement
08.05.11
LAST CHANCE MAGGIE'S EXHIBITION AT the V&A
The Maggie's exhibition at the RIBA Architecture Gallery at the V&A in South Kensington ends on Sunday 8th May.
view full news item
see V&A press release on exhibition
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
05.05.11
FRIENDSHIP HOUSE ADDED TO AJ BUILDINGS LIBRARY
MJP Architects' Friendship House has just been added to the Architects' Journal Buildings Library - the digital database that showcases exemplar architectural projects
view full news item
link to Friendship House on AJ Buildings Library
link to MJP's Friendship House project page
05.05.11
MAGGIE'S CHELTENHAM ON YOU TUBE
MJP's Maggies Centre in Cheltenham which opened last October is the subject of a number of short movies available to view on YouTube.
The films feature interviews with Richard MacCormac and Laura Lee aswell as footage of the opening.
view full news item
link to MJP's Maggie's Centre project page
03.05.11
KENDREW QUADRANGLE ON RIBA AWARD SHORTLIST
RIBA South has included MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle on the shortlist for the RIBA Awards 2011. The winners will be announced on 19 May and will then go forward to be considered for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize and other Special Awards.
view full news item
RIBA Awards shortlist
Oxford Times coverage
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
03.05.11
LIZ PRIDE CONTRIBUTES TO NEW METRIC HANDBOOK
Liz Pride (MJPs Director of Education) has written the guide to the design of student accommodation for the new edition of the Metric Handbook which is to be published by Architectural Press/Elsevier in November 2011.
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Details about new edition of Metric Handbook
03.05.11
STEAM BRIDGE IN RIBA HEDQF FILM
MJP's University of Birmingham Steam Bridge is included in the Royal Institute of British Architects Higher Education Design Quality Forum film featuring eight UK university projects that display imagination and innovation with a small budget to deliver a big impact. The section on MJP's Steam Bridge appears 10 minutes 48 seconds in. The film will be part of the RIBA HEDQF's 'Small Budget - Big Impact' exhibition at this year's AUDE Conference (17th-20th April 2011).
view full news item
view Steam Bridge segment of film
download information about the Steam Bridge
link to RIBA HEDQF page on 'Small Budget - Big Impact'
03.05.11
LONDON STUDENT ACCOMMODATION FORUM (L:SAF)
London Student Accommodation Forum is a professional network set up by MJPs Reza Schuster to promote discussion about the topical issues surrounding student accommodation in London. Its aim is to highlight innovations in UK student living and to discuss trends in policy, design, investment, development and the property market in the context of the Capital. It has around 200 members, including HEIs, private providers, charities, equity fund managers, agents, planning and construction professionals, as well as members from the financial services, legal and property sectors.
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YANGZOU CULTURAL CENTRE CLIP ON YOUTUBE
A video clip of MJP's proposals for Yangzou Cultural Centre, China can be viewed on YouTube.
view video clip
link
to MJP's Chinese Website
MJP PROJECTS ON SIMON KENNEDY'S NEW ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE
Several MJP projects (incl. Kendrew Quadrangle at St Johns College Oxford, LSE John Watkins Plaza and BBC Broadcasting House) are featured on the excellent new website by architectural photographer Simon Kennedy.
Simon previously worked as an architect at MJP.
link to Simon Kennedy's website
link to Kendrew St Johns Oxford project page
link to BBC Broadcasting House project page
link to LSE John Watkins Plaza project page
AWARD FOR MJP's MAGGIE'S CENTRE CHELTENHAM
MJP's Maggie's Centre Cheltenham has won a Cheltenham Civic Award in the New Building category. The presentation will take place at Cheltenham Town Hall on Thursday 14th April at 4pm and will be made by Angela Brady (RIBA President Elect) who will also be giving the Annual Cheltenham Civic Awards Lecture in the evening.
Gloucester Echo news item about award
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
Cheltenham Civic Awards Presentation & Annual Lecture
FIRST DAYTIME IMAGES OF STEAM BRIDGE IN PLACE
Following the night time installation of MJP's University of Birmingham Steam Bridge - we now have the first daytime images of the bridge in place over the railway line and canal.
download images of the Steam Bridge in place
download information about the Steam Bridge
STEAM BRIDGE INSTALLATION ON YOUTUBE
You can see a movie of the night time installation of MJP's University of Birmingham Steam Bridge on YouTube. The 60 metre bridge was assembled off-site, transported to site in two spans then craned into place over the railway line and canal during an overnight line closure.
view YouTube movie
download information about the Steam Bridge
BANGKOK EMBASSY SHORTLISTED FOR GALVANIZING AWARDS
MJP's British Embassy in Bangkok was shortlisted for Galvanizers Association Galvanizing Awards 2010.
link
to Galvanizing Awards website
link
to British Embassy Bangkok project page
MJP GAIN CHAS HEALTH & SAFETY ACCREDITATION
MJP have once again been succesful in gaining accreditation with the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme.
link
to CHAS website.
link to certificate on About MJP page
A10 NEW EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE COVERS KENDREW
MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project for St John's College, Oxford is featured on the website of A10 New European Architecture.
link
to Kendrew page on A10.
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
KENDREW ST JOHN'S COLLEGE OXFORD ON E-ARCHITECT
The architecture blog e-architect has added a page on MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle project for St John's College, Oxford.
link
to Kendrew page on e-architect.
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
PALL MALL OFFICE PROJECT
MJP are working on a new office building on an extremely sensitive and complex site in London's Pall Mall. The £9m project is part new build and part conservation and involves integrating the new building with its listed neighbours, which remain in occupation. MJP are working with Alan Short Associates who designed the original scheme.
STEAM BRIDGE | ASSEMBLED OFFSITE
MJP have designed a 60 metre bridge for the University of Birmingham to carry services over a busy railway and canal. The superstructure has been pre-clad off-site in curved laser cut stainless ready to be transported to site in two spans and installed during an overnight line closure.
download images of the Steampipe Bridge
MJP's MAGGIE'S CENTRE ON ARCHITONIC BLOG
MJP's new Maggie's Centre is featured in the article 'Support Structures: architecture's role in the healing process' by Alyn Griffiths on the architecture blog Architonic.
link to Architonic article
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE IN THE OBSERVER
Jonathan Glancey reviewed the BBC Broadcasting House project in The Observer on 23rd January 2011.
see the article on www.guardian.co.uk
see image gallery on www.guardian.co.uk
link to BBC Broadcasting House project page
RICHARD MacCORMAC AT ECOBUILD
Richard MacCormac will be speaking at Ecobuild at ExCel London on Tuesday March 1st between 1.35pm2pm. He will be talking about the possibilities for and benefits of higher urban and suburban housing densities and discussing the findings from MJP's Sustainable Suburbia research. His talk is part of the session 'Des Res Design Regs: sustainability and density' in the South Gallery Room 7 between 12.30-2pm.
see Ecobuild website for details
link to MJP's sustainablesuburbia.co.uk
link to more on Sustainable Suburbia
MAGGIE'S V&A EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED
MJP's new Maggie's Cheltenham will feature in an V&A / RIBA Architecture Partnership exhibition on Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres to be held from 26 February to 8 May 2011. The exhibition will be free and will take place in RIBA Architecture Gallery at the V&A in South Kensington.
see Design Week on exhibition
see V&A press release on exhibition
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
LANGLANDS & BELL ARTWORK INSTALLED AT KENDREW
The final piece of artwork has been installed at MJP's Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College Oxford. The myoglobin sculpture was created by Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell and it is a tribute to former President Sir John Kendrew, who jointly won the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1962 for devising a 3D model of the amino acid units in the myoglobin molecule.
link
to story on St Johns website
link
to Langlands & Bell website
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
MJP's MAGGIE'S CENTRE IN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BLOGS
MJP's new Maggie's Centre has been picked up by the architecture & design blogs Dezeen and World Interior Design Network.
link to Dezeen page on MJP's Maggies Centre
link to World Interior Design Network on MJP Maggie's Centre
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
MJP's MAGGIE'S IN ITALIAN NEWS MAGAZINE L'ESPRESSO
The prestigious Italian weekly news magazine L'espresso features an article on Maggie's Centres in the 22nd December issue. The article entitled 'Archistar hospital' illustrates MJP's new Maggie's Cheltenham.
see the article on L'espresso's website
see the images from the article
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
KENDREW ST JOHN'S COLLEGE OXFORD ON COVER OF BD
Kendrew Quadrangle - MJP's latest project for St John's College, Oxford - is on the cover of Building Design 10 December 2010.
link
to article on BD website.
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
MJP's MAGGIE'S CHELTENHAM IN ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL
The Architects' Journal for 2nd December 2010 features a building study on MJP's new Maggie's Cheltenham.
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
see pages 20-29 of digital AJ
MJP MONOGRAPH 'BUILDING IDEAS' REVIEWED IN AJ
The MJP monograph 'Building Ideas' was reviewed in the Architects' Journal (2nd December 2010) by Alan Powers.
link
to MJP Monograph page
see pages 39-41 of digital AJ
KENDREW QUADRANGLE IN ARCHITECTURE TODAY NOV.2010
Kendrew Quadrangle - MJP's latest project for St John's College, Oxford - is on the cover of Architecture Today 213 (November 2010) and gets a 8-page building study by Edward Jones of Dixon Jones with photographs by Peter Durant.
link to article on Architecture Today website.
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
RICHARD MacCORMAC GIVES 2010 KEVIN LYNCH MEMORIAL LECTURE
Richard MacCormac will deliver the 2010 Kevin Lynch Memorial Lecture at the Urban Design Group Gallery on Cowcross Street, London EC1 on Wednesday 17th November. The lecture will be entitled 'Density, Typology and Place' and will describe the development of a series of interrelated ideas about architecture and urbanism.
download MJP press release about the lecture
link to Urban Design Group website
MJP's MAGGIE'S CHELTENHAM OPENED BY DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
The Duchess of Cornwall, President of Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, opened Maggie's Cheltenham on Tuesday 19th October. The official opening was attended by well over 100 guests including representatives from MJP and the other team members.
download MJP press release about the opening
link to images of opening on BBC website
link to local press coverage of opening
MJP's MAGGIE'S CHELTENHAM OPENS
Maggie's Cheltenham opens officially on Tuesday 19th October. Maggie's have issued a press pack which includes a section on the architecture of the new centre.
link to Maggie's Cheltenham Launch Information page
link
to Maggie's pages about the design of the centre
KENDREW QUADRANGLE OFFICIALLY OPENS
Kendrew Quadrangle - MJP's latest project for St John's College, Oxford - opened officially on Saturday 16th October 2010.
link
to St John's College webpage on Kendrew opening.
link
to Kendrew Quadrangle, St. John's College project page
MJP PAST + PRESENT STAFF 'BUILDING IDEAS' PARTY
MJP held a party for past and current members of the practice to celebrate the launch of Building Ideas, the MJP monograph. Over 100 people attended the party at MJP's offices in Spitalfields. Richard MacCormac gave a speech thanking the staff (past and present) and recognising their contribution to the practice.
download Richard MacCormac's speech
link
to the Building Ideas MJP monograph page
'BUILDING IDEAS' MJP MONOGRAPH PUBLISHED
'Buildings Ideas' the MJP monograph is a record of the practice's work since its inception in 1972. It was launched on 6th October 2010 at an event at the MJP offices - speakers were Jonathan Glancey, Richard MacCormac and Jeremy Estop
link
to the Building Ideas MJP monograph page
WARWICK CTU ON RIBA SUSTAINABILITY HUB
MJP's recently completed Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick has been added as a case study to the RIBA's new Sustainability Hub.
The CTU has been awarded BREEAM Excellent status under the BRE Environmental Assessment Method and achieved an 'A' Energy Performance Rating with a very low emission of 17 kg of CO2 per floor area (m2) per year.
link to RIBA's Sustainability Hub
link
to Warwick CTU project page
MAGGIE's : THE ARCHITECTURE OF HOPE BOOK
MJP's Maggie's Centre at Cheltenham is featured in the book Architecture of Hope by Charles Jencks and Edwin Heathcote.
details about The Architecture of Hope
link
to Maggie's Centre Cheltenham project page
link to Maggie's Centres page on project
VISIT MJP's FRIENDSHIP HOUSE DURING OPEN HOUSE
MJP's Friendship House on Belvedere Place, London SE1 is open to visit as part of London Open House weekend.
On Saturday 18th September there will be tours every half hour from 9.30am-4.30pm.
MJP's award winning Southwark Underground Station is nearby - though not officially part of Open House it is well worth a visit (just read the GoogleMaps reviews).
details on Friendship House Open House
link
to Friendship House project page
GoogleMap of Southwark Station + Friendship House
link
to Southwark Station project page
WESTMOUNT QUARRY, JERSEY RECEIVES PLANNING APPROVAL
MJP have received planning approval for the Westmount Quarry development of 196 apartments, on the site of a former quarry in St. Helier, for Dandara
Jersey Ltd. The designs include 16 sheltered apartments, a 60 room nursing home, and a
children's nursery.
AJ article
MJP press release
MJP IN 50 YEARS OF LONDON ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, the Architecture Club have an exhibition of '50 Years of London Architecture 1960-2010' at the Mall Galleries. MJP are represented by three of their projects : Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum / Southwark Station / BBC Broadcasting House. The exhibition runs from Saturday 19th - Sunday 27th June 2010, 10am - 5pm (closing at 3pm on Sunday).
details on the London Festival of Architecture site
details on the Mall Galleries site
WOLF'S CAVES IN RA SUMMER EXHIBITION
A model of MJP's private house project at Wolfs Caves, Jersey is in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition which runs from 14th June until 22nd August 2010.
view images of Wolf's Caves model at RA
details about the RA Summer Exhibition
RICHARD MacCORMAC SPEAKS IN MILTON KEYNES
Richard MacCormac will speak at the inaugural Fred Roche Memorial Lecture at Gallery Central Milton Keynes 14th July 7pm. The lecture is part of the A Place For Creativity? - the 3rd Annual Art & Urban Design Conference which takes place the following day on 15th July 2010 in Milton Keynes.
details
about '"A Place For Creativity?"
WARWICK CTU IN BUILDING DESIGN
Building Design 11th June 2010 features a special cladding feature on MJP's Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) at Warwick Medical School. The project utilises a double-glazed, composite
timber curtain walling system by the German company Lang Fenster.
download the article
link
to article on BD site
WARWICK CTU IN ECO TECH
MJP's recently completed Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick is published in the May 2010 issue of Eco Tech (Sustainable Architecture Today).
The BREEAM Excellent rated two storey building makes use of natural ventilation and has good levels of daylighting.
download the article
link
to Warwick CTU project page
NEW MJP SUSTAINABLE SUBURBIA WEBSITE
MJP Architects have just launched a new website - www.sustainablesuburbia.co.uk - to coincide with the exhibition at the NLA in May & June 2010.
The latest version of the study can be requested from the new website and the NLA presentation can be viewed.
To request details of the full study click here
link to sustainablesuburbia.co.uk
SUSTAINABLE SUBURBIA EXHIBITION AT NLA
The Homes & Communities Agency are sponsoring an exhibition showcasing MJP's Sustainable Suburbia study.
The exhibition runs from Monday 10th May - 12th June 2010 at NLA (New London Architecture) at Store Street, London.
details
on
NLA website
link to more on Sustainable Suburbia
MJP GAINS PLANNING FOR WOLF'S CAVES, JERSEY
MJP have gained planning permission for Wolfs Caves a 5 bedroom private residence on the north coast of Jersey.
view image
MAGGIE'S CENTRE, CHELTENHAM ON SITE
MJP's Maggie's Cotswolds in Cheltenham is proceeding well on site.
more details and on site image
link
to Maggie's Centres website.
link
to Maggie's Centre, Cotswolds project page
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.
download a brochure
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 ; 6.307.30 pm ; £10/£5 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.
download article
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.
go to www.twitter.com/mjparchitects to follow our tweets
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 £11m 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.
download
flyer
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.
download
a brochure
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.
download a flyer
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
to details about the award.
link
to Portelet Bay, Jersey project page
link to Dandara's Portelet Bay website.
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.
download article
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.
download article
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.
download article
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.
download latest Westmount images
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.
view the article on FT website
more on the British Museum exhibition on Hadrian.
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK STUDENTS UNION GOES ON SITE
MJP's £11m 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.
download article
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
MJP¹s 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
MJP¹s 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 architects¹ 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
more on MJP Density Study 'Sustainable Suburbia'
'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 £100,000
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
MJP¹s 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 £22m 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 £6 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)
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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. John¹s College to design a new quadrangle to the north of the existing College. (Nov'05)
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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
