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RIBA SOUTH EAST JANUARY 2009
■ Recession help
■ Design review
■ Downland Prize
■ CPD
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The Architecture Foundation’s
competition to design a summer
pavilion next to Marks Barfield’s
The Lightbox in Woking closes on
3 March. Details on
www.artfundpavilion.co.uk
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Please submit a project for the
RIBA Awards 2009. We would love
a local practice to win an Award!
Entry forms are on
www.architecture.com
The deadline for entries is 19 February
RIBA South East News
CPD discounts
The two new discount schemes for
RIBA South East’s events are proving
to be a popular way of saving money
on CPD.
Find out what to expect when you
buy a CPD Loyalty Card or CPD
Season Ticket, on page 18
South East
Architecture Festival?
Following the resounding success of
architecture08, which we co-ordinated
with the Solent Centre for Architecture +
Design, we’ve applied to Arts Council
England for a grant to run a similar
architecture festival during May and June
this year.
The theme is planned as better
places, better spaces. The South East
Festival of Architecture will feature two
or three headline events as well as the
Fringe activities, to be supported by
increased and centralised marketing and
publicity. It will be strongly web-based.
We’re also planning to make new links
between architects and artists, through
networking and a ‘buddy’ scheme.
‘Lonely Arts’ (!) will include any architect
and artist musicians who would like to
get together and perform – so let us
know if you would like to join in!
We will know within a few weeks
whether our grant application is
successful, so cross your fingers – and
start planning events in your practice,
talks, tours of recently-completed
buildings … if in doubt, contact Jenny
Peterson at Regional Office.
Graham’s grapevine:
Should the Regional Office
close? Let me know!
We find ourselves in tough times. As part of the first phase
of corporate RIBA belt-tightening, the Nations and Regions
have been told to save £16,000. Three options are currently being put forward
for South East and South Regions, which are now the only RIBA regions with
two offices in one RDA area:
• Merge the Regional Offices of South and South East, with the preferred
location as Reading, with just one staff team and one Regional Director
• Leave the offices where they are, but under the control of a single Director
(based in London) and ask each team to specialise in a range of services
for both Regions
• Keep the status quo (and find the £16,000 savings elsewhere).
In order to respond in the forthcoming consultation, I need to know your
views. Let me be clear – it is not suggested that the Regions will merge,
just their offices.
My concern is to ensure that the already excellent service given to
Members in the South East is at least maintained, if not improved, and that
the numerous activities initiated by us – for example the Downland Prize,
architecture festivals, work on design review, our CPD and conference
programme, support to Branches, student mentoring, local competitions,
relationships with SEEDA, CIC and the other professions etc etc will continue
uninterrupted. Many of these generate income and, as a result, we normally
achieve an excess of income over expenditure: in other words – a profit!
So, what do you think? What do you really want from your Regional Office
and how much do you use and/or value it? Could the service offered by the
team in Tunbridge Wells be provided equally well from Reading, or controlled
from London? What other options could we consider? What activities and
services could be done jointly?
Now is the time to speak up and have a say in how our Region is managed.
As Joni Mitchell so rightly said ‘You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone …’
Write/email to [email protected] or to the Regional Office or
come along to Regional Council at Ardingly on 4 February.
Graham Whitehouse, Chairman, RIBA South East
Conference on non-domestic buildings
We are running a conference on sustainability at Brighton on 21 May. Schools,
offices, public buildings, factories all have potential to reduce their carbon footprints.
Join other construction industry professionals to plot a path through the minefield
of information. We are delighted to welcome Robin Nicholson of Edward Cullinan
Architects and CABE Commissioner on climate change and sustainability, as our
keynote speaker. The conference is sure to be popular, so early booking is advised.
President shock!
Six architects were winners of the Downland Prize –
see pages 14-17 for details
photo: Morley von Sternberg
Photo: Peter Alceiro
Sunand Prasad hands over the RIBA Presidency to Dave
Batey. Only joking! Dave, who works at drp architects, made
a charity bet with his practice’s directors that he would wear
the President’s insignia at the RIBA Sussex Ball. Sunand,
who was the Ball’s guest of honour duly lent his gong to
Dave; drp’s directors paid up; and Sussex Phab benefited
from the President’s moment of madness. Read more about
the Ball on page 19
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Lee Evans’
redevelopment of
Central Sussex
College, Haywards
Heath
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photo: Robert Greshoff
Practice Profile
of sustainable local materials,’ says
Nick. ‘The expanses of glulaminated
sweet chestnut at Shorne Wood have
popularised this material in the region.’
Partners in action: left to right – Matt Hayes; Giles
Taylor; Nick Lee Evans; and Kevin Hook. Partners
not pictured are Nigel Lee Evans; Ian Minter; David
Stewart; and Jeanne Taylor
Lee Evans’ Hope Street Centre
photo: Robert Greshoff
Shorne Wood Country Park Visitor Centre, winner of a Kent Design Award
photo: Robert Greshoff
Lee Evans Partnership:
whole. This brings with it a host of new design challenges
as buildings now have to be more flexible and lower their
carbon footprints.’
Awards and prizes include
Green Apple Awards 2008 National
Bronze Winner and Sustainable Housing
Awards 2008 Low Energy Social
Housing Project of the Year Woodbourne Gardens,
Wallington (finalist)
Recent and current work includes …
The Hope Street Centre, Sheerness is now a blueprint for
community centres. The rebuilding and reordering of this
United Reformed Church has generated interest among social
welfare and church groups in the UK and beyond
Kent Design Awards 2007 Special
Award, Best Community Led Project –
the Hope Street Centre; and Runner Up,
Sustainable Design and Construction –
Shorne Wood Country Park Visitor
Centre, Kent
Family firm with nationwide appeal
Based:
Staff
Current projects
Turnover
Canterbury
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approx £2.9 million
History
The practice was founded in 1972 in Canterbury by Frank
Lee Evans and has since enjoyed steady growth. For the
last two years it has been listed in Building Magazine’s Top
100 UK Architects and is one of only two Kent firms to
feature this year.
Lee Evans Partnership offers interior design as well as
planning through its division Lee Evans Planning; and CDM
through sister company Lee Evans CDM.
Specialisms
The practice’s roots are in the education sector,
ecclesiastical and conservation work. It is a member of the
consortium that will deliver the first phase of Kent’s Building
Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme, worth
£600million. Other sector work includes residential,
industrial and commercial and increasingly communitybased projects.
‘Our work concentrates on what we term the “Architecture
of Community”.’ says Nick Lee Evans. ‘Cities, towns, and
villages all have their public spaces where communities are
educated, meet, worship, work, shop and play. As a
practice we are not just interested in the design of these
spaces, but in their interface with the community as a
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and makes sure we do not become
complacent.’ says Nick Lee Evans.
‘Winning an award or design
competition is also a great motivator for
existing staff and helps to attract even
more talent!’
Shorne Wood Country Park Visitor Centre demonstrates
renewable technologies in north Kent. It is notable as the first
public building to use glulaminated sweet chestnut frames as
its primary structural elements. A modern twist on the
traditional Kentish cruck framed barn, the building reflects the
local vernacular
Community College, Whitstable was the only BSF scheme in
Kent to be shortlisted for the recent Excellence in BSF Awards.
New accommodation, designed for new ways of learning, will
replace worn-out, unsuitable environments; and retained older
buildings will be fully refurbished, remodelled and extended
Daily Mail Property Awards 2007
Windsor Court retirement apartments,
Ashford, Kent
‘South Eastness’
Most of Lee Evans’ work is in London
and the South East. ‘Wherever we are
designing, we champion the concept of
local distinctiveness and innovative use
Staff
Lee Evans advertises vacancies in both
the local and national press and has an
excellent relationship with Canterbury’s
two schools of architecture. As one of
the largest practices in Kent, they can
select employees based on their merits.
Strategy to survive recession
The practice’s workload is spread over
several sectors. ‘Positive and prudent
management enables us to pro-actively
approach any downturn.’
Lee Evans’ ingredients of success
Family firm with strong leadership and
an ethical approach to business and to
staff
Home-grown staff employees are
actively supported in developing their
talents and progressing through the
company. (Lee Evans was of the first
architectural practices in the south east
to join Investors in People). The practice
aims to put a junior staff member
through technical college every year.
There is low staff turnover; and project
teams are easily able to exchange ideas
and cascade good practice
Excellent reputation with Local
Authorities for all-round technical
competence and high design standards;
and a loyal client base
Outward-looking Partners are involved in
design and community forums including
CABE, DENK Design Panel, KCC and
the Kent Design Awards. Staff members
lecture and mentor students at both of
Canterbury’s Schools of Architecture.
Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath is a major campus
redevelopment. Two phases of the £29 million project are now
complete: the third is due to start shortly. The simple, linear
four-storey building is visually innovative and delivers spacious
accommodation
Awards and prizes
‘Entering awards allows us to evaluate our work in the context
of work from some of the best architectural practices in the UK
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In February 2008, Panter Hudspith
Architects won a competition,
organised by RIBA South East, for the
redevelopment of the former Ritz
cinema site in Royal Tunbridge Wells
with a mixed-use scheme
incorporating offices, retail and a
hotel.
After that success, the hard work
of developing the scheme and getting
it through the planning process began.
’They’ll all come out of the woodwork
now!’ we were warned! Indeed, the
phrase ‘Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells’
is known throughout the country.
Instead, what we met with was a
well-organised planning authority that
was keen to engage with us, in a
Planners can be lovely
positive design process which was
transparent to the public. Through a
series of regular meetings with the
planning officers, both in Tunbridge
Wells and at our offices in London, we
were encouraged to improve the
scheme and to re-look at areas of the
design: reducing building heights,
increasing set-backs, studying key
views within the town. The result was
a scheme that was able to gain broad
local support, including that of English
Heritage and the South East Regional
Design Panel.
The scheme was submitted for
planning within six months of the
competition win and brought to
committee within the statutory
thirteen-week period. Planning
permission was granted in November
2008. Planners receive bad press
among architects – but our experience
in this instance was nothing but good.
Hugh Strange is an architect at
Panter Hudspith Architects; and
project architect for the Tunbridge
Wells scheme
Community College, Whitstable – shortlisted for an Excellence in BSF Award. photo: Robert Greshoff
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Congratulations to John Deal,
whose practice in Leatherhead
won a Special Award in the Brick
Awards 2008 for repairs to The
Lovelace Mausoleum at St
Martin’s Church, East Horsley
News extra
Region leads on design review
Fifty years’ pioneering
Design review is fast becoming the hot topic for 2009. It features high on the
agenda set by the Killian Pretty Review; and in the new Planning Bill – plus it is
regarded as a key issue by the RIBA President.
It is particularly pertinent that, initiated by RIBA South East, a working group
which comprises RIBA, RTPI, the Landscape Institute and CABE are looking to
provide a comprehensive guidance note on the whole design review system.
The CABE Design Review Panel is well-known and successful: regional panels
are available to most areas of the country, but at present the coverage of local
design review panels (which are sometimes called Architects’ Advisory Panels) is
patchy, with set-up and procedures varying between local authorities.
The new guidance, to be backed by detailed research into current practices,
will provide basic principles to be followed and detailed guidance on how to get
the best from design review and to ensure its quality, transparency and probity.
A consultation event for key stakeholders will be held this month [January]
and the regional Planning Group will have an opportunity to comment within the
next few weeks. It is hoped that the guidance will be launched in summer 2009.
There is a great hunger among local planning authorities for more local design
panels. As the leading profession, the RIBA will be asking Members to volunteer
to take part. You have been warned! But your getting involved will help to
improve design quality and give you really good CPD, so it will be win-win!
Living Buildings – Architectural
Conservation: Philosophy, Principles
and Practice by Donald Insall
(Foreword by HRH The Prince of
Wales). The Images Publishing Group,
£39.50. www.antique-acc.com
South East CIC model adopted nationally
As reported in SEARCH in September, 14 professional institutes across the
south east signed the Construction Industry Council (CIC) Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) in June. The MoU has now been adopted by CIC as a
national model (gold star to the south east – again!). RIBA South East acts as
the secretariat for CIC South East.
The MoU sets out aims and objectives for closer professional co-operation in
three main areas: CPD; responding to political initiatives and consultations; and
recruitment and retention of personnel in the industry.
We’ll keep you posted about how the MoU will provide practical help to you
and the construction industry.
Hair today …
Partly a celebration
of 50 years of
practice; and partly
a successor to
Donald Insall’s
pioneering The
Care of Old
Buildings Today
(published in
1972), the new
book is a guide, a manifesto and a
record of the practice’s achievements
(which include more than 120 awards
for design and craftsmanship). There is
inherent generosity in the way that
Donald Insall credits the practice and
teamwork involved; and in the way that
he shares his understanding and
methods of conserving buildings.
The book is fully illustrated with
examples of town planning studies as
well as specialist conservation
techniques, resulting from the thorough
understanding of defects and solutions.
Illustrated with precisely-referenced
colour photographs and engaging
watercolours and drawings, the book is
possibly too complex for one reading
but would repay regular visits for
pleasure and reference.
One lesson alone makes Living
Buildings worth reading:
‘the first essential step is to identify
oneself first with the owner and his
requirements, then with the building
and its problems and opportunities
then with those people who will
execute the work’.
Run a marathon? Climb Snowdon? The preferred charity
fundraising option for Conran & Partners has been moustache
growing. Chaps in the Brighton office who let their face hair run wild and free
in MOvember [sic] raised around £700 for prostate cancer research. Tickly
‘tashes were sported by [left to right] Lee Davies, Felix Gannon, Jim
Stephenson, Dan Weston, Paul Fender and Nathan Zaver.
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Living Buildings illustrates the practical,
social and intellectual rewards of
Donald Insall’s stated approach.
Stuart Page, Stuart Page Associates
Construction Consultation
Quantity Surveyors
Project Managers
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Downland Prize 2008
Winner, Sustainability award
The winners
sponsored by The Rooflight Company
The six winners of the Downland Prize for Architects 2008 were honoured at a reception held at RIBA Headquarters in
October. They were selected from the 62 entries submitted by architects in the South and South East of England – all with
total cost of under £1million.
Paul Edwards, Clague, Ashford, Kent
Photos: James Winspear
All 19 winning and shortlisted projects are on the Downland Prize website www.architecture.com/ribasoutheast/downland
The judges
Each potential winning building was visited by a representative of the judges before the final winners were selected. The
judges were the Chairmen of RIBA South East and of RIBA South; representatives of sponsors Ibstock Brick, the Management
Recruitment Group and The Rooflight Company; and the two Regional Directors
The exhibition
The winning and shortlisted projects are available as A2 and A3 exhibition panels. As many or as few of these as you like can
be supplied to you as a portable exhibition: maybe you would like to borrow them to show in your offices as a celebration of
smaller projects in the south east? If you would like the exhibition yourself, or know of a venue that would be available for a
week or so before October 2009, please get in touch with Regional Office.
Linear House, Highgate, London N6
This house is a modern insertion into the old fabric of
Highgate Village. Discreetly located in a Conservation Area,
it is cut into and integrated with its steeply sloping site.
Formal in design, with large areas of glazing to the
principal elevation, the house is a contemporary
interpretation of a classical pavilion. The central bay was
conceived as a glazed cube; and contains the master
bedroom floating above. The circulation spine is designed
as a gallery, terminated at each end with a top-lit, doubleheight cube. The house is energy efficient by virtue of its
design, fabric
and the
environmental
features, which
are
incorporated
into the site.
Overall winner
sponsored by Ibstock Brick
and Winner, Individual House award
sponsored by the Management Recruitment Group
The house is a contemporary interpretation of a classical
garden pavilion
The circulation spine is designed as a gallery
Barry Mullin, Westerham, Kent working for The Manser
Practice
Winner, Private Leisure
Extension to rural house near
Sellindge, Kent
Photos: Morley von Sternberg
Private House, Isle of Wight
Guy Hollaway, CTM Architects LLP, Hythe
Photos: P R W Freeman
Situated in a beautiful, tranquil location in the Kent
countryside, the project involved the creation of a bespoke
extension to transform a traditional rural detached house in
contemporary style. Careful design enabled the architects to
win planning consent for a 150 per cent extension to the
existing building.
The design uses traditional rural materials, such as green
oak cladding, in a contemporary way to create a subtle
intervention that marries old with new successfully.
The building was designed to the client’s individual
requirements,
right down to
the furniture
fittings and
joinery details,
resulting in a
building that
feels like a very
personal
creation.
The contemporary extension to the main house provides guest
accommodation, a swimming pool, changing facilities and a
small gym
The swimming pool is bathed in natural light,
filtering through high level louvers
This house offers three distinct, yet unified spatial qualities. The
sinuously curved wall at the entrance, covered in black glass mosaic
tiles set at 45 degrees, stands at the end of a tree-lined drive
screening the Solent. The timber-shuttered bedroom block allows for
degrees of privacy; and the curved hallway leads to a glass pavilion
that is transparent to the water beyond.
Warmth is provided by
a ground source heat
pump, in summer cooling
the floors. All of the
external walls are made
from lightweight clay
blocks, giving high levels
of insulation. The glazed
pavilion overhangs ensure
that solar gain is used
during the winter months,
but avoided during
summer.
Visitors are swept along a wide, curving hallway
towards the living area
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The living area opens into a totally
transparent rectangular pavilion with fabulous
views down the wooded hill to the Solent
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Downland Prize 2008
Winner, Residential
Winner, Small Project
Corin Rae, Riach Architects,
Oxford
Linda Hallsworth, Saville Jones
Architects, Worthing
Photos: Riach Architects
‘after’ photo: Haydn C Jones
Before
197-199 Iffley Road,
Oxford
The development enables the retention
of the existing Victorian buildings and
their contribution to the Conservation
Area. The addition of a rear extension,
specifically designed to provide
accommodation on five levels, enables
a viable and radical intervention.
The project is acting as a catalyst
for the regeneration of the area, by
setting an example as to how to make
good use of this building type in a way
that protects the conservation benefits
of the buildings whilst, at the same
time, creating a viable development.
Winner, Restoration
Tim Holmes, Dunnell Robertson
Partnership Ltd,
St Peter Port, Guernsey
Photos: Karl Taylor Photography
Les Buttes Barn,
St Saviour, Guernsey
Les Buttes Barn lay in disrepair in the
grounds of a four-bedroomed house.
The brief was to stop further
After
Corin Rae sensitively restored, retained
and upgraded key elements of the
existing building fabric
To the rear of the original building, a
large five-storey extension preserves and
enhances the character of the existing
building through the contemporary use
of traditional building materials
The south-facing bungalow held the promise of
transformation into a modern, garden-focused
space
The new conservatory measures just 6 metres by 3 metres. It is simply
designed on a slender, galvanised steel frame which supports the preweathered zinc roof, rooflights and sliding glazed panels
House in Somerset Road, Ferring
After removing an existing conservatory to an unassuming
seaside bungalow, a contemporary solution was proposed.
Its south-facing aspect and confined site was used to
create a ‘bijou’ garden room to harmonise with the external
landscaping.
The remodelled interior creates a fluid transition between
the internal living space and external environment and
focuses the owner towards the garden. The design
deterioration, reinforce rotten floors and
roof structure, and provide useable
accommodation.
The oldest, centre section retains
the original mud floor and forms a
private museum around the cider
press, which dates from 1720. North
and South barns are used as garden
stores.
The first floor living accommodation
features a glass wall to the teenagers’
den, overlooking the cider press: an
oak bridge links to the kitchen and
shower room.
responds to its coastal location, with the use of water,
galvanizing and timber boarding.
A selective palette of high-quality materials was used
throughout the project, to develop a unified language
between building and garden.
RIBA South East and RIBA South is most grateful for the support of the three
sponsors of the Downland Prize 2008:
Ibstock Brick Ltd has sponsored the Downland Prize since its inception in 1998
www.ibstock.co.uk
The Management Recruitment Group sponsored the Individual House award
www.mrgpeople.co.uk
The Rooflight Company sponsored the Sustainability award
www.therooflightcompany.co.uk
The barn walls were re-pointed with traditional lime mortar, leaving intact the holes
which have been occupied by hundreds of generations of nesting birds
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The barn contained the remains of a
huge oak cider press, marked with the
date ‘1720’; and the central section that
housed the press featured the original
soil floor. The entire renovation focused
around the press
The Downland Prize is an excellent opportunity for companies to network
and build relationships with the 5,000 architects across the south east.
For more information on sponsorship opportunities in 2009, contact
Regional Office
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Save your money! Big discounts
on CPD
Every penny counts in these straitened times. This month we’ve
launched our two discount schemes for the CPD run during 2009 by
the Region. We gave a preview of these in the September issue of
SEARCH and emailed everyone recently about them – but, to recap:
The CPD Loyalty Card costs £30
and enables you to claim £10 off any
RIBA South East CPD event in 2009
(£5 off Wine & Design events, a
whopping £20 off the full-day
conferences we organise). A Loyalty
Card is particularly useful for sole
practitioners and for frequent
attenders as it’s issued to an
individual user and is not transferable.
The CPD Season Ticket costs £280
for a set of four units; or £500 for a
set of eight units. These provide
substantial savings on the 2009
seminars and conferences (not
Technical Days or Wine & Design
events). A Season Ticket is usually
issued to a practice rather than an
individual and can easily be
transferred between people in a
practice. A CPD Season Ticket of four
could be used by four people to go to
one event or by one person to go to
four events – with great savings
whatever!
I have a CPD Loyalty Card and am
booked to attend one of your seminars
next week. I now can’t go to the event.
Can I transfer my discounted place to a
friend in the practice? Or to another
friend in the practice up the road?
The CPD Loyalty Card is issued only to
you. You may transfer your place to
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Retrofit, Re-use and Renewables
Jonathan Essex, Reclaimed Materials
Manager at BioRegional Development
Group, on practical uses of materials. 19
February, Woking, £80 for early booking,
£95 thereafter
The Region’s ever-popular Wine & Design events are
an excellent way to network
As well as discounts, Loyalty Card and
Season Ticket holders receive advance
notification of events. We particularly
value their feedback and will solicit their
views on future CPD during the year.
It’s easy to apply for these discount
schemes on www.architecture.com/
ribasoutheast/cpddiscounts, or email
[email protected]. Previous
discount schemes are now
discontinued.
your friend, but they must pay the
difference between the discounted rate
and the full price if they do not have a
CPD Loyalty Card or Season Ticket.
Our practice has a CPD Season Ticket
with one unit left on it. I want to go to
the full-day conference you are running
on 21 May (two units). Can I use the
single unit as part payment for my
place at the conference?
The conference runs for the whole day,
but remaining on your Season Ticket
you have only a single unit, which
constitutes payment for only half a day.
Unfortunately it is too complex to
administer part-payments from
different sources. Please use cash to
pay for your place (or buy another
Season Ticket) and use the single unit
to pay for your place at a half-day
event.
More on these cpd events at
www.architecture.com/ribasoutheast/cpdevents
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Management
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RIBA South East’s discounted CPD schemes: FAQs
I’m thinking of buying a CPD Loyalty
Card. What would happen if I lose it?
Both the Loyalty Card and the Season
Ticket are ‘virtual’. When you buy
either, you will receive a confirming
email that provides your membership
number. Please keep the number in a
safe place and quote it on all
completed booking forms and in any
correspondence or calls about
bookings. But it won’t be the end of
the world if you do mislay the number,
as we keep records of who has what.
Diary dates
for CPD
Fax. 020 8650 4061
Email:[email protected]
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT ITS BEST:
REHAU WINS LARGEST EVER CONTRACT
FOR GROUND - AIR HEAT EXCHANGER
SYSTEM
Renewable energy specialist REHAU has been
awarded the largest ever contract for its award
winning* AWADUKT Thermo ground - air heat
exchanger system.
The installation to provide a renewable source of
controlled ventilation will take place shortly at the
new Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne,
Dorset, which is being built as part of the DfES
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) One School
Pathfinder programme.
Wine & Design with Arup A chance to
network and hear a speaker from this
global firm, about its latest projects and
developments. 5 March, venue tbc, £30
Dorset County Council has
secured additional funding
for the school to become a
Demonstration Project for
Sustainable Schools and
the AWADUKT Thermo
system, which will deliver
substantial energy savings on both heating and
cooling, has been specified in line with that. Its
performance will be data-logged by the school
and the ongoing savings analysed into the future.
www.rehau.co.uk
Health & Safety &
Managing Projects
Need to Know Three for the price of one:
invaluable updates from experts on Health
& Safety, current legislation and JCT
Contracts. 12 March, Gatwick, £80 for
early booking, £95 thereafter
Great value CPD
– more news!
More discussion time at most of our
events, the speaker will finish before the
scheduled time. The final period before
the end of the event will be dedicated to
debate and questions on the issues raised
More networking We will try to publish
on the website a list of attendees before
each event. So you will be able to network
(useful in these difficult times) or meet up
with old friends – why not arrange to have
lunch together at the venue beforehand?
The tea break half-way through the
seminar will be slightly longer, to allow
delegates to chat and network
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First fee increase since 2002 as we
have previously absorbed all cost
increases. We are sorry to have to pass
on increased costs of organising the
events. Our seminars will now cost £80
for earlybird bookings, £95 for late
bookings. Technical Days cost £35 and
Wine & Design events, £30. You will still
find that they are excellent value
RIBA Member students can go free if
they register on a waiting list for an
individual event: we will let them
know the day before whether or not
there is a place available.
To advertise in the next edition
call the RIBA Sales Team on
0161 236 2782
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Surrey visits
Architecture exhibition
A searchable, web-based resource of
buildings in the south east has been
launched by the Solent Centre for
Architecture + Design (SCA+D). The
first images on the site are taken by
students at the University of
Portsmouth. SCA+D hope that the site
will within a few years grow to
Pevsner-esque proportions; and that
eventually the public will be able to
submit their own images. Surrey
Architects, which has its own resource
of Great Surrey Buildings, will join
SCA+D’s initiative.
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www.surreyarchitects.org
Surrey Architects will organise a hard
hat visit to the rebuilding of the Watts
Gallery early in the Spring; and a trip to
Laurie Chetwood’s RIBA Award-winning
Butterfly House later in the year. If you
are interested in either of these visits
contact Laith Anayi,
[email protected]/01252
783574
Sussex Ball
RIBA South East’s practice seminar on
5 February in Wrotham, Kent which will
cover maintaining your practice; and
ways of working smarter.
[email protected]
RIBA Recession Survival Kit is
downloadable from the RIBA
membership section of
architecture.com
The RIBA Education Fund welcomes
applications from students on RIBAvalidated courses of architecture in the
UK. Applications are accepted
throughout the year. Forms and
guidance notes are available on the
Prizes, Scholarships and Bursaries page
of architecture.com
The Architects’ Benevolent Society
disburses more than £1million each
year to architects and those in
associated professions who suffer
hardship through illness, accident,
bereavement or other personal
misfortune. www.absnet.org.uk
The Region is collaborating with the
De La Warr Pavilion on an exciting
new architecture exhibition later this
year. Curated by architectural historian
Alan Powers, the exhibition will look
at some of the most influential
buildings across the UK over the last
175 years and consider their impact
on the development of architectural
ideas.
Each building example, selected at
approximately 25-year intervals, will
provide insights into the ideas of its
time; and will include drawings, a
contemporary soundscape and
photographs.
The exhibition will run from 17
October until 3 January 2010, at the
De La Warr Pavilion
Architects with their partners, friends,
colleagues and business associates
enjoyed the Ball, organised by RIBA
Sussex Branch at the end of
November. More than 300 people
dined and danced the night away at
the Grand Hotel, Brighton.
Branch Chairman Simon Moore says
the evening was a great success – not
least because more than £1,000 was
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post consumer PVC back into use.
Unveiled for the first time at Ecobuild
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the UK because the recycled material
contains post consumer waste from old PVC
window and gutter systems that have been
removed from buildings when refurbished or
demolished.
Greg Wilde, of Swish Building Products
said: “Swish rainwater systems are ideal for
designers who want to specify quality
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carbon footprint.
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To advertise in this section for as little as £165 call the RIBA Sales Team on 0161 236 2782
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Acoustics and
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Access Ecology Ltd provides a flexible and
efficient service, based on the practical
experience of our ecologists across the full
spectrum of ecological services. All our
ecologists follow national guidelines and
standards, hold the necessary protected
species licences and are members of the
Institute for Ecology and Environmental
Management (IEEM) enabling us to assist
the client on all levels of ecological issues.
Our expertise lies in supporting a wide
range of planning applications. Local
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government policy to deem nature
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determining individual planning applications
and our experience has shown that
undertaking an ecological assessment at an
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ecological constraints at an earlier stage of a
proposed development, allowing remedial
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bespoke ecological solutions to ensure
functional and efficient design and
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Our clients are provided with expert
advice to ensure their project remains within
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delivered in a pragmatic manner. We always
aim to be innovative, where suitable, in an
attempt to increase efficiency and be
competitively cost effective, whilst at no time
sacrificing quality of service.
We can provide our services across the
whole of the UK, and have the capacity
needed to respond to larger projects, whilst
still providing a very individual service to our
smaller clients.
RIBA SOUTH EAST JANUARY 2009
Help in troubled times
The RIBA’s own budget is currently
under review: in the meantime we are
all doing what we can to help you
through the coming months. Activities
include:
Annual lecture?
The day before the Sussex Ball, RIBA
Sussex Branch organised a lecture at
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, by
Peter Davey. The eminent architectural
critic, historian and former Editor of
the Architectural Review spoke to a
packed and enthusiastic audience on
‘What’s wrong with architecture? Is
there any hope?’. The post-lecture
discussion was chaired by the RIBA
President, Sunand Prasad.
The Branch intends that a lecture of
this calibre should be an annual event.
To make suggestions or to get involved
with the Branch, contact
[email protected]
Please let us know if you have other
ideas on how we can support you
during the recession. Feedback is most
welcome.
New, international markets?
What countries offer the best potential
for secure work? The South East
Centre for the Built Environment
(SECBE) believes that there are great
prospects for medium-sized
construction services firms, particularly
in the Middle East and North Africa.
Come and talk to SECBE and find out
more at a range of seminars, including
one on 11 March in Brighton. Contact
[email protected]/0118 920 7204
Student mentors
During this academic year, practices
will mentor nearly 100 third-year, Part
1 students at the Region’s three
Schools of Architecture – at Brighton,
Kent and UCA Canterbury. We are
very grateful to the 40-plus architects
who mentor on this scheme, the only
one that the RIBA runs for students
What we do
■ Serve 2,800 RIBA Members in
500 practices in Kent, Surrey,
East and West Sussex and
Guernsey
■ Support six local Branches run
by/for RIBA Members
■ Run CPD events and conferences
■ Supply specialist contracts and
publications quickly
■ Handle hundreds of calls from
enquirers who want to find an
architect
■ Run the Downland Prize for
Architects, for small projects
■ Administer RIBA Regional Awards
■ Lots more!
Contact us – if we can help, we will.
Tel: 01892 515878
Email: [email protected]
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RIBA SOUTH EAST JANUARY 2009
The £25.5million
redevelopment of
Canterbury’s Marlowe
Theatre by Keith
Williams Architects has
planning permission
Events
Wine & Design at RIBA Awardwinning practice
Retrofit, re-use and
renewables
Come to Wine & Design on 7 May and
hear Guy Hollaway of CTM Architects
talk about his practice’s work – ranging
through the RIBA Award-winning St
Augustine’s Primary School in Hythe
and the rural house that was a winner
of the Downland Prize in 2008, to
masterplanning of Kent coastal towns.
CTM’s offices in Hythe will be the venue
How can you use recycled
materials, day to day? How
can you help to deliver a built
environment that operates
within resource and climate
limits? Jonathan Essex of the
BioRegional Development
Group at BedZED delivers lots of practical ideas at
our seminar on 19 February in Woking
Photo: Christine Finn
Visit www.architecture.com/ribasoutheast/cpdevents for full details and
booking forms
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CPD
What’s on in the South East
JAN
22
C P D The Green Specification
4.00 pm Gatwick
Regional Office 01892 515878
18
West Kent Branch meeting
Contracts update with Philip
Burkill
12
25
APR
Sussex Branch meeting
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4.00 pm Woking
Regional Office 01892 515878
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C P D Need to Know Health &
Safety, legislation, JCT
Contracts
Sussex Branch meeting
6.00 pm drp architects, Brighton
Simon Moore 01273 736217
Karl Smith 01892 515311
C P D Retrofit, Re-use and
Renewables, with Jonathan
Essex
6
Sussex Branch meeting
6.00 pm venue tbc
Simon Moore 01273 736217
7
C P D Wine & Design with Guy
Hollaway, CTM Architects
5.30 pm Hythe
Regional Office 01892 515878
4.00 pm Gatwick
Regional Office 01892 515878
6.00 pm Miller Bourne, Hove
Simon Moore 01273 736217
19
West Kent Branch building visit
MAY
Karl Smith 01892 515311
C P D Practice! Help in these
difficult times
2.00 pm Wrotham
Regional Office 01892 515878
10
5.30 pm venue tbc
Regional Office 01892 515878
Regional Council
Venue tbc
Regional Office 01892 515878
C P D Wine & Design with
speaker from Arup
Regional Council - all welcome
South of England Centre, Ardingly
Regional Office 01892 515878
5
5
10
FEB
4
29
MAR
21
C P D Sustainability in Nondomestic Buildings conference
10.00 am Brighton
Regional Office 01892 515878
West Kent Branch meeting
Planning update
Karl Smith 01892 515311
28
C P D Technical Day:
Concrete
10.00 am Flimwell
Regional Office 01892 515878
RIBA South East, 17 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2DU
Tel 01892 515878 Fax 01892 515904
Email [email protected] www.architecture.com/ribasoutheast