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The National Youth Theatre(NYT) has been announced as a 2025 CIVIC TRUST AWARDS and 2025 Selwyn Goldsmith Awards for Universal Design: Regional Finalist. NYT is deservedly recognised as a community asset in Islington and has promoted a sense of belonging to the many participants who have accessed its Youth Arts programmes over the last sixty years. We are super proud to see NYT get the recognition it deserves, and especially so for the Selwyn Goldsmith Awards, as DSDHA's retrofit was driven in large part by considered engagement with current users, and supported by accessibility consultants, to ensure it became a diverse space, usable by many. Last Friday, we felt especially thankful to be hosted at NYT for DSDHA’s Christmas Party. We saw talented performers take to the stage for a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and enjoyed a communal meal put together by Syrian Sunflower Kitchen. The Civic Trust Awards encourage the best in architecture and environmental design, to improve the built environment for us all through design, sustainability, inclusiveness and accessibility, and also to reward projects that offer a positive cultural, social, economic or environmental benefit to their local communities. The Selwyn Goldsmith Awards for Universal Design celebrate places that are responsive, flexible, welcoming, easy to use and occupy, allowing all to use with dignity and equality. #SpatialJustice #InclusionInDesign #CulturalInfrastructure

DSDHA is looking for an experienced Studio Coordinator to join its growing London-based office! If you consider yourself friendly, reliable and flexible, enquire below for the full role description: https://tr.ee/_91bGIxJHh 📧 Please submit your CV and a cover letter including your availability and salary expectations to careers@dsdha.co.uk 🌈 DSDHA is committed to promoting equal opportunities and building inclusion and diversity in all our teams.

We’re pleased that our redeveloped home for young storytellers has been selected as a 2025 CIVIC TRUST AWARDS: Regional Finalist and a 2025 Selwyn Goldsmith Awards for Universal Design: Regional Finalist. These awards recognise how buildings allow all to use them with dignity and equality, putting people at the heart of design. Given the access focus of our redevelopment, it was fitting to hear the news yesterday on International Day of Disabled People. You can support our work to make theatre accessible for all young people and have your donation doubled by giving before 10 December at www.nyt.org.uk/biggive We’re very grateful to the redevelopment team, led by architects DSDHA and our supporters who made this work possible, including: the Mayor of London's Good Growth Fund, The Kirby Laing Foundation, THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, #TheChristinaSmithCharitableFoundation, City Bridge Trust, Arts Council England, Islington Council & the Green Hall Foundation. Find out more about our redevelopment: https://lnkd.in/gJMJSqzW

Agnieszka Szedzianis, an Associate at DSDHA shares industry frustrations, shared by many, on the role and wages of the Architect in contrast to 1999. ‘The same mid-career architect would be earning today’s equivalent of £67,760 a year, an annual difference of around £19,000, creating an almost 40 per cent shortfall. This is not mere salary stagnation. This is a rapid salary decrease’ Read more on Architects’ Journal https://lnkd.in/esUeWRSw

DSDHA are hiring! 📣 We are looking for Senior Landscape Architects and Landscape Architects to join the team 🤝 For full role descriptions, follow here: https://linktr.ee/dsdha/ 📧 Please submit your CV and samples of your work as well as a cover letter including your availability and salary expectations to careers@dsdha.co.uk 🌈 DSDHA is committed to promoting equal opportunities and building inclusion and diversity in all our teams. #team #job #design #architecture #landscapearchitecture #publicrealm #urbandesign #DSDHA

Following in the footsteps of Denise Scott Brown, Zaha Hadid, Toshiko Mori and Yolande Daniels, in Autumn 2020 Deborah Saunt was appointed Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture. After production delays caused by numerous lockdowns, we're pleased to be able to finally announce that Yale selected Deborah's Advanced Design Studio, 'What about Learning?', to be produced in book form by the architectural publishers Actar Publishers, and that the book is now available for purchase! With global pandemics, social injustice and the climate emergency posing urgent questions to education and its role in shaping democratic life at large, both what and how we learn are political questions that are mediated through spatial conditions — we challenged our students to take learning outside existing privileged enclaves and consider a twofold architectural question: What is the best site for learning today? What are the alternative forms of learning and exchange it could nurture? A collective analysis of Yale's changing conditions, from its physical site to its virtual presence and networks, and parallel research into alternative learning models, such as The University of the Underground and The London School of Architecture, served as a basis for critique and the making, and unmaking, of curriculum in the students’ projects. With travel restrictions in place across the globe, in place of Yale's usual 'travel week' we hosted an international online symposium that brought together a hugely inspiring range of speakers from different fields — from activism to planning and pedagogy — to share their diverse interests on the subjects of learning as both a spatial practice, and architectural learning in the expanded field Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian Ph.D Lesley Lokko Roberta Marcaccio Sam Jacob Alicia Pivaro Mel Dodd Beatrice Galilee RESOLVE Collective Joel De Mowbray Leroy Street Studio Cohort: Ashton Harrell, Ben Woo Thompson, Claudia Ansorena, Gordon Jiang, Justin Kong, Saba Salekfard, Shuang Chen, Tyler Krebs, Vignewsh Hari Krishnan + Jane Wong, Tim Newton ISBN: 9781638400820 Edited by David Grant, Saba Salekfard and Nina Rappaport https://lnkd.in/exzG3rb5

Norton Folgate is featured in Architecture Today's December issue, find out more below, on how the masterplan came to be.

🏅 We are delighted to announce Norton Folgate as our Urban Regeneration winner! This impressive project demonstrates how careful restoration, refurbishment, and sensitive new development can breathe new life into a community. Congratulations to all the below: Location: London Brick Manufacturers: Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC & Ibstock Plc Brick Names: Danehill Yellow, Floren Gothiek / Staffordshire Blue Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Stanton Williams Morris+Company DSDHA, East architecture, landscape urban design ltd Brickwork Contractor: Paye Stonework & Restoration Ltd, Thorp Precast Limited & Lyons & Annoot Ltd This category is proudly sponsored by Miers Construction Products Ltd. #BrickAwards24 #UrbanRegeneration #Winner #BrickArchitecture #ClayBrick #BetterWithBrick #BDA

🥁The moment you've all been waiting for! The Supreme Winner of the 2024 Brick Awards is... Norton Folgate! This project involved redeveloping three urban blocks, to bring life back into unused buildings while respecting the unique character of the historical area. Instead of a blanket strategy, the project focused on each building individually, diversifying the architectural approach and style. Location: London Brick Manufacturers: Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC & Ibstock Plc Brick Names: Danehill Yellow, Floren Gothiek / Staffordshire Blue Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Stanton Williams, Morris+Company, DSDHA & East architecture, landscape urban design ltd Brickwork Contractors: Paye Stonework & Restoration Ltd, Thorp Precast Limited & Lyons & Annoot Ltd This category is proudly sponsored by Ibstock Plc. #BrickAwards24 #Supreme #Winner #BrickArchitecture #ClayBrick #BetterWithBrick #BDA

We've partnered Marble Arch London BID and The Church Commissioners for England – Real Estate to set out priorities for public realm improvements along Edgware Road. The Edgware Road placemaking strategy has been produced by DSDHA after the architects and urban designers carried out an extensive review with local residents, businesses, councillors, community partners, schools and faith groups, to find out what they would like their high street to look like. Our Strategic Projects Director Simon Loomes commented: “These plans, which help guide the Edgware Road’s future, are a testament to the power of collaboration and strategic partnerships, which have been pivotal in shaping this shared vision. The Portman Estate, as a key landowner on the east side of Edgware Road, is deeply committed to this initiative. We are dedicated to enhancing the public realm, improving facades, shop fronts, and forecourts, and ensuring that the Edgware Road remains a vibrant, inclusive and dynamic community. This strategy is a significant step towards a shared strategy for a sustainable and welcoming environment in one of London’s much loved cultural centres.” Rosa Han #EdgwareRoad #Placemaking #MarbleArch #Marylebone #ThePortmanEstate