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Thanks to Derwent London for the opportunity to reflect on the design thinking and inspiration behind Network in this specially commissioned film, Finding Form. Network has been a fantastic project to work on and we are thrilled to see part of its story revealed here on the eve of the topping out ceremony. Thanks is also due to the many skilled hands who helped get Network to this milestone: Blackburn & Co. Ltd - DP9 Limited - Point2 Technology - Donald Insall Associates - TFT - Elliott Wood - NDY - Caneparo Associates - LDA Design - Materials Assemble - DECOMO - Keltbray - Bourne Steel - Creagh Concrete - ESG - Stone & Ceramic Ltd - TeamWork Italy - Atlantic - AW Jeffreys - Pritchard Themis - Sweco - Bailey Gardner - FFLO #NetworkW1 #architectureonfilm #timelessdesign #supermodels Film by Climber Agency 👇

1 Triton Square sets a new design agenda for the Life Sciences, both in London and globally. Situated in the Knowledge Quarter, the building - originally designed and recently reworked by Arup - will provide a hub for the burgeoning life sciences community in London. Along with our visionary client, we developed a design approach that redefines what life science interiors could look like, focusing on the strengths of a sector that thrives on the pursuit of ideas, rigorous research and experiment and, importantly, cross-pollination. Housing this within a humanising, warm and inspiring environment has been an exciting design journey for our team. It has been a pleasure to be part of this ambitious project working with British Land and Royal London Asset Management as well as Arup and Overbury. We are very much looking forward to celebrating the project completing in 2025. #labsinthecity #designforlifesciences #knowledgequarter #Londonarchitecture

Flemish architect Jan de Vylder from Ghent-based practice AJDVIV offered a fascinating insight into 'revealing' as an architectural approach this week as part of the Architecture On Stage series at the Barbican Centre by The Architecture Foundation. The presentation - unfortunately missing the practice's co-founder Inge Vinck on this occasion - invited the audience to consider processes of reuse as integral to any and all projects. Jan proposed radical forms of inhabitation that position scarcity of means as an opportunity, rather than a hindrance. While this approach advocates for a reduction in building, AJDVIV showed the power and the value in focusing on the production of space. The overarching message that a lot can be done with very little was uplifting, and resonated with much of our own work in the studio where deep retrofit, refurbishment and adaptive reuse are a part of our DNA. It got us thinking about some of our projects that sing from the same songbook, among them in-progress One Millennium Bridge and The Bindery (more details on our website, see link in bio). #ArchitectureOnStage #AdaptiveReuse #InspiringDesign

Thrilled that Exchange House has been shortlisted in the Architects’ Journal Retrofit & Reuse Awards! We are incredibly proud of this project - it is a story of reinvention and a showcase of how collaborations with different creative practitioners and artists can reframe and reinvigorate materials and spaces. Something we celebrated in a walk-and-talk there during London Festival of Architecture. Read more about it here: www.piercyandco.com Thanks to our client British Land and GIC for supporting this approach and being critical to its delivery. To our own amazing team led by Hannah Wilson, artists Kangan Arora and Nadine Bell, as well as some of our brilliant collaborators including BENCHMARK, Dodds & Shute, Five at Heart, StudioSmall, Gardiner & Theobald LLP among others. #adaptivereuse #BroadgateCampus #retrofit #AJawards

On Tuesday we hosted the brilliant duo, Matilda Pye and Brendan Barry to kick off our talks series Reframing Architecture - situating design and architecture as culture. This first edition on photography unpacked the projects that Brendan has been producing and how these have impacted on his practice as a photographer, teacher and artist. So much of Brendan's work and his collaboration with Matty highlights the value in looking, seeing as a provocation and how bringing people together to reveal an image can inspire empathy, awe, connection and joy. Thanks to both for your time and insights. Positive Light Projects Old Diorama Arts Centre Victoria and Albert Museum @brendanbarryphoto #citiesphotography #communityengagement #cameraobscura #newperspectives ('atmospheric' photo by Gwen Webber)

It's an AT kind of day.. read about the studio's approach to materials and building with them, imagining with them and thumb prints in bricks in this discussion with the brilliant team of Cathrin Walczyk, Sofia Steffenoni of Materials Assemble & Matti Lampila.. thanks to John Ramshaw from Architecture Today and Agnese Sanvito #architecture #materialslibrary #designingwithcare

Our very own Hannah Wilson takes centre stage in Architecture Today's Dispatches, highlighting the links and the strengths between design and sport. Read the interview by Stella Forde here: https://lnkd.in/eqYg9fRU

See you at 3daysofdesign #3daysofdesign24 #materialinnovation #productdesign #architecturalinteriors #design

In 1990, SOM completed Exchange House as part of the Broadgate Campus development. In 2019, Piercy&Company was commissioned by British Land and GIC to refurbish this iconic building that straddles the Network Rail tracks running north from Liverpool Street Station. Our response was to collaborate with client, artists, landscape designers, artisans and a mill in Flanders to deliver a site-specific, sensitive and beautiful refurbishment. Aspiring at every turn to respect the original design intention, our architects and designers worked to reimagine this icon and create an office exemplar of adaptive reuse and fitting for the future. Tomorrow we will reveal some of the stories behind this transformation in conversation with Kangan Arora and British Land for the London Festival of Architecture. We are really looking forward to seeing the lucky ones who snapped up the tickets! #ReimaginingAnIcon #BroadgateCampus #ExchangeHouse #adaptivereuse #sustainabledesign #LFA2024 #LFAat20 (c) Photo by Jack Hobhouse

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