BEACON

Rather than warn people away this urban lighthouse welcomes people in and forms a striking marker that conceived as a secular space to draw people together, encourage dialogue, conversation and dreaming.

Derived from their traditional role of both marking danger and isolation, while at the same time guiding sailors towards the communal safety of sheltered harbours, it forms a series of conflicting spatial conditions that look both out and in, framing a series spaces between city and the sky.

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Inclined floor planes unsettle and embrace visitors, leaning out to the seemingly fragile edges of the structure. This instability aims to promote a heightened engagement with its spaces that is entirely open, free and non-prescriptive. It is a pl

Inclined floor planes unsettle and embrace visitors, leaning out to the seemingly fragile edges of the structure. This instability aims to promote a heightened engagement with its spaces that is entirely open, free and non-prescriptive.

It is a place to clamber into, explore, curl up and relax or to look out, broadcast from or observe the changing city, working at both a human and an urban scale. The lens like nature of its transparent curtain wall acts as an illuminated surface at night, echoing the elevated torch flames from the first lighthouses.

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I Inverted timber A-frames provide a simple robust framework. II Ring cables brace the structure against itself. III The angled planes of the sloped floor conceal the support structure. IV A stressed plywood skin f

I Inverted timber A-frames provide a simple robust framework. II Ring cables brace the structure against itself. III The angled planes of the sloped floor conceal the support structure. IV A stressed plywood skin forms the inverted roof of the structure. V A transparent curtain wall of PVC strips placed in tension holds the structure in place. VI The completed structure offers a place to encourage dialogue, conversation and daydreaming.

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Materials and detailing bond together the new and old elements of the complex. The barn-like structure of the new cookery school exploit the spectacular views and evening sunlight across the rural valley to the west with a crisp fully glazed wall, w
This substantial house addition stretches out from the pitches of the original arts and crafts style building, folding and stepping down into the steep surrounding site. Its fold’s open fissures that highlight views around its interlocking rooms. Oc
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This installation for part of the London Design Festival achieved a big impact with a minimum of means. The 70x7m grid system holds a pixelated array of panels, which are orientated to reflect or provide glimpses of the foliage beyond, merging the a
The circular form defines an arrival and orientation point from multiple directions, by local rail, car or long-distance footpath, connecting all the centre’s operations under one roof such that each component can operate individually or as part of
The building’s plan and roof forms are a direct response to its tight site, setting it back from the surrounding trees and gardens, and pitching to minimise its volume. Built to an extremely tight budget, its main entrance is sculpted and cantilever
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 The form of the centre embraces the park as the landscape rises to meet with the building. The plan inflects to create a sheltered external space that acts as a transitional zone between the centre and the park. The building’s circulation is c
A low turf roofed stone-faced building abuts a cross-laminated timber two-storey construction with a sculpted roof form that folds down to respect to the existing buildings and a ridge point defined by a cart shed beyond, housing the plant. The farm
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Inclined floor planes unsettle and embrace visitors, leaning out to the seemingly fragile edges of the structure. This instability aims to promote a heightened engagement with its spaces that is entirely open, free and non-prescriptive. It is a pl
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London’s parks have traditionally defined their identity and territory through their own ornate bespoke ironwork. The role of these formal park gates has been equally representational and functional. They act as individual spatial markers within the
The Marriott Portsmouth hotel required extensive updating and remodelling to revitalise its appearance and operation while improving its thermal and acoustic performance. Taking advantage of a highly visible position on the main route into the city

MANIFEST

to make clear or evident to the eye or understanding