CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

To get in the festive mood and help raise funds for Save the Children, all staff from GWP Architecture and GWP Project Services were invited to wear their best or worst Christmas Jumpers to work today, as part of the National Xmas Jumper Day campaign. This is the second year the office has participated inRead More

WORK BEGINS AT MSD CRAMLINGTON

The steel work has begun to be erected on site at Cramlington, Northumberland to create a new extension to the manufacturing facility of Merck Sharp & Dohme. The new extension and remodelling works at their UK production base will allow for the modernisation of the manufacturing process and increase the capacity of the site. MerckRead More

CLASS OF 2020 CONFERENCE

Directors John Wybor and Richard Townend recently returned from this years Class of 2020 Student Accommodation conference in Amsterdam. The conference, which was attended by over 250 participants from around the world, gathered to discuss the future of student housing in Europe. The two-day event also included a tour of the Student Hotel in AmsterdamRead More

GWP ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTS CIRCUS STARR

The office recently made a donation to Circus Starr through their Donated Ticket Programme in support of their current 75 venue Autumn Tour. The show stopped off in Leeds in September as part of this current tour, giving away free tickets to local disable or vulnerable children, their families and community groups. The Circus Starr currentlyRead More

JEANS FOR GENES DAY

The office supported Jeans for Genes Day today by asking staff to wear denim for the day. Jeans for Genes day raises money for the charity Genetic Disorders UK who provide advice and support to individuals and families affected by these various disorders. The annual nationwide event aims to raise £2.5m through donations. Please visitRead More

PRACTICE VISIT ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION AND THE SHARD

The practice recently visited the Royal Academy’s latest summer exhibition – Richard Rogers: Inside Out and The View from The Shard on a trip to London. Rogers and his practice our responsible for some of the most radical designs of the 20th century, including Lloyds of London and the National Assembly for Wales in CardiffRead More

BREEAM ASSESSOR OF THE YEAR PRESENTS TO BRE

GWP Director and current BREEAM Assessor of the year, Barry Rankin, was recently invited by BRE to hold individual consultation on the BREEAM Assessment method, including development of BREEAM 2014 New Construction criteria as well as presenting to the wider BREEAM team of consultants, technicians and support staff on the challenges of undertaking BREEAM AssessmentsRead More

CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER CALLS THE GREEN ‘ENVIRONMENTALLY OUTSTANDING’

Today Rt Hon Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change visited The Green student accommodation scheme at Bradford University and was inspired by the project that was completed in September 2011 calling it “environmentally outstanding student housing”. On his trip to the north that included visits to the Green Build Expo inRead More

PASSIVHAUS TRIP TO FRANKFURT & HEIDELBERG

GWP Architecture and GWP Project Services continued a tradition of international research visits by travelling to the EU’s finance capital Frankfurt, which also combined attendance at the International Passivhaus Conference and a visit to Dahmstadt & Heidelburg commonly known as the home of Passivhaus. Senior members of GWP and clients were given a guided tourRead More

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DISTILLERY ACHIEVES WORLD FIRST

The Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery at Laverstoke Mill in Hampshire is the first distillery and also the first refurbishment to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM design-stage accreditation. The distillery process buildings designed by GWP Architecture have been awarded an impressive score of 86.81%, the second highest score for an industrial building by BREEAM. Martin Townsend DirectorRead More