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INSIGHTS PRACTICE PROFILE BuckleyGrayYeoman
BuckleyGrayYeoman is a name that is increasingly heard in connection with award-winning projects, as Norman Hayden discovers
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ver the past 20 years BuckleyGrayYeoman has developed a growing reputation for delivering high-quality design that has been acknowledged by a number of recent awards and has seen the practice climb to a position of 48th in a list of the 120
largest architectural firms in the UK. The awards it has scooped include: RIBA, Evening Standard, RIBA Housing Project, Architects’ Journal, FX Interior Design Award, Retailers’ Retailer of the Year, Shueco and Surface Design. Formed in 1997 and based in London’s Shoreditch, the archi- tecture and design practice specialises in offering what it describes as “pragmatic and deliverable solutions to complex design issues”. With an expanding portfolio of work across a range of sectors including offices, residential, retail, hotels, schools and masterplanning, BuckleyGrayYeoman prides itself on delivering projects on time and within budget, regardless of the size or complexity of the challenge. Directors Matt Yeoman and Paul White lead a staff of 90. Paul, who gained his architectural diploma from Manchester and a BA from Leeds joined the company in May 2006, and has over 20 years of professional experience. He works with national and inter- national clients delivering projects across a wide range of sectors including office, leisure, education, residential and retail. Blending design rigour with proven commercial expertise, Paul specialises in providing a range of architecture and interior design services, delivering outstanding buildings, refurbishments and interiors.
Heading up the education team, he is currently overseeing a number of projects, including the redevelopment of Channing School in Highgate and the recent completion of one of the UK’s leading independent girls’ schools, Roedean. The school’s Grade II listed boarding houses have undergone a complete overhaul. In 2014, Paul oversaw the new-build contemporary IT and events building at Forest School in Snaresbrook, north east London. White is also leading the masterplan for Chelmsford County High School for Girls in Essex. This significant development will provide new facilities for the school while remaining sensitive to the original historic buildings on site. White’s involvement in major workplace refurbishment schemes includes the remodeling of the old F.A. HQ in Soho; a 64,000 ft2
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eight-storey building for Aviva Investors. Aimed at the creative industries, the workplace offering provides a robust aesthetic with a palette of concrete and steel. For Lasalle Investment Management, he oversaw the sensitive refurbishment of a Grade II listed 34,000 ft2 Conservation Area.
office building in the Covent Garden
ABOVE Pure Aldgate, east London FACING PAGE Channing School, Highgate
White is currently overseeing the comprehensive remodelling and refurbishment of a landmark 200,000 ft2
building on Old Bailey.
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