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The way we procure buildings is the biggest challenge currently. The quickest and cheapest methods do not always deliver either the highest quality design – or what the client wants and expects
Paul White
The scheme, which includes two extra floors, will position the building in the top segment of the refurbishment stock. Most recently, he led the design team on the major upgrade and repositioning of Commodity Quay, St Katharine Docks for Prestbury Investments. Some 130,000 ft2
of commercial space has
been transformed, incorporating a dramatic double-height entrance space linking the front and back entrances. He also refurbished 30 Market Place for CBRE Global Investors, undertaking a series of complex structural changes to enact a complete transformation inside and out, Caroline House, a commercial office project in Holborn, creating 14,000 ft2
of office
space, and the Covent Garden head office of Fred Perry. Fellow director Matt Yeoman holds a DipArch from Oxford and a BA (Hons) from Canterbury and was a founding partner. He recently completed several projects in the workplace sector across London, such as C-Space, a former carpet factory on Old Street and Yalding House, the home of BBC Radio. Matt is currently working on 750,000 ft2 Bishopsgate.
of office space at the Goodsyard in
Matt says his constant drive is to achieve simplicity in design, believing that even the most complex design constraints can be overcome with practical and effective solutions. Other senior staff at the practice’s Shoreditch office include asso- ciate directors Laura O’Hagan, James Greenaway, Amr Assaad, Oliver Bayliss, Andrew Henriques and David Rose. Further completed projects by BuckleyGrayYeoman include
Henry Wood House, a major co-working space for The Office Group in the West End of London. A further project of note is The Passage, which is thought to be London’s largest voluntary
sector resource centre for homeless people. In addition, the practice has worked on several boutique stores for the Fred Perry brand in London, Cologne, Munich and Bangkok, the Citadines Apart’hotels in London, Paris and Hamburg, and Pure Aldgate, a high-quality student accommoda- tion building in east London. Pure Aldgate is seen as an iconic project with its 20-storey tower containing over 400 student bedrooms and social spaces, including a SkyLounge on the top floor with spectacular views across London.
White also points to the Channing School project as being partic- ularly satisfying. “We have enjoyed a long and creative period working with this school and client,” he comments. “Initially, we designed their new dining facilities, but most recently it was completing the new sports hall and sixth form facili- ties. Following this award-winning new-build project, we are currently on site with the next project for the school, which is their performing arts building, due for completion in early 2017.” Earlier this year, BuckleyGrayYeoman announced its involvement with a new gallery concept being unveiled at Cromwell Place in London’s museum district in Kensington. The project will see a cluster of up to 30 galleries operating in five listed buildings oppo- site the Natural History Museum. This new gallery hub of over 35,000 ft2
has been designed to house offices, flexible exhibition
space, viewing rooms and art storage. Pondering the firm’s current work portfolio, White says: “It is very varied. We have just received planning permission for a new creative retail and maker space hub in Belgravia for Grosvenor, which will start on site later this year. “We are currently on site with three new-build office projects in Central London for the Berners-Allsopp Estate and Great Portland Estates and we are also about to submit a planning application for a new-build gallery in South Kensington. This will be a significant addition to the already burgeoning art gallery scene in the area.” What does he see as the biggest industry challenges? “The way we procure buildings,” says White without hesitation. He elabo- rates: “The quickest and cheapest methods do not always deliver the highest quality of design – neither, for that matter, does it always deliver what the client wants and expects.” Nevertheless, things look positive for BuckleyGrayYeoman. The practice currently boasts a turnover £9.5m with budgets from £500,000 to £30m and with many exciting projects on site and others about to move to detailed design, the future has never looked stronger.
“Our approach to having a broad range of sectors, clients and project sizes has created the foundation for a successful practice,” concludes White.
. BUCKLEYGRAYYEOMAN FACT FILE
• Formed in 1997 and based in Shoreditch, London • Award-winners across a range of sectors including offices, residential, retail, hotels, schools and masterplanning
• 90 members of staff including two directors and six associate directors
• Turnover £9.5m with budgets from £500,000 to £30m ADF OCTOBER 2016
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