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Historic baths retained in affordable Passivhaus scheme


Architects Saunders have preserved original features of a 1912-built swimming baths in Reading in creating an affordable housing scheme to provide Passivhaus homes for key workers.


Disused until recently, Arthur Hill Pool was originally donated for community use by the family of Arthur Hill, a former mayor of Reading. The site in East Reading is to be redeveloped to provide 15 new homes to Passivhaus standards for key workers in the community, including nurses.


The architects have been careful to preserve a number of the much-loved swimming pool’s original features in their design. Features within the entrance hall will be retained such as the existing tiled flooring, stair and handrails, as well as the frame that surrounded the former ticket kiosk.


The new-build elements have


been designed to complement the retained building, by removing the shell of the pool and rear extension, and replacing with “high quality, sustainable apartments,” said the practice. New decorative detailing such as extruded brickwork and recessed windows will add visual interest to the facade, “the shadows cast by the articulations in the


masonry adding to the decorative aesthetic,” said Saunders.


Socialising interactions between residents are provided for by recessed communal entrances to the new dwellings and a new


central courtyard, whose design concept derives from the swimming pool’s northern end. The hardscaping is organised into individual ‘lanes’ as a “subtle reminder of the site's former use.”


RIBA launches Professional Services Contracts CONTRACTS


The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has released five new Professional Services Contracts digitally, in addition to updating its current five.


The new additions comprise the brand- new Client Adviser Professional Services Contract, alongside two new Interior Design Contracts, and two new Conservation Contracts. For the latter two, contract options are provided for Domestic and Commercial projects.


The RIBA commented that creating the contracts online using its RIBA Contracts Digital tool is “quick and straightforward.” It is designed to provide “a simple, comprehensive and effective service for architects, contractors, consultants, commercial businesses and clients to tailor and manage their contracts in one secure location for increased clarity and efficiency of work.” Users can create, alter and view all


contracts in one secure location before printing multiple copies at no extra cost. Endorsed by the British Institute for Interior Design (BIID), the new Interior Design contract enables interior designers to secure and regulate their work in the same way architects have been able to do for many years. RIBA now has 10 Professional Service Contracts, in addition to its existing two Building Services contracts, which remain unchanged.


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