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Green light for Assael Architecture’s 400-home canalside scheme in Hayes
Residential property group A2Dominion and Assael Architecture have secured planning consent for 400 canalside homes in Hayes, West London. The proposals respond to the borough’s Local Plan and the council’s aspirations to open the Grand Union Canal up to the public. The development includes a variety of affordable family homes comprising four-bedroom townhouses, and three- bedroom duplexes and apartments. The scheme also includes a mix of one and two- bedroom apartments, each having either projecting or inset balconies. Other benefits will include electric car parking spaces, biodiverse green roofs with renewable energy in the form of PV panels, an air source heat pump hybrid heating strategy, and over 1,300 m2
of commercial space. The individual buildings have been
orientated to maximise views to the canal with a high number of apartments and houses being dual aspect. Residents will also benefit from large communal podium gardens – in excess of 3,200 m2
– that include children’s play areas with views to
the canal and the newly designed waterfront edge. The architectural design comprises three
character areas, as Assael Architecture explained: “the ‘industrial’ buildings reference the site’s history with features from the existing warehouses transferred to the new buildings, such as generous window openings and transom bars.” They added, “The ‘residential’ buildings
respond to the existing architecture, with building heights lowered to a more appropriate scale and identifiable front doors accessed directly from the street, and the ‘canalside’ buildings respond directly to the waterside with full height windows to maximise views and a contemporary design that includes sash windows, recessed panels and a clear horizontal datum banding.”
Architects experiencing a ‘challenging market’ MARKET REPORT
The architecture market became “increasingly challenging” over the 12 months to 1 May 2020, according to the RIBA’s annual summary of business trends in architecture and construction. The findings in the 2020 RIBA Business
Benchmark report only reflected the initial few months of the Covid-19 pandemic however, suggesting things could have deteriorated further during the year. The survey tracked the turnover and salaries of UK architects, as well as global growth areas for UK architecture. Practice revenue fell by 1 per cent,
meaning 2020 was the first year that revenue fell since the survey began in 2012, however UK architectural expertise
“remained in strong demand overseas,” said RIBA. Staffing levels fell by 5 per cent, having increased by 8 per cent increase in 2019, on the back of successive year on year increases. The 2020 results follow a period of
“phenomenal growth,” said RIBA, in which practices saw revenue more than double between 2012 and 2019, and growth in exports increased strongly. Key trends revealed in the report included: Chartered practices have maintained success in overseas markets – generating £624m of revenue from outside the UK
London is generating an increasing share of revenue; £2 out of every £3 of revenue earned by the whole profession comes
from practices in the capital
Practices with over 50 staff members account for “well over half” of all Chartered Practices’ revenue, and 90 per cent of all overseas revenue
Total revenue held “fairly steady” in 2020, although falling by 1 per cent
Architects are contributing £3.6bn to the UK economy.
The context of multiple uncertainties behind the figures included “the risk of a no deal Brexit; paralysis within Parliament, a General Election, and the beginning of the pandemic, making it a more difficult year for architects than the previous seven,” said RIBA.
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