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Saunders Architects completes extension to historic Newham girls’ school
Saunders Architects have completed an extension to Sarah Bonnell School, one of the UK’s oldest girls schools, located in Newham, east London, providing a new ground floor dining facility and first floor music department.
A new building was required to cope with the demand for school places in the local area, and forms part of the school expansion plan to accommodate an additional 120 pupils over a five year period.
The redevelopment began on site following the first lockdown and involved carefully extending part of the existing building whilst retaining the majority of the building’s ornate Edwardian elevations. The ground floor dining wing has been enlarged and extended upwards to provide new first floor accommodation.
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At first floor level the original building and new extension are joined with a distinctive glazed link which “unifies the old and new, yet highlights the character of
DLA announces senior promotions PROMOTIONS
DLA Architecture has announced two senior promotions as part of the practice’s “succession planning strategy.” Mark Hargreaves has been promoted from associate director to director and education sector lead in the Leeds studio. Hargreaves, who has been with DLA for
six years, has an “award-winning track record,” commented the firm, with “considerable experience in developing design solutions for schools across various education frameworks, and key clients.” The practice added that Hargreaves is currently focused on offsite construction and component-based design solutions.
Neil Matthews
Neil Matthews has also been promoted from associate director to director in the practice’s London studio. Matthews joined DLA’s Leeds office over 16 years ago before relocating to London in 2010. Specialising in large complex mixed-use office and residential design, Matthews is “widely experienced in leadership, sustainability and collaborative working for both public and private clients,” said DLA. He has also been “instrumental in growing the London workplace sector and the implementation of digital transformation across the practice,” as
Mark Hargreaves
well as working on projects that have received national awards. In January, DLA announced its succession strategy with a rebrand which puts an emphasis on “contextual narrative led architecture, and has “streamlined its core architectural services to focus on core growth sectors.” While its HQ remains in Leeds, the practice has committed to grow its presence in the north west with larger premises in Manchester city centre.
each,” commented the architects. “The school buildings have historic architectural merit, and it was important to preserve them whilst allowing the contemporary elements to sit comfortably alongside the original building,” added Saunders. The new extended dining room will have access to an outdoor covered dining area with tensile canopies that can be used in the summer, and allow students to dine together in one place. The existing music facilities were close to the classrooms, which was an unsatisfactory solution acoustically, but the proposed new block is located away from study areas, and will meet stringent acoustic requirements. A sedum green roof will sit on a lower exposed roof, and views from the first floor will look out over this to the school green beyond.
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