All four of the Project’s tunnel boring machines – Joan, Meg, Millie and Alice – have arrived at their final destination at the new Town Hall Station site, completing the twin 9km tunnels between the five new underground stations and two tunnel entrances, from Kensington to South Yarra.
Congratulations to Areej who has been shortlisted for the Construction Services Apprentice of the Year 2021!
Work on Weston Williamson + Partner’s Barking Riverside Station reached a major milestone this month with the installation of the station box glazed façade, comprising of impressive 6.6m high glass panels that provide panoramic views across the Thames and future developments.
A multi-disciplinary team from Ryerson University, York University and University of Toronto are the first Canadian team to win the prestigious Urban Land Institute / Gerald D. Hines Student Design Competition. Supported by Weston Williamson + Partners Senior Associate Raymond Lee as Professional Advisor, the team comprising of Frances Grout-Brown, Leorah Klein, Yanlin Zhou, Ruotian Tan and Chenyi Xu took home the top prize out of 105 entries from 61 universities to win this year’s contest.
The Bristol Temple Quarter and St Philip’s Marsh regeneration programme ambitions have been revealed in a new vision with sustainable homes, jobs, and a refurbished Bristol Temple Meads station at its heart.
We are pleased to announce promotions for a number of our architect to Senior Architect!
Congratulations to Adam Brown, Antonio Serrano, Carlotta Jansen, Inez Paiva, Josh Jones, Max Breese and Silvia Commisso who have all been promoted to Senior Architect in recognition of their development contribution to helping our client and collaborators, our projects and our studio culture working towards our vision to create civilised cities.
In this short film Founding Partner Chris Williamson examines the role the railways played in shaping the City of London beginning in 1836 with the new Greenwich to London Bridge line and taking a journey through this significant period of rail development.
Southwark Council has appointed the team of architects who will design plans to transform the Currys PC World site on Old Kent Road into hundreds of news homes, as part of one of London’s largest regeneration schemes.
Network Rail has appointed a Mott MacDonald led design team for the Edinburgh Waverley Masterplan. The team features architects Weston Williamson + Partners and LDN Architects, with additional support from Gillespies, Balfour Beatty, Story Scotland, Siemens, Lichfields and SIDOS UK.
Weston Williamson + Partners is delighted to announce that the Project HEART (Hydrogen-Electric Automated Regional Transport) consortium has been awarded a £1.8m UK Government grant.
These are exciting times for those with an eye to the future and how we will travel between and around our cities. When you consider how technology has radically changed the way we work, the possibilities of innovations in how we travel will have a huge impact on our cities. London is already re-establishing itself as a true polycentric cities with new centres being established around new transport corridors.
National Apprenticeship Week is an annual event designed to celebrate the positive impact of apprenticeships on individuals, businesses and the wider economy.
Following public consultation, HS2 has revealed new designs for two viaducts near the village of Water Orton in Warwickshire, including new landscaped areas that will provide green public spaces and wildlife habitats.
Since 2016 we have been supporting Southwark Council in the delivery of their New Homes programme. Working across the borough we are designing and delivering high quality homes at every size and scale, supporting Southwark’s Fairer Future initiative.
Following the opening of our Manchester Studio, our Online Generator event lined up engaging and enlightening discussions around the theme of ‘Unlocking the North’.
WW+P is pleased to announce the opening of a new Studio in Manchester’s St Peter’s Square. The new studio in central Manchester marks the next step in our journey in the region which started over 15 years ago.
Founding Partner Rob Naybour will be speaking at Place North West Transport + Infrastructure panel on the 17th November.
Join WW+P and invited guests for our Open House Ideas Forum discussing the ownership of outside space in the capital.
Weston Williamson + Partners’ masterplan for Arden Cross brings together the vision for a sustainable, smart and connected new destination with opportunities for employment, skills, learning and living. The masterplan will support HS2’s objectives acting as a catalyst for growth in the region.
Weston Williamson + Partners, with Allies and Morrison, Resilience Brokers and JOTT, have been awarded the contract by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) to deliver a 125ha masterplan for Ebbsfleet Central.
Weston Williamson + Partners has received minded to grant planning approval for three private rental sector and one affordable social rented development in Merton, the first to be initiated by the Council’s new development company Merantun. A total of 93 new high quality homes will be built over sites across the Borough; each scheme responding to the individual characteristics of the site.
WW+P continues to build on its long-standing relationship with Southwark Council through our appointment to their new Architects Design Services Framework. The framework will be run by Southwark Council and LHC and used to procure approximately £10.5 million-worth of design services for Southwark over the next 4 years.
Dezeen magazine has shared our idea for turning container ships into coronavirus hospitals bound for stricken cities around the world.
Despite an almost universal recognition of climate change and comprehensive public transport systems, the car is still by far the most popular way to commute in world cities, according to our new Commuter Satisfaction Survey.
The pace of change to our working environment as a result of COVID-19 over the last couple of weeks has been unprecedented. In these highly challenging and uncertain times we want to reassure you we are maintaining ‘business as usual’ to the best of our ability. Our leaders and technical teams have been working tirelessly to ensure this is the case.
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