WW+P has just received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade) in recognition of our outstanding international growth; successfully exporting our experience designing some of the UK’s most significant city-shaping projects to Australia, North America and the Far East.
Article 25: Make Design Matter Talk,Thursday May 30, 6.30pm, WW+P Studio,12 Valentine Place, SE1
WW+P are runners up in a competition to design a new commemorative bridge over the River Liffey for the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, Dublin. The open international competition, launched in November 2018, received submissions from 61 architectural practices from nine countries. Our entry was supported by engineers AKTII.
On Friday June 28, we will be hosting Studio Lates as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Join us for an evening which celebrates our involvement in the wider community of Southwark.
After debuting not one but two installations last year, WW+P will be exhibiting its latest work ‘River of Light’ at Vivid Sydney 2019, a 23-day festival of light, music and ideas running from May 24 to June 15 in the city’s spectacular waterside precincts.
On March 8, young architects from Allies and Morrison and Hawkins\Brown joined those from WW+P for a live streamed design workshop, organised by RIBA International Vice President Chris Williamson.
The prototype for 29 freestanding totem signs has been unveiled outside Shudehill Interchange in Manchester city centre. The project is led and managed by WW+P and designed in collaboration with Spaceagency.
We will be hosting a London Society talk on the history of Paddington station, from Brunel to Crossrail, in our Valentine Place Studio on April 2.
WW+P has been appointed to lead the design, planning and delivery of private rented sector homes for East Merton.
National Apprenticeship Week (March 4-8) is an annual event designed to celebrate the positive impact of apprenticeships on individuals, businesses and the wider economy. This year for the first time, architecture students are participating, following the approval last July of both Level 6 and Level 7 architecture apprentice standards, developed by the RIBA with UK practices.
Rob Naybour will be sharing his experience of working on high profile rail projects both in the UK and abroad at the High Speed Rail Workshop in Budapest on Thursday February 21, organised by the UK Department of International Trade.
Designs by WW+P and William Matthews Associates for a replacement London Underground substation and vent shaft at Euston, have been revealed by HS2. The cube is the first major structure to be built as part of the transformation of the station ahead of the arrival of high speed services in 2026.
We are delighted to have been appointed to the new Homes England Multidisciplinary Framework which will enable procurement of £100m worth of services – as part of a team led by multidisciplinary specialists Pell Frischmann.
In the third and final in this RIBA series, David Nelson, Senior Executive Partner Head of Design at Foster + Partners; Ian Mulcahy, Principal at Gensler and Yasmin Al-Ali Spence, Director at Wilkinson Eyre, will share their insight and experiences of exporting their services abroad.
Gatwick Airport’s Accessibility Manager Sarah Marchant came in to the studio this week to tell us about her role in helping to improve the passenger experience, particularly on improving accessibility for travellers with hidden disabilities such as dementia.
A new village school in rural Cambodia, designed and built pro-bono by WW+P has won the Colour in Architecture prize in this year’s WAN Awards.
A sketch of Paddington Station by associate Pablo Sanz Claramunt is one of over 100 artworks being auctioned in Article 25’s annual fundraiser on Thursday November 22.
WW+P and Spaceagency have been appointed by Network Rail Buildings and Architecture to revise and update the Wayfinding Design Guidance, providing a complete overview of the Network Rail signage and wayfinding strategies for all their managed stations.
Chris Williamson will be discussing the role of large scale infrastructure projects including HS2 and Crossrail as part of The Bartlett's Constructing Realities lecture series on Thursday November 15.
Rob Naybour and Christian Bocci will be attending the CCPPP National Conference on Public-Private Partnerships in Toronto on November 5-6. Recognised as the premier forum on PPP, it brings together 1,200 senior government and business leaders from across Canada and around the world.
Chris recently featured on Rion Willard’s Business of Architecture podcast, discussing the importance of entrepreneurship and business skills to a successful architecture practice. Chris advocates more emphasis be placed on looking after the money at architecture school - both the practice’s and the client’s - and the accreditation of business skills by the RIBA. You can hear the full interview below.
Panel discussion at Transport for London, 55 Broadway, Westminster SW1,Thursday November 8, 6.00-8.30pm.
WW+P has appointed six new partners to build on the firms continued growth in the UK and internationally.
A miniature stainless steel study for Euston HS2 is our entry in the Cure3 Cube Exhibition in aid of the Cure Parkinson’s Trust.
A new masterplan for Wimbledon town centre, featuring illustrations and mapping by Pablo Sanz Claramunt, has been launched by Future Merton.
Associate Partner Nick McGough and Expedition Director Alistair Lenczner will be speaking at the London Development Plans 2018 conference at Clothmakers’ Hall, London on November 1.
WW+P with WSP Engineers has been retained to design two of the five new metro stations on the Yonge Subway Extension (YSE) in Toronto and York Region. This is the practice’s first rail project in the city and follows hot on the heels of its first aviation project at Toronto Pearson announced in March.
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