The University College School sports facility at Ranulf Road is now taking shape, and we can begin to appreciate the dynamic seen from afar.

The pavilion is essentially four buildings, a grounds maintenance building set at the extreme west of the site, a western pavilion, central pivot and eastern pavilion. The Pavilions are designed simply with changing rooms at the ground floor, and viewing lounges at first floor, designed, since they face south, like a baseball cap with overhanging eaves and strip windows to bring pitches visually closer, concentrating brightness on the play, the grass, rather than the sky. This results in a building form determined by attitude and orientation. Since there are two pitches and a footpath going through the centre of the building it will, unusually, be experienced by a large number of people on foot, bicycle and horse, so the way the forms change as the observer moves are important. It is designed to be seen from all around, and has specific attitudes to where it looks. The site is north of Hampstead Cemetery.

Due to complete Autumn 2018.

A new development for New College and New College School at Savile Road Oxford was granted planning permission in June 2018.

Proposals include a new tower, south facing garden quads, new buildings interweaving with existing, some listed, in a conservation area containing a stretch of the civil war ramparts.

MBA are conservation architects advising David Kohn Architects and the construction team.

Our role to:

• assess the heritage significances of the site
• advise the design team
• engage with Historic England and Oxford City Council.

We are also involved in the construction stages of the project.

More here – David Kohn Architects

and here [Architects Journal]

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MBA acted in a similar role as conservation architects for Gort Scott at St Hilda’s College, granted planning permission in May 2018.

See  here [Architects Journal]

A public exhibition and consultation looking at concept designs for the proposed development of the Burn Bullock held on Monday 25 June 2018 from 6pm to 8pm at Vestry Hall, Cricket Green, 336-338 London Road, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3UD.  More information.

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UCS Pavilion is progressing on site. The primary structure is now complete and the roofs are being constructed. The project is due to complete in summer 2018. More information here.

Planning permission was granted on  13 March 2018 for a major redevelopment at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, including a new tower. MBA are conservation architects for the scheme, working with Gort Scott Architects as lead designers. Our role was to research and analyse the heritage significance of the college, to advise Gort Scott during the design development, and to assess the heritage impact of the scheme. This is one of a number of projects where MBA support leading design practices in major conservation projects, using our experience in high value heritage assets and our design skills to offer conservation expertise to the design team.