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Architecture Week 2007 is a good time to announce one of our latest commissions to develop an environmentally sound refurbishment proposal for terrace properties in Stoke-on-Trent. Continuing our explorations into solar passive architecture, the design delivers robust, replicable solutions to both the improvement of the fabric, the quality of the living space and the thermal performance.
Here’s a copy of our winning presentation and a fly-by model of the exterior showing the 2 storey spaces proposed as replacements to the standard usually outrigger found on Victorian terrace housing. The submission was completed in collaboration with Staffordshire Housing Association and Brown & Clowes for Renew North Staffordshire and Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council.
June 14, 2007 at 8:14 pm
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Welcome to Architecture Week 2007! Once again Axis Design will be taking part in Open Practice day in Birmingham and welcoming visitors to the office to talk to us about our work.
The topic this year is How Green Is Our Space? and we’ll have plenty to talk about after another year of successful project developments that continue to tackle housing sustainability. Come and see our ongoing work on innovative housing in Stourbridge, talk to us about the passive solar architecture spaces we’re designing in collaboration with Hockerton Housing Project, give us your thoughts on our latest commission to design ‘eco-terrace’ refurbishments to properties in Stoke-on-Trent.
June 22, 2006 at 1:19 pm
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Here’s an annotated walk to the office for tomorrow’s ‘Open Practice’ day. Download a copy of Google Earth and use it to open this file: Birmingham-ArchWeekWalk.kmz
Update:
We’ve added the audio guide to the office to complement the map:
Part of the goal of Open Practice day this Friday is to talk about how architects work. One of the projects available for viewing on Friday will be some recent design work for a single domestic residence on a challenging suburban site.
The challenges of difficult access, overlooking from nearby houses and substantial level changes were developed into opportunities through a series of sketches and diagrams. The diagram is an important device in architecture and the hand drawn sketch continues (in an industry ruled mostly by computer aided design) to be the best way to explore them.
Come and visit on Friday and we can talk about the way the design developed…
A summary document outlining the work completed in Blurton and Normacot using online consultation techniques is now available. We will make some computers available for people to explore the sites during their visit on ‘Open Practice’ day.
By including the use of the internet we were able to increase the numbers of consultations, ensure that the process was as transparent as possible and provide another opportunity for hard to reach groups to view the proposals. Although the level of computer ownership in the area is unknown, our view is that as the cost of computer hardware continues to tumble it is incumbent on us to begin to explore online consultation techniques.
June 17, 2006 at 12:02 am
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Architecture Week podcast episode 1:
To celebrate Architecture Week we’re publishing a two part audio presentation in mp3 format that will lead us up to Open Practice Day next Friday. The proposal is that you listen to them on the way to the office when you come and visit.
June 16, 2006 at 7:57 am
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Architecture Week 2006 events
It’s Architecture Week here in the UK.
Here are a few choice picks from the itinerary in my area, the West Midlands. There are plenty more to choose from on the official web site: www.architectureweek.org.uk.
Axis Design will be taking part in the Open Practice event during this year’s Architecture Week. Along with 9 other architects in Birmingham, we’ll be opening our office to the public from 10am till 4pm for the public to come along and take a look at our work and ask questions about any of our projects.
Come and visit us and other Birmingham architects on June 23rd. More details can be found on the official website: Open Practice.
Recent updates on the web site posted specially for this event are collated in the Architecture Week category.
