dRMM chosen as one of Britain's 50 New Radicals in NESTA/Observer Campaign
dRMM are delighted to have been one of the organisations selected by judges in the NESTA/Observer Campaign ’Britain’s New Radicals’
News
2012
'Tower of Love' in Observer
Rowan Moore took a trip to Blackpool to visit dRMM’s ‘Tower of Love’.
Read what he wrote about it in the Observer on Sunday.
Landscape Planning Permission Granted
dRMM have been granted Planning Permission by Southwark Council to redesign the landscape around Symington House (Elephant and Castle), an elegant example of a 1960’s slab block.
2011
'Tower of Love' unveiled
dRMM’s ‘Tower of Love’ enjoyed it’s official unveiling yesterday by Blackpool Council.
dRMM Sponsor Charity
The Metropolitan Police in partnership with the Children’s Safety Education Foundation (CSEF) have developed a community training programme called ‘Street-Vibe’.
Philip to judge WAN's House of the Year Award
dRMM Director, Philip Marsh, will be on the panel of judges for WAN’s House of the Year Award 2011 which takes place next year.
Exeter Deaf Academy
The Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education has been given the go ahead on a new site.
Royal College of Art
This is to inform dRMM’s clients, collaborators and friends, of my decision to accept the offer of Dean of Architecture at the Royal College of Art in London. It is a great honour, something I have considered carefully. The role will be part time, starting in January 2012.
Hastings Pier update
dRMM has received Listed Building Consent for an application to undertake emergency repairs to the pier.
Tower of Love...
dRMM’s Festival House project emerging on the Golden Mile, as seen from Blackpool Tower.
Alex and Tom
Kingsdale School features in Tom Dyckhoff’s series on Channel 4
Clapham wins at first NLA Awards ceremony
Clapham Manor school wins again, this time at the New London Awards which took place on 12 July at The Guildhall.
Timber is The New Concrete
dRMM website
We are pleased to announce that dRMM along with Designer/Technologist, Gerrit Kaiser and Graphic Designer, Born Design have worked together to produce an easy to browse website which is designed for viewing on large screen computers, laptops and mobile phones.
Stratford City North Site Progress
The terracotta façade tiles are being installed, with all three variations now on the building. The scaffolding has been struck around the top of dRMM’s scheme, providing Leyton with the first exciting glimpse of what’s to come.
Hastings Pier Awarded funding
Great news that Hastings Pier was awarded £357,000 for the first phase of redevelopment from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Kevin McCloud: Sliding House is No.1
Kevin McCloud has chosen his favourite British home. Sliding House has beaten Stowe House and even Sir John Soane’s House to the number one slot. “It’s fun and it makes me smile” is how McCloud decribed the house!
Kings Cross 'ArtHouse'
KXC is one of the most significant development and regeneration opportunities in Central London and one of the largest urban regeneration projects in Europe.
dRMM were selected to design Plot J, one of the first residential developments consisting of 143 residential units of mixed tenure, in addition to commercial use at ground floor and a basement.
dRMM to redevelop Hastings' fire-damaged pier.
dRMM has won a RIBA Competition to redevelop Hastings’ fire-damaged pier.
The competition was held on behalf of Hastings Borough Council, and the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust. The firm impressed the Trust with its “flexibility and lateral thinking”.
Boris likes it
Clapham Manor Primary School wins the London Planning Awards 2011.
2010
Stirling Prize 2010
Clapham Manor School was ‘Stirling Prize second’
The Architects’ Journal, 05 October 2010
Although narrowly missing out on the RIBA Stirling Prize, dRMM’s Clapham Manor Primary School received critical acclaim at this year’s awards ceremony.
Planning Permission to Four Dwellings Primary School
Birmingham City Council grants Planning Permission to Four Dwellings Primary School. One councillor described the scheme as one that will not only benefit future students and teachers, but that will also be a fantastic asset to the local community.
The Yard shortlisted for three awards
The Yard – dRMM’s new gallery space for Modern Art Oxford – has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Awards in the Interiors and Fit Out category and for an International Art & Work Award. The project has also been shortlisted in the ‘Conversion’ category of Contractworld Awards .
Clapham Manor Primary School shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010
More incredible news for dRMM: it has just been announced that Clapham Manor Primary School is shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010. The prize will be presented on Saturday 2 October 2010 and broadcast live on BBC Two’s The Culture Show.
Civic Trust Awards
Clapham Manor Primary School has been shortlisted for a Civic Trust Award. dRMM’s No. one Centaur Street won a Civic Trust Award in 2004. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced on 12 March.
2009
Wind Turbine Installed at Sliding House
A wind turbine has been installed at Sliding House, to power the geothermal heat pump, amongst other things. Combined with photovoltaic panels, these renewable energy technologies at times enable the owner to supply power back to the grid.
a+t's Book Featuring Wansey Street
Wansey Street Housing features in a+t’s latest book: HoCo Density Housing Construction & Costs. It will be on sale from 29 June. For further information, check a+t’s website
Sliding House is to receive an RIBA Award
The RIBA today announced that Sliding House is to receive an RIBA Award. The award for the East region will be presented later in the year when we look forward to adding another RIBA plaque to our ‘collection’!
Sliding House is “Best Home”
Sliding House has been recognised by Grand Designs Awards 2009. The project scooped two awards – Best New-Build and the overall genre winner of Best Home.
Kevin McCloud presented the awards to the client and design team, relaying the judges’ comments: “one big stroke of genius, a crazy idea that isn’t gratuitous but a creative response to make the building highly responsive to its environment and an extraordinary place to live”.
Wallpaper publishes Sliding House movie
Check out an exclusive Sliding House movie on Wallpaper.com’s “new and improved video channel”. Hear what Alex and the client have to say about the project and their collaboration.
Sliding House Video
To see how the 20 ton shell of the Sliding House slowly slides back and unfolds to reveal a glass house beneath, watch this video filmed for Wallpaper* magazine.
Reactions to Sliding House
Sliding House conjures delight and astonishment wherever it travels…
Some of the reactions to Sliding House can be found on Dezeen, iconeye, BD.
Stephen Bayley writes in the Observer, “the Sliding House is an extended bravura performance of life-enhancing design possibilities”.
The Architectural Review on Sliding House
dRMM’s latest completed project Sliding House – a house that moves on railway tracks – is featured over four pages in this month’s Architectural Review (“dRMM house in East Anglia moves with the times”, The Architectural Review.).
In an edition which focuses on houses, including projects from Japan, Germany, Canada and Chile, our project is described as “an architectural coup de théatre which is certainly unique in Britain and perhaps anywhere.” According to the journalist, Nat Jackson: “Cedric Price would have loved it”.