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1st Mar 2018 — News

Housing Architect of the Year Finalist

We are delighted to be on the shortlist for BD’s Housing Architect of the Year, celebrating the best in architecture.

“Organised by BD, the AYAs are distinguished from other architectural awards by virtue of honouring overall achievement within a particular sector. This provides a truly meaningful premise on which to compare the work of different architects.”

The full shortlist can be found here, and the winner will be announced on the 18th April.

12th Jan 2018 — News

Planning for St Andrew’s Riverside

Permission has been granted for our scheme of 39 homes in Tiverton, Devon. St Andrew’s Riverside is being delivered by Mid Devon District Council’s SPV – Three River’s Development, and the scheme will complete an important piece of historic town centre right on the banks of the River Exe.

3rd Jan 2018 — News

Planning Permission for Park Hill Phase 2

Sheffield City Council has awarded planning consent for the second phase of the renewal of Park Hill. Phase 2 will deliver 199 new homes and 21,000 sq ft of commercial space as part of a major push by the developer Urban Splash to create a new 21st Century Quarter for Sheffield.

20th Dec 2017 — News

Social Housing Exhibition in NYC

Our model of Goldsmith Street is all packed up and ready to leave for NYC in the New Year. The project will be part of an exhibition on “Social Housing – New European Projects” to be held at the AIA Centre for Architecture in New York from February-May 2018.

6th Dec 2017 — News

VeloCity wins Cambridge–Oxford corridor competition

Our VeloCity proposal has been chosen by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), as the winning concept for Malcom Reading’s Cambridge-Oxford corridor competition. The team includes Tibbalds Planning & Urban Design, Featherstone Young, Marko and Placemakers, Expedition Engineering & Khaa. Read more about the project here.

23rd Oct 2017 — News

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VeloCity

We are in one of four shortlisted teams for Malcolm Reading’s ‘Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor’ competition. Our VeloCity team includes Tibbalds Planning & Urban Design, Featherstone Young, Marko and Placemakers, Expedition Engineering & Khaa.

Our proposals are available to view on the Malcom Reading website, along with the opportunity to support our proposal by emailing in here.

22nd Aug 2017 — News

Shortlisted for Cambridge to Oxford Connection Ideas Competition

 

Annalie Riches is part of one of four shortlisted teams for this competition set by The National Infrastructure Commission and Malcolm Reading.

“This two-stage competition is seeking inspirational yet realisable visions for the future of development within the arc encompassing four of the UK’s fastest-growing and most productive centres: Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Oxford.”

(Malcolm Reading Press Release)

Along with Jennifer Ross (Director at Tibbalds), Petra Marko (Co-Founder and Director, Marko&Placemakers), Sarah Featherstone (Co-Director, Featherstone Young) and Kay Hughes we will now be asked to develop proposals for the second stage of this exciting competition.

26th Jul 2017 — News

Planning Permission for Berkshire Road

We have won planning consent for our mixed-use scheme on the northern border of the Hackney Wick masterplan, for Coldpark. The scheme will provide 39 new homes, commercial space and a new public street on a former warehouse site.

See more on the project here.

6th Jul 2017 — News

NLA Awards 2017

We’re thrilled to have picked up two awards at this year’s NLA annual lunch.

We were commended in the ‘culture and community’ category for St Margaret the Queen in Streatham Hill for St Margaret the Queen Parochial Church Council & Broadchurch. This project includes the re-ordering of the Grade II Listed Church, a ‘Monastic House’ and new housing in the grounds of the Church.
View project here. 

We were also on the winning team for ‘unbuilt housing’ with the Croydon Smaller Sites Programme for Brick X Brick, along with HTA, Mae, Pitman Tozer, Stitch, Coffey and vPPR.
View project here. 

16th Jun 2017 — News

Two competition wins for Hackney Council

We have been selected to work on housing schemes for two sites near Shoreditch Park in Hoxton, London. Buckland and Wimbourne Street will be delivered as part of Hackney Council’s ambitious Housing Supply Programme.

Double victory: latest Hackney council housing winner named – AJ Article 

8th Jun 2017 — News

Shortlisted for three NLA Awards

We have three projects up for NLA Awards this year:

Television Centre Townhouses
St Margaret the Queen Church
Croydon Smaller Sites

You can see the full shortlist here, as well as how to the vote for the ‘People’s Choice Award’

23rd May 2017 — News

RIBA Award for Brentford Lock West

Our project at Brentford Lock West received an RIBA London Award last night. The judges said:

“The completed building is economic and functional, but also thoughtful, and indeed, charming.”

Read more from the judges on the RIBA website here.

9th May 2017 — News

Annalie is cycling from Porto to Lisbon

Setting off on 17th May, Annalie Riches will be cycling 500km from Porto to Lisbon in 3 days. PedElle is organised by Club Peloton for women in the property industry, raising money for the children’s adoption charity Coram.

We would be very grateful if you could help Annalie support this fantastic charity by sponsoring her here:
Sponsor Annalie 

 

 

27th Apr 2017 — News

Planning for West Hendon

Permission has been granted for Phase 4 of the West Hendon masterplan, located next to the Welsh Harp Reservoir in Barnet, North London. The client is Barratt London, and Mikhail Riches have designed 15 townhouses located on the eastern edge of the Allies and Morrison masterplan. Our scheme follows the natural topography of the site, falling from north to south towards the Welsh Harp.

26th Apr 2017 — News

Social Housing: Definitions and Design Exemplars

 

“A new book, ‘Social Housing’ co-authored by Paul Karakusevic and Abigail Bachelor for RIBA Publishing, explores the best new public housing from across Europe at a pivotal time for the sector”

Goldsmith Street, our project for Norwich City Council features in the book and the exhibition which is now open – more information on both can be found here. 

13th Apr 2017 — News

Tiverton Competition Win

We’re delighted to have been selected to work with Mid Devon District Council on 40 new homes next to the River Exe in Tiverton. Our proposals are inspired by the historic pattern of development in Tiverton, and the steep topography of the site. The news was published in the AJ and can be viewed along with more images here.

10th Feb 2017 — News

Berkshire Road Planning Application

Our mixed-use scheme for Coldpark in Hackney Wick has been submitted to the LLDC for planning. The scheme comprises of 39 homes and commercial space at street level. See more on the project here.

6th Feb 2017 — News

We have moved !

Our new address is 15-29 Windsor Street, London, N1 8QG. Click here for directions.

25th Jan 2017 — News

Job Opportunities

We are currently looking for talented Part I & II assistants to join our team in London. The successful candidates should demonstrate:

3D visualisation skills
Good presentational / verbal communication skills
Excellent model making skills
BIM experience an advantage (we are using ArchiCAD on a number of projects)

Please send a CV along with examples of your work to jobs@mikhailriches.com, stating ‘Architectural Assistant’ in the subject line:

19th Jan 2017 — News

Goldsmith Street starts on site

Our project for 105 new homes in Norwich officially started on site today, with a ground breaking ceremony to mark the occasion. The scheme is for Norwich City Council and is being built to meet Passivhaus standards. Read more on the event here and the project here.

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