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On this week – Mikhail Riches: Stories

We’re holding an exhibition on Clerkenwell Green from 28th-30th June, in which we’ll be sharing stories about recently commissioned projects, including: the second phase of the refurbishment of Park Hill in Sheffield and townhouses within the redevelopment of Television Centre at Wood Lane.

Mikhail Riches’ architecture is guided by in-depth investigation of the conditions of a site and the lives of the people that will use it. Understanding ‘the story of the project’ plays an important role in the practice’s design process, and is the foundation for all of our key architectural decisions. This exhibition explores those stories, and reveals how the practice has used them to generate and communicate its ideas.

The exhibition is part of the London Festival of Architecture and will be open from 10:00-18:00 from 28th-30th June.

10-11 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DP

Park Hill Phase 2

We’re delighted to have been selected as Architects for Phase 2 of Park Hill in Sheffield for Urban Splash. We won the commission in a challenging competition, we were given a flat in Park Hill and invited to ‘live and breathe’ the iconic building. Our response was inspired by the traces of former residents, the graffiti and customised flats, where residents had painted the reveals of their balconies different colours. Our approach was to retain all of the parts of Park Hill that work; the concrete frame, brickwork and party walls. The flanks of the balconies are coloured: to improve light levels into the flats; allow new residents to recognise their own flat within the whole, and enhance the sculptural qualities of the existing façade.