a close call
Kent SMS is very pleased that client Terry Pawson has been shortlisted for the Lake Windermere Steam Boat Museum competition. The practice is down to the last eight with submissions to be completed by mid-october. It is going to be a tough one with the likes of Adam Kahn & Niall McLaughlin also on the [...]
and the winner is…
Kent SMS attended the private viewing of the AJ Small Projects competition where there was much anticipation as to who the winner would be & outright disbelief when The Jellyfish Theatre stole the show.
Once Upon a Wartime
Kent SMS asked Blueprint to cover the exhibition designed by Pippa Nissen Studio……. Once Upon a Wartime brings five 20th-century children’s stories about the experience of war to life in a forthcoming exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. The exhibition, designed by Pippa Nissen Studio, uses the books: War Horse; Carrie’s War; The Machine Gunners; [...]
Lateral Thinking
Kent SMS continues to examine a range of market sectors in order to inform the strategies it recommends to clients. A well-considered strategy for the development of new business can withstand close scrutiny. This is because the propositions have been carefully analysed and the best course of action given the poll position. The Built Environment [...]
marcus
As Autumn drifts toward us it was great to be reminded of the connection a house should have to its garden. Last night at the V&A Nina Campbell waxed, quite lyrically, on her opulent interiors whilst Garden & Landscape designer Marcus Barnett extolled the virtues of shape, shadow and form. Marcus’s schemes eschew the formulaic; [...]
global outlook for 2010
On Wednesday 14th July Kent SMS will be attending Robin Bew’s presentation at St. James Square. It will be most interesting to obtain this perspective and then to consider how this information can be used to inform Strategic Marketing Reviews for Kent SMS clients. Several architectural practices are now looking hard at China in the [...]
we are looking good in the strategy
These are the words spoken on the radio of the race engineer supporting Alonso at the recent F1 race at Monte Carlo. Every business be that a contractor or design practice needs a well thought through strategy in order to provide a focus for its marketing & new client development initiatives. This week two practices have asked [...]
riba regional award
client gillespie yunnie architects, based at dartington, devon who eschew the formulaic have won an RIBA regional award for the mills bakery scheme at the royal william dockyard at plymouth. much deserved and a good excuse to crack open a bottle of fizz. www.gyarchitects.co.uk
pippa nissen studio
Pippa recently formed her own studio to provide clients with her take on private & commercial residential as well as exhibition design. At last night’s launch of the London showing of the Irish Architecture Foundation The Lives of Spaces exhibiton, which Kent SMS attended, she commented that she has won one major exhibition project and [...]
stone must breathe..or head will roll
Historic building conservation is seen by many as a black art. It is not just the choice of materials – cement render is definitely a no,no. To restore or conserve this is the question. Kent SMS has completed marketing assignments for Stowe & Beale the conservation architects who are at this point in time are [...]
