coffee & cakes
Alongside waterloo station runs the lower marsh home to a range of individual shops and towards the end this idiosyncratic cafe. It serves excellent coffee and is sort of run down in the nicest possible way
speedtalk
Kent SMS attended the NLA breakfast at store street on 3o july to hear the great & good discuss the value of good school design. peter murray chaired the event and various prominent architects spoke for a timely few minutes before peter jumped up to signal their imminent departure from the rostrum. clearly some extremely [...]
workshop on passivhaus
Kent SMS found the conference of 15th July most interesting particularly the statement that you cannot reach code level 6 without using passivhaus principles. The UK is way behind in relation to much of northern europe. Current best practice is 35-40 kwh/m2/yr whereas the passivhaus performance target for space heating & cooling demand is 15 [...]
two wheels for hire
although these bikes weigh in at an astonishing 23 Kg they really do fulfil a very useful function allowing you to propel yourself around London. i detest the tube & what can be better than sailing along cutting up white van man on his mobile phone.bliss.
our ‘enry
lost on most of us henry moore still has the power to generate emotion. as bryan robertson the exhibition curator at the tate remarked ” his work is grim and on occasion tragic. there is no easy reassurance in it. it is anything but gentle.
passivhaus
On 15th July Kent SMS will be attending this half day seminar at The Building Centre . There are some interesting speakers including Justin Bere who will present some case studies. In marketing terms we are firm believers in Passivhaus because it enhances value not just in financial terms but also gives a practice a [...]
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
john lyall
the great man spoke with enormous passion & eloquence at winchester college of art on wednesday 12th may. his presentation though was poorly attended. he particularly emphasised the fact that architects must be able to draw by hand using a pencil. the projects of the practice are quite varied and with just sixteen people it is [...]
