Civic Trust Awards
The winners in the 2023 Civic Trust Awards have been announced, and we are delighted that two of our projects have been successful. The Malthouse Theatre for the King’s School in Canterbury, and the SILS3 school for London Borough of Southwark, have both been named as winners. The Civic Trust Awards recognise projects that combine outstanding architecture with cultural and social benefits to communities – so we’re thrilled that the hard work by the teams and clients for both projects is being celebrated in these awards.
New London Awards
We are thrilled to have won two New London Awards for the Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (SILS 3). At an award ceremony that filled the City of London Guildhall, the project received both the Education Award and the Mayor’s Prize. Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe in his speech spoke about how the project and its inclusivity epitomised the aspirations of London.
Bradford Live
We are very excited to be working on the Bradford Live project – transforming this epic 1930s cinema into a new concert venue. Tim Ronalds Architects developed the original ideas as to how to bring this massive 1930 “People’s Palace” back to life and will now ensure that the vision defines the finished building. Read more about the project in the Architects’ Journal:
Worth School Spencer Building featured in the AJ
Worth School’s new Sixth Form Centre and Library is featured in the Architects’ Journal.
You can read the article online here:
Sussex Heritage Trust Award
We are delighted to have received a Sussex Heritage Trust Award for our recently completed project at Worth School.
“The judges were very impressed with this beautiful building which seemed to entirely meet the brief and which has incorporated a holistic approach to education with superlative detailing and choice of materials. The designers’ control over of the delivery of the concept has ensured that the school has acquired a building which will serve its educational purpose, while also enhancing its surroundings for a long time to come.”
RIBA National Award
Our SILS3 School, and our Aisher boarding house for Sevenoaks School, have both been recognised in the awards today. The RIBA Journal writes:
“Tim Ronalds Architects’ London Borough of Southwark SILS 3 in Peckham was also marked out as being one of the most complex briefs, housing pupils who have been excluded from mainstream school. Here the judges remarked on how the designs brought a measure of calmness.”
RIBA National Award
We are thrilled to have won two RIBA National Awards this year! The RIBA judges applauded Aisher House, Sevenoaks School for being “a skilful response to a complex brief with a confident piece of placemaking.”
RIBA London Award
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service, a new School in Peckham has won a RIBA London Award. The judges said: “The new building is inviting. It is comfortable, light, spacious and airy whilst also evidently being secure and tough. It successfully and discreetly assimilates its complex brief… Such an optimistic and special environment can certainly only improve the life chances of its students.”
RIBA South East Award
Aisher House, a boarding house for Sevenoaks School, has won a RIBA South East Award.
The judges commended the “sophisticated and intuitive understanding” of the building’s heritage setting and the environmentally sustainable construction and M&E design.
Worth School Opening Event!
The Spencer Building, a new Sixth Form Centre and Library for Worth School opened this week. More photographs coming soon…
SILS3 featured in the AJ
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service is featured in the Architects’ Journal.
You can read the article online here: www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/case-study-southwark-sils-3-by-tim-ronalds-architects
RIBA London Awards Shortlist
Our new School for London Borough of Southwark Inclusive Learning Service has been shortlisted for a 2022 RIBA London Award.
RIBA South-East Awards 2022
Aisher House, a new 60-bed boarding house for Sevenoaks School, with a beautiful hung-tile façade and a cross-laminated timber structure has been shortlisted for a RIBA South-East Award.
Planning success for new gallery
Islington Council has resolved to grant planning permission for the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration! Construction will commence this year and the centre is set to open in 2023.
Illustration © Quentin Blake
RIBA Building Stories – The Awards Talks
Tim Ronalds is giving a talk about The Malthouse, on Tuesday 22 February. The building won a RIBA National Award, the RIBA South East Conservation Award and was named RIBA South East ‘Building of the Year’.
You can watch the talk online here: www.architecture.com/whats-on/Building-Stories
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service
Tim Ronalds Architects has completed a new building for Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (SILS 3) in Peckham, south London.
“Our new building is an investment for the pupils who attend SILS, and also for the whole community. It shows our students that we value and care about them, and that’s a really crucial factor in their journey of self-worth. The building has now been in use for a year, and it is having a profound impact on how we operate as a school.” Yomi Adewoye, Headteacher
Film: Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Tune in to BBC Two at 4.10pm on Christmas Day to watch this charming documentary. The film follows Quentin Blake painting a mural depicting his creative life on a huge 9m long canvas at New River Head – soon to be the home of The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. We have been working away on our designs for this new public gallery... more to come in the New Year!
Image courtesy of Wingspan Productions
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Tim Ronalds Architects
Image: Wilton’s Music Hall photographed by Hélène Binet
Dezeen features The Malthouse
"In each part, the aim was to preserve the quality of the found space – the warm, rough texture of the thick brick walls, the muscular cast iron columns and beams, the heavy timber floors and trusses."
Canterbury Society Design Awards
The Malthouse won the award for Renovation, Retrofit or Refurbishment and was also named the Joint Overall Winner of the night.
The judges said: “This conversion project is exemplary in every way.”
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Strictly Come Dancing
Delighted to see two of our cultural projects - Hackney Empire Theatre and Regent Street Cinema - featured on the current series of BBC Strictly Come Dancing!
Architecture Foundation Tour
Join Tim Ronalds Architects for a tour of The Malthouse, The King’s School, Canterbury on 6 November.
Tickets and more information can be found on the Architecture Foundation website.
Four RIBA Awards for The Malthouse!
The Malthouse, The Kings School, Canterbury has won a 2021 RIBA National Award, RIBA South East Award, the RIBA South East Conservation Award and is the winner of the RIBA South East Building of the Year.
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Open House 2021
Four of our projects - Southwark SILS3, Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration at New River Head, Ingrebourne Valley Visitor Centre and Bunhill Heat and Power - are open to the public during Open House. Head to the Open House website for more details.
Southwark SILS3
Our new pupil referral unit for Southwark Council is complete and looking glorious in the spring sunshine. Click image for more.
The Malthouse, The Kings School, Canterbury
Our performing arts centre for The King’s School wins the AJ Retrofit Award for Cultural & Religious Buildings over £5m. Click image for more.
Worth School
Our new Sixth Form Centre and Library with an exposed CLT timber structure is flying up.
City of London School
Phase 1 of our masterplan, a Thames-side café, starts construction in June 2021.
Quentin Blake competition win!
We are thrilled to announce that we have won the competition to design the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration at New River Head in Islington! Click image for more.
Our new office!
We have moved to a delightful new office with a courtyard garden in Clerkenwell, EC1.
Sevenoaks School Girls Boarding House
Construction of our new super-sustainable timber boarding house starts in July 2021.
Southwark LHC Framework
We are selected to be a part of the new architectural framework for Education, Community and Heritage projects.
2021 RIBA Awards
Our new building for the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is short-listed for a RIBA Award. Click image for more.
Grange Park Opera
Architecture Today features our new opera house: “Exemplary acoustics are achieved on a modest budget.” Click image for more.
Teens Unite competition win
Our ‘big house’ design has won an invited competition for Teens Unite cancer charity.
Sevenoaks School Aisher House
The first in a series of boarding houses opens - white metal and bespoke clay tiles sparkle in the sun. Click image for more.
Alleyn’s School RIBA Award
Our new Lower School building wins the 2019 RIBA London Award. Click image for more.
Sevenoaks Science Success!
Our Science & Sixth Form buildings win a RIBA National Award for Architecture, RIBA South East Client of the Year, RICS South East Design through Innovation award and Shueco Steel Project Award. Click image for more.
Classical Mural comes to life
Our pediment on the temporary home for Classics at Sevenoaks School is coming to life. Click image for more.