Blue House Yard, Haringey 

We wanted to create something distinctive and delightful—a place-shaping project that would support local businesses and put Wood Green on the map so we decided to start by painting a building blue…

Client: Haringey Council

Credits: Meanwhile Space, Jan Kattein Architects

The Library at Willesden Green, Brent

This multi-use civic and cultural hub is a great example of the soft end of locality working, where complementary activities co-locate within public buildings to better serve communities. 

Client: Brent Council

Credits: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Galliford Try, Meanwhile Space, The Architecture Foundation, Architecture 00 

Gillett Square, Hackney 

Gillett Square is one of London’s most valuable cultural and community urban spaces, thanks to a commitment to keep local communities at the heart of the vision. 

Client: Groundwork East London; The Vortex Jazz Club; Hackney Council; MacDonald Egan; GLA

Credits: Whitelaw Turkington, Hawkins Brown 

Tottenham Hale Green and Open Space Strategy, Haringey

A strong placemaking strategy begins with the local community, landowners, and statutory authorities coming together to agree on a design vision that is authentic to the place.

Client: Haringey Council

Credits: muf architecture/art, Witherford Watson Mann architects

The Village SEN School and Ade Adepitan Short Break Centre, Brent

This project shows how good things can happen quickly when everyone believes in the value of the outcome.  The pace was fast - driven by a shared sense of urgency and complete alignment of stakeholder support. 

Client: The Village SEN School, Brent Council

Credits: Frankham Consultancy Group, EC Harris, Faisal Abdu’Allah (public art)

Connecting Wood Green, Haringey

Physical renewal projects alone are insufficient to address entrenched inequalities. This successful funding bid set out a series of interventions that would create opportunities for local residents and businesses to benefit from the regeneration of Wood Green.

Stakeholders: Haringey Council, GLA Good Growth Fund, Future Wood Green BID