Inspired

Today marks another step forward for our Digital brand as we take on our first new employee since setting up the brand 18 months ago!

We welcome Emma Hooper who joins the team as a Digital Information Specialist.

Emma has a wealth of experience with BIM and digital construction – including being integral to delivering the world’s first ‘Integrated Project Insurance’ project at Dudley College Advance2.

As a certified Autodesk Revit expert, Emma brings new and complementary skills to our team – particularly with open file format exchange (e.g. IFC and COBie).

Emma is a core member of ‘Women in BIM’ and is also the co-author of recently-published “Delivering COBie with Autodesk Revit” which was written with Bill East, the author of COBie, and others. This work complements the work done by our Associate Director, Rob Jackson, who produced the “Delivering COBie with GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD” book with Bill last year.

Both Emma and our other Digital team members have a shared passion for delivering information which is structured, reliable and reusable and, most of all, built around open standards and processes. Emma’s role will be to support our clients on real projects – delivering “Better Information Management” at the same time as doing research and development into better ways of working. Of course, through this work, Emma will be contributing to Bond Bryan’s BIM Blog to share some of this work with a wider audience – so that others will also benefit from Emma’s joining us!

Emma says: “We are starting to turn a corner in the evolution of ‘BIM’, with the focus being on the integrity and structure of data. In tandem, we need to develop a greater understanding of the mechanics of information, and its application within industry, for efficient project use. Together with concentrating on changing people’s attitudes and behaviours, this is how we will gain real value from “BIM” and create the change that the industry so desperately needs.”

Rob Jackson added: “Emma’s joining the team means we can push on with our research and development into delivering open standards effectively and efficiently but, at the same time, deliver more projects that push to change construction for the better!”.

Follow Emma on twitter (@liccle_em) and watch out for her posts, in the near future, on our BIM Blog!

Please be advised that our London Studio has moved into a new office at Bedford Square, providing a larger space for our team and one that’s more suited to our future plans for growth.
The office is located a short walk from both Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street tube stations.

Our new address is: 26-27 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3HP
Our telephone number remains the same: 0207 812 0601

We hope you’ll get acquainted with our new office soon.

Bond Bryan Architects were at the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster this morning to welcome Donnystar – a completely refurbished ‘Trans-Manche Super Train’ which has been generously donated by Alstom and Eurostar.

National College for High Speed Rail Chief Executive, Clair Mowbray, added: “This generous donation of two power cars allows us, as a world-class college, to offer our students the opportunity to develop real-life skills using industry-leading technology.”

Designed by Bond Bryan, the college provides an innovative campus, located on two sites – one in Birmingham with the additional hub in Doncaster.

Mark Dobbs, Associate and day-to-day Project Lead explained: “The design takes its inspiration from Doncaster’s historical railway heritage, with linearity and visibility being the two key themes.”

The college will open its doors to students this September.

Bond Bryan Architects are delighted that our Sheffield Hallam University, Charles Street project has been shortlisted for the Brick Awards within the Education Building Award category.
The prestigious awards ceremony – hosted at The Hilton, Park Lane – will take place on Thursday, 9th November 2017.

The annual Brick Awards celebrates the use of clay brick in every aspect of design and construction. Recognising the excellence of architects, developers, manufacturers and brickwork contractors, the Brick Awards has established a reputation as one of the industry’s most respected and well-attended events.

Brickwork is a key component of the Charles Street project and its context; Bond Bryan approached the design and detailing of this element as an opportunity to engage with the immediate context whilst also reflecting the historical significance found within the detailing of the adjacent Grade II listed Butcher Works building.

All bricks for the project were provided and made “bespoke” by Forterra in their Wilnecote factory in Staffordshire and installed by Limetree Building Ltd.
Working alongside the specialists, we have utilised a pattern of projecting headers with single and double cant brickwork to create depth and to address scale and massing.
The completed elevations provide a real sense of place within the city’s Cultural Industry Quarter (C.I.Q.) and ensure a distinct dialogue with the listed building.

Bond Bryan are delighted to have won the Digital Construction Award for the National College for High Speed Rail, Rail Training Academy – submitted by Willmott Dixon Construction with Doncaster Borough Council, Curtins, Hambleton Steel and Pauley.

These awards focus attention on some of the most important issues in the construction sector; they recognise the very best companies, collaborations and projects – sharing best practice and inspiring others to adopt new and better ways of working that deliver outstanding results.

The National College for High Speed Rail Training Academy, Doncaster is one of two sites designed by Bond Bryan, with its sister site located in Birmingham – both opening their doors to students this September.

Bond Bryan are delighted to announce a number of key promotions within the practice – to Associate level – as part of our commitment to continually improve our service. This includes 6 promotions to Associate, across the practice, for Rosey Alexander, Gonzalo Carmona, Mark Dobbs, Duncan Hogg, Pete Severn and Mita Solanki.

This important development recognises their significant contributions across the business and we look forward to seeing their future success.

Congratulations to all.

Last night, members from the Bond Bryan Architects team joined in the celebrations at the Tower of London to honour the biggest architectural firms in Britain at the AJ100 Members’ Awards.

Bond Bryan are delighted to be placed amongst the top UK practices, moving to 46th place in the country. This accolade highlights the progress that the practice has made over the last year as Bond Bryan continues to grow both in the UK and overseas.

Published annually since 1995, The Architects’ Journal “AJ100” survey of UK architecture practices ranks companies according to the number of architects employed.

As members of the HEDQF, Bond Bryan are delighted to be attending this year’s annual conference – Breaking the Mould: Universities Supporting Industry, Enterprise and Innovation.

The Third Annual Conference will be held at the University of Sheffield on 5th July 2017.

UK Universities are again at a time of great change. The Higher Education and Research Bill currently going through Parliament aims to improve the student experience, ensure that students receive value for money, allow more competition to universities and enhance the UK’s economy through increased productivity, research and innovation. Even before BREXIT, initiatives such as the Government’s 2014 Local Enterprise Partnerships and Enterprise Zones were encouraging universities, manufacturing, innovation and enterprise to work together. Post BREXIT, this will be even more important.

HEDQF’s 2017 Annual Conference will look at designing for the future of universities in this new role. Many universities have already been leading the way.

Based in the “Diamond”, The University of Sheffield’s new £81 million undergraduate engineering building, the Conference will look at examples from the UK and abroad, including the University of Sheffield’s world-leading Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, in partnership with 90 companies from Boeing, Rolls Royce, BAE systems and Aerospace to small local companies. Other examples will include the El Hassan Science City and The Princess Sumaya University for Technology, the new campus for Northampton University which is reshaping how teaching is provided to students, without lecture theatres, and, looking at non-traditional models, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, a new private university in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

The conference will close with a drinks reception, sponsored by Bond Bryan, at one of our most recent projects at Sheffield Hallam University, Charles Street.

Book your place at the conference here

Bond Bryan has been shortlisted for two awards at the Constructing Excellence in Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2017; Bond Bryan Architects and Bond Bryan Digital will go head-to-head together with BIM Technologies within the Digital Construction category.

National College for High Speed Rail, Rail Training Academy, submitted by Willmott Dixon Construction (with Bond Bryan Architects, Doncaster Borough Council, Curtins, Hambleton Steel and Pauley)

LEGO Architecture meets BIM, submitted by Bond Bryan Digital (with Synchro, GRAPHISOFT, Henry Riley LLP, Soluis, Hobs Studio, KUBUS, Solibri, FARO, FM180, 3MU)

These awards focus attention on some of the most important issues in the construction sector. They recognise the very best companies, collaborations and projects – sharing best practice and inspiring others to adopt new and better ways of working that deliver outstanding results.

The winners will be revealed at the gala presentation awards dinner – this year to be held at The Queen’s hotel in Leeds on Friday 7th July 2017.

Factory 2050 built by Interserve designed by Bond Bryan Architects won the Innovation Award at Rudding Park, Harrogate on Thursday last week.

The Yorkshire Property Awards 2017 which supports Variety, the Children’s Charity, presented John Gittins, Regional Director, this award in front of a thousand guests on one of Yorkshire’s premier nights.

Director Darren Southgate, in attendance said: “the event was run beautifully and kept in check by 6’10’ Martin Bayfield, former England rugby player.”

Another accolade for Factory 2050, the University of Sheffield’s latest AMRC, a premier scheme that continues to change the perception of manufacturing allied to advanced research. Bond Bryan are leading the way in these sectors with fantastic clients.