Retrofitting our homes will be necessary if we are to meet net zero climate emergency goals in the built environment sector. Marion Baeli details how this can be achieved with a fabric first approach to minimise operational energy or space heating demand.
Read MorePDP London is now Studio PDP. An evolution to enable growth, the new name provides a fresh and dynamic identity, whilst respecting and building on the legacy of the practice’s past work.
Read MoreUp against some very strong competition, the Low Line Commons was announced as the winner in the ‘Future Public Realm’ category at the Pineapple Awards.
Read MorePartner Marion Baeli speaks to Sara Edmonds for the Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) podcast series, ‘Accelerate to Zero’.
In the first episode of the new series - which focuses on homeowner retrofits, the tools of retrofit and sustainable and natural materials - Marion talks about her own home retrofit as well as her work in reviewing the Retrofit for the Future programme.
Read MoreThe CDM Regulations provide a legal framework to ensure that construction projects are planned, designed, and executed in a manner which minimises risk. Among the key players are the Principal Designer and Client CDM Advisor. As both a chartered architectural technologist and health and safety professional, Philip has extensive experience in both design and construction health and safety. He offers these key services as well as that of advisor to the Principal Designer. We take a look at what this means and how his expert input is of great value to our clients.
Read MoreThree different sites combine to form a characterful, mixed-use development which has been sensitively designed to reflect its context and destination as a global shopping district.
Read MoreJeff Colley, Alex Blondin and Dan Hyde interview Partner Marion Baeli for their ‘Zero Ambitions’ podcast series.
Amongst other things, they discuss EPCs, our Princedale Road Victorian residential retrofit and the upcoming research looking at lessons learned from 10 retrofits (completed 10 years ago), which we've worked on in collaboration with CIBSE.
Read MoreContinuing its awards success, The Low Line Commons has been shortlisted in the ‘Future Public Realm’ category for the 2023 Pineapples Awards, part of the Festival of Place. The LLC sustainable vision and strategy is part of the Low Line scheme to create a green corridor along the Victorian railway viaduct meandering through Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey.
Read MoreFeatured in Premier Construction Magazine. Recently completed for client, Strandbrook, the contemporary and complementary additions to the iconic Grade II Listed Art Deco ‘Shell-Mex House’, have transformed this London landmark into a vibrant and flexible multi-tenanted space to meet the needs and desires of the modern worker.
Read MoreMelanie Perkins has been helping Centrepoint with their Independent Living Programme.
Space standards are rightly applied to new homes however, are there circumstances where it should be possible to provide smaller, well-designed homes for a specific need?
Read MoreOur recently completed project, Eighty Strand, has been shortlisted for an AJ Retrofit Award in the Workplace (£10 million and over) category.
Read MoreShortlisted for an Urban Design Group (UDG) award in the ‘Frameworks + Masterplans Large Scale’ category, this sustainable vision and strategy is part of the Low Line scheme to create a green corridor along the Victorian railway viaduct meandering through Bankside, London Bridge and Bermondsey.
Read MoreRecently completed for client, Nomura Fudosan, the brief for this Tokyo development was to create a unique space that would attract creative professionals, and that would embody both ‘liveliness’ and ‘serenity’.
Proud Daikanyama combines a 12-storey high-rise ‘Front’ and a four-storey low-rise ‘Terrace’ at the back. Here, residential and commercial activities are integrated, with the high-rise building (which mainly consists of residences), and the low-rise building (which consists of shops), connected to create a bustling commercial area at the foot of the building.
Our Hong Kong team was responsible for the facade concept design, as well as the interior design of the common areas and the show apartment for this new residential development in Tokyo’s Daikanyama district.
Read MoreWe’re kicking the new year off by celebrating another recent employee milestone; 10 years of commitment and creative input from our Associate, Cian Scanlon.
Cian is passionate about how good design can add value through active engagement with real world constraints, turning them into opportunity. This is supported by studies in both architecture and property finance with a successful track record of delivering projects from concept to completion. Cian brings a wealth of knowledge to the practice, and with experience of reusing existing building stock he firmly believes it is possible to creatively adapt and repurpose spaces and places to make them relevant for future use for decades to come. We want to say a big thank you to Cian for continuing to be an integral part of our PDP family; happy work anniversary!
Read MoreOur Hong Kong Studio’s project in the heart of Tokyo for client BPE Asia, was awarded ‘gold’ in the ‘Best residential development’ category at the recent MIPIM Asia awards. A wonderful way to round out the year!
The team was appointed to design an exclusive residential development in the prestigious Jingumae area of Tokyo, just a moment away from Omotesando - an area well known for a large number of international fashion flagship stores and popular restaurants. A key challenge was developing the building envelope and facade design working with the difficult constraints of the site.
Read MoreRecently completed, the contemporary and complementary additions to the iconic Art Deco ‘Shell-Mex House’, have transformed this London landmark into a vibrant and flexible multi-tenanted workplace for the future, now known as Eighty Strand.
Read MorePartner Marion Baeli speaks to Marnie Chesterton about the important topic of ventilation inside airtight houses, for the latest CrowdScience podcast, which aired recently on the BBC World Service.
‘With Covid-19 making us more aware than ever of the importance of good ventilation, CrowdScience investigates how to make your home cosy and energy-efficient without sacrificing fresh air in the process.’
Read MoreIn this edition of our ‘out of office’ series, we interview one of our architects, Daniel Copitch, who is an artist in his spare time. Daniel’s website ‘Decopica’ hosts an impressive array of work – we spoke to him to find out more about his influences and preferred medium.
Read MoreAfter 22 years at PDP London, Ian Law has stepped down as a Partner, moving to a consultancy role. Ian joined the practice (then Paul Davis and Partners) in January 2000 as an architect, later becoming an Associate and then a Partner in April 2007. He has worked on over 40 projects in that time.
Read MoreOn 19 September, the WPA welcomed 150 members and stakeholders to an evening reception at our recently completed Eighty Strand project for Strandbrook, to hear about the Council's vision for the Strand Aldwych area. We were proud to have sponsored this great event, alongside project team members Civic Engineers, chapmanbdsp, MGAC/RLF and Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects.
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