National Guide Dogs Breeding Centre to start on site

The UK’s leading architectural practices have been unveiled by the Architects Journal, with Broadway Malyan featuring in the top 10.

The annual AJ100 survey ranks the UK’s top 100 architecture practices by number of qualified architects employed. Broadway Malyan ranked 9th jumping two places from last year.

Speaking at the AJ100 awards, Paul Finch, editorial director, The Architects’ Journal said, “We can’t deny it has been a tough year, but it’s heartening to see how the AJ100 practices have weathered the storm, and I think that some of the findings are very encouraging.

“The survey remains a celebration and a showcase for global architecture, and we’re very grateful for the industry’s continuing support. My congratulations to the AJ100 practices, and to the individual category winners, each of which celebrates considerable innovation and achievement”.

Read more about the survey at http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj100/

This entry was posted on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 12:46 and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

Broadway Malyan’s Idea House scheme has won the Best Green Development (Future) award the 2010 Cityscape Asia Awards.

Idea House is an eco house prototype for leading developer Sime Darby Properties that aims to become the first carbon zero residence in South East Asia. Demonstrating the joint commitment between architect and developer in preserving the environment for future generations, the scheme promotes passive design by carefully orienting the building and minimising exposure to low angled sun, whilst large internal open plan spaces encourage cross ventilation and the maximum penetration of natural daylight.  95% grey water recycling to minimise water wastage, green roof technology, the installation of photovoltaic cells and using modular and prefabricated methods of construction further increase the project’s sustainable credentials.

Jason Pomeroy who was at Cityscape Asia in Singapore with the client to collect the award said, “We are delighted to have won this category against some stiff competition in terms of not just design, but geographic location and scale. Our reinterpretation of the indigenous Malay Kampung house tradition provided the starting point for a passive design solution that also embraced the latest in renewable and green technologies”.

Pictured from left to right: Sufian Abdullah (Sime Darby) and Jason Pomeroy (Broadway Malyan).

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 09:31 and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

Two Broadway Malyan schemes have scooped prizes at the 2010 ICSC Awards held in Prague last night. The ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards are the supreme awards in European retail property, granted for both new and refurbished or extended projects.

Forum Barreiro won the Best New Development (Small) category, with the awards jury describing the scheme as “a multi-functional centre that exemplifies urban regeneration, integration and modern creativity”. 

Valecenter picked up the award for Best Refurbishment and Extension for “reconfiguring the layout, maximising the potential from the existing volume and transforming the shopper environment”.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 09:30 and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

This entry was posted on Monday, April 12th, 2010 at 12:09 and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is about to embark on its largest and most important development to date; the construction of its new National Dog Breeding Centre near Warwick. Following three years in the design process and a two stage tender, the multi-million pound development  starts on site this month. Designed by Broadway Malyan, the new facilities will increase capacity for breeding Guide Dog puppies from 1,110 to 1,550 per annum in accordance with the Guide Dogs strategic targets.

The National Breeding Centre comprises a series of gull-winged, glulam roofed, steel framed buildings situated around a central courtyard. These house discrete sections of the breeding dog population, from initial intake of dogs, mating, whelping, adults, puppies and essential associated dog care and welfare facilities. The buildings are set in specifically designed dog runs and landscaping, essential for the environmental enrichment and exercise for the dog population. Through sustainability targets set by Guide Dogs, the development will see a range of benefits including biomass boilers and rainwater harvesting.

The target completion date is Summer 2011.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 12:25 and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.