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80 Charlotte Street / Make Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Make Architects has completed Derwent London's largest-ever project, a mixed-use scheme with 321,000ft² of office space and 45,000ft² of residential accommodation including social housing. Located at 80 Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia, the project is inherently urban in its integration of the city and street context, both in its massing and composition. The inclusion of a small new public garden and retail add to this civic quality.

Capella Sydney Hotel / Make Architects + BAR Studio

Paula Pintos — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Located 400m from Sydney Harbour, the heritage-listed former Department of Education building, part of the historic Sandstone Precinct, has reopened as the 5-star Capella Sydney Hotel. Make Architects was appointed by Pontiac Land Group to sensitively restore and remodel this former Edwardian Baroque-style governmental landmark for new uses, significantly opening the ground floor to be fully accessible to the public for the first time, with BAR Studio designing the refined new interiors throughout the hotel.

Three New Bailey / Make Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:00:00 +0000

Salford’s cotton-weaving heritage was the inspiration behind the Make Architects’ designed, highly flexible commercial office building at Three New Bailey.

Haymarket Boutique Office / Make Architects

Paula Pintos — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000

A former chocolate factory in the Haymarket district of Sydney has been refurbished to become a boutique new office building designed by Make Architects. Dating back to the 1900s, the building’s character forms the heart of the project. The design celebrates and adapts the existing structure, keeping new materials and insertions simple and refined, so that the character of the building and its history remains the focus. Located on Cunningham Street, a laneway in the heart of Haymarket, the scheme is the latest in a series of new developments to the area with food and beverage, commercial and retail uses moving in.

Asta House / Make Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Make Architects has completed a central London re-use residential project for Derwent London, a leading UK developer known for its distinctive, design-led portfolio that contributes positively to the urban realm of the capital. The Asta House Apartments form a significant part of Derwent London’s latest major mixed-use scheme known as 80 Charlotte Street in London’s Fitzrovia, which comprises commercial offices, luxury and affordable residences, retail and a new pocket park. Asta House involves the re-modelling of a 1950s light industrial building which more recently was used as offices. Setting a retrofit benchmark, the project reuses the existing building, adding extra floors. The existing fabric has been significantly upgraded to convert a dated block into a high quality, sustainable mixed-use development.

The Link Walkway / Make Architects

Andreas Luco — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Blending placemaking, infrastructure and innovation, Make Architects has completed a new project for Vicinity Centres at Chadstone shopping centre in Melbourne. Designed to connect the shopping centre, which is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, with the newly opened Hotel Chadstone Melbourne, MGallery by Sofitel, The Link is a tranquil walkway that replaces part of a multi-level car park and creates a more accessible, engaging entrance to Chadstone – the Fashion Capital. Make Architects were the Design Architects responsible for the project, whilst Cera Stribley were engaged as Delivery Architects. Make Architects’ design team fostered close collaboration to bring crafted, specialist materials from Europe and used Australian experts and engineers to create the route that spans 110m, stretches up to 15m high and blurs the boundary between different leisure, commercial and retail uses at the centre and also between an internal and external environment. Inspired by the arched glass roof that is iconic to Chadstone, The Link is formed from a curved ‘glulam’ timber structure with a tensile, semi-translucent ‘PTFE’ fabric stretched over to protect customers, guests and visitors from the weather, yet still connect people to the environment.

The Atlas Building / Make Architects + Design Delivery Unit

Paula Pintos — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000

The buildings sit above London Underground and Thameslink lines. The tower delivers 302 apartments with leisure and spa facilities and basement parking. Whilst the commercial building is occupied by WeWork and provides access to three roof terraces, with external green walls. Over 35% of the footprint is a new public realm; with a landscaped piazza of shops and cafés created between the two buildings, providing a new pedestrian link between City Road and East Road.

Teaching and Learning Building / Make Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0000

New Make building indicates step change in building design for the University of Nottingham

The new 6,200m²Teaching and Learning Building (TLB) was designed for the University of Nottingham by Make Architects to help meet its 2020 vision, raise its international profile and provide a step change in the way education is delivered by creating an flexible space that deliberately blurs the boundaries between study, socialising and work.

London Wall Place / Make Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000

Make Architects has completed work on its London Wall Place project, a new commercial scheme offering the largest set of public gardens developed in the City of London since the post-war Barbican estate on behalf of Brookfield Properties and Oxford Properties. The scheme comprises two office buildings surrounded by extensive public realm including a series of public gardens and reimagined elevated pedestrian walkways to link the neighboring Barbican with the City of London.

Portsoken Pavilion / Make Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Portsoken Pavilion is the centrepiece structure in a new landscaped public square commissioned by the City of London Corporation that has replaced a former gyratory and subways. The small building is a part of a larger civic aim to provide space for events and leisure, improve wellbeing and provide natural surveillance.

The Temple House / Make Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Located in the heart of Chengdu – one of China’s key centres of finance and commerce – is The Temple House, a historically-rich hotel that opened in July 2015. Designed by Make Architects for Swire Hotels, The Temple House is the third hotel in Swire’s flourishing House Collective portfolio, following The Upper House in Hong Kong and The Opposite House in Beijing.

Make Architects Win Planning For First Building in Birmingham's Arena Central

Sadia Quddus — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Birmingham City Council has approved Make Architects' designs for the first commercial building of the city's Arena Central masterplan. Located on Broad Street and overlooking the historic Centenary Square, 1 Arena Central is set to be the first step in the master plan for the 9.2 acre site at the heart of Birmingham City Center Enterprise Zone. The eight story building, which will feature 135,000 square feet of Grade A office space, with 5,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor, is emblematic of the flagship development of the overall master plan.

The Big Data Institute / Make Architects

Finn MacLeod — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Make Architects have just received planning permission to build a world-class institute devoted to research and processing of health-related data on Oxford University's Old Road Campus. The Big Data Institute (BDI) will be built adjacent to two other Make-designed buildings: The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the NDM Research Building. The BDI will be London-based Make Architects' fifth building on Oxford's Old Road Campus.

Make Architects Picked for Sydney's Wynyard Station Overhaul

Rory Stott — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Make Architects have been selected from a shortlist of five practices to renovate the area around Sydney's Wynyard Station, beating SOM, Grimshaw, Bates Smart and Ingenhoven to the $1 billion project.

Kiosk / Make Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Two unique prefabricated retail kiosks designed by Make Architects were opened to the public for the first time when they became part of the Canary Wharf’s Ice Sculpturing Festival earlier last month.

University Square Stratford / Make Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000

In a unique fusion of academic and community interests, Birkbeck University of London and the University of East London (UEL) realised they had a common need for more space and agreed to work together to create a major new university hub in the heart of east London. Their vision was to meet the growing aspirations of local people with a building that would be an accessible and inspiring place, offering enhanced employment possibilities through better academic qualifications.

Stansted Airport Proposal / Make Architects

Alison Furuto — Mon, 27 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

As part of the on-going debate surrounding the UK’s future aviation strategy, Make Architects just unveiled further studies to support its proposals for an expansion of Stansted Airport as a viable option. Building on existing infrastructure, the architects strongly believe that Stansted can connect with central London within 25 minutes, thereby making it one of the most deliverable and affordable solutions currently on the table, costing £18billion to deliver and providing up to £100billion in investment for the east of the country. More images and architects' description after the break.

Luxury Resort Proposal / Make Architects

Alison Furuto — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Make Architects recently received planning approval for their luxury resort design in Hal Fehr, Malta. With a total area of 84,000m2, the high quality resort will be the most sustainable on the island with a low density footprint and a number of passive design features incorporated. This highly exclusive tourist destination, stretching Malta’s coastline, houses 216 spacious one, two and three bedroom suites with a further 12 luxury, family pavilions set in the middle of the central landscape. More images and architects' description after the break.