Build Architecture Awards

Build Architecture Awards 2015 79 Urban Sports Pockets projects, both exhibited in London, are typical examples of identifying innovative solutions to provide unique addi- tional architectural and urban realm solutions. The quality, aspiration and investigative thought that NBA applies to each project that gives the practice its identity. In order to ensure all of our staff are always fully aware of current industry trends and practises our firm operates a strict schedule of in office internal design reviews, contin- uous professional development seminars, with staff regularly attending local and national design and technical expos, RIBA CPDs and courses specific to particular projects as well as conservation workshops. Our central London location in Clerkenwell, London, Europe’s most densely populated architectural hub, provides great oppor- tunities to keep up to date with the latest creative and technical developments. Although operating as a small business can have its disadvantages, by maintaining a modest office size we are able to provide a responsive, personalized service for all of our clients, and strict quality control of all of our work. This also allows us to maintain an overview of office resourcing and staff levels across all projects, ensuring that the skills of staff members are always put to best use and deadlines are consistently met. Being based in Clerkenwell, the design hub of the largest city in Europe, provides a motivat- ing and stimulating environment with a great deal of both opportunity and competition. Within this environment small to medium sized practices have the opportunity to estab- lish themselves in niche markets, providing bespoke services to clients such as our work with schools to create strategic development plans, or with the Austrian Government to upgrade the thermal performance and energy efficiency of their Grade I listed Embassy. Our future success will, we believe, come as a product of the principles which have sustained us to date. We intend to allow the practice to grow organically, maintaining the same quality bespoke service for our clients as our involvement in larger projects increases, maintaining our emphasis on design quality and detailing through design review and maintaining our focus on residen- tial, education and conservation sections. The completion of Solstice Point provides a foundation for the practice to develop our portfolio of medium sized residential projects in the future. In the near term we intend to fully embrace the opportunities for further innovation and closer collaboration with consultants from the rollout and development of BIM technologies. This will be crucial in maintaining our public sector work.