Build Architecture Awards 2016

Build 2016 Architecture Awards 90 Company: Nick Baker Architects Name: Nick Baker Email: [email protected] Address: 2nd Floor, Lindsey House, 40-42 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6JN Phone: 020 7490 0644 Fax: 020 7490 0595 Website: www.nickbakerarchitects.com ick Baker Architects specialise in supporting the education and residential sectors, with additional experience in conservation projects throughout the UK. Nick talks us through the firm’s focus on quality and how this helped it to achieve its current success. “As an architectural practice we are always focused on the pursuit of quality, from the initial concept design through to the delivery of the completed building. Architecture is a blend of complex forces, from the needs dictated by individuals to the performance of building materials. “We believe there is design opportunity in every project and at every stage in the process, and this conviction is the basis of our approach to our work. Understanding the culture, climate and identity of a place is key to a projects success. Every project is subject to ongoing in house design reviews, this process of demanding design selection ensures that the quality is maintained across all of our projects.” One of the firm’s recent successful undertaking was the Haydon School, the success of which was the culmination of years of dedication to the principles of sustainable architecture, quality of detailing and commitment to the pur- suit of high quality contemporary design. Working in close collaboration with the engineering consultants the firm was able to deliver a project worth more than the sum of its parts. They were then able to respond creatively and innovatively to what initially appeared to be suburban constraints, creating a dynamic and sustainable architectural feature in this challenging section of Haydon School. Ultimately Nick believes that it is the firm’s dedication to quality that will help it to achieve even greater success going forward. “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 residential, education and conservation sections. The recent completion of the activity hall at Haydon School provides a foundation for the practice to develop our portfolio of education projects in the future.” Nick Baker Architects Best for Sustainable Strategic Redevelopment - UK & Best Greater London Education Project: Haydon School Nick Baker Architects is a design led architectural practice based in London. We caught up with Nick to learn more about the practice and how it came to win these prestigious accolades. N AR160079