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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England. The practice has a broad portfolio of work including arts, commercial offices, housing and leisure and is particularly known for its work in education. It has received many national awards including 21 RIBA
Riba
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Awards, together with the RIBA Sustainability Award.
History
The practice was formed by Malcolm Booth, Richard Slawson and Walter Thomson, who met as teachers at the Birmingham School of Architecture in the 1960s. At that time the School undertook live projects and the founders were encouraged to set up a part time practice, employing students to undertake the work with appropriate management. The work was soon supplemented with private commissions and the move of the School from Aston University prompted the partners to commit to full time practice in 1973.The practice name was conceived as having a life beyond the founders, its name Associated Architects chosen deliberately not to include their surnames. The early workload of housing, industrial buildings and offices expanded and the practice relocated in 1976 to St. Paul’s Square, which it used as a base for the regeneration of the Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of Birmingham City Centre, England, situated in the south of the Hockley area. It is covered by the Ladywood district. There is a population of around 3,000 people in a area....
. It developed skills in urban regeneration, with listed buildings and in urban housing, anticipating the city living movement by a decade.
Paul Lister joined the practice in 1976, becoming a partner in 1984: Ian Standing joined in 1985 and became a partner in 1989. At this time the practice undertook its first projects with independent schools, developing this into a broad education workload. It won its first RIBA Awards and with the Property Services Agency undertook commissions for Law Courts at Stafford and Worcester, opening a Cyprus office to deliver projects for the Ministry of Defence. University work developed at this time with projects including the Birmingham School of Jewellery and the restoration of the Grade I listed Birmingham School of Art
Birmingham School of Art
The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, its Grade I listed building on...
.
As the National Lottery made funds available for Arts projects in the 1990s, the practice won national competitions for projects including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. The Orchestra's current chief executive, appointed in 1999, is Stephen Maddock...
Centre (with Sir Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002 has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ....
), the Water Hall Gallery and the rebuilding of the Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham Hippodrome
The Birmingham Hippodrome is a theatre situated on Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham, England.Although best known as the home stage of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, it also hosts a wide variety of other performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring West End...
. Following its work on the first mixed use building at 9 Brindleyplace
Brindleyplace
Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It is often written erroneously as Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built...
it built numerous offices and subsequently delivered the largest mixed use building in the UK: the Mailbox.
Matthew Goer joined in 1990 and became a partner in 2001. The founders retired between 1996 and 2002, Paul Lister in 2006. Warren Jukes and Adam Wardle joined in 1996 and with Matthew Goer and Ian Standing became directors of the Limited Liability Partnership in 2003.
Associated Architects retains its close relationship with the School of Architecture and has strong links with the cultural and business communities in the city. Although based in Birmingham and deriving much of its work from the region, it also works nationally and internationally with projects in Abu Dhabi, Africa, Cyprus and Poland.
Education
Independent Schools- Yarm SchoolYarm SchoolYarm School is a fee-paying Public School situated within the market town of Yarm, North Yorkshire, England.-Situation:The senior school is situated in the Friarage buildings and grounds, on the River Tees, at the southern end of the Georgian market town of Yarm...
, Stockton-on-Tees, completion expected 2011 - King's School Art School, The King's School, WorcesterThe King's School, WorcesterThe King's School, Worcester is an English independent school refounded by Henry VIII in 1541. It occupies a site adjacent to Worcester Cathedral on the banks of the River Severn in the centre of the city of Worcester...
, 2007 - King's School Library, The King's School, WorcesterThe King's School, WorcesterThe King's School, Worcester is an English independent school refounded by Henry VIII in 1541. It occupies a site adjacent to Worcester Cathedral on the banks of the River Severn in the centre of the city of Worcester...
, 2006. (RIBA Award 2008) - The British School, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2005
- Mary Windsor Boarding House, Bromsgrove School, 2002
- Theatre and Hall, Queen Margaret's School, YorkQueen Margaret's School, YorkQueen Margaret's, York is an independent day and boarding school for girls age 11–18 in Escrick Park near York. The school was named after Queen Margaret the Queen of Scotland from c.1070–1093.-History:...
, 2002. (RIBA White Rose Award for Design Excellence 2004) - Theatre, Dean Close School, Cheltenham, 1992
State Schools
- Birmingham BSF (Building Schools for the FutureBuilding Schools for the FutureBuilding Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
), completion expected 2012 - St. Olave's, St. Peter's School, York, 2009
- Charter Primary School & Surestart Centre, Coventry, 2005
- Hagley Primary School, Hagley, 2004
Colleges
- Newman College, Birmingham, completion expected 2016
- Blossomfield Campus, Solihull CollegeSolihull CollegeSolihull College, formerly known as the 'Solihull College of Technology', is a further education college located in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, which is part of the West Midlands conurbation, in the United Kingdom...
, Birmingham, completion expected 2010 - Progress Centre, Cannock Chase Technology College, Cannock, 2004
- Worcester VI Form College, Worcester, 2002
Universities
- City Centre Campus, Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham City UniversityBirmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
, completion expected 2015 - Muirhead Tower, University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, 2009 - David Wilson Library, University of LeicesterUniversity of LeicesterThe University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
, 2008. (RIBA Award 2009) - Health, Design & Technology Centre, Coventry UniversityCoventry UniversityCoventry University is a post-1992 university in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992, the institution's name was changed from Coventry Polytechnic to Coventry University...
, 2009 - Greenbank Building, University of Central LancashireUniversity of Central LancashireThe University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
, 1998 - Birmingham School of ArtBirmingham School of ArtThe Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, its Grade I listed building on...
, Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham City UniversityBirmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
, 1995. (RIBA Award 1996) - School of Jewellery, Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham City UniversityBirmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
, 1994. (RIBA Award 1995)
Offices
- Operation Centre, Severn Trent Water, Coventry, completion expected 2010
- Project Sunrise, Punch TavernsPunch TavernsPunch Taverns plc is the largest pub and bar operator in the United Kingdom, with around 6,800 leased, tenanted and managed pubs. It is headquartered in the traditional brewing centre of Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire...
, Burton, 2009 - Westgate Civic Offices, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Barnsley, 2006
- 134 Edmund StreetEdmund Street__notoc__Edmund Street is a street located in Birmingham, England.Edmund Street is one of a series of roads on the old Colmore Estate which originally stretched from Temple Row in the city centre, around St Phillip's Cathedral, to the northern end of Newhall Street. Originally the estate surrounded...
, Birmingham, 2004 - Interchange Place, Birmingham, 2003
Mixed-use
- Newhall Square, Birmingham, completion expected 2012
- The MailboxThe MailboxThe Mailbox is an upmarket development of offices, designer shops, restaurants, bars and luxury city-centre apartments in the City Centre and on the boundary of the City Centre Core in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It includes a mini supermarket and three art galleries: the Artlounge, Castle...
, Birmingham, 2000 - 9 BrindleyplaceBrindleyplaceBrindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It is often written erroneously as Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built...
, Birmingham, 1999
Arts
- Birmingham Town HallBirmingham Town HallBirmingham Town Hall is a Grade I listed concert and meeting venue in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It was created as a home for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival established in 1784, the purpose of which was to raise funds for the General Hospital, after St Philip's Church became...
, 2007 - Birmingham HippodromeBirmingham HippodromeThe Birmingham Hippodrome is a theatre situated on Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham, England.Although best known as the home stage of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, it also hosts a wide variety of other performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring West End...
, 2001 (in conjunction with Law Dunbar Nasmith). (RIBA Award 2002) - The Water Hall, Birmingham, 2001
- The CBSO CentreCBSO CentreThe CBSO Centre is the administrative home and rehearsal centre of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Choruses , and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group on the corner of Berkley Street and Holliday Street, in Birmingham, England.It...
, 1998
Housing
- Cobtun House, Worcester, 2003. (RIBA Award 2005, RIBA Sustainability Award 2005)
- St Crispin's Manor, Northampton, 2008
- Crown Lofts, Walsall, 2003
- Washington Wharf, Birmingham, 2001
Other
- Bristol Civic Justice Centre, Bristol, completion expected 2010
- Acorn's Children's Hospice, Worcester, 2005
- Wapping Wharf Masterplan, Bristol, Planning Application 2004
- Stafford Combined Court, Stafford, 1991
- Lee BankLee BankLee Bank is an inner city area of Birmingham, England. It is part of the Edgbaston and Ladywood wards, inside the Middle Ring Road, near to the centre of Birmingham...
Health Centre, Birmingham, 1990. (RIBA Award 1990)
Awards
- 2009 RIBA Award: David Wilson Library, University of Leicester
- 2008 RIBA East Midlands Award: David Wilson Library, University of Leicester
- 2008 RIBA Award: The King's School Library, Worcester
- 2005 RIBA Sustainability Award: Cobtun House, Worcester
- 2005 RIBA Award: Cobtun House, Worcester
- 2004 RIBA White Rose Award for Design Excellence: Queen Margaret's School, York
- 2002 RIBA Award: Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham
- 1998 RIBA Housing Design Award: City Heights, Birmingham
- 1997 RIBA Housing Design Award: Berkley Court, Birmingham
- 1996 RIBA Award: College of Art, Birmingham
- 1995 RIBA Award: School of Jewellery, Birmingham
- 1993 RIBA Award: 30 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham
- 1993 RIBA Housing Design Award: Malt Mill Lane, Alcester
- 1992 RIBA Award: Clayton Hall, Lilleshall NSC
- 1990 RIBA Award: The Walled Garden, Brockhampton
- 1989 RIBA Award: Lee Bank Health Centre, Birmingham
- 1986 RIBA Award: Malt Mill Lane, Alcester
- 1983 RIBA Housing Design Award: Steven's Terrace, Birmingham
- 1983 RIBA Award: Brown's Restaurant, Worcester
- 1982 RIBA Award: Pleck Orchard, Hartlebury
- 1979 RIBA Housing Design Award: Bishop's Court, Northfield, Birmingham
Publications
- XL, Associated Architects Publishing, 2008
- Buildings that Feel Good, Ziona Strelitz, RIBA Publishing, 2008
- Birmingham: Shaping the City, Ben Flatman, RIBA Publishing, 2008
- Birmingham (Pevsner Architectural Guide), Andy Foster, Yale University Press, 2005