WORKING ARCHITECTURE GROUP [WAG]

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August, 2006

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Prince Albert Court, St John’s Wood, London

August 2006

WAG have recently received planning permission for this 9th floor extension and the development of a roof terrace with extraordinary views over Regents Park and the whole of London.The extension forms part of a bigger project of remodeling the entire maisonette apartment in a 1960’s purpose built residential block.We are working with Russell Sage [...]


The Depot, Brighton

August 2006

Year: 2006Project description: an office development within the North Laines Brighton Conservation area. Replacing a redundant light industrial space the development sits within the backs of 2 parallel streets.Contract sum: £2.1m projectedClient: ASA Property PartnershipWe have been working with Robin Locke on this very difficult site for some time. The difficulty relates to planning [...]


Holt House, Brighton

August 2006

Year: 2005Project description: mixed use residential and office development in collaboration with Robin LockeEstimated contract sum: £1.5 millionOur proposal for the site prompted and helped Brighton and Hove Council to determine their strategic aspiration for development in this area. To date we have agreed heights,mass and use but are currently working through the building adjacency [...]


The Manor House - Bosham

August 2006

We congratulate our colleague, friend and collaborator Robin Locke on the completion of the extension and remodeling of this listed Manor House in Bosham conservation area. The development conditions included co-ordination with county archeologist during excavation stage. A sensitive site, linked to the Danish Kings and certainly occupied by Saxon settlements [...]


Tafuri review published in Radical Philosophy

August 2006

Jon Goodbun’s review of the recent conference ‘The critical legacies of Manfredo Tafuri’, held at the New York institutions Columbia Unviersity and Cooper Union, has been published in the latest issue of the journal Radical Philosophy.http://www.radicalphilosophy.com


St. John’s Church & Railway Bridge, Bethnal Green, London

August 2006

WAG: project instigators and architects
Project description: When the railway embankment running north from Liverpool St Station, parallel to Mare Street, was constructed in the nineteenth century, the century long relationship between John Soane’s exquisite St John’s church (built in ) and Bethnal Green High Road was broken. The utilitarian steel bridge that now crosses Bethnal [...]


Project 142 - Sailmaker’s Building, Limehouse, London

August 2006

WAG Have been asked by the recycling arts collective Project 142 to work with them to develop a brief and feasibility study for the 4 storey, listed Sailmaker’s building that they have recently leased. We are working with them and the owner to develop a mixed use sustainable scheme which will contain a new residential [...]