Accessible garden room
Wheelchair accessible urban retreat created in Swiss Cottage
CAFOD revisited
Practice commissioned to refresh the charity headquarters
Wandsworth Road housing
Remodelled mansion block nearing completion
Hertfordshire Housing Conference
2022 conference addresses current housing topics
B3Living affordable housing out for public consultation
Residents’ views sought on affordable housing development at Lawrance Gardens.
Recycling depot office handed over
Phase 1 works completed for Three Rivers District Council
#End Gas Now
Campaign to be launched on 26th April 2022
LETI standard SIPs housing
Pilot project commissioned by Vivid Homes to test new metal skin SIPs building system on an affordable housing project in Odiham.
Infill office taking shape
Steel frame erected above existing basement car park
Chase House repurposed
New office spaces created within the mixed-use building
Social rent housing proposed for Marchmont Fields
Public consultation undertaken with residents and councillors
Modular office lands at Batchworth Depot
Off-site manufactured building craned into position

B3Living affordable housing out for public consultation
Residents’ views sought on affordable housing development at Lawrance Gardens.

Recycling depot office handed over
Phase 1 works completed for Three Rivers District Council

#End Gas Now
Campaign to be launched on 26th April 2022

LETI standard SIPs housing
Pilot project commissioned by Vivid Homes to test new metal skin SIPs building system on an affordable housing project in Odiham.

Morley Gallery
Demolition works are underway at the start of the Morley Gallery refurbishment project in Southwark

Sustainability and Charity Commitment
Despite the challenges of the 2020 lockdown Black have committed to strengthening our sustainable design and charitable work targets

Tearing Down Rear Gardens
The communal garden is now complete at the new mews houses constructed on Rodmill Lane in Brixton

Winchester Churches Night Shelter
Covid is forcing hostels to rethink how they shelter the homeless in communal bedroom facilities across the country

The Fifth Plinth
Molly Okell’s Holst inspired sculpture unveiled at the opening of Morley College’s remodelled Lambeth main entrance

The Flora
Plans submitted to bring a redundant pub on the Grand Union Canal back into meaningful use and serve the local community again

South Point House
Amended planning consent granted by Enfield Council based on the revised design developed by Black

Wolfson Foundation Grant
Plans to create two respite bedrooms for parents staying with terminally ill children at Helen and Douglas House Hospice receive funding

Biodiversity Net Gain
Black have been appointed to the Sounding Board testing the Natural England Biodiversity Net Gain Small Sites Metric

Croxley View Phase 2
Black have been appointed, with the contractor Bugler, to complete the technical design and construction of this 82 unit mixed tenure residential development

Strengthening our Southwark connection
Black have secured a place on the LHC Southwark framework to deliver educational, social care and community projects within the borough

A clean, inclusive and resilient recovery plan
Along with other leading built environment organisations Black are a signatory to the UKGBC’s letter to the Prime Minster on a Covid-19 recovery plan

Batchworth Depot
Key worker refuse collectors in Rickmansworth will soon get a new home in a bespoke facility at their Batchworth Depot site

Morley Gallery tender
Tender documentation has now been submitted to contractors for the new remodelled gallery space at Morley College

Looking after the homeless
A new dining space is proposed for Caritas Anchor House following the completion of the lounge in 2019

TM40: Health and wellbeing in building services
CIBSE revisit the 8 Storey’s Gate project as part of a new edition of this guide to environmental design

Product of the month
Liquid Linoleum is selected as the latest Product of the Month to be assessed as part of our ongoing material research programme

Rodmill Lane
Construction reaches the halfway stage for new homes tucked away on a site behind the South Circular

IRMO
Remodelling Warrick House to support a south London charity better serve it’s community

Marchmont and Ashford
The practice has been appointed to design new homes at the edges of two established, but contrasting residential communities

Morley Gallery
Detailed design commences to transform the gallery into a fully accessible space to engage with art

Fairwood Place
New homes handed over in Borehamwood after the completion of a two year BIM design process

New website launched
New year, new website. An update that reflects the work Black have been designing over the past year

Helen and Douglas House
A children’s hospice in Oxford has benefitted from Black’s philosophy of challenging the brief to deliver the client with something they didn’t expect

Wilcox Road
The scene of My Beautiful Laundrette to be redeveloped following planning approval from Lambeth Council

Centrepoint Community Centre
Centrepoint Community Centre and social rent housing scheme receives planning consent from Watford Borough Council

Morley Forward
Joanna Lumley launches the £18M capital fund campaign for the Morley Forward masterplan at County Hall

Morley College
Work recommences at Morley College on the new level access courtyard entrance to the reception

Croxley View
Detailed planning consent granted for the second phase of a 400 unit master plan in West Watford

Batchworth Depot
A new sustainable home for Rickmansworth’s refuse collection team is approved by the District Council

Hope Green
Four new social rent houses approved by Watford planners on a back-lands garage site

Good Homes Alliance
A new low tech assessment tool offers architects an early overheating warning at feasibility stage

CRASH
Hospices in Bexley and Oxford in line for refurbished dining facilities and respite bedrooms

Fellowship Inn opening
Phoenix Community Housing open a new community pub down the road from the Green Man headquarters

Product of the month
Back to basics for this Product of the Month winner delivering good value, thermal and fire performance

Homelessness
Caritas Anchor House homelessness hub in Newham reopens after a summer refurbishment

Morley Radio launches
Tune in to learn about the ambitious masterplan for Morley College

Hemming Way
A return visit to Hemming Way by the project architect sees residents enjoying their new affordable homes

All electric housing
A full sustainability assessment addresses the social and economic impact of all electric housing

Frameworks
Collaborative working and the development of long term relationships are delivering better homes