Oh! We Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
Planning Committee grants approval
Brondesbury Park
New homes in Willesden Green
WCH framework launched
Herts, Beds and Bucks Framework
Littlers Close repurposing
Planning approved to convert a former workshop building
Hot dinners
Whitchurch School kitchen to be enlarged
Building Futures
Hertfordshire Design Review Panel membership
Haycroft Mews
Public consultation undertaken on former pub and car park site
CAFOD update
Initial phase of refurbishment works complete
Friday Fitzrovia Fix
Homegrown: Building a Post-carbon Future
Soho spaces
Finding opportunities in hidden spaces across Westminster
Office fit-out under way
Interior works commence at Southpoint House
Margate High Street Living
Planning application submitted to bring new homes into the town centre
![Staying in Fitzrovia](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Charlotte-Street.jpg)
Staying in Fitzrovia
Charlotte Street hotel consented
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Seaside living
Margate Highstreet phase two approved
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New Affordable homes
Applications submitted on behalf of Three Rivers Homes
![Hospice remodelling](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Black-Architecture-at-the-RA.jpg)
Hospice remodelling
Second transformation of seminal hospice building explored
![The Flora](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1-copy.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/South-Point-House-Car-Park-and-Office-Buildings.jpg)
South Point House
Amended planning consent granted by Enfield Council based on the revised design developed by Black
![Wolfson Foundation Grant](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Wolfson-Foundation.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/green-man_barn-green-roof.jpg)
Biodiversity Net Gain
Black have been appointed to the Sounding Board testing the Natural England Biodiversity Net Gain Small Sites Metric
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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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cafod_motion.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Annotation-2020-06-05-170607.png)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Batchworth-depot_Refuse-lorries.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Morley-Gallery_material-samples.jpg)
Morley Gallery tender
Tender documentation has now been submitted to contractors for the new remodelled gallery space at Morley College
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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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ice_concept-section.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_0798.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_20200313_095130-BW-.jpg)
Rodmill Lane
Construction reaches the halfway stage for new homes tucked away on a site behind the South Circular
![IRMO](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IRMO-logo.jpg)
IRMO
Remodelling Warrick House to support a south London charity better serve it’s community
![Marchmont and Ashford](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1668.jpg)
Marchmont and Ashford
The practice has been appointed to design new homes at the edges of two established, but contrasting residential communities
![Morley Gallery](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gallery-post-asbestos-strip-12-BW.jpg)
Morley Gallery
Detailed design commences to transform the gallery into a fully accessible space to engage with art
![Fairwood Place](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/StJames_Borehamwood_Exterior_Front_St04c.jpg)
Fairwood Place
New homes handed over in Borehamwood after the completion of a two year BIM design process
![New website launched](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/black_office-sign_1200.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Helen_and_Douglas-respite.jpg)
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](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WILC-M-V01-A02.jpg)
Wilcox Road
The scene of My Beautiful Laundrette to be redeveloped following planning approval from Lambeth Council
![Centrepoint Community Centre](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_6277.jpg)
Centrepoint Community Centre
Centrepoint Community Centre and social rent housing scheme receives planning consent from Watford Borough Council
![Morley Forward](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/morley_montage-bridge.jpg)
Morley Forward
Joanna Lumley launches the £18M capital fund campaign for the Morley Forward masterplan at County Hall
![Morley College](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/morley_entrance-demo.jpg)
Morley College
Work recommences at Morley College on the new level access courtyard entrance to the reception
![Croxley View](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/croxley_extension-of-epsom-way.jpg)
Croxley View
Detailed planning consent granted for the second phase of a 400 unit master plan in West Watford
![Batchworth Depot](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/batchworth_3d-view.jpg)
Batchworth Depot
A new sustainable home for Rickmansworth’s refuse collection team is approved by the District Council
![Hope Green](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hope-green_visual.jpg)
Hope Green
Four new social rent houses approved by Watford planners on a back-lands garage site
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Good Homes Alliance
A new low tech assessment tool offers architects an early overheating warning at feasibility stage
![CRASH](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/crash_frame.jpg)
CRASH
Hospices in Bexley and Oxford in line for refurbished dining facilities and respite bedrooms
![Fellowship Inn opening](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/green-man_view-across-water.jpg)
Fellowship Inn opening
Phoenix Community Housing open a new community pub down the road from the Green Man headquarters
![Product of the month](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pom_knauf-earthwool.jpg)
Product of the month
Back to basics for this Product of the Month winner delivering good value, thermal and fire performance
![Homelessness](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/homelessness_pool-bw-770.jpg)
Homelessness
Caritas Anchor House homelessness hub in Newham reopens after a summer refurbishment
![Morley Radio launches](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/morley_radio-sign.jpg)
Morley Radio launches
Tune in to learn about the ambitious masterplan for Morley College
![Hemming Way](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hemming-way_front-gardens.jpg)
Hemming Way
A return visit to Hemming Way by the project architect sees residents enjoying their new affordable homes
![All electric housing](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/croxley_public-square-view.jpg)
All electric housing
A full sustainability assessment addresses the social and economic impact of all electric housing
![Frameworks](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/centrepoint_prop-render.jpg)
Frameworks
Collaborative working and the development of long term relationships are delivering better homes
![Kingston Guildhall](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/morley_tiles.jpg)
Kingston Guildhall
Edward Bawden tiles reused in an arts collaboration between Black, Morley College and Kington Council
![MMC](https://www.black-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/boxwood_site-model-02.jpg)
MMC
Modern Methods of Construction remain under pressure from traditional brick and block building techniques