An excellent opportunity to work as head of marketing and graphics for an award-winning architectural practice in West London has arisen.
Working closely with senior management, the candidate will support and develop the practice in line with its business development and marketing strategies, with specific responsibility for tasks including:
- Preparation, submission and active management of project tenders and awards submissions.
- Ongoing maintenance of client and contact database.
- Managing media coverage, including press releases, and maintaining media links.
- Coordinating events, conferences and exhibitions.
- Management of in-house graphic designer.
- Overseeing the company’s graphic design, supporting the development and creation of marketing material.
- Overseeing the company’s website with regular content updates.
- Research and development of new business opportunities.
- Providing first point of contact for Marketing-related issues from the media and general public.
Ideally candidates will have a construction/architecture background and graphic design experience. Excellent communication and time management skills are a must.
If this marketing role sounds like your next challenge, please email your CV to jobs@studioe.co.uk with reference number K-H01:0908 in the subject heading.
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, visited Studio E Architects during their ESD and Schools Construction Study Tour to the UK in early June. The KHDA is “responsible for the future growth, direction and quality of education and learning in Dubai. KHDA aims to support the people of Dubai in achieving their potential from birth and through life’s journey as they work towards achieving the goals set out in the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015.” The purpose of their visit was to gain an insight into how the UK has developed green schools including infrastructure development and curriculum to assist in planning and implementing Dubai's initiative for building green schools and developing an environmental sustainability programme. They also visited the Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School which among other awards won the BCSE Inspiring Design: Primary School Award 2008.
The Watford Observer reports: Hundreds of people flooded through the front doors of the refurbished Woodside Leisure Centre this morning as the new swimming pool and sports facilities were opened to the public. Olympic swimmer and former Gladiator, Sharron Davies, was on hand to cut the ribbon to the Horseshoe Lane centre at 10am in front of the gathered crowds. Residents then had the chance to wander around the new sports centre, take in the facilities as well as sign up for new classes. Sharron, whose father Terry is chief coach of the Watford Swimming Club, said: “I have to say this is a fantastic facility. I love the fact that it is new and innovative, in that it is environmentally friendly - it is the way forward. And it is hugely busy here today and that is what we want to see.”
Studio E Architects has been named Best School Architect at the inaugural BCSE Awards, announced at a glittering ceremony in Manchester last night. The practice also secured the Inspiring Design: Primary School award for its Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School in Hammersmith. Studio E beat off stiff competition, with more than 140 entries vying for the top slots of the awards. Submissions were received from architects, contractors, suppliers, local authorities and schools themselves across 15 categories covering key areas of the design, building and equipping of schools. Studio E had received 5 nominations in total, including Best Client Team on a School Project and, with environmental engineers Max Fordham LLP, Greening the School for Larmenier. The new science, ICT, performing arts and sports facilities at Townley Grammar School for Girls, Bexleyheath, was in the running for Inspiring Design: Best Extension to a Secondary School. These were awarded with a notable Highly Commended accolade. For the full list of winners, click here.
The City of London KPMG Academy at Homerton, Hackney, yesterday received planning approval, clearing the way for construction to start next month. The City of London, now with co-sponsor KPMG, are working with the same partnered team led by Studio E Architects and Willmott Dixon who delivered the award-winning City of London Academy in Southwark in 2005. Design proposals for the new Academy take the form of a colourful building ribbon that responds sensitively to its surroundings, winding amongst carefully preserved clusters of existing trees. The vibrant and exciting new educational vision has emerged from a process engaging Studio E with KPMG educationalists and with the young people of Hackney who, with the support of the Sorrell Foundation, have set out a young client brief for the “Best School Ever”. Today’s young clients will follow the construction of the new school through the next 18 months and, in September 2009, will move into a vibrant new facility, alive with their thoughts and aspirations.
Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School has been successful in the Civic Trust Awards 2008. A record 400 entries were received, with 100 going on to be shortlisted for an Award, Commendation or Mention. The event aims to encourage projects that are culturally, socially or economically beneficial and make an outstanding contribution to the quality and appearance of the environment. The 30 winners will be announced at a ceremony in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 12th March. Previous Studio E winners include both the swimming pool and the girls’ boarding houses at Haileybury College.
Studio E Architects has been shortlisted for no less than five accolades in the inaugural BCSE Awards. Following on from its Green Apple Award win in 2007, Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School in Hammersmith has received three nominations: for Inspiring Design: Primary School, Best Client Team on a School Project and, with environmental engineers Max Fordham LLP, Greening the School. The new science, ICT, performing arts and sports facilities at Townley Grammar School for Girls, Bexleyheath, is one of two in the running for Inspiring Design: Best Extension to a Secondary School. The practice itself is shorlisted for Best School Architect. For the full shortlist, click here. Ty Goddard, director of the BCSE, said: “This is the first awards programme to focus specifically on school buildings and related projects. The quality of entries led to some rigorous debate amongst the judges, and shows that investment in schools is producing fantastic projects which we can be proud of and all learn from.” Studio E is the only practice to have been shortlisted for more than 3 awards. The nominations are the latest in a long line of accolades for the practice’s educational work, including the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award for the City of London Academy (Southwark) in 2006. Studio E also has several key school projects currently in planning and nearing completion, including a primary and secondary in Inverclyde, Scotland, and an Academy and primary in Hackney, London. www.bcse.uk.net
The City of London Academy (Southwark) is currently featuring in an exhibition at the Building Centre, focusing on the future of design for educational facilities. The Academy features alongside projects including the Academy of St Francis of Assisi and Lavender Sure Start and Children’s Centre. London’s Learning runs from 1 November 2007 until 5 January 2008.
The RIBA publication Sustainable Architecture was launched last night at an event at Davis Langdon’s London office. The book, edited by David Turrent, showcases a range of sustainable building projects throughout the UK. Studio E’s David Lloyd Jones wrote the chapter on Public Buildings; Burgess Park Community Sports Centre and Beaufort Court Zero Emissions Building are both featured in the publication. RIBA President Sunand Prasad spoke at the presentation.
Burgess Park Community Sports Centre last night won the Green Construction Small Green Project of the Year Award. This follows on from the RICS London Region Award for Sustainability, presented in May. The project has since gone on to be shortlisted for the RICS National Award for Sustainability.
Two Studio E projects were open to the public this year as part of the Open House scheme. Visitors were shown around the new performing arts, science and sports facilities at Townley Grammar School for Girls by students from the Bexleyheath school, whilst closer to home in Hammersmith over 200 people toured Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School; the school had been part of the Open Site programme in 2006 whilst still under construction, and students had been involved in Junior Open House in 2005.
On his last day as Prime Minister, Tony Blair visited Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School with Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The pair had been discussing issues of sustainability at an earlier press conference. Governor Schwarzenegger, impressed by the primary school's eco-friendly design, said: “This is wonderful. I will take some brochures away with me to California to show them to our legislators.”
The Sorrell Foundation today visited Studio E’s offices in Hammersmith, West London. Students and teachers attended a workshop to design the atrium space for a new Studio E-designed Academy in Hackney. Pupils from Studio E’s first Academy in Southwark, completed in 2005, shared their views and experiences with students who will be attending the new City of London KPMG Academy, along with those from Berger Primary School and other feeder schools. Students had the opportunity to speak with architects and tour the office, which sits on the bank of the Thames. The collaboration will continue throughout the design and construction of the Academy; this is the first time the Foundation has run the scheme from the earliest design stages. Working with the Sorrell Foundation is the latest collaborative event in Studio E’s long history of working with pupils to make the design process of their new educational facility an integral part of the school’s curriculum.
Larmenier and Sacred Heart Primary School has won a National Silver Green Apple Award for sustainable new-build educational / public buildings. The award is the latest in a series of Green Apple wins for Studio E projects. Last year, Burgess Park Community Sports Centre won the National Gold Award for community projects. Beaufort Court Zero Emissions Building and Grange Park Opera House are previous winners.
