St Hilda’s Oxford

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55 Leroy Street

Oxford North

Best-in-class laboratory building for life sciences

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Mayor of London visits Three Mills Studios

Sustainability

Gateway West achieves a BREEAM rating of Outstanding

Announcements

Sela-Jaymes Taylor shortlisted for The MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice

Awards

St Catharine’s College Cambridge shortlisted for RIBA East Awards 2024

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Gort Scott Selected for Mayor’s Architecture + Urbanism Framework

Three Mills Studios

New creative spaces for iconic TV and film production studios in East London

Waltham Forest Town Hall & Assembly Hall

Flexible working and event spaces for Waltham Forest’s listed Town Hall and Assembly Hall

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A First Look at Bridge Avenue Mansions Retrofit

St Hilda’s Oxford

Transformative front of house development for St Hilda’s Oxford riverside site

The Rock

A private residence perched upon a rocky outcrop in Whistler

View of dense tall trees and elevation of the house arranged around a rocky outcrop.

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Integrated Technology Action Group

51 Hills Road

The greenest office in Cambridge

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Planning consent granted for City of London retrofit scheme

Gainsford Road

Affordable starter homes on a site with an Arts and Crafts legacy

Looking up at the building frontage from the footway.

Studio

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Commitment to the Environment

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Values-Driven Working

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News

Highlighting female-centred architecture during Women’s History Month

The recognition of women’s contributions to architecture as a craft, a profession, an industry has evolved fast in the last 50 years but there’s a long way to go.

For Women’s History Month the Gort Scott team have developed a mapping project, inspired by ‘Women’s Work: London’ the excellent feminist mapping initiative by Part W. The campaign - launched in 2022 - sought to address the huge gap in how projects by women are so often missed off digital and printed maps and in archives.

Part W’s beautifully drawn and annotated map is displayed in our Bermondsey office this month, and each member of the Gort Scott team has nominated 1 female-centered project to build on the existing map. ‘Women’s Work: London’ highlights built projects in Greater London where a woman or women have played a pivotal role in its design development, conservation, commissioning or construction.

The map seeks to proactively celebrate the intersectional work of those who self-identify as women from all backgrounds. These women could be architects, engineers, place-makers, designers, commissioners, conservationists, landscape architects, activists, community groups, citizens, etc.

The Gort Scott team presented their nominations during a PechaKucha-style event in the office.

Thank you to Part W – the map has served as a perfect catalyst for new research and conversations during Women’s History Month!

View Part W’s project ‘Women’s Work: London’ here.

Gort Scott attends the opening ceremony for Forest Road 100% affordable housing project

Today we celebrated the completion of Forest Road, with an opening ceremony hosted by Pocket Living and Legendre UK. The Deputy Mayor for London Housing, Tom Copley and Leader of Waltham Forest, Cllr Grace Williams also joined the speeches, which took place with panoramic views of Walthamstow, from the Forest Road roof terrace.

Located in the heart of Walthamstow E17, Forest Road will deliver 90 one-bedroom discounted homes for local first time buyers. The new Pocket Living homes are on a prominent site opposite Lloyd Park and the William Morris Gallery — the Grade II* listed former home of the Arts and Crafts activist.

We’re looking forward to sharing professional photography of the project very soon.

RIBA Future Architects Mentoring Site Visit

Last week Gort Scott organised a walking tour of several projects for the RIBA Future Mentoring students in Waltham Forest, London. The tour covered the projects Central Parade (Phase 1 and Phase 2), Fellowship Square, Waltham Forest Town Hall and two Pocket Living projects: Forest Road and Gainsford Road.

Gort Scott has built up an intimate understanding of Waltham Forest, having been involved in many aspects of the Borough’s development since 2009, beginning with the Blackhorse Lane Area Action Plan and continuing with major regeneration of the Town Hall Campus. The Pocket Living scheme at Gainsford Road was shortlisted for an AJ Award (Housing) and Waltham Forest Design Award in 2021.

Sela-Jaymes Taylor shortlisted for The MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice

Congratulations to Sela-Jaymes Taylor, shortlisted for The MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice!

Sela is nominated for her work on Three Mills Studios. An experienced architect and conservation specialist, Sela joined Gort Scott as Associate in 2021. She also leads our Heritage and Retrofit Knowledge Group.

The W Awards, run in association with the Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal celebrate exemplary work by women and non-binary people, as well as research in the fields of gender and architecture. Read about the four shortlisted architects and their projects via Architects’ Journal.

Sela is pictured here in the Gin Still at Three Mills Studios.

Many architects, through their work, create art and alter environments. A few, like Gort Scott, transform lives.

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