Studio Visits: Hawkins\Brown, Manchester

2018-01-30T11:46:00-05:00

For our most recent Studio Visit, we went to visit Hawkins\Brown in their Manchester office. Set up by Katie Tonkinson who previously worked in the London office for 13 years, 'Studio North', has been incredibly successful growingly rapidly to 28 staff members after only two years in the city.

We spoke to Sam Beddingfield, a Part II Architectural Assistant, to find out more about their favourite parts of the studio, what they're currently working on and buildings they most admire in Manchester.

New year, new you: how a few UK firms are switching up their game

2016-01-14T05:48:00-05:00

It's that time again – the fresh slate of a new year, the bloat of holidays past and the intent to make good on promises to oneself. Evolution through resolution. Before Christmas, I'd attended a talk organised by London’s Museum of Architecture entitled “Alternative Careers in Architecture,” with guest speakers Chris Romer-Lee, director and co-founder of Studio Octopi and Carl Turner of Carl Turner Architects. The event was a perfect opportunity for reflection on career progress, work-life management and future ambitions – the main points of which are served up here, in three parts.

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Studio Visits: Hawkins\Brown, Manchester

New year, new you: how a few UK firms are switching up their game