Hollaway’s F51, the first multi-story skatepark, looks to build positive support for the local youth culture

2022-03-08T18:38:00-05:00

The homegrown regeneration of a once-neglected industrial area on the edge of Kent, England is underway after Hollaway Studio revealed plans for a dynamic new “layered” public skatepark called F51.

Billed as a full-tilt “adrenaline building,” the three-story structure includes a boxing gym and rock climbing wall in addition to the skateparks and was commissioned by the local Roger De Haan Charitable Trust to provide area youths with the “freedom and the opportunity to push both physical and mental boundaries within a safe space away from screens.”

Flow Floor. Image courtesy Matt Rowe © F51

Located in the heart of the seaside community’s Creative Quarter, Hollaway’s collaboration with renowned skatepark designers Maverick will replace an existing facility with a new tiered experience that allows users to utilize the space in a top-down way that increases in intensity as their skills and abilities build.

Bowl Floor. Image courtesy Matt Rowe © ...

Hollaway Studio unveils an elaborate new home for artist Mr Doodle

2021-09-13T15:05:00-04:00

A prominent English artist is getting some sweet new digs thanks to a newly-designed studio by Hollaway.

Mr Doodle has been lighting up the art market lately after coming out of relative obscurity in 2019. The 26-year-old’s public image is defined by his signature “spaghetti graffiti” outfits and an elaborate original myth wherein the artist has been working toward building a spaceship that will eventually transport him back to his native Doodeland after a long period of forced exile.

His new mission control will feature an expansion of the neo-Georgian home in which the artist currently resides. Encapsulating a “physical veil of doodles” laser-cut into the metal siding of the studio, the new space has a revealing corner entrance that resembles the lifting of a stage curtain, lounge, and storage area. Sawtoothed roof windows allow for natural light to be dissipated throughout the studio in a way that contours to Mr Doodle’s artistic process.

Image courtesy Hollaway Studio

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Hollaway’s F51, the first multi-story skatepark, looks to build positive support for the local youth culture

Hollaway Studio unveils an elaborate new home for artist Mr Doodle