We are delighted to share that 458 Forest Road has won a RIBA London Award!

Delivered in collaboration with Pocket Living, this project provides 90 sustainable, high-quality homes for local first-time buyers in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Winning this award is a testament to the hard work of our entire team and our commitment to creating thoughtful, community-focused affordable housing.
 

Our heritage adaptation of the Grade II-listed Oxford Covered Market is featured in the latest issue of the RIBA Journal. The article, ‘Up Trading’, explores how historic shopping centres and markets can be upgraded without losing their soul.

The article highlights our extensive work in this sector as consultant lead for the Greater London Authority’s Tomorrow’s Markets 2.0 programme, which builds resilience in London’s street markets. We are currently delivering the £8 million regeneration of Oxford Covered Market for Oxford City Council. The project will secure the long-term future of one of the city’s most important public places. The 250-year-old market continues to play a vital role in the daily life, identity and economy of the city.

Lead Architect for the Oxford Covered Market project, Susie Hyden, is quoted in the article on the challenges and opportunities of working in this sector: “We love [markets], but it takes time, and talking to lots of people, to really understand a place and its problems, and to get under the bonnet of how you can fix these in a holistic and cost-effective way. That’s challenging.” She adds: “They are highly political — a lightning rod for everyone’s thoughts and desires. It takes commitment on the part of your client and yourself to keep it going and be adaptable.”

Extensive public and trader engagement has been undertaken, alongside consultation with stakeholders and heritage consultees. Our work the original masterplan established the brief and key ambitions for the project, ensuring that the proposals were grounded in what traders, residents and visitors wanted and needed from the market.

Woolwich Town Centre has won a Pineapple Award in the Public Space category, recognising the wider team’s work for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, including our restoration of the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse.

The award formed part of a submission by LDA Design, who led the public realm work alongside Studio Weave and Gort Scott. Together, the project brings the restored Gatehouse, a new pavilion by Studio Weave, and generous new public space into a cohesive and playful whole.

The judges commented: “The project highlights the challenges and opportunities of retrofitting within an existing environment and for evolving needs. Consideration is given to future use and long-term resilience while retaining current uses. The scheme incorporates significant urban interventions in a child-friendly and accessible way. Material reuse is evident and the pavilion is well loved.”

Read more about how this renewed public space can bring people together, encourage inclusivity, and make a positive environmental impact to the wider place: Pineapples Awards 2026, The Festival of Place.

We’re delighted to present our office fit-out project for The Portman Estate at FOOTPRINT+ 2026. Joe Mac Mahon and Megan Thacker-Brooks will be joined on stage by Michael Jones, Project Director at The Portman Estate, and Jess Daly, Principal Consultant at Bioregional.

The Portman Estate head office: Heritage workspace transformation for people and planet
 
Wed 13 May 2026, 13:10-14:05
Interiors Focus Stage
FOOTPRINT+ Old Billingsgate, London

The Portman Estate’s relocation of its head office to One Great Cumberland Place presented an exciting opportunity to reimagine the workplace. The project aims to set a benchmark for sustainable commercial interiors across its 110-acre Marylebone estate.
 
The retrofit of the 8,400 sq ft office prioritises collaboration, wellbeing, and exemplary environmental performance while working within an existing base build. Sustainability informed every design decision including:

- low-carbon and high-recycled-content materials
- circular economy principles resulting in reuse of existing services, lighting, and finishes
- inventive reuse of salvaged materials
- specification of furniture to meet rigorous environmental, repair, and replacement criteria

Embodied carbon was measured and recorded to support The Portman Estate’s One Planet Action Plan, achieving carbon neutrality with minimal offsetting and setting a replicable benchmark for future workplace retrofits.
 
Speakers:
Joe Mac Mahon, Associate, Gort Scott
Megan Thacker-Brooks, Architect, Gort Scott
Michael Jones, Project Director, The Portman Estate
Jess Daly, Principal Consultant, Bioregional
 
With support from Aram