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BuckleyGrayYeoman
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1997
FounderRichard Buckley, Fiammetta Gray and Matt Yeoman
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Websitebuckleygrayyeoman.com

BuckleyGrayYeoman is a British architectural firm based in the Shoreditch district of London, UK.

Background

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Since its establishment, the number of people employed by the practice has grown from three in 1997 to eighty five in 2016. BuckleyGrayYeoman has been based in the Tea Building in Shoreditch for the past 12 years.[1]

Projects

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Pure Aldgate

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Recently completed

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Recently completed projects include: The Buckley Building for Derwent London,[4] the refurbishment of a former BBC building named for Henry Wood, the founder of the BBC proms,[5] The Pure Aldgate Student Accommodation building (a 19-storey building),[3] The Passage (charity), London's largest voluntary sector day centre for the homeless,[6] new academic and sports buildings for Channing School and Forest School[7][8] and a number of Citadines Apart'Hotel in the UK and France.

The firm has designed premises in Frankfurt and Bangkok for the Fred Perry clothing company.[9][10]

Current projects

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Current projects include: a new art hub at Cromwell Place, South Kensington,[11] the commercial office buildings that form part of the regeneration of Bishopsgate GoodsYard in Shoreditch,[12] the revamp of a hundred metres of shop-front at the base of the Newport Sandringham building on Charing Cross Road and in Chinatown, London,[13] the renovation of a Victorian bonded warehouse building, converting it into office spaces for the Granada Studios redevelopment in Manchester.[14]

In January 2015 BuckleyGrayYeoman designed a refurbishment of the Wickhams Department Store in East London which included the removal of the façade of Spiegelhalter's jewellery shop, a well-known historic holdout building.[15] After a petition and a protest campaign with the backing of English Heritage, the Twentieth Century Society and the Victorian Society, the plans were revised to keep the Spiegelhalters façade in May 2015.[16] [17]

Other

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In 2015 the practice completed the refurbishment of the Grade II listed boarding houses at Roedean School in Sussex, originally built by John William Simpson[18]

Awards

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The Buckley Building

In 2015, a design for a Nando's restaurant in Loughton won the Best Fast/Casual category in the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards.[citation needed] In 2015 also, the practice won the WIN Awards for Roedean School,[19] the Retail Week Interior Award for Fred Perry in Covent Garden, the Mixology Awards for Henry Wood House.[20][21]

Events and exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ Waite, Richard (17 June 2015). "Buckley Gray Yeoman unveils more offices for Bishopsgate". Architects Journal. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "BuckleyGrayYeoman Completes 9 Henrietta Street for Fred Perry in Covent Garden". Dexigner. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b Hashish, Amira 'Designer digs: the new wave of luxury student accommodation', London Evening Standard, London, 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015
  4. ^ "The Evolving Symbiosis Between Architects & Developers in the UK". ArchDaily. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ^ Mark, Laura (21 March 2014). "BuckleyGrayYeoman wins planning to refurb ex-BBC building". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ^ Dunmall, Giovanna 'The Passage homelessness charity gets a BuckleyGrayYeoman redesign', Wallpaper magazine, 17 December 2015, London, . Retrieved 17 December 2015
  7. ^ "Buckley Gray Yeoman completes East London school addition". Architects' Journal. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Buckley Gray Yeoman completes £5.5m Highgate school extension". Architects' Journal. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ^ Banks, Tom (13 October 2015). "Fred Perry's new HQ "goes way beyond traditional workspace" – Design Week". Design Week. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Fred Perry Bangkok by BuckleyGrayYeoman". Dexigner. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  11. ^ Adam, Georgina "A new gallery district in London?", Financial Times, 2 March 2016, London. Retrieved 2 March 2016 (subscription required)
  12. ^ O'Caroll Lisa "Hackney mayor attacks Boris Johnson's intervention in skyscraper project" The Guardian, London, 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015
  13. ^ "Buckley Gray Yeoman wins go-ahead for Chinatown revamp". Architects' Journal. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Ian Simpson wins contest for Granada Studios overhaul". Architects' Journal. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  15. ^ Williams, Richard. "Resolution plans Whitechapel office refurb". Property Week. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  16. ^ Moore, Rowan ' When heaven was a drive-thru hamburger' The Guardian, London, 25 January 3015. Retrieved 25 January 2015
  17. ^ Parkinson, Justin,Spiegelhalter's: The ultimate symbol of holding out', BBCLondon, 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015
  18. ^ Blackwell, Georgina, ' The swankiest boarding school in the world'Tatler, London, 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015
  19. ^ Dunmall, Giovanna, 'A lesson in design' The Sunday Times, London, 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015 (subscription required)
  20. ^ "BuckleyGrayYeoman Completes Henry Wood House: An Interior Fit Out of Former BBC Offices". Dexigner. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  21. ^ Dawood, Sarah (December 2015). "Henry Wood House interiors, by BuckleyGrayYeoman". Design Week. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Rethinking Old Street roundabout'Icon Magazine, London, 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014
  23. ^ "Changing Perceptions". New London Architecture. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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