Detailed planning consent has been awarded by the Vale of White Horse District Council for our new building comprising a variety of academic and pastoral facilities in the heart of Radley College, Oxfordshire. The £5.3 million scheme will present a significant milestone for the School, now in its 165th year, providing much needed space for its expanded teaching and social facilities. The new 2,100 sq m development will include: the Sewell Gallery – a space to accompany Radley’s renowned art department, new centralised teaching spaces for the history and politics department, a formal entrance for the design and technology department, and a social space suitable for parent rendezvous, where the students can relax outside of the confines of their boarding houses.

Planning consent has been given by Winchester City Council for a new library and teaching building at the University of Winchester’s King Alfred Campus. This is the fifth project Design Engine has worked on with the university and will be completed in time for the commencement of the 2012 academic year.

Working with engineers Parsons Brinckerhoff, Design Engine has won the British Construction Industry (BCI) Local Authority Award for Redhayes Bridge across the M5 in Exeter. It was also a finalist in the ‘Small Civic Engineering Award’ and “Regeneration Award’ categories. The £3.75m foot bridge was built by Carillion for Devon County Council and reinstates a former public right of way on an existing east-west route that was lost when the M5 was built in the mid-1970s. The alignment of the bridge is designed to connect separated sections of both the National Cycle Network and the Exeter Walking Map on opposite sides of the motorway, linking the proposed Exeter Science Park to a radial route to Exeter’s City Centre.

The new ‘Fletcherites’ dining hall was completed on time and budget for the new 2011-12 academic year. Designed by Design Engine and built by Total Construction, the £1.1 million scheme involves a new 2150 sqm extension to Richard Gilbert-Scott’s seminal dining halls, as well as the refurbishment of existing kitchens and back-of-house areas. This is one of a series of projects Design Engine are designing for the School, which celebrates its 400th anniversary this year.

Site works are ongoing at the Headington campus, with below ground works nearing completion. More information on the project and live progress of the construction via webcam can be viewed here.

Construction continues apace on Design Engine’s 2150 sqft extension to the seminal 1970’s ‘New House’ Dining Hall at Charterhouse by Richard Gilbert-Scott. The project will be complete in readiness for the start of the 2011-12 academic year.

Design Engine have completed the remodelling of the main reception of the Old Building, off Houghton Street, WC2. This is the main entrance foyer to the LSE and its famous Theatre, which was in need of a major transformation to meet current security, access and wayfinding improvements. The project, which was won in competition, includes a new green room for the theatre, toilets, reception and split-level waiting areas. Central to the scheme are glass cabinets, which clad the existing walls, offering information, signage and inspirational extracts from luminaries’ speeches given from the theatre.

Construction work is underway on the 2150 sqft extension to the seminal 1970’s ‘New House’ Dining Hall at Charterhouse by Richard Gilbert-Scott. The £600,000 extension is part of a £1.1m remodelling project, which accommodates a new dining hall for day boys in ‘Fletcherites’ House. The new facility will be opened for the new 2011-12 academic year. This is one of three commissions for Charterhouse; the others being a new Chemistry faculty and an extension to the Queen’s Sports Centre. Our involvement with the School began with a successful invited design competition in 2010.

Construction work on the new 8300 sqm Les Beaucamps High School has commenced, adjacent to the existing school site. Piling is underway and the building will begin to take shape with the arrival of the steel frame in April this year. The project will be completed for the start of the 2012-13 academic year and, once complete, the old school will make way for sports pitches and car parking. Design Engine are lead designer; being responsible for the campus masterplan, architecture and interior design.