NEWS
Piano Works Site Progress
Our regeneration residential project: Piano Works, is well underway! Dominic and Julia have been visiting the Piano Works' site regularly to monitor progress and resolve technical queries. Between January and March all plots had emerged from the ground, and the timber...
12 Days of Christmas at MWK
On the first day of Christmas my client asked of me ... ...to remodel their office. On the second day of Christmas my client came to me ... ...and asked for a two classroom junior school extension. On the third day of Christmas my client asked of me ... ...to design a...
Piano Works starts on site
Architecture is far more than producing drawings, it is about making it happen. After 8 years in the planning, our urban regeneration scheme for Vicarage Road in Northampton has finally started on site with the arrival of the demolition contractors. Quite why it has...
Reducing the carbon footprint of an existing house
There will always be clients who are genuinely in front of the curve, who surprise us with their forward thinking. Whilst we are exploring different ways to use materials to produce energy efficient buildings, we need truly inspired clients to see those ideas...
Revisiting Milton Keynes Passive Houses 40 years on
Sometimes we need to step back to see how far we have come. Throughout the 1980s Milton Keynes Development Corporation championed many energy efficient housing initiatives culminating in the most widely published 1986 Energy World Exhibition site. Before this the...
Apption Labs Entrance Sculpture
Our amazing entrance feature for Apption Labs in Leicester.We have just refurbished a 1970s office building and we put this sculpture in the stairwell. It showcases the bamboo boxes that hold their products and with the help of tensioned stainless steel...
Passivhaus in the Winter
Passivhaus in the WinterIt’s cold outside, but inside Passivhaus homes it is nice and warm. Winter tends to be an expensive time of the year as the heating is cranked up. However, the Passivhaus standard can remedy this.With energy bills for a 3-bed house averaging...
Keyte Gardens is in the Spotlight
Keyte Gardens is in the spotlight! One year on the development has been featured in Local Authority Building & Maintenance. The Passivhaus development that was brought to fruition in collaboration with Warwickshire Rural Housing Association is helping residents...
A Round Up of 2019!
2019 has been a very exciting year, here at MWK! From being shortlisted in national awards to winning at the Northamptonshire Business Awards, 2019 has been extremely rewarding.This year we have taken on a number of new and interesting projects. We were appointed by...
RIBA Journal has featured our Assistant!
Our Architectural Assistant has been featured in the RIBA Journal! Earlier this year, our Architectural Assistant, Julia, along with her fellow University of Nottingham architecture students went to South Africa to transform the lives of a community in Limpopo. This...