Nicholas Hare Architects
Nicholas Hare Architects is a UK architectural practice, with a portfolio of award-winning projects. These include schools, higher education, refurbishment, commercial projects and buildings for the arts. Founded by Nicholas Hare in 1977, the practice is now a limited liability partnership with over 50 employees. The office is based in an old book-binding factory in Barnsbury Square in Islington. Nicholas Hare Architects LLP is a member of the UK Green Building Council and achieves BREEAM Excellent rating for several of its completed buildings.
Notable buildings include
- UK Headquarters building for NOKIA in Farnborough for SEGRO
- Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington
- Brunei Gallery for the University of London
- Richard Doll Building for the University of Oxford
- Education & Simulation Centre for the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Student Services Centre for the University of Southampton
- Golden Lane Campus next to the Barbican
- Alison Richard Building on the Sidgwick Site at the University of Cambridge
- Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales
- Headquarters Complex in Farnborough for SEGRO
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists London
- Hawkshead Campus Gateway Building, Royal Veterinary College
- Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Birmingham
- Cornelius Vermuyden Arts College on Canvey Island
- Science Building for St Paul's School
- Research and Development building for NOKIA in Farnborough for SEGRO
- UK Headquarters building in Slough for O2.
- Production Workshop in Thurrock for the Royal Opera House
- Royal Courts building in Guernsey
Awards
The practice won the Prime Minister's 'Better Public Building' award for Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College in 2009. The same project was awarded the RIBA/ Learning and Skills Council Further Education Building Design Excellence Award. Nicholas Hare Architects have won Civic Trust Awards and commendations for several projects and was named Best School Architect at the British Council for School Environments Awards in 2009.
- 2012:
Royal Opera House Production Workshop, RIBA East Spirit of Ingenuity Award
Crown Woods College, RIBA London Regional Award
Crown Woods College, Civic Trust Awards Commendation
Alison Richard Building, Civic Trust Awards Commendation
- 2011:
High House Production Park Project of the Year and Regeneration & Conservation Award, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), South East Region 2011
Coleridge Primary School Winner, Civic Trust Awards
- 2009:
Park Hall School in Solihull Winner - Excellence in BSF: Best Design for a New School (also shortlisted in the Innovation in Sustainability Award), Partnership for Schools
O2 Headquarters building in Slough The Architecture Award Winner, International Property and Commercial Awards
Best School Architect, British Council for School Environments
Winner - Inspiring Design, British Council for School Environments - Golden Lane Campus
- 2007:
The Richard Doll Building, University of Oxford, RIBA Award
Student Services Centre, University of Southampton, RIBA Award
External links
News articles
- Sadlers Wells keeps listing but faces closure, Architects' Journal
- Golden Lane Campus by Nicholas Hare Architects
- Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College in ArchDaily
- At Guernsey’s new Royal Court complex, the majesty of the law is given a commanding hill-top position and a contemporary welcoming feel
- Concrete Quarterly, St Paul's School: "Best days of its life"
- Sustainability events at Nicholas Hare Architects' offices