Nicholas Hare Architects

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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

Notable buildings include:

• Golden Lane Campus next to the Barbican
• Brunei Gallery for the University of London
• UK Headquarters building for Nokia in Farnborough for Segro
• Science Building & Drama Centre for St Paul's School, London
• Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Birmingham
• Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington
• 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
• The David Attenborough Building at the University of Cambridge
• 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
• Cornelius Vermuyden School on Canvey Island
• Research and Development building for NOKIA in Farnborough for Segro
• UK Headquarters building in Slough for O2.
• Production Workshop and new Costume Centre 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

• The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge Design & Construction Awards: Best Conservation Alteration or Extension Award & Engineering & Sustainability Project of the Year
• Royal Opera House, Costume Centre Thurrock Business Awards, Best Community Charity Award

2015

• St Paul's School Science Building, RIBA London Award
• Gloucester Academy, Commendation, Gloucester Civic Award
• Kettering Science Academy, Commendation, Civic Trust Awards

2014

• Bishop of Rochester Academy
  Highly Commended, AJ100 Value Excellence Award
• Woodlands School Winner - BIM Initiative of the Year, Heating & Ventilation Awards
• St Paul's School Science Building Highly Commended - Design Through Innovation, (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) RICS London Awards
• St Paul's School Science Building Winner, Civic Trust Awards
• Civic Trust Award
• Noel-Baker and St Martins School Derby Civic Society, Commendation (Top Prize)
• Noel-Baker and St Martins School Winner,
  RIBA
  East Midlands Award

2013

• Dormers Wells High School Winner, Ealing Civic Society Award
• Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Top 20 projects in the West Midlands, MADE20 Design Awards
• Nicholas Hare Architects Overall Winner, Open City Architecture in Schools Primary Awards
• Woodlands SchoolWinner (Building) BIM Project Application, British Construction Industry Awards
• Strood Academy Best New Build, Medway Culture & Design Award
• Alison Richard Building Commendation, Cambridge Design and Construction Awards

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 Institution 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

References

External links

• Official website

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