Dunelm House: One ruin too many

Research, News, Press

July 23, 2024/James

In late 2023, we finished a book about a campaign we worked on to save a local concrete masterpiece from demolition. The book includes essays from Martin Roberts, Alan Powers, Owen Hatherley, Sally Ann Norman and many others charting the history of the building from conception, to the charrette...

Work with us

News

May 4, 2022/James

Who are we: We are a small practice working across the fields of architecture, urban design and planning. We are looking for a graduate designer to join us and help grow our team for the long term and build their own expertise within the studio. The role is full-timeThe...

NORTH EAST COMMUNITY-LED HOUSING FESTIVAL 2020

News, Events, Housing

November 30, 2020/James

Later this week James will speaking to the north east community-led housing festival 2020. We will be presenting to the group on the theme ‘Designing for Tomorrow’ looking at how collective approaches to housing and small scale intervention based approaches can be used to develop community-focused housing strategies. The...

Best Buildings Britain

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October 13, 2020/James

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Harper Perry longlisted in International competition for future vision of ICI Headquarters

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June 24, 2020/James

Harper Perry has been longlisted for the International Compeition to frame a future vision for a former Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Headquarters site at Heath Park, Runcorn, Cheshire. The RIBA competition named the eight second-stage teams in the contest to transform a 24ha business park in Runcorn into a...

Housing Design Guide Published

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February 3, 2020/James

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Waterline Summit

News

November 8, 2019/James

Harper Perry have been invited to present their work in Hull at the Waterline Summit, a event focused on decarbonisation and resilience with water. The event has been organised by Marketing Humber and Yorkshire Water to talk about transformational projects in the region. The conference aims to share ideas...

‘Living with Water’ resilient housing competition win in Hull

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July 22, 2019/James

We are really pleased to announce that we have been awarded first prize in Kingston upon Hull’s ‘Living with Water’ housing competition. Focusing on two site Humber Quays West (1.7 ha) and Hull Arena (1.5 ha) alongside and nearby the Humber, our proposal proposes a radical solution to deliver...

Creativity Studio nears completion

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July 22, 2019/James

Work has neared completion on our new Creativity Studio / Making Studio for the International Centre for Life. The new facilities support hands-on making activities – covering everything from sewing and soldering, to cardboard construction and coding. The project represents a intense year long project for the International Centre...

Housing, density and the Neoliberal Agenda

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July 22, 2019/James

Claire has published this quarters issue of FOOTPRINT, Delft University Architecture Theory Journal on the subject Density: Objective Measure or Critical Tool of the Neoliberal Agenda in new housing? You can read the journal free here on the FOOTPRINT website. The publication follows Claire’s doctoral thesis on Compaction, Scale...