Annabel Brown Architects

Woodentops – ecohouse in the woods now occupied

annabelbrown — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:20:26 +0000

Alteration and extension to Listed townhouse nominated for Design Awards

annabelbrown — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:31:44 +0000

A simple extension and reconfiguration to an existing Listed townhouse integrates a small rear cottage into the main house.

Award in West Sussex

annabelbrown — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:34:51 +0000

Pickwell Barn described by the judges as ‘superb family home’.

Border post buildings for Virunga National Park, DRC

annabelbrown — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:50:52 +0000

We have just designed a simple building to be used at the Border Stations in Virunga National Park in the the Democratic Republic of Congo. The park is the home of the mountain gorilla.

We are donating our fee to pay for childrens school desks at Rumangabo school.

To find out more about this wonderful park go to http://gorillacd.org/

Broadstairs

annabelbrown — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:29:56 +0000

Gentle adaptation and extension to Arts and Crafts cottage in Broadstairs nearing completion. An unusual project for us in which we have considered more traditional materials and methods of construction.

Pickwell Barn wins Design Award

annabelbrown — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:50:49 +0000

Yippee -Pickwell Barn in Ansty has won a design award- we will not find out which one until the awards ceremony in West Sussex on 29th September 2011.

Developing the Treyarnon scheme

annabelbrown — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:44:29 +0000

Ansty barn shortlisted for West Sussex Design Awards and Broadstairs cottage nearing completion

annabelbrown — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:27:31 +0000

Ansty project has been shortlisted for the West Sussex design awards.

Careful refurbishment and alteration to Crow Hill in Broadstairs is nearly completion and has reinvigorated our love of brickwork.

Architects of the future

annabelbrown — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:33:37 +0000

We have run a design workshop with a group of 30 seven year olds at a primary school. Teams of 7 helped design houses for different climates and learnt about energy production from the sun and wind.

We hope to run a similar workshop through a school in DRC.

Young Explorer’s design event – great success

annabelbrown — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:51:46 +0000

CHELMSFORD YOUNG EXPLORERS DESIGN EVENT

Chelmsford Young Explorers design drop- in event took place on 21^st April 2011. A busy day in the Easter holidays at the High Chelmer Shopping Centre proved to be just the right time to tap into the creative talents of the young people of Chelmsford. The Explorer’s team took over a vacant shop unit for one day with the support of Mick McDonagh, manager of the centre.

We worked with the YMCA to create an idea shop and lounge space for young people to hang out for the day. We covered an 8m length of wall floor to ceiling in drawing paper and called this the ‘Idea Wall’. The YMCA set up a Wii and projector with beanbags at the rear of the shop unit. We had a table covered with liquorice allsorts, marshmallows, plasticine and matchsticks to construct a mini-city in the shop window.

We wanted young people to grab a pen and to draw or write their ideas for Chelmsford on the Idea Wall. The YMCA staff went out into the shopping centre and encouraged over 90 young people to draw on the wall and contribute their ideas for Changing Chelmsford. Ideas included a forest in the centre of town, a temporary beach, urban lounges in vacant retail units, skydiving and a music venue run by teenagers.

Roger Estop, Chelmsford Borough Council’s Planning Design Manager came to the shop to chat with some of the young people. Roger’s presence encouraged a member of the YMCA’s young carers’ group to discuss his idea for a sports facility on a derelict site near the railway station. Roger also returned to draw the numbers of the four winners of iTunes vouchers out the hat at the end of the day. Stephanie Mills, the project manager for Changing Chelmsford, helped and supported the process throughout, just as she had also done at the Explorer’s workshop in February.

We are in discussion with the RSA and Chelmsford Borough Council to see how these wonderful ideas can be exhibited and incorporated into the visioning process for Chelmsford. We are hugely grateful to Craig Gough at the YMCA for his support to this project.