The Thames Christian School and Battersea Chapel project in South London underscores Henley Halebrown’s continued interest in exploring buildings that create both small spaces for people to interact and a concentric focal space to which we can gravitate intuitively and, by implication, recede from.
Project name
Thames Christian School & Battersea Chapel
Architecture firm
Henley Halebrown
Location
London, United Kingdom
Photography
Nick Kane, David Grandorge
Principal architect
Noel Cash, Jack Hawthorne (Henley Halebrown)
Design team
Lea Daniel, Gavin Hale-Brown, Simon Henley, Craig Linnell, Michael Mee (Henley Halebrown)
Collaborators
Executive architect: HLM. Masterplanning: HTA. Services engineer: Desco. Cost consultant: Martin Arnold. Planning consultant: Montagu Evans. Acoustic engineer: AF Acoustics. Project manager: Taylor Wimpey. Building control: MLM
Structural engineer
Pell Frischman
Client
Winstanley & York Road LLP
Typology
Religious Architecture › Chapel, School
The Poppy Factory is located in Richmond alongside the River Thames in South West London. It is a charity founded between the World Wars focused on identifying employment for veterans and raising funds for families affected by war. Its premises in Richmond have evolved over the years and occupy a group of buildings including a 1930s Art Deco 3-stor...
Architecture firm
Henley Halebrown
Location
Richmond, London, UK
Principal architect
Elina Dueker
Design team
Gavin Hale-Brown, Simon Henley, Harry Insall-Reid, Michael Mee, Jennifer Pirie, Ami Skimming
Collaborators
Access consultant: David Bonnett Associate; Project management: RealPM Building control: Socotec Planning consultant: Gerald Eve Cost consultant: Alinea Exhibition design: Samantha Heywood with Amanda Shephard Exhibition design management: Alex Dunkley, Gardiner & Theobald Contract administration: Henley Halebrown
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
The Poppy Factory with Stanhope as Client strategic advisor
Typology
Industrial Architecture, Factory
