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CVs Selected Housing Projects
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Whitehall Museum Russettings Registry Office
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Hornsey Library Enchancement
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John Lyons School
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Introduction
Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture are an award winning architectural practice with a rich body of work over a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise in Masterplanning, Housing, Education, Healthcare, Community, Arts and Conservation projects. We are a progressive and contemporary community of architects that focuses on sustainable, practical and delightful designs through a creative dialogue with our clients, consultants, contractors and communities. We translate aspirations into appropriate, innovative and joyful buildings through integrated, context-specific design. Our experienced team create an individual solution for each project, large or small, and continuous attention to detail ensures the highest quality at each work stage. We welcome new challenges and apply our collective knowledge from completed projects to new situations. Our hard-working buildings are a pleasure to live in, work at, or visit and ensure maximum quality and value. We listen to you, and act on what we hear.
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Practice Profile
Wayne Head, BA (Hons) Dip Arch (Lond) RIBA (CA), Director Wayne became a CLTH Director after 15 years as a director of a major UK architectural practice. He brings 20 years of experience in award winning projects for residential, schools, further and higher education, healthcare and community buildings. Wayne is an RIBA Client Advisor, member of the national Civic Trust Awards panel and member of planning design review panels.
Sarah Curl, Bsc (Hons) Dip Arch (Lond) RIBA (CA), Director Sarah is the Director in charge of education projects and practice management. She has over 25 years’ experience in the design and construction of award winning schools from early years to colleges. Sarah is an RIBA Client Adviser and is an active participant in education initiatives including Open City Education Forum and the Education Construction Network.
Dean la Tourelle, BArch MArch RIBA (Penn), Senior Consultant With his wide experience in market and affordable housing, community architecture and project masterplanning, Dean joined Sarah Curl to form Curl la Tourelle Architects. He also draws on many years’ experience as a design teacher and researcher. Dean is contributing to the success of the new practice.
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Lesley Turner, BA (Hons) Dip Arch, RIBA, Senior Architect Lesley has more than 25 years of experience in developing technical and construction information for schools, hospitals, affordable housing, retail and leisure projects. She previously worked on bespoke residential projects and competition winning sheltered housing scheme Barnet Lane Elstree. Her recent experience includes the Kingsland and Wharves Scheme in Hackney and the town centre scheme in Wrexham.
Andy Lloyd, BA (Hons) Dip Arch, Dip PP RIBA, Senior Associate Since joining CLTH in 2004, Andrew has managed our large multiple schools projects with London borough frameworks and has led on various community projects. His ability is shown in the 3 Brent Schools Expansion projects built in multiple phases with off-site construction.
Rashad Al-Karooni, BA(Hons), MArch RIBA, Architect Before joining CLTH, Rashad worked in a number of practices and has been involved in a number of high profile schemes in a variety of sectors including housing, leisure and education. Rashad is currently working on a 2FE school and assisting on a significant listed library remodel where he is responsible for design teams and consultants coordination.
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Whitehall Museum London Borough of Sutton Whitehall Museum is a £1.1m Heritage Lottery funded project, conserving a Grade II* listed Tudor building whilst transforming it with sensitive insertions to create a modern interpretive museum environment. Curl la Tourelle Head’s brief was to facilitate access and attract more visitors to this small, local museum, which, although being a much-loved local landmark, was struggling to attract visitors in the numbers it deserved.
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The original manor house was built in the 1500’s, and its original Tudor structure altered and extended over time, with additions from Stuart, Elizabethan and Victorian eras. This “layering” created an interesting opportunity to observe construction techniques and domestic settings from various periods, but one which was only available to the few, due to the building’s inaccessible configuration and the use of much of the interior for non-display purposes, such as storage and even a disused flat. In a certain sense continuing the tradition of “layering”, our sensitive restoration revealed the best features from Whitehall’s history, whilst our new insertions added a new, 21st Century “layer”.
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Shortlisted for Architects Journal Retrofit Awards Cultural Buildings - Museums and Galleries
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The original manor house was built in the 1500’s, and its original Tudor structure altered and extended over time, with additions from Stuart, Elizabethan and Victorian eras. This “layering” created an interesting opportunity to observe construction techniques and domestic settings from various periods, but one which was only available to the few, due to the building’s inaccessible configuration and the use of much of the interior for non-display purposes, such as storage and even a disused flat. In a certain sense continuing the tradition of “layering”, our sensitive restoration revealed the best features form Whitehall’s history, whilst our new insertions added a new, 21st Century “layer”.
At Work - Specialist Renovations
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Pre-renovation Internal Condition Conservation Information Pack 2018
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Pre-renovation External Condition 12
Through the careful reconfiguring of the existing spaces and the insertion of sensitive interventions and extensions, the museum now has around 70% of its interior accessible to wheelchair users, together with its traditionally landscaped garden. Ramps provide opportunities for interpretive displays, and two extensions house the museum shop, lift and accessible bathrooms. Designed collectively with the client and volunteers who run the building, the museum now features a series of functional and dynamic gallery, café and exhibition spaces, disabled access, a lift, kitchen, and landscaped gardens. The visitors’ experience has been transformed with two new extensions. To the south, a single-storey structure with new access point, large window, and accessible toilets provides a dedicated space for temporary exhibitions and events. A raised floor provides disabled access and a new skylight floods the space with plenty of natural north light. A large “shop window” offers an enticing view of the museum’s offer to passers-by, and welcomes visitors in.
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The success of the renovation has “been very well received” providing “sustainable facilities, offering an enhanced, relevant and community focused service to the public, and a renewed cultural asset for the Borough.”
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Street Frontage of Whitehall Museum Conservation Information Pack 2018
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Street View - Museum In Context 16
Whitehall Wall Detail
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Internal View of Refurbished Exhibition 18
A second extension is a two-storey lift and stair tower providing, for the first time, disabled access to the first floor. The new stairs also safely facilitate the client’s expectations of increased footfall, from 7,000 to 20,000 a year. Simple geometries and a single cladding material of black charred timber mark the additions as subservient to the main museum, but they also act as a frame, drawing focus to the contrasting irregular and white original building. As well as improving access, sensitively inserted ramps and circulation routes provide opportunities for interpretive displays. A new decked area from the cafÊ affords visitors greater access to and visibility of the landscaped garden, including its restored 14th century well.
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Internal View of Exhibition
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The historic fabric did not lend itself to wholesale environmental improvements. However, sensitive alterations have been made to building services where there we could demonstrate significant benefit in use. For example, switching to LED lighting has reduced yearly carbon emissions from five tonnes to less than one tonne, with a goal of reducing even further thanks to retroactive additions like removable secondary glazing, new electric heater panels, and a central control system. Our client, Sutton Council, had asked for a design to “preserve and enhance Whitehall”, ensuring the building is “in good condition and has a sound management and business plan”. In response to this, two key ideas were formed; Functionality and Visibility. The building’s visual presence in the community is paramount, acting as emblem and cultural centre of the village. This project has certainly resulted in greatly improved functionality, but an additional benefit has been to the museum’s visual presence as an emblematic, cultural centre to Cheam village, acquiring a new relevance in its setting. Internal View of Exhibition
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Garden View - Whitehall Museum 22
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Russettings Registry Office London Borough of Sutton
Garden Entrance to Russettings Registry Office
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External Details - Window and Tiles Conservation Information Pack 2018
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Details of Existing Registry Office
Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture were commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton (LBS) to carry out a proposal for the extension of the LBS Registry Office to its current premises at Russettings, 25 Worcester Road, Sutton. The office is placed in a large late Victorian / Edwardian Villa built in 1885. In 1899 it was owned by Thomas Wall, manufacturer and local benefactor. The registrar’s office has been in this building since 1953. The current premises occupy the ground floor and one office (Superintendent Registrar’s) in the first floor. The remaining first floor accommodation is intended for part of LBS Education Services. The site is provided with car parking, a landscape garden area to the rear and separate entrances for the ceremony and registration functions. The proposal would incorporate; an extension for a larger new ceremony room, new rear landscaping works to the new extension and existing access, some internals alterations to improve the building layout, efficacy and accessibility.
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Site Visit - Steel Frame
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Site Visit - External Tiling
Site Visit - Brick Match
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Site Visit - New Steel Structure Retaining Existing Roof
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Internal Perforated Material Finish
New Registry Office in Leafy Context
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Window Frame Details
Finished Detail - External Tiling
Rear Garden View of Russettings
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View from Garden to Russettings Entrance 32
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Hornsey Library London Borough of Haringey
Render of Soft Seating Reading Zone 34
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Internal Render of Main Library Hall
Street Elevation of Library In Context 36
Built to replace a library from 1899 which could not hold enough books, Hornsey Library was completed in April 1965 to the delight of the local librarians. It is a building that appealed to critics from the library profession, simply because of the “close co-operation at all stages between a librarian who believes that his job is to get books to readers, and an architect who can appreciate the complexities of that simple sounding demand� (Library Association Record, April 1965). Curl la Tourelle Head continue this tradition of collaboration with the librarians, refreshing the building and its imparting sense of energy to preserve this Grade II listed building for generations to come.
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Finishes Study - Plan and Elevation 38
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John Lyons School London Borough of Harrow John Lyon School is an independent secondary school for boys aged eleven to eighteen. The existing school buildings have developed iteratively over a long period of time and are now at maximum capacity. We are developing a new education wing to allow a wide spectrum of teaching facilities with larger group spaces to accommodate flexible learning and a modern curriculum. The new wing is located on a hillside site within a glorious parkland setting with mature trees and open vistas. The building is set low down the hill to allow a phased development and gently curves in response to the setting, picking up on the centre point of the adjacent cricket pitch.
Sketch of New Oldfield In Site 40
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Exploded Axonometric of Proposed New Oldfield 42
Axonometric of Proposed Scheme
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Harrow School Cricket Pavilion
John Lyon School, Lyon Building
Comparable Sections With Historical Context 44
John Lyon School Red House
John Lyon New Oldfield House
Harrow School
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