C O N C E P T T H RO U G H TO C O M P L E T I O N
2020
Company profile
LONDON
JOHANNESBURG
Tintagel House,
280 Kent Avenue,
92 Albert Embankment,
Randburg 2194,
London SE1 7TP
South Africa
ldnhelp@sprunt.solutions
jbhelp@sprunt.solutions
Tel: +44 20 3948 1639
Tel: + 27 11 886 6934
www.sprunt.net
Sprunt are architects, masterplanners, urban designers and landscape architects with offices in London and Johannesburg. Our passion is to make a difference, demonstrated through our successful designs and our ability to create a sense of place. For over 30 years we have worked creatively with our clients to deliver innovative solutions, working across the whole spectrum from “blue sky� analysis right through to detailed design.
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Through organic growth, our company has enjoyed over 30 years experience designing and implementing projects in the UK and abroad, with an emphasis on Regeneration, Residential, Education, Health and Leisure developments.
CONCEPT TO COMPLETION
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RESIDENTIAL 10 LEISURE 12 EDUCATION 14 HEALTH 16 LANDSCAPE 18 COLLABORATION
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Southend Pier . Construction
Concept to completion Sprunt is known as a company that is both design-driven and client focused, with a passion for making a difference through great design effectively delivered. Underpinning everything we do are a set of core values: design excellence, sustainability, innovation and the highest level of client service. We believe that architecture and urban design is important to the success of communities and we strive to design buildings and their setting that meet the challenges of modern society, that positively support the lives of people and organisations, that help people come together in new ways and that endure and improve with age. To deliver this vision Sprunt has built a company with the skills and capacity to take projects through every stage from concept to completion with a team of urban designers, concept architects and architectural technologists skilled in delivering projects efficiently.
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Southend Pier . completion
We seek the best people and ask them to challenge the status quo, work to their full potential and create something better, fresher and more lasting. We never forget our people are our future and that knowledge, talent and initiative are our greatest assets. We are a highly diversified, multicultural organisation where the spirit of innovation is intensified through respect for individuals. Teamwork and training help us generate ideas, enthusiasm and dedication. This open learning culture sets us apart and helps us surpass expectations.
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In Residential We have vast experience working with Government organisations, Housing Associations, house builders and developers. We have designed for over 12,000 homes in urban environments and understand the opportunities and constraints associated with different types of residential projects. We are used to working at a range of different scales, from whole neighbourhoods to small residential projects.
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In Leisure We have successfully designed at home and abroad at every scale from hydro-therapy pools to masterplanning major leisure projects such as Kumbor in Montenegro. We were the architects for the refurbishment and extension of the Albany Theatre in Deptford, designed hotels in South Africa and Zambia and the new cultural centre at the end of Southend Pier, the longest pier in the world.
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In Education
In Health
We have worked at every scale from nurseries to higher education, with a particular expertise in designing for special needs. Successful projects include three City Learning centres, twelve primary, nursery and sure start projects and a series of projects at Tower Hamlets College, Westminster Kingsway College and City and Islington College.
We were the architects for one of the first UK LIFT programmes with Camden and Islington LIFT, designing a series of local health centres, while overseas we are delivering a programme of six general hospitals in Ghana and a similar programme in Zambia.
Star Warf   Private and affordable housing fronting the Regents Canal.
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From inception Sprunt has been committed to developing sustainable communities which will improve with age, making a positive contribution to the neighbourhood in which they are located. This approach not only ensures schemes work well over the long term for landlords and residents, but also ensures support from planners. We optimise the potential of sites through a detailed understanding of the planning process and thoughtful design based on many years experience of developing
schemes for sale and rent in the inner city. Sprunt has the skills and capacity to take projects from concept to completion with a team of urban designers, concept architects and design implementation teams, but just as importantly the team understand how to design sustainable communities.  
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Sprunt has designed over 12,000 homes in London and the South East, while in South Africa we are creating over 3,000 new homes.
St Edmund’s Terrace This scheme includes private and affordable housing on the western edge of Primrose Hill.
Academy Court Stonegrove - the gateway to the 1000 home community.
Lewisham Gateway Roof terrace to high rise housing development.
Clarens House Sprunt was commissioned to design one of the first new homes in the Clarens Mountain Estate, South Africa.
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We are the designers of such landmarks as the remodeled King’s Cross Estate and the new Monteith Estate in Tower Hamlets. We were the masterplanners and executive architects for the regeneration of the Stonegrove Estate in Barnet to create 937 homes with a new church and community centre and have recently completed two residential towers on a challenging site at Lewisham Gateway. In the U.K we have designed for over 12,000 homes in London and the South East, working closely with both public and private sector organisations while in South Africa we are actively involved in the regeneration of central Johannesburg where we are creating over 3,000 new homes as well as designing a number of bespoke houses.
Southend Pier, A cultural building,restaurant, outdoor display and performance space at the end of the pier.
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Working at every scale from hydrotherapy pools to masterplanning major leisure projects, Sprunt has a track record of successful leisure projects. With our integrated team of architects, landscape architects and masterplanners we have a particular skill in extracting the maximum value from leisure opportunities. This involves appreciating the topography and setting of sites but also the financial imperatives to create sustainable solutions, demonstrated in our masterplan for a large multi-facility leisure complex at Kumbor in Montenegro. An old naval base in a world heritage site, our masterplan was developed to maximise the opportunity for accommodation, recreation and commercial activities while retaining most of the
extensive and mature flora. Our Leisure projects include hotels in Zambia and South Africa, a new library in Islington, the refurbishment of the Albany theatre in Deptford, the Irish centre theatre in Hammersmith and a range of sports facilities linked to our new school projects. Particularly challenging was the New culture centre at the end of Southend Pier. In collaboration with Swedish architects White Arkitekter, this was designed to enhance the pier head with a new cultural centre, restaurant, outdoor display and performance space.
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End Street The regeneration of two street blocks in the gridded old quarter of Johannesburg Stonegrove Church and Community Centre, a multi-functioning community space and church with a cafe and nursery.
Deptford Albany Theatre,  Sprunt designed and managed the refurbishment of this purpose-built theatre-in-the-round.
Sideleski House New 600 bed student accommodation in End Street
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End street involves the regeneration of two street blocks in downtown Johannesburg centred around pedestrianizing the main street leading from Doorfontein station. A sweeping new staircase that links the station down three floors to street level, creating an vibrant leisure space in its own right is central to the scheme. And, with a blend of refurbished and new buildings, the project creates a new mixed use community of homes, bespoke student accommodation, retail and leisure facilities bringing new life back in to the heart of the city.
Parish Church School A state-of-the-art, sustainable structure for use by both the school and the community
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Working across all segments of the education sector, we have designed and delivered new primary schools and associated facilities at Colindale Primary School, New North Community School, Parish Church CE School and converted historic schools such as Primrose Hill. We have experience of working with Constructors to deliver fast track programmes such as Child’s Hill School for LB Barnet. Sprunt has particular expertise in working with schools to establish and deliver long term development plans through phased masterplans. We have a long history of working with residential
schools, carrying out accommodation strategies to guide future works and tailoring them to address specific issues within the school. For 12 years Sprunt provided LB Lambeth’s education team with project management, feasibility and design management for a £20m pa programme focused on the primary capital programme and delivery of new and extended primary schools which provided an invaluable insight into the needs of clients.
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Colindale School New three form entry school with extensive provision for special needs.
Harris Boys Academy Sprunt was the implementation Architect on this exciting new build, Harris Academy in East Dulwich, London.
Putney Green Mixed use scheme with a new primary school funded by 24 apartments.
New North Academy New North Academy is a unique design created by Sprunt at the heart of the local community in Islington.
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For special education needs we have designed for a range of challenges from behavioural disabilities to learning difficulties and children with visual impairment. Jack Tizard, Linden Lodge and New Woodlands are exemplar SEN projects we are very proud of. Our success in secondary education has grown from strength to strength. After completing an Academy in Bermondsey we have recently completed our second Harris Academy at East Dulwich and are designing a new 8- form entry secondary school in Enfield. Our further and higher education experience varies in size and complexity, including as part of the LSC Building Colleges for the Future programme, proposals for the redevelopment of Harrow College, a ÂŁ140m new build college project.
Zambia health initiative
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Sprunt has a detailed knowledge of healthcare with a track record of completed projects in primary care, polyclinics and acute care procured through a variety of routes including working with the NHS LIFT framework and directly with PCT’s. At a strategic level ,we have carried out masterplanning and accommodation strategies for organisations including Soho Women’s’ Hospital and Parkside hospital in Putney as well as providing strategic advice for, among others, East of England Strategic Health Authority and North Surrey PCT while in Africa
we are responsible for the delivery of six general hospitals in Ghana and have developed a generic design for health centres and hospitals in Zambia. We have also successfully completed a number of care and extra-care homes for the elderly, most recently at Century Court in Hackney which also designed to accommodate the needs for a group of elderly residents with learning difficulties.
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Epsom Foyer A mixed use project which provides accommodation and employment, office and conference spaces for youth service agencies.
Prospect Place Prospect Place Primary Care Centre was Sprunt’s third Primary Care facility in Islington under NHS LIFT
Hornsey Street Health Centre Hornsey Street Community Health Centre houses a range of Primary Care services
Century Court This extra care home was built to replace existing sheltered accommodation at Mount Pleasant Lane in Hackney.
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Many of our health projects in the UK have been combined with other uses to offer a wider provision to the local community. At Prospect Place in Islington, the scheme included ten transitional flats as well as accommodation for the GP practice while at Bingfield Street in Camden a multi-purpose community hall was include with the accommodation for two GP practices. Overseas, our work in Zambia and Ghana has been focused on provide the full spectrum of health needs where resources and utility service provision are limited and the climate is challenging.
Stonegrove and spur road - Mixed development with strong landscape design throughout.
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Landscape is an integral and important aspect of all our projects. While much of our landscape team’s work is focussed on designing the setting for our buildings a considerable body of their work has involved the regeneration of parks for modern living while respecting their historic heritage. And with much of our work being in the inner city with space at a premium the creative use of green roofs is a significant feature of many of our projects.
consistent framework for the variety of architectural styles employed in the rebuilding of the estate while in education, careful landscaping has made a significant contribution to the learning environment. For example, at Putney School the whole of the roof was designed for outdoor teaching and play while the surrounding areas was integrated into the adjacent common with meadow and natural planting.
At Stonegrove, extensive landscaping designed around a large number of existing trees provided a
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Located in the grounds of Lutyen’s house with an historic Gertrude Jeykill garden Sprunt designed the first residential building for visually impaired children. As a result of a workshop at the school to understand the variety of visual impairments the children had the historic landscaped was designed to guide them around the garden, providing an exciting and stimulating outdoor school environment.
John Leigh Park Sprunt won the RIBA’s international competition to design a new play area for 5 -14 year olds in John Leigh Park, Altrincham
New North Academy
At New North School our landscape team worked to make sure that the new school and housing scheme were integrated successfully into the local surroundings. To extend the outdoor space,the school’s roof was designed as an open deck for teaching and play while the adjacent public open space was landscaped into an ecological park. And for the elderly at Century Court on a tight site we designed landscape terraces at every level for residents to garden and enjoy.
Sprunt suggested and
designed a roof garden for supervised play, an idea welcomed by both the school and Islington Council.
Century Court This extra care home was built with communal lounges with terraces on each floor.
Central Park Sprunt worked with the London Borough of Newham and the Heritage Lottery Fund to reinvigorate this popular Victorian park in East Ham.
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Collaboration is at the heart of our business. Fundamental to the way we design is an open and collaborative relationship with our clients and stakeholders involving extensive, structured consultation. At the same time, we look for a deep, collaborative relationship with other members of the design team to achieve the most effective solutions.
CONSULTATION
Each of our projects is a bespoke combination of design ideas and the aspirations of the stakeholders. At the start of each project we prepare a consultation matrix that is designed and agreed with the client. We make sure stakeholders are part of the design process. Using mind- mapping tools we capture the wide range of ideas and views and distil them into a set of briefing objectives for agreement with the client. Because of the extensive work we have done in the fields of estate regeneration, special needs housing, health and education, we are used to dealing with diverse user groups, children and vulnerable people. We are sensitive to culture and gender and we take great care to ensure that our consultation is carried in a sensitive and appropriate way.
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Egham Masterplan for Egham town centre.
BIM
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle. Typically, it uses three-dimensional, real time dynamic building modeling software, in our case REVIT, to increase productivity in building design and construction. We’ve been working with BIM since 2004 and now execute all our major projects with the use of BIM as a tool for collaboration with other members of the design team and to achieve efficiency in design. Internally, it is used to develop and validate the design of our buildings and optimise the documentation of the project for construction. Externally, it is used to communicate and co-ordinate the design across all disciplines which in turn supports a smoother decision making process. On completion, the building model then provides our clients with a tool to support better, lower cost facilities management and building maintenance.
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Stonegrove church and community centre This building lies at the heart of the community amongst 937 new homes.
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We believe that developing enduring relationships with all our stakeholders, clients, residents, staff, partners and suppliers is its own reward. We understand our success is based on the trust we build with all our stakeholders. We listen to them, respect them and keep our promises.
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LONDON
JOHANNESBURG
Tintagel House,
280 Kent Avenue,
92 Albert Embankment,
Randburg 2194,
London SE1 7TP
South Africa
ldnhelp@sprunt.net
jbhelp@sprunt.net
Tel: +44 20 3948 1639
Tel: + 27 11 886 6934
www.sprunt.net