Europan 10 Launched

January 20th, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)

The Europan 10 competition launched yesterday, with 62 sites across 19 countries – significantly down on the 73 sites that took part in Europan 9. The UK is a noticeable absentee from this year’s competition, following CABE’s failure to identify any viable sites.
RCKa were quoted in this week’s Architects’ Journal, offering advice to UK teams [...]

NaSBA Press Launch: Self Build as a volume housing solution

January 12th, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)

This morning RCKa attended the launch of NaSBA’s (National Self Build Association) publication “Self Build as a volume housing solution” which pinpoints a number of ways in which Self Build should be encouraged by central and local government as a way to alleviate the housing crisis through the current economic climate.
The report identifies that, despite [...]

Highgate extension Kitchen completed

January 12th, 2009 by Tim Riley (timriley)

The house extension in Highgate is nearing completion and the bespoke kitchen is now installed complete with Ruby Terrazzo worktops, matching glass splashbacks and handle free doors.