RCKa Shortlisted for Preston International Design Competition

November 19th, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)

We’ve been shortlisted for our entry in the Gateway Goes for Guild international design competition. Four teams have made it through to the final round from 74 submissions.

Our proposal provides a range of house types, including eight four-bed, four three-bed houses and two bungalows on a tight urban site close to a sensitive conservation area. [...]

Tim Riley appointed as Design Quality Enabler for major Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder region

July 3rd, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)

Tim Riley, Director of RCKa, has been appointed as a Design Quality Enabler for the Transform South Yorkshire (www.transformsouthyorkshire.org.uk) HMR partnership.
TSY is the sub-regional housing and regeneration partnership for the South Yorkshire region. The organisation is spending around £250m on residential regeneration across Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield.
Crucially, TSY are placing good quality design at [...]

Europan 9 scheme featured in new CABE publication “Housing Market Renewal”

August 8th, 2008 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)

CABE have published a new report “Housing market renewal: Action plan for delivering successful places” which features RCKa’s competition-winning proposal for Stoke-on-Trent.
The publication is available from CABE’s website.