RCKa win Preston Housing Competition
January 20th, 2010 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve won the prestigious Gateway Goes for Guild housing competition.
Run by the RIBA Competitions Office for Community Gateway Association, the competition attracted 74 entries, and the shortlist of four was announced in November last year.
Our winning scheme, comprising 14 new houses on a tight urban site to the north-east of [...]
RCKa completes funding bid for new London Youth Venue
October 28th, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
RCKa have recently completed a funding bid for a new Youth Venue in London.
The proposal includes a range of exciting activities for young people as well as education, support and health services providing much-needed facilities to a deprived area of the city.
The scheme includes an external Multi-Use Games Area, skateboard park and climbing wall, as [...]
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 [...]
RCKa talk at Europan 9 Forum
June 1st, 2008 by Tim Riley (timriley)
Following workshops with award winning architects from throughout Europe, Tim Riley of RCKa presents ideas regarding ‘Identity’ concentrating on the regeneration of Monteporreiro.
Monteporreiro is a satellite town near Pontevedra, Galicia. Its local amenities are disparate and as such it does not have a centre compared to its more successful neighbour. Consequently, [...]