Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects
DSDHA is a London-based architecture, urban design and spatial research studio.
| DSDHA | |
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| Practice information | |
| Key architects | Deborah Saunt, David Hills |
| Location | London |
Practice
DSDHA (Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects) was established by Deborah Saunt and David Hills.[1] Tom Greenall and Martin Pearon were made Directors in 2021. The practice has a variety of projects including arts & culture, education, housing, urban & landscape and workplaces. The studio has been awarded 19 RIBA Awards to date, been shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize,[2] and has twice been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.[3]
Selected Projects
Education
- Christ's College, Guildford - shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2010[4] and nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe Award[5]
- St Anne’s SureStart Centre in Colchester - nominated for the EU Mies Van der Rohe Award[6] in 2009
Arts & Culture
- Refurbishment of the Islington home of the National Youth Theatre[7]
Workplaces
- Studio-gallery for artist Edmund de Waal in West Norwood[8]
- Studio and workshop for British jewellery designer Alex Monroe in Bermondsey[9]
- Flat-iron building for Bosideng on South Molton Street[10]
Residential
- A residential block for the Riverside development on the Greenwich Peninsula[11]
- The residential building Vesta House for the Olympic Village,[12] designed for athletes and then converted to affordable housing
- Abell & Cleland in Westminster, which won the Best New Place to Live at the London Planning Awards and the London Evening Standard New Homes Award[13]
- Corner House in Fitzrovia for Derwent London,[14] which won a New London Architecture Award
- Suffolk House for Derwent London, which won the National Housing Award for best small development[15] and a Housing Innovation Award[16]
Urban design and landscape
- Framework for Camden’s West End project to revitalise Tottenham Court Road[17]
- Redesign of the public realm around the Royal Albert Hall[18]
- A new park for the City of London above Liverpool Street Station[19]
- Strategy for the British Library’s public realm
- The creation of the Cundy Street Quarter, a new 2.4-acre mixed-tenure neighbourhood between Pimlico, Chelsea and Victoria in Westminster[20]
- Urban scale work includes the regeneration of a 600-home estate for the London Borough of Southwark
- Landscape-led masterplan of Central Somers Town for Camden[21]
- Refurbishment of the Economist Plaza in London, designed by Alison and Peter Smithson[22]
Research and Teaching
DSDHA carries out funded research into critical urban issues,[23] such as cultural infrastructure[24] and the future of London’s urban mobility, as well as embedding a strong element of research into all its projects.[25]
The studio has twice been awarded the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851’s Research Fellowship in the Building Environment to research the public realm of Albertopolis[26] and active travel in London.[27]
Members of the practice are or have been teaching at the London School of Architecture, the Royal College of Art, the University of Navarra, and Yale School of Architecture.[28]
References
- ↑ "The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2017 - Visualisers: Architects". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ↑ "RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist 2010". Dezeen. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "EUMiesAward". www.miesarch.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "How can a building alter behaviour?". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ Jessel, Ella (2020-02-04). "DSDHA's expansion of National Youth Theatre approved". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ Kucharek, Jan-Carlos. "Edmund de Waal studio, London". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "Alex Monroe Workshop, Tower Bridge". RIBA Journal. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ↑ "Mayfair flatiron: South Molton Street by DSDHA". The Architects’ Journal. 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ Pearman, Hugh. "Free spirits". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ Pearman, Hugh. "Free spirits". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2017: high-tech designs, luxe interiors and eco-friendly features scoop top prizes".
- ↑ "Corner House by DSDHA". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "SUFFOLK HOUSE WINS BEST SMALL DEVELOPMENT AT THE NATIONAL HOUSING AWARDS!".
- ↑ "Awards".
- ↑ "DSDHA draws up plans to transform Tottenham Court Road". The Architects’ Journal. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "Her Majesty The Queen officially opens the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps at the Royal Albert Hall". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "The City Of London Is Getting This Brand New Public Park". Londonist. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ Hill, Dave (2019-07-16). "Creating Cundy Street Quarter: Deborah Saunt, spatial strategist". OnLondon. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "Adam Khan, DSDHA and Duggan Morris scoop £40m Somers Town overhaul". The Architects’ Journal. 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ Stathaki, Ellie (7 June 2018). "The Smithsons' Economist Plaza renovation by DSDHA is revealed". Wallpaper. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ Turnbull, Jessie. "The business of research". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "The London Salon: Cultural Infrastructure". The London School of Architecture. 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "Research". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ↑ "Re-imagining Albertopolis". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ↑ "The Beautiful Everyday Journey". royalcommission1851. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "Deborah Saunt". Yale Architecture. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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