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26th Oct 2023

At the end of 2022, SWA were shortlisted as part of the VeloCity & Tibbalds wider design team in the international contest for a new 704-hectare garden community in Essex; Colchester Garden City. We loved working with the whole team and have written a short article reflecting on the collaboration process and the future initial thoughts on how to embed intergenerational and multi-generational housing strategies.

5th Oct 2023

Achieving Net Zero by 2030 – SWA’s Carbon Reduction Plan

SWA have published our first baseline Carbon Reduction Plan for 2023. SWA pledge to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2030, 20 years ahead of the government target. We are committed to continuous improvements in environmental performance, and we welcome the opportunity to demonstrate to the UK Government and to our clients our commitment to managing our own journey towards net zero by 2030.

23rd Aug 2023

Trent Basin – Collaborative Regeneration

SWA have been working with regeneration specialist Blueprint since 2016 on multiple phases of an exemplar new neighbourhood on a brownfield site adjacent to the River Trent in Nottingham. It is a project borne of collaboration and innovation, with a holistic approach to sustainability and community underpinning each decision.

11th Aug 2023

Delivering Social Value at The Highbury Roundhouse

As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2023, we hosted a panel discussion and tour of our recently completed project, the Highbury Roundhouse Youth and Community Centre. This was followed by career mentoring, offered to the young people who are members of the Youth club.

13th Apr 2023

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at SWA

It’s been over 4 years since we formalised our EDI Vision – here’s what we’ve been up to!

1st Nov 2022

On Value and Values

Architects face difficult times ahead. The pressures that confront us as architects and as citizens in society are connected, and will not be solved in the ways we have used in the past. In Sarah’s recent paper for the 2022 RIAS annual convention in Inverness, she reflected on the relationship between Value (the theme of the conference) and Values. She arrived at seven things that need to happen to make the value that architects are capable of bringing, into a reality.

25th Oct 2022

SWA Retrofit

Over the last few years we have worked on a number of retrofit projects with the building physicists at The QODA Net Zero Team, including the retrofit of our very own ‘Straw-bale house’ (9/10 Stock Orchard Street).

19th Aug 2022

Access to Architecture Internship 2022

An internship providing real-world experience of working in the architecture industry.

Written by Ismail Ahmed.

19th Jan 2022

Toby Carr

Toby Carr, our inspiring and valued former SWA team member, passed away on Monday 10^th January. Toby worked with SWA for over ten years and was a wonderful and supportive colleague and close friend to many of our team.

27th Oct 2021

SWA Research Grant: “but what does an accessible building look like?”

The outcome of SWA’s 2021 Research Grant, which explores the relationship that people with impairments have with the built environment, methods of engagement and what makes an accessible, inclusive space.

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