MONK Article

November 2020

MONK, an art magazine who specifically look at exploring creativity, consciousness and spirituality, have done an in-depth interview with Jonathan Ruffer. Jonathan Ruffer is the philanthropist behind the regeneration of Bishop Auckland where we have two of our projects, Auckland Tower and the Scotland Wing. Within the article the author, Sophie Lévy Burton, describes the Scotland Wing as “utterly beautiful – as mindful as architecture can get”. You can view the whole article on their website here.

West Court, Jesus College wins RIBA Awards

May 2018

We are delighted that our project West Court for Jesus College Cambridge has won an RIBA Regional Award and Tom McGlynn was awarded the RIBA East Project Architect of the Year. The project design includes the refurbishment and extension of the Grade II listed Webb Building with new café pavilion and basement bar, and the remodelling and extension of the 1970’s Rank Building fronting Jesus Lane.

The judges commented “This extension to Jesus College manages the difficult trick of feeling entirely old fashioned in its use of hand crafted materials … while remaining entirely modern in its loose geometry, use of daylight and simplicity of forms. Jesus College now offers a sequence of rational, thoughtful spaces that seems inevitable, but we know took a great deal of architectural skill and determination to deliver”