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[edit]
DSDHA (Deborah Saunt David Hills Architects) was established by Deborah Saunt and David Hills.[1] Tom Greenall and Martin Pearson were made directors in 2021. The practice has a variety of projects including arts and culture, education, housing, urban and landscape, and workplaces. The studio had received 20 RIBA Awards, been shortlisted for the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize,[2] and twice been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.[3]
Selected projects[edit]
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 and 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2017 - Visualisers: Architects". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist 2010". Dezeen. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "EUMiesAward". www.miesarch.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "How can a building alter behaviour?". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "EUMiesAward". miesarch.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Jessel, Ella (4 February 2020). "DSDHA's expansion of National Youth Theatre approved". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Kucharek, Jan-Carlos. "Edmund de Waal studio, London". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Alex Monroe Workshop, Tower Bridge". RIBA Journal. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Mayfair flatiron: South Molton Street by DSDHA". The Architects’ Journal. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Pearman, Hugh. "Free spirits". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Pearman, Hugh. "Free spirits". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "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 20 January 2021.
- ^ "SUFFOLK HOUSE WINS BEST SMALL DEVELOPMENT AT THE NATIONAL HOUSING AWARDS!".
- ^ "Awards".
- ^ "DSDHA draws up plans to transform Tottenham Court Road". The Architects’ Journal. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Her Majesty The Queen officially opens the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps at the Royal Albert Hall". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "The City Of London Is Getting This Brand New Public Park". Londonist. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Hill, Dave (16 July 2019). "Creating Cundy Street Quarter: Deborah Saunt, spatial strategist". OnLondon. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Adam Khan, DSDHA and Duggan Morris scoop £40m Somers Town overhaul". The Architects’ Journal. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ 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 18 January 2021.
- ^ "The London Salon: Cultural Infrastructure". The London School of Architecture. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Research". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Re-imagining Albertopolis". dsdha.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "The Beautiful Everyday Journey". royalcommission1851. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Deborah Saunt". Yale Architecture. Retrieved 20 January 2021.