Journal Posts - Jamie Fobert Architects

Next week, Thursday 29th September from 6.30pm to 9pm, Jamie will join Hawkins Brown for a talk titled ‘Adapting Reusing’, at the Jarvis Hall, RIBA.

Jamie will be discussing the Adapting Reusing approach used by the project team for the National Portrait Gallery.

The evening will be hosted by past president of the RIBA, Alan Jones.

RSVP: abby@jagocommunications.com

We are currently looking to recruit a Part 2 architectural assistant with outstanding image-making skills to join our London studio to work on a range of cultural, residential, and retail projects.

We are keen to meet candidates with:

an intuitive understanding of 3D space
a keen interest in materiality
self-motivation, enthusiasm, and an ability to work well as part of a team
high proficiency working in Rhino and 3D rendering software (V-Ray or similar)
excellent CAD skills, which ideally will include knowledge of MicroStation

Please apply by emailing recruitment@jamiefobertarchitects.com with:

a cover letter introducing yourself, outlining your motivation, and highlighting relevant experience
a CV, detailing your education, work experience and software skills
a concise illustrated portfolio

This has been our second year participating in the pioneering Accelerate programme, established by Open City. By providing education and mentoring opportunities to 16-18-year-olds, Accelerate seeks to increase diversity in the built environment professions.

Thomas and Emily were our mentors this year. They led two Accelerate students in a design project based on Arnold Circus, including Collaborative Drawing, Casting and Modelmaking.

Each year, the Accelerate programme finishes with a public exhibition showcasing students’ work. At the exhibition, we were delighted to meet with one of our previous students who has gone on to study at UCL and is now working as a teaching assistant for the Accelerate program.

Accelerate is currently accepting student applications for its 2022/23 programme. Apply here.

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“Nubia Way – A Story of Black-led Self Building”
has just been released on YouTube.

It is a short film that tells the story of a group of individuals who built their own homes in a back lot in Lewisham, south London, surrounded by an often hostile housing estate. Many of the original house builders still live on the street and the combination of original film footage and recent interviews is insightful and beautiful. Their pride in their work – “it was hard, but never harsh”, makes this film a powerful piece of architectural history.

Watch it – it is so good!
A gentle yet powerful reminder of how our current house building is failing.

Congratulations to @roznaii for her role in making this happen. Very happy to have been able to support the making of this film in a small way.

Applications are invited from outstanding Part I Architectural Assistants graduating this Summer.

We love to see candidates with beautiful, precise model-making skills, confidence with CAD software, an intuitive understanding of 3D space and an enthusiastic approach to being part of the JFA team. Successful candidates will be working on a range of cultural, retail and residential projects.

Please send a cover letter detailing your relevant experience with a CV and concise illustrated portfolio to recruitment@jamiefobertarchitects.com or in hard copy to Benna Schellhorn, Practice Manager, Jamie Fobert Architects, 22 Club Row, London E2 7EY.

Photograph ©Olivier Hess

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Two years and six months after having been made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) I was finally able to have the investiture on Wednesday morning.

The day was beautiful and my brother and two sisters from Canada came to Windsor with Dom and me. Prince Charles did the ceremony and we had a brief chat about the work we are doing at the National Portrait Gallery. I don’t recall exactly what I said that generated the laugh in the first photo, but I think I said we’d do our best to get his family portraits back on the walls as soon as we could.

The visit to Windsor was followed by an afternoon and evening of celebration. Photos of these to follow.

While the honour and the ceremony were lovely, it was the day surrounded by family, colleagues, supporters and friends that left me with a deep sense of gratitude.

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After over a year of construction at the @nationalportraitgallery I am able to share with you a first view of our work there.
The NPG have released a short film showing the opening up of three windows in the north façade to create a new entrance. To connect this new hall to the public realm on Charing Cross Road a bridge was required to span the historic courtyard. The solution is a precast bridge in five sections, cast in Northern Ireland and installed in one tense night. Its curvaceous form, we hope, will open the gallery to a much wider public.

With thanks to Moore Concrete, Ballymena, Co. Antrim for their perfect execution and to Gilbert Ash @gilbertashnews our amazing contractors.

#nationalportraitgallery #london #gallerywall #portraitgallery #historic #historicfabric #bridge #precast #stonework #connection @heritagefunduk

We are delighted that the House in Primrose Hill is the winner of an RIBA London Award 2022.

The jury said: “This refurbishment and extension of a Victorian house in Primrose Hill is a superb example of a close working relationship between architect and private homeowner client. The success of the collaboration is evident in the way that beautiful new spaces complement the client’s distinct personal taste, creating an extraordinary contemporary family home.”

Jamie Fobert Architects has been appointed to reconsider the architecture of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, a Scheduled Monument located within the Grade I-listed Greenwich Park and Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich is an extraordinary site; a unique collection of buildings designed to hold astronomical instruments. From its inception in the form of Wren’s octagonal Flamsteed House (1676), the site has been in a state of constant flux of construction and demolition as new telescopes were required. It is a great privilege to be tasked with considering how best to add to this ‘constellation’ of buildings, to better welcome visitors and to create galleries where the full story of time and space can be revealed, ahead of the Royal Observatory’s 350th anniversary in 2025.

We will be working in collaboration with engineers Price & Myers and Max Fordham and Heritage Consultants Purcell, supported by OFR and G&T.

Royal Museums Greenwich director Paddy Rodgers said: ‘We are glad Jamie and his team will be joining our exciting plans to inject awe and wonder into an incredible celebration of celestial observation, the observatory, and its famous prior residents.’

One of our very earliest residential projects, in 1998, was to reconstruct the rear elements of a Victorian villa on Love Walk in Camberwell, for artists Christopher Le Brun and Charlotte Verity.

Now on the market with Inigo, Christopher and Charlotte open the doors to their home and describe life in their house on Love Walk.

Our addition to their Victorian villa was designed to redirect the focus of the house to enjoy its attractive side garden, and to create an interior space with gallery-like simplicity and calmness – including a top-lit wall for hanging a large painting.

Read Inigo’s full article or take a look at the listing here.

We are currently looking to recruit two or three recently graduated Part 2 Architectural Assistants and Interior Designers to join our London studio to work on a range of cultural, residential, and retail projects

We are keen to meet candidates with an intuitive understanding of 3D space, an interest in materiality, and excellent CAD skills. Applicants should be able to demonstrate self-motivation, enthusiasm, and the ability to work well as part of a team.

Applications should comprise:

a cover letter introducing yourself, outlining your motivation, and highlighting relevant experience
a CV detailing your education, work experience, software skills, and languages
a concise illustrated portfolio

How to apply:

send a PDF under 10MB to recruitment@jamiefobertarchitects.com
or send a hard copy to Benna Schellhorn, Practice Manager, Jamie Fobert Architects, Rochelle, 22 Club Row, London E2 7EY
DEADLINE: Monday 14 March 12:00.