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Shortlisted for the Archiboo Awards 2022
28th Oct 2022

We are delighted that Tapio Snellman‘s film of our House in Primrose Hill has been shortlisted for ‘Best Use of Video’ in the Archiboo Awards 2022. The Awards recognise inspirational design and great storytelling in the way architecture is communicated.

Tapio’s film takes us, like invisible guests, on a journey around this contemporary family home. We see that the house presents itself to the city in a very unassuming way. It feels as if nothing has changed since it was first built. But when you walk through the door, you are met with an extraordinary transformation, with a space which seems like it shouldn’t fit inside. In itself a collaboration between architect and filmmaker, the film reveals the complementary, collaborative efforts of architect and client by capturing fine architectural details and half-glimpses of family life.

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‘Merit’ for our sculptural steel stair at Pace Gallery
3rd Oct 2022

Developed through close collaboration between JFA, structural engineers Price & Myers and specialist fabricators Cake Industries, the sculptural steel staircase we designed for Pace Gallery has been awarded a ‘Merit’ in the Structural Steel Design Awards 2022.

Judges said: “The gallery’s feature staircase connects the basement and entry level, blending seamlessly into and contributing to the gallery spaces. The attention to detail in both design and manufacture have resulted in an exemplary and beautiful structure which embraces the steel manufacturing process from rolling mill to final welding.”

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29th Jun 2022

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It has been three weeks since my investiture and I’ve finally got round to making a compilation of photos of the party by the wonderful photographer @olivier_hess.

There were many more but I thought these gave a flavour of what a wonderful afternoon and evening we had in the garden of Rochelle, where I am so lucky to have my studio. It was an amazing day, surrounded by my brother and two sisters who came from Canada, as well as so many dear friends and even a few architects.

Thank you to @rochellecanteen for the amazing food and to @bennaschellhorn and @laurajanefrench for organising everything so perfectly.

A day I’ll never forget.

#investitureparty  #party  #architecture  #london  #shoreditch  #family  #friends  #colleagues  #sograteful  #wonderfulday

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10th May 2022

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I’m very happy that JFA’s House in Primrose Hill has been awarded an RIBA London Award.

The text that accompanied the award is very concise and beautifully written. (Thank you to @carol_macbain, who, with the RIBA team, wrote the text).

https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-london-award-winners/2022/house-in-primrose-hill

#london #architecture #house #contemporaryarchitecture #historic #historicfabric #amazingclients #primrosehill

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RIBA London Award for House in Primrose Hill
5th May 2022

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.”

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Shortlisted in the AJ Retrofit Awards
16th Dec 2021

Our House in Primrose Hill is one of 9 houses over £500k shortlisted for the AJ Retrofit Awards, which celebrate the design expertise behind the vital renewal and repurposing of existing buildings. While the house presents to the street a discretely extended Victorian façade, this disguises an extraordinary contemporary interior.

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Civic Trust Awards success for Kettle’s Yard
10th Dec 2019

Our project at Kettle’s Yard has been confirmed as a successful project in the 2020 Civic Trust Awards.

The redevelopment has enabled Kettle’s Yard to curate exhibitions with major artists from around the world and to display 20th and 21st century art in optimal gallery conditions. The high-quality visitor facilities enable even more people to enjoy this much-loved House and Gallery. And the new Learning Centre has transformed Kettle’s Yard’s work with children, young people and community groups.

Established in 1959, the Civic Trust Awards scheme identifies projects which exhibit strong sustainability credentials and a high level of accessible and universal design, and which have provided a positive civic contribution.

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RIBA National Award for Kettle’s Yard
27th Jun 2019

Kettle’s Yard is one of 54 new buildings – and one of 6 University of Cambridge buildings – to win an RIBA National Award 2019.

The RIBA National Awards recognise buildings which make a significant contribution to UK architecture. We are so pleased that Kettle’s Yard now joins Jamie Fobert Architects’s little rosta of projects which have received this accolade – Tate St Ives, Levring House, Luker House, Kander House and Anderson House.

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RIBA East Award for Kettle’s Yard
10th May 2019

We are delighted that Kettle’s Yard is the winner of an RIBA East Award 2019, announced last night at the regional awards event in Cambridge.

The jury commented, ‘Jim Ede’s domestic museum, Kettle’s Yard, which was established in the 1950s and extended by Sir Leslie Martin in the late 60s, has been given an authentic and faithful enhancement through this careful and sensitive project. Rectangular gallery spaces, perfectly proportioned and laid out for international exhibitions, have been set into the random shape of the site with all its nooks and crannies. A deep coherence has been achieved within what had been a disparate collection of parts, and a very pleasing combination of rational and idiosyncratic architectural spaces has been created.’

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Shortlisted for BD Public Building Architect of the Year Award 2019
2nd Apr 2019

We are delighted that Jamie Fobert Architects is shortlisted alongside five other practices in the Public Building category of the BD Architect of the Year Awards 2019.

Our submission included three completed public gallery projects – Tate St Ives, Kettle’s Yard and Charleston – and our reconfiguration of the National Portrait Gallery, which is currently in the design process.

Read more about all the shortlisted practices and their work here.

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Civic Trust National Award for Tate St Ives
4th Mar 2019

We are so pleased that Tate St Ives was awarded a Civic Trust 2019 Award at the 60th Anniversary Civic Trust Awards Ceremony on Friday evening, at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.

The judges commented that Tate St Ives is “a wonderful space with a strong connection to the community which provides an excellent visitor experience. Stunningly simple, elegant and suited to its context and natural landscape”.

Joana was joined in collecting this award by David Derby from Price & Myers.

Photograph ©Civic Trust Awards & Wayne Myers Photography

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Tate St Ives is a Regional Finalist in the 2019 Civic Trust Awards
7th Nov 2018

Tate St Ives is a Regional Finalist in the 2019 Civic Trust Awards and the Selwyn Goldsmith Awards for Universal Design.

We are delighted that the project’s contribution to the town of St Ives and its many visitors has been applauded by
the Civic Trust Awards scheme, which was established in 1959 to recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design. It identifies projects which exhibit strong sustainability credentials and a high level of accessible and universal design, and which have provided a positive civic contribution.

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RIBA Stirling Prize celebration
10th Oct 2018

The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018 will be announced this evening at an event to be broadcast live by the BBC from 20:30 tonight.

To celebrate the inclusion of Tate St Ives on the shortlist, here’s the wonderful film made by Jim Stephenson for the Architects’ Journal.

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Winner of Best Written Content in the Archiboo Web Awards 2018
20th Sep 2018

We were delighted to be awarded ‘Best Written Content’ in the Archiboo Web Awards last night.

The judges described our website as a ‘no nonsense approach with crisp, honest writing. The descriptions of the work have a nice story-telling quality without too much jargon or too many warm words that lack real meaning. You feel as though you’ve got inside the heads of the practitioners a bit and it has character”.

Read more in Dezeen

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The Ultimate Dezeen Awards 2018
2nd Aug 2018

Jamie Fobert Architects is one of ten practices internationally to be considered for the accolade of ‘Architect of the Year’ in the inaugural Dezeen Awards.

In addition, we have four projects nominated in the project categories. In the architecture categories, Tate St Ives, the House in the Caribbean and Camino de Playa are in the running; and in the design categories, the jury has longlisted our interiors at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. Winners will be announced in November.

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Tate St Ives shortlisted for the Stirling Prize
19th Jul 2018

Tate St Ives is one of six RIBA National Award-winners to be shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize!

Being shortlisted alongside five outstanding buildings for this prestigious award is a tribute to the whole project team, including our amazing consultants, the Tate St Ives team, and also the people of St Ives.

The project has been a lesson in the fruitfulness of really listening to a community. The new building doubles the gallery space at Tate St Ives and provides facilities to support both old and new buildings, but it also gives so much back to the town. The project’s positive reception by the townsfolk and Cornish people has been overwhelming.

It is important that recognition for the project’s success is shared with the architects of the 1993 building, Eldred Evans and the late David Shalev, whose work to refurbish their original building, and to create new education spaces, is integral. 

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Tate St Ives wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018
6th Jul 2018

Last night, at a big celebration hosted by the Art Fund at the V&A, Tate St Ives was announced as the Art Fund Museum of the Year!

We are so proud to be part of the skilled and dedicated team, including the local community in St Ives, who have worked long and hard to create an innovative and inspiring gallery benefiting the people of Cornwall and far beyond.

Stephen Deuchar, Art Fund director and chair of the judges, said: ‘The new extension to the gallery is deeply intelligent and breathtakingly beautiful … The judges admired an architect and gallery team who devoted some 12 years to this transformational change, consulting with the local community all the way.’

Judge Melanie Manchot, said, ‘As soon as I walked into Tate St Ives I had an amazingly strong feeling that they’re doing something innovative. I’ve visited before, but now the whole building, the galleries, the views all feel different – they have been given a new lease of life.’

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RIBA National Award for Tate St Ives
21st Jun 2018

We are delighted to announce that Tate St Ives has been chosen by the RIBA Awards Group as a RIBA National Award winner 2018. 

The RIBA Jury said:

“By architectural ingenuity, a building has been delivered where there appeared to be no site available, with minimal intrusion on an already crowded horizon.

It has created an intriguing new public landscape and pedestrian connection from hilltop to beach and, with subtle reordering of the original gallery, it achieves a seamless environment to in which to enjoy art”.

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RIBA South West Award for Tate St Ives
17th May 2018

We are delighted that Tate St Ives has been awarded one of the RIBA South West Awards 2018. The RIBA jury praised the fact that the new extension ‘has overcome huge challenges, navigating vociferous local stakeholders and significant site constraints’ while also connecting seamlessly to Evans and Shalev’s original building.

This Saturday, May 19th, the gallery will hold the opening of a major retrospective exhibition of acclaimed British artist Patrick Heron.

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AJ100 Awards: Collaboration of the Year finalists announced
14th May 2018

Our present collaboration with Purcell for the £35.5m project ‘Inspiring People’ at the National Portrait Gallery is a finalist in the AJ100 Awards for ‘Collaboration of the Year’. Currently in the earliest stages, our work includes creating around twenty per cent more public and gallery spaces, all of which will be refurbished and rehung for the first time, enhancing the Gallery’s entrance and creating a state-of-the-art Learning Centre.

Illustration: Ewan Christian’s original design for the north front of the Gallery, 1896 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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