Ollier Smurthwaite

Render vs Reality. We recently completed our Daisy Bank scheme in Longsight Manchester for 72 new homes. The scheme takes contextual references from Dalton Ellis Hall & Victoria Park Christian Fellowship in the adjacent conservation area. @createstreets @archi_tradition @mcrhistfest @ManCityCouncil

@SensiblePaddy Thank you for your kind comments

@OS_Architects Beautiful I think the vast majority of the public of show your architecture would say yes please this is what we want in our urban centres. I wish you the best of luck we desperately need this kind of architecture in mansion blocks to be brought back

We are developing some proposals for a modern mansion block with taller ceilings, more windows, better communal areas and a private garden. We’ve been researching Albert Hall Mansions and Richard Norman Shaw who is credited with making flats desirable to the aspiring Victorian middle classes @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @createstreets

The scheme on the right is driven by construction efficiencies and cost in an industry where large scale projects are contractor and cost led. We also blame excessive legislation and even BIM which makes repeating floor plates and components more appealing than variety. We believe in rooting buildings in place that are designed for people with details that reference that places social history.

@OS_Architects I've been arguing that this is what we need for eons. More power to you. x.com/ikeijeh/status…

@sigmundurdavid @samofsamshire This is the problem with capitalism. These decisions have to be based on long term value not short term cost.

@samofsamshire @OS_Architects It is only a question of will. x.com/sigmundurdavid…

I asked AI to replace the low-rise buildings on this declining high street with @OS_Architects mock up. Imagine the increased footfall in the shops and the al fresco dining. That’s before you even consider the improved aesthetics. Visions of a better Britain. 🇬🇧

@shivmalik @RuairiKelly_ Yes and service connections.

@OS_Architects @RuairiKelly_ That’s pretty good! Including groundworks?

These would look good in Glasgow as a modern interpretation of the tenement. I think we can use council owned land in a more imaginative way to address viability and bring more beauty back into housing

@shivmalik @RuairiKelly_ We’re delivering a very similar scheme on another site for £205/sqft. Good design doesn’t have to cost more.

@OS_Architects @RuairiKelly_ Love to know build costs

@bluedave65 We’d love to do more work in LIverpool. We did deliver Park Central and Quay Central on the waterfront with Romal.

@OS_Architects Just flicked through your posts...lovely stuff!! You should be let loose in the 10 Streets and Baltic Triangle areas of Liverpool.

@jwfu We will exceed the currents regs. Older flats were built before we had compulsory sound testing on completion.

@OS_Architects biggest issue for me in London is soundproofing, do you have plans to improve this?

@RonEire It’s a scheme we know and admire

@OS_Architects linkedin.com/posts/samuel-h…

@Aesthetic_City Thank you

@OS_Architects This looks excellent!

@Dyane__6 They are impressive. We looked at them and other good examples in S.Kensington 2 weeks ago as part of a study research trip.

@OS_Architects Cranleigh Mansions, 160 Gloucester Road, SW7, are really worth a look for smaller blocks of large flats - magnificent apartments! assets.savills.com/properties/GBL… assets.savills.com/properties/GBL…

@botzarelli @ranman_the That’s correct. Early examples were like apartment hotels with shared staff on the basement level.

@OS_Architects @ranman_the Presumably the kitchen being next to a bedroom and on a different floor as far from the dining room was a feature when most residents would have live in staff.

@CrossDavidB Thank you

@OS_Architects Brilliant! Great work guys!

@digitalkind_io Thank you

@OS_Architects I’m a big fan of your work, and these designs might just top them all. Bring back the mansion block!

@ranman_the Those plans are of Albert hall mansions built in 1879. That building made flats fashionable in England for the first time.

@OS_Architects Am I reading these floorplans wrong? Because it looks like some flats don’t have bathrooms, that you have to walk through the pantry to get to the kitchen, and that the kitchens are on a different floor to the dining & drawing rooms.

@ElectionNight5 There will be 1 beds, 2 beds and lateral dual aspect 3 beds for families.

@OS_Architects How big are the units per person?

We enjoyed a day in the sun last week for the Annual OSA triathlon of Crown Green Bowls, Table Tennis & Darts. Thanks to Brad & Matt for the 3D printed trophy they made which was a work of art. Thanks as always to @TheAlbertClub

@DackBlog @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @stopinstockport Traditional load bearing masonry.

@OS_Architects @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @stopinstockport Looks nice. Are they brick built or that plywood+foamy stuff with brick effect tiles?

We have some new visuals to share for our Charter House scheme on Churchgate in Stockport for 27 dual aspect homes. Work will start on site later this year. @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @stopinstockport