An exemplar science and sports facility has been built for prestigious independent school Brighton College. The leading international partnership, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), won the architectural competition for the centre and selected Skelly & Couch to carry out M&E and environmental design, owing to the company's previous innovative work…
A new, mixed-used performance arts centre for Brighton College. A new performing arts hub, constructed in a tight, listed site, features a 400 seat multi-functional theatre at its core, studio spaces and high-quality circulation areas and classrooms. It has achieved BREEAM Excellent and ‘A’ EPC rating. Continuing our longstanding…
New spaces for the exchange of ideas and hybrid working at the Grade I-listed institution Restoration of underused double-height basements created a new auditorium and three flexible event spaces with cutting-edge digital technologies for 220 people. Upgrades included remodeled WCs and improved ground-floor access. Energy efficiency was enhanced through…
This long-running project with the Bush Theatre has achieved gradual improvements to the building over 6 years, and Phase 2 continues the integration of new with existing services.
The first ‘eco-mosque’ in Europe, representing a new landmark standard for spiritual centres across the world. The Mill Road site includes a 1,000 capacity prayer hall, community kitchen and café, teaching rooms and two residential units, all surrounded by a cypress tree garden, that provides a rich, naturally-cooled microclimate within…
Skelly & Couch led environmental engineering on the refurbishment of Cambridge House, a 1920s former car showroom on the Euston Road, transformed into a flagship building for Birkbeck, University of London.
A late-Victorian library converted into an archive and community hub. Refurbishment and decarbonisation of a Grade II listed Victorian library building into a local archive display and storage area, community hub with a café, flexible event space with support kitchen, and classroom. The roof will house ventilation plant, heat…
The £2.5 million theatre in north London, named after playwright Caryl Churchill, was built beside Grade II-listed Sutherland House as an extension to the University’s drama department. The theatre seats audience of 175 people on two levels, with a third level for technical operation, and features a welcoming foyer, separate…
New creative and exhibition space for Life Science Centre in Newcastle.
A series of new student accommodation buildings at the University of Roehampton, also known as Chadwick Hall. Skelly & Couch was appointed to carry out full mechanical, electrical, public health and environmental services for the University of Roehampton on this design and build.