User:ArchitectureZMJ/sandbox

BuckleyGrayYeoman is a British architectural firm based in the Shoreditch district of London, UK.

Background
BuckleyGrayYeoman was established in 1997 by Richard Buckley, Fiammetta Gray and Matt Yeoman. Following the death of Buckley in 2008, his widow Gray left the practice in 2009.

Since its establishment, the number of people employed by the practice has grown from three in 1997 to eighty five in 2016. BuckleyGrayYeoman has been based in the Tea Building in Shoreditch for the past 12 years.

The current directors are Yeoman and Paul White.

Notable projects
The practice counts fashion brand Fred Perry, The Office Group, and Derwent London among clients

Recently completed
Recently completed projects include: The Buckley Building for Derwent London, the refurbishment of a former BBC building named for Henry Wood, the founder of the BBC proms, The Pure Aldgate Student Accommodation building (the tallest building of the practice of 19th storey), The Passage (charity), London's largest voluntary sector day centre for the homeless , new academic and sports buildings for Channing School and Forest School  and a number of Citadines Apart'Hotel in the UK and France.

BuckleyGrayYeoman was appointed worldwide retail design consultant to the fashion brand Fred Perry in 2014 and has designed stores for the company in London, Cardiff, Cologne, Frankfurt and Bangkok.

Current projects
Current projects include: a new art hub at Cromwell Place, South Kensington, the commercial office buildings that form part of the regeneration of Bishopsgate GoodsYard in Shoreditch , the revamp of one hundred meters shopfrontages at the base of the Newport Sandringham building on Charing Cross Road and in Chinatown, London, the renovation of a Victorian bonded warehouse building, converting it into office spaces for the Granada Studios redevelopment in Manchester.

In January 2015 BuckleyGrayYeoman revealed draft designs for the refurbishment of the Wickhams Department Store in East London, which proposed the removal of the façade of Spiegelhalter's jewellery shop, a well-known historic example of a Holdout. Following consultation with local campaigners, a revised design that retained the Spiegelhalters façade, and satisfied the objections of Historic England and the Victorian Society, was submitted to planners in May 2015.

Other
Other notable projects include: EF Education First in Brighton, some workplace throughout London (C-Space, The Black and White Building, Commodity Kay in St Katherine Docks), some residential projects such the Textile Building, Ambika House and Haven Mews. In 2015, The practice completed the refurbishment of the Grade II listed boarding houses at Roedean School in Sussex, originally built by John William Simpson

Awards
BuckleyGrayYeoman was ranked by the Architects' Journal as the 55th largest practice in Britain in 2014. In 2015, the practice's design for a Nando's restaurant in Loughton won the Best Fast/Casual category in the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards. In 2015 also, the practice won the WIN Awards for Roedean School, the Retail Week Interior Award for Fred Perry in Covent Garden, the Mixology Awards for Henry Wood House.

Events and exhibitions

 * Rethinking Old Street roundabout, Icon Magazine - Clerkenwell Design Week 2014,
 * Changing Perceptions, 2012 – New London Architecture