Recent News
- 03/02/2012 BBC News – A look at the 2012 Olympic Village apartments
BBC news clip shows a sneak peek around the new OlympicVillage...
- 20/12/2011 Hoare Lea Voted Amongst Top Service Engineers by Architects
Hoare Lea has been ranked in the top five Service Engineers category in Building Design's World Architecture 100 supplement.
- 20/12/2011 Hoare Lea wins Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Hoare Lea has been appointed to the new Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) research and teaching building at the University of Cambridge...
- 18/11/2011 London Office moves to King’s Cross
Hoare Lea’s London office has recently secured new premises at the new King’s Cross development in Central London...
- 10/11/2011 Sheldonian Theatre Wins Top Award
The University of Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre triumphed at the Oxford Preservation Awards...
- 10/11/2011 Nick Cullen re-elected to BSRIA Council
We are pleased to announce that Nick Cullen has been re-elected to the BSRIA...
- 09/11/2011 One New Change wins LABC Award
One New Change was the Supreme Winner of the LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Awards 2011 at a prestigious ceremony...
- 02/11/2011 Hoare Lea starts its search for the UK’s finest graduates
Hoare Lea has launched its 2012 Graduate and Placement Campaign in a search for the next intake of future engineering talent.
- 24/10/2011 Hoare Lea Appoints New Partner - Matthew Warner
Hoare Lea is pleased to announce that Matthew Warner, BEng (Hons) CEng MCIBSE MIET, has accepted an invitation to join the Partnership...
- 10/10/2011 A fifth award for Ceredigion offices
The Ceredigion County Council Offices has won yet another award...
- 21/09/2011 Somerville College accommodation officially opens
New student accommodation for the University of Oxford’s historic Somerville College officially opened on Saturday 17 September...
- 15/08/2011 New website for Hoare Lea Lighting
A new, interactive website has been launched for Hoare Lea’s Lighting group...
- 09/08/2011 Mills Bakery wins Conservation Award
Mills Bakery, a Grade I listed building and home to our Plymouth office, has won the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) South West Award 2011 for Best Building Conservation scheme...
- 09/08/2011 Groundbreaking ceremony marks construction of Maths Institute
A ‘groundbreaking’ ceremony was held on 2 August to officially mark the start of construction on the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford...
- 04/08/2011 First Solar Farm for Hoare Lea
Hoare Lea has completed work on its first photovoltaic solar farm project. The £1.7 million farm located in Somerton, Somerset comprises 3,320 solar panels over 2.5 acres and can generate 700kW of electricity.
- 21/07/2011 BREEAM Courts Award for Port Talbot Justice Centre
The BREEAM 'Excellent' rated Port Talbot Justice Centre has been awarded the BREEAM Courts Award at the BREEAM Wales Awards 2011...
- 15/07/2011 Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) receives BREEAM Outstanding
Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) has become the first higher education building to receive a rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the environmental performance measure BREEAM...
- 13/07/2011 One New Change wins at inaugural New London Awards
One New Change was announced the winner of the ‘Shopping - Built’ category at the first ever New London Awards...
- 04/07/2011 Hoare Lea Appoints New Partner - Saul Tyler
Hoare Lea announces that Saul Tyler has accepted an invitation to join the Partnership...
- 01/07/2011 One New Change wins Green Apple Award
Land Securities’ mixed-use scheme, One New Change, has won a Green Apple Award for the Built Environment...
- 28/06/2011 JCB Academy wins BCSE Award
The £22 million pound JCB Academy has been awarded a BCSE (British Council for School Environments) award for 'Excellence in Design for Teaching and Learning'...
- 23/06/2011 Sustainability Award for Oxford’s Earth Sciences Building
The University of Oxford’s Earth Sciences building has won the Sustainability and Community Benefit Award at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Thames Valley Engineering Excellence Awards 2011...
- 16/06/2011 Lifeboat station receives highest honour at ICE South Awards
The RNLI Bembridge Lifeboat Station on the Isle of Wight was named Overall winner at The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South Engineering Excellence Awards 2011...
- 13/06/2011 Manchester Success at MSA Design Awards
Gateway House won the ‘Unbuilt Scheme’ award at the recent Manchester Society of Architects (MSA) Design Awards...
- 27/05/2011 Hoare Lea projects scoop six BCO Awards
Six Hoare Lea projects have won awards at the BCO Awards 2011...
- 27/05/2011 Hoare Lea projects win at the RIBA and the LDSA Awards 2011
The Charles Carter Building at Lancaster University, London’s One New Change and ExCel Phase 2 all won at the RIBA Awards and LDSA Awards held on the 19 May 2011.
- 27/05/2011 Celebrating the best of the west
Two Hoare Lea Plymouth projects have won awards at the Michelmores and Western Morning News Commercial Property Awards...
- 17/05/2011 Plymouth celebrates new office opening…..
On 12 May 2011, Hoare Lea Plymouth played host to over 120 guests, invited to celebrate the grand opening of their new workplace at Mills Bakery in the Royal William Yard...
- 10/03/2011 Hoare Lea authors BCO guide: Good Practice in the Selection of Construction Materials
The new British Council for Offices (BCO) guide entitled Good Practice in the Selection of Construction Materials will be launched at the BCO’s Construction Conundrum event to be held at the offices...
- 08/03/2011 Nick Cullen appointed to BRAC for a second three-year term
Nick Cullen, Research and Development Partner, Hoare Lea, has been appointed to the Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC) for a second three-year term...
- 04/03/2011 ‘Beyond BREEAM’ – Hoare Lea helps Newcastle-under-Lyme College achieve BREEAM Excellent
The Skills and Technology Centre at Newcastle-under-Lyme College won the 'BREEAM Further Education' award at the BREEAM Awards 2011 at Ecobuild, London on 2 March...
- 14/02/2011 Hoare Lea wins at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2011
Hoare Lea won the ‘Integrated Project Team of the Year’ category at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2011...
- 28/01/2011 Climate Change Minister Visits One New Change
The Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, visited the world’s most advanced renewable energy heating system, at Land Securities’ new shopping destination, One New Change, on Thursday 20 January...
- 26/01/2011 The Hoare Lea Birmingham office moves
The Hoare Lea Birmingham office has moved to a new location at Fifty4 Hagley Road, Birmingham...
- 25/01/2011 Hoare Lea moves to new Plymouth office
Hoare Lea’s Plymouth office has moved to new premises at Mills Bakery, Royal William Yard...
- 15/12/2010 Hoare Lea appoints new Partner - Matt Jones
Hoare Lea announces that Matt Jones has accepted an invitation to join the Partnership...
- 02/11/2010 One New Change Opens
One New Change, the City of London’s largest and newest shopping destination, opened on Thursday 28 October. Designed by internationally-renowned Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel, with Sidell Gibson as delivery architects.
- 22/10/2010 500 Brook Drive wins again!
500 Brook Drive beat off competition from six outstanding office buildings from across the UK to win the ‘Best Development Outside London’ category at Property Week’s Offices Awards...
- 15/10/2010 Bristol Heart Institute beats the competition at the RIBA awards
The Bristol Heart Institute is crowned with both the Ibstock Premier award and the public sector award at the RIBA South West Town and Country Planning Awards on 12 October 2010.
- 09/10/2010 IPD module approved and new apppointments for Engineering Management
Hoare Lea has gained approval for its IPD operational engineering module from the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)...
- 01/10/2010 Hoare Lea appoints new Partners
Hoare Lea announces that Neil Roberts and Clive Williamson have accepted invitations to join the Partnership...
- 30/09/2010 Engineering Management - New Legislation and Regulations
The property sector is facing unprecedented amounts of legislation relating to energy efficiency and reductions in CO2 emissions...
- 20/09/2010 Cargo Millbay and Mills Bakery, Plymouth, achieve Building for Life Gold Standard
Cargo Millbay and Mills Bakery have both achieved Gold Standard in the Building for Life scheme...
- 07/09/2010 Cowley Language College wins LABC Award for Best Sustainable Development
Cowley Language College, St Helens, has won the Best Sustainable Development category at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) North West Awards for Building Excellence...
- 07/09/2010 Chips wins RIBA North West Award
Chips, Manchester, a prestigious residential apartment building constructed by Urban Splash and designed by Alsop Architects, has won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) award...
- 25/08/2010 Bristol Heart Institute wins at the South West Built Environment Awards
Laing O’Rourke Wales & West won the ‘Value’ category at Constructing Excellence’s, South West Built Environment Awards on 11 June 2010 for the Bristol Heart Institute...
- 24/08/2010 Creaming off Cash? The value of good school design
Education secretary Michael Gove has long been quoted as an opponent of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, accusing architects of “creaming off cash which should have been going out to the front line”. Mark Wilkinson, Associate, Hoare Lea, contributed to the discussion (17 minutes in)...
- 28/07/2010 Mariner’s Quay wins at Constructing Excellence in Wales Awards 2010
Mariner’s Quay, Newport, won the Low/Zero Carbon category at the Constructing Excellence in Wales Awards...
- 12/07/2010 Hoare Lea appointed to Chobham Academy
Hoare Lea has been appointed by BAM to provide MEP services to assist with the completion of design and construction of the £32 million Chobham Academy...
- 29/06/2010 Ceredigion’s County Council office wins BREEAM Award
Ceredigion County Council's new office building, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth, has won the BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Wales 2010 Offices Award...
- 25/06/2010 Phoenix Heights wins at RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2010
Phoenix House, Mastmaker Road, London won the ‘Best Overseas Award 2010’ category at the Irish Architecture Awards held on 21 June 2010...
- 01/06/2010 Hoare Lea projects win at BCO Awards 2010
500 Brook Drive at Green Park in Reading was presented with the Best Commercial Workplace award at the South West and South Wales BCO awards on 13 May 2010...
- 01/06/2010 Hoare Lea projects win at RIBA Regional Awards 2010
Mills Bakery, Plymouth, was presented with a RIBA 2010 Award for the South West region at the awards ceremony held on 19 May 2010...
- 01/06/2010 Phoenix Heights wins at London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2010
Phoenix House, Mastmaker Road, London won the ‘Best new development in the Affordable Homes sector’ category at the Evening Standard’s New Homes Awards on 14 May 2010...
- 01/06/2010 Pendleton Gateway Centre wins Civic Trust Award 2010
The new Pendleton Gateway Health Centre in Salford has won a commendation in the North West Region Civic Trust Awards 2010...
- 02/05/2010 Hoare Lea wins at Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Awards
Hoare Lea won both 'Infrastructure (Medium Firm)' and 'Building Services (Medium Firm)' categories at the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Engineering Excellence Awards 2010...
- 05/04/2010 Hoare Lea appointed to Stone Towers, Cairo
Rooya Group has appointed Hoare Lea to provide mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) engineering services for Stone Towers...
- 11/03/2010 One New Change wins MIPIM Future Project Awards 2010
Land Securities' One New Change is to be awarded the highest accolade in the 2010 MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards...
- 04/03/2010 Horizon House wins BREEAM Award
Horizon House, the Environment Agency's new corporate office in Bristol, won the 'BREEAM Offices' award at the BREEAM Awards 2010 at Ecobuild...
- 05/02/2010 One New Change wins prestigious Fleming Award
One New Change has won the prestigious Fleming award at a ceremony held on Wednesday 9th December 2009...
- 18/01/2010 Hoare Lea voted one of the ‘best service engineers’ by architects
In a recent survey for its 2010 World Architecture supplement, Building Design magazine asked the world's top architects to give their verdict on which partner firms they most enjoyed working with...
- 15/01/2010 Adopt a school scheme launched
Hoare Lea has officially launched 'Adopt a School'...
- 07/01/2010 Hoare Lea apppointed to Imperial College London’s L Block redevelopment
Imperial College London has appointed Hoare Lea to provide mechanical and electrical design services for the L block redevelopment...
- 28/11/2009 Park Hall School wins at the Excellence in Building Schools for the Future Awards 2009
Park Hall School, Solihull, won the 'Best Design for a New School' award at the Excellence in Building Schools for the Future (BSF) awards...
- 16/11/2009 Bristol Heart Institute wins at the Building Better Healthcare Awards
The Bristol Heart Institute - a new 53 million specialist cardiac hospital in Bristol won the 'Best Use of Visual Art' category...
- 12/11/2009 Cabot House achieves highest score ever awarded under BREEAM 2006
The Environment Agency's new Cabot House office in Bristol has achieved the highest score ever awarded under BREEAM 2006...
- 28/08/2009 Hoare Lea Appoints new Partners - Justin Spencer and Peter Wells
Hoare Lea announces that Justin Spencer and Peter Wells have accepted invitations to join the partnership...
- 25/06/2009 Hoare Lea wins at Building Services Awards 2009
Hoare Lea won 'Best Use of IT' and 'Training Initiative of the Year' at the Building Services Awards 2009...
