Did you know dear Amy Winehouse shot her video for Back to Black at the Abney Park Cemetery?
We are looking forward to starting work on the Abney Park Mortuary Chapel this year.
Digital Garage in Hoxton Square
Frontages of 31-34 Hoxton Square, 1973. London Metropolitan Archives.
Digital Garage in Hoxton Square is open for business!
MFA contributed a comprehensive Heritage Statement for this exciting project in collaboration with our friends at HLW.
On-site at Abney Park Mortuary Chapel
We are very excited to begin work on the Abney Park Mortuary Chapel in Stoke Newington.
How would you like to use this incredible space?
King's Cross Coal Drops in for Planning!
Check out the full article here: http://www.dezeen.com/2015/10/28/thomas-heatherwick-coal-drops-yard-canal-side-shopping-centre-london-kings-cross-argent/
Stage 3 Celebration!
Everything is better with Laser Quest.
A Visit to Wimbledon
Today MFA visited St. Mary's Church Hall in Wimbledon, with an impressive sliding glass door and lovely skylight. Watch out for trapped balloons!
Livorno Industrial Heritage
Nicole and Megan are back from a fantastic week-long workshop for industrial heritage in Livorno, Italy. The project focused on adaptive re-use of the Silos Granari (the second reinforced concrete building in Italy) within a new urban plan for the wider port.
On-site at King's Cross
MFA Sandwich Press
“Talking exclusively to the Mercury, Mr Fryer, whose training is in sensitivity to historic fabric, explained that all of his work is 100% reversible.
He has designed a new timber staircase which will weave through the church’s clock and bells, allowing around five or six people at one time to travel to the top of the tower and view perfect sights of the medieval town, as well as over the Channel.
He said: “The destination is spectacular, but the journey should be an exciting experience as well. It’s about celebrating and revealing what is so important about this church as well as making it sustainable and relevant.
“We feel it’s a really worthy and worthwhile project.”
When dealing with the more controversial aspects of the plans, such as the toilet and the relocation of two memorial plaques and a bench, Mr Fryer has pledged to make the toilet as discreet as possible, as well as to work closely and sensitively with the families of those on the memorials.”
On-site in Richmond
Waterproofing the new rear addition
Conservation roof lights installed!
Beautiful new leadwork on this bay window
View from the scaffold
Greetings from Bontida, Transylvania
It was such a pleasure visit our friends at the Transylvanian Trust again this summer and to engage with a new, enthusiastic group of international building conservation students at Banffy Castle.
External Masonry Surveying
Beware the Mad Swan
We were delayed by a disturbed swan on the towpath today who refused to let anyone pass without a biting!
On-site in Richmond
Our beautiful rear addition design is finally a real building! Amazingly big spaces and openings... Better get a roof on it next!
On-site in Richmond
Very happy to see our tight little loft stair going in, looks spacious enough in the flesh!
All the steels finally going up and looking good!
MFA Lectures on Conservation In Transylvania
MFA are proud to participate in the Built Heritage Conservation Training course this summer at Bánffy Castle in Bontida, Romania. The BHCT Centre is run by the Transylvania Trust. Malcolm and Nicole will be presenting lectures on The Properties of Lime and Stone Decay in Historic Buildings. Details about BHCT at Bánffy Castle can be found here.
“The purpose of the centre is to promote excellence in the conservation of the historic environment and specifically to teach traditional building craft skills which can be utilised in the repair and maintenance of historic buildings.
The Centre promotes a policy of Minimal Intervention in dealing with the repair of historic buildings, combined with a strategy of Compatibility in techniques and materials, and the use of local resources. It promotes a philosophy of analysing, understanding, and recording historic buildings before and during intervention.”
photo credit : james marshall
On-site in Richmond
After plenty of deliberation, our Funton Old Chelsea Yellow bricks arrived on-site today and they look fantastic!
Join Hands to Save Norton Folgate
MFA support the East End Preservation Society and the Spitalfields Trust in their campaign to save Norton Folgate from over 72% demolition proposed in the latest threatening scheme. Click here to learn how you can join hundreds of others to Help Save East London this Sunday in Spitalfields.
St. Peter's Church, Sandwich
A beautiful day for an MFA visit to our new project, St Peter's Church in Sandwich. Of course we had a lovely sandwich in Sandwich...
Biggin Hill Dispersal Hut
This week we delve into the former Dispersal Hut at Biggin Hill Airport. The prefabricated hut is believed to date from World War I and was used during the Battle of Britain.
Here are a few images from our recent visits to Biggin Hill and sketches to help us understand this cleverly constructed hut.