30th January 2012
Following the successful outcome of the planning appeal at All Saints, Woodford Wells, MEB Design Architects working closely with Colin Smith of Colin Smith Planning are pleased to announce that the planning appeal for the development of Esher Green Baptist Church, submitted by written statements, has been successful and the project granted planning permission. This means that Esher Green Baptist Church may now embark on their planned scheme of alteration and extension.

The project at the church can be seen here

To discuss this project or any related matter contact John Marsh in our Kent office

19th January 2012
MEB Design will be exhibiting at two events between the 8th -11th May 2012; the conference of the Independent Schools' Bursars Association in the SECC in Glasgow 9-10 May 2012 and the Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park in Surrey, 8 - 11 May 2012

18th January 2012
Malcolm Thomas will be visiting the MACEF International Home Show in Milan between 27 - 29 January 2012, as part of a delegation of Society of British Interior Designers (SBID) members.

30th November 2011
In collaboration with Peninsula UK and Salus Construction, MEB Design Architects are hosting a free to attend Construction Seminar in February 2012 in Oxford. The seminar will look at the importance and need for Health and Safety compliance on projects and how select services offered by Peninsula and Salus can be utilised to achieve it as pain free as possible. If you would like to know more or would like to reserve a place then please contact cdarby@mebdesign.co.uk by 16th December

www.peninsula-uk.com

www.salusconsulting.co.uk

28th November 2011
MEB Design Architects are pleased to announce that Planning Permission has been granted for the development at Long Crendon Baptist Church, Oxfordshire. The project will allow the church to have a more welcoming presence from the street whilst also extending and improving spaces, facilities and flexibility. The project has been developed by the Oxford Office annd We look forward to progressing it to the next stage.

21st November 2011
MEB Design Architects, London Office have recently been working at the Music Theatre Academy in London. The work has included dividing their downstairs studio space in two, with a mirrored wall to the smaller studio side, a new acoustic pod, where students can practice singing and can record themselves without disturbing others and the principal now has her own office. The work has allowed the building to offer better facilities and greater flexibility of spaces for the students.

A selection of photos of the new studio space can be seen here

9th November 2011
Back in September this year, Laboratory News, a monthly magazine aimed at science professionals, took a visit to the Blackburn Science Centre at Bradfield College.

"We were shown around by Head of Science, Rod Dethridge, who happened to mention that since the building had been open, there had been a 40% increase in the number of students wanting to take science – they even had to continue using two temporary classrooms as demand was so high."

It is great to hear the effect the new science centre is having on the school and children, the rest of the article on the visit can be read here

31st October 2011
Peter Njuguna from the Oxford Office last week paid visit to the Children's Rescue Centre in Eldoret, Kenya. MEB have been involved as Architects with the Project and Charity for many years. The visit was to check progress at the centre where the first buildings, the Administration / Reception building have been completed and are in use, the next buildings currently being completed is the Distressed Mothers Unit, see below for more info:

Photos from the Children's Rescue Centre in Eldoret, Kenya

Info on the Children's Rescue Centre in Eldoret, Kenya

27th October 2011
MEB Design Architects have been working with St Andrew's Church, Oxford on a new building proposal. There has been ongoing consultation to develop the scheme which will result in a church vote in the coming weeks. The Oxford Times have run an article on the project which can be seen below:

St Andrew's Church, Oxford Times New Building Article

St Andrew's Church, Oxford, 3D Walkthrough and fly over for the project can be seen here

20th October 2011
Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre opened it's doors last month to it's first visitors. The sports and activity centre includes 6 accommodation wings, each with contains 48 beds with full en-suite facilities and day rooms. The centre also includes a central sports hall, kitchen, dining room and several meeting and session rooms.

More info on the Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre can be seen here

15th October 2011
MEB Design Architects helped sponsor a Tribute Dinner on October 14th in memory of John Eddison who died in May 2011. John Eddison was responsible for introducing Director Mark Eddison (his nephew) to Director John Marsh back in the 1970's and therefore played a significant part in starting the original practice known as MEB Partnership that is now MEB Design Ltd.

A photo from the night can be see here

13th October 2011
MEB Design Architects have recently secured planning permission for a contemporary style, 5 bedroom replacement dwelling for a private client, in a countryside setting in Tunbridge. The house is designed to meet level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (100% improvement on the building regulations) and includes environmental features such as green roofs and a ground source heat pump system. The house is designed over two floors with an external viewing terrace at roof level. The external facade is a textured white porcelain tiles with grey basalt stone feature walls both internally and externally.

3D Sketches of the scheme can be seen here

12th October 2011
MEB Design Architects' project at St Paul's Church, St Albans has been awarded the 'St Albans Civic Society Award' at the award ceremony last night. The award is given to projects which show " imaginative development and design initiatives".
The project involved the complete refurbishment of the existing buildings as well as a new link between the existing Church and Hall creating a flexible concourse space. We are delighted with the award and would like to thank the Church who were a pleasure to work with.

The Church's press release can be read here

The St Paul's Church project can be seen here

A photo from the awards with the project team and mayor, can be seen here

11th October 2011
Adam Grant in our London Office has just passed his RIBA Part III qualifications! Congratulations from all at MEB!

15th September 2011
Work has begun on site at Spratton Hall Prep School. The project involves the renovation and extension of their existing school hall, turning it into a dedicated theatre, music teaching and performance space.

Our MEB Design Facebook page with initial computer models and site progress photos can be visited here

14th September 2011
MEB Design Architects have raised our constructionline feedback score to 8.84

Thank's again to our clients who assisted with the feedback and continue to show their support.

13th September 2011
The development by MEB Design Architects, at St Paul's Church, St Albans has made the last 6 in the St Albans, Civic Society Awards judging. The awards night is next month where prizes will be awarded.

The project can be seen here

17th August 2011
The MEB Design Facebook page has been updated to include progress photos of 3 projects currently on site, these include; Historical restoration at Glendower School, London, Steel Frame Construction on the new concourse link at All Saint's Church, Woodford Wells and Copper roof installation on a Residential Extension in North Oxford.

The Facebook page and photos can be visited here

16th August 2011
MEB Design Architects, attended the 2011 LABC Central Building Excellence Awards receiving a 'Commended' award for the Bradfield College Science Centre. MEB worked as the main Architects on the project.

For more information on the event, please click here

19th July 2011
MEB's Construction Line references have been updated following a feedback questionnaire distributed to a sample of clients. The company has achieved an 8.72 (compared to the national benchmark average of 8).

Thank you to our clients who assisted with the feedback and continue to show their support.

5th July 2011
All Saints Church, Woodford Wells, is now on site with Contractor ISG Jackson.

The project can be seen here

An aerial photo taken by 'Overview Elevated Photography' from the site during construction can be seen on MEB's Facebook page here

Follow the album on Facebook for updates on the project's progress.

4th July 2011
Progress Photos for a Residential Project in Oxford can now be seen on MEB's Facebook page here

Follow the album on Facebook for updates on the project's progress.

29th June 2011
The opening ceremony took place for the administration block at the Eldoret Children's Rescue Centre in Kenya. The guest of honour was Prof. James Ole Kiyapi, the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Education in Kenya.

Photos and information from the day can be seen here

The Rescue Centre Project can be seen here

21st June 2011
The Blackburn Science Centre has been given a 'Highly Commended' award in the LABC Central Building Excellence Awards. The project team will be attending an awards ceremony in July.

The Blackburn Science Centre project can be seen here

6th June 2011
A photo which is currently also being exhibited as part of the Forty_Forty Photographic competition run by RIBA Bristol & Bath, taken by Simon Beaumont from the Oxford Office has been chosen as the winning entry in the May 'Garden' themed Photographic Competition run by RIBA South East.

The winning photo, which was taken of MEB's Blackburn Science Centre green roof can be seen here along with all the other entries.

The Blackburn Science Centre project can be seen here

18th May 2011
MEB would like to congratulate Alex Wood at the Kent Office who has recently completed his part 3 examinations and is now qualified as an architect with the ARB and RIBA.

17th May 2011
MEB Design Architects have been awarded a Commendation for their entry into the Forty_Forty Photographic competition run by RIBA Bristol & Bath. The photo, taken by Simon Beaumont at the Oxford Office is now part of a touring exhibition, currently at Swindon Buildstore, the next venue is The Guildhall, Salisbury.

The winning photo, taken from the greenroof at the Blackburn Science Centre can be seen here

Blackburn Science Centre project can be seen here

To see photos from the opening of the exhibition and find out where the photos are currently exhibiting please visit here

18th April 2011
MEB would like to congratulate Paul Chester at the Oxford Office who has recently qualified as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.

7th April 2011
All of MEB would like to congratulate Adam Grant at the London Office who has recently become engaged to his girlfriend Gemma.

6th April 2011
Charles Darby and Paul Chester of the Oxford Office attended the Considerate Constructors Scheme Annual National Site Awards in London. Feltham Construction, contractor for the Bradfield College, Blackburn Science Centre, took home a Bronze award after coming in the top 7.5% of highest scoring projects. MEB Design worked as Architects on the scheme.

The Science Centre project can be seen here

23rd March 2011
All of MEB's staff met at St Paul's Church in St Albans for a day of 'continuous professional development'. MEB's work reconfiguring and extending the church and its halls has recently finished so it was great for the whole practice to see what has been achieved and what the space is like to use. The day included useful feedback from the main client contact at St Paul's, a presentation keeping everyone up to date with safety systems for roof access and another introducing document management systems for the construction industry.

The Project can be seen here

21st March 2011
MEB Design Architects took part in the Reading Half Marathon 2011 supporting the charities that we work with LARK and GUA Africa. Charles Darby ran the complete race whilst Mark Eddision, Paul Chester, Peter Njuguna and Simon Beaumont placed 3rd out of 70 in the Team Relay Challenge. Thank you for those who donated, fund raising is on going and the charities can be contacted through the following links LARK GUA Africa

We would also like to thank www.stitchydays.co.uk for making and donating the race t-shirts for the day.

2nd March 2011
MEB Design has entered a relay team for the Reading Half Marathon 2011, which takes place on the 20th March. If you would like to support the charities that we work with LARK and GUA Africa, please use the following links LARK GUA Africa

15th December 2010
All offices attended the Christmas party which took place at the old Oxford office studio, the meal was laid on by Lizzie who has also recently qualified as an architect with MEB Design.

5th December 2010
Mark Eddison attended the handover ceremony on completion of 5 new classrooms for the Mary John Primary School in Ler South Sudan funded by the charity Gua Africa.

For more information on the project click here

24th October 2010
Directors of London Office Mark Eddison and Oxford Office Charles Darby would like to thank all those who sponsored them during the Marathon de Vincennes 2010 in Paris and helped in raising over £3000. Both ran for charities which the company works with on two projects: an Education Centre in Leer, South Sudan (London Office) and a Children's Rescue Centre in Kenya (Oxford Office).

For more information on the race and projects click here

6th October 2010
The official opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 6th October 2010 for the new residential wing to Woking Homes. Opened by Mr Brian Souter (Chief Executive of Stagecoach UK) this new facility provides 17 new residents bedrooms with en-suite facilities for residents with a background in the railway industry. MEB Design Architects ran over saw the new development which also provides a communal lounge area and associated bar along with generous circulation areas maximising the amount of natural day light into the building.

Project here

28th September 2010
Bradfield College hosted the opening ceremony for the new Blackburn Science Centre, completed for the beginning of the school's new term, the centre is now in full use.

For more information please click here

26th September 2010
St Paul's Church in St Albans hosted it's opening ceremony.

Photos from the event can be seen here

Photographs copyright Arun Kataria, used with permission.

The Project can be seen here

16th July 2010
NAYC Whitemoor Lakes Royal Visit - The Duchess of Gloucester takes a visit to the Whitemoor Lakes site to lay the first stone as construction begins on the activity centre

Project here

15th July 2010
Beaudesert Park School Performing Arts Centre granted Planning Permission

Project here

11th May 2010
Royal Grammar School Royal Visit - Princess Anne visits the School as part of their 500th anniversary celebrations. The visit incorporated a tour of the school which included the new entrance and reception extension completed by MEB Design Architects earlier in the year.

Project here