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Infill sites also referred to as ‘gap sites’ or ‘small sites’ are development sites within urban areas that are too small for a traditional developer approach to build on. Sometimes they are too small to build more than 1 or 2 homes and often they are not straightforward to develop on.

Back from our summer holidays, well rested and looking forward - it’s always a really exciting time of year for us, this year no different: new projects starting and others reaching important milestones.

Check out the latest edition of our newsletter where we share what we've been up to over the past few months, projects new and old and what's on coming up.

A result of changing work patterns post covid is there’s now more empty office space than ever. This has been exacerbated by sluggish growth in the economy, and a period of pause, ‘waiting to see’ with the prospect of a change in direction from a new government - now passed.

James is back from the inaugural ‘Emerging Discourses on African Architectural Practices’ conference in South Africa where he presented his paper: ‘Post colonial collaborative practice: building from the earth at the 32° East Arts Centre’.

Here we write about our proposal for the Net Zero Neighbourhood masterplan, which was the winner of the Max Fordham Archiboo Architect’ Pitch, itself inspired by the Max Fordham House - UK’s first-ever verified net zero carbon home.

Our Garden House Nursery project was approved for planning at committee, with a unanimous decision.

We’re delighted to have gained approval from Dorset Council for our low carbon gallery space for Weymouth College which will be made from recycled and reused construction materials.

Lovely to get some coverage in Taiwan. We're featured in 'La Vie' magazine in their Architecture with Nature special this month. Alongside some really wonderful projects - take a look!

We’re in FX Magazine, in the workplace feature all about changing workplace architecture in response to changing work patterns, post the 2020 pandemic. A big thanks to Veronica Simpson for the write up.

Join our talk at Futurebuild on Thursday at 3pm-3:45pmACAN Stage (Stand D40) Building from the earth: rammed earth and earth bricks at the 32° East Arts Centre.

With rising energy prices and a greater emphasis on the climate we’re finding our clients are looking more and more for how they can build their home extensions more sustainably. Here we take a look at how to build sustainable home extensions with a case study of a recent completed project in London.

We are just thrilled to have won the Dezeen Cultural Project of the Year for the 32° East Arts Centre project last night.

It was a huge team effort and couldn't have happened without our great client and architect partners 32° East and Localworks.

Shopping habits have changed, retail spaces up and down the country are empty. So what do we do?

It was great to welcome people and show them around the split level homes at Blenheim Grove in Peckham as part of the Open House Festival by Open City this weekend.

32° East Arts Centre has been longlisted in the cultural project category of Dezeen Awards 2023.

We are super excited to announce that our director, James has been selected as a jury member for the Archello Awards 2023!

A great write up from Tom Latim in Architecture Today “I saw this building going up, but it feels like it was here even before I arrived.”

We are super excited to announce that Laura Keay has been selected to be a judge for the Architects’ Journal Architecture Awards 2023!

Purpose and Place at The Africa Centre: A conversation between Teesa Bahana, Director of 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust, and James Hampton, architect and founder New Makers Bureau, exploring Kampala’s 32º East Arts Centre - the city’s first purpose-built community arts space

Laura has been a mentor for the brilliant Women in Architecture. She was recently asked: what would you go back and tell your younger self? And gave some great advice!

Amazing! First images in the Architects’ Journal today of the Arts Centre - wonderful photos from Timothy Latim. And thrilled to get a huge double spread!