Mike Russum in BD

Weekly architectural magazine BD featured an interview with Birds Portchmouth Russum director Mike Russum as part of their 'Life Class' column. Can you spot Wood Lane? Check the 17th of February issue for the interview, or for BD subscribers read it by following this link: Life Class

Birds Portchmouth Russum Win Architecture Prize at RA Summer Exhibition 2011

The  Bovis Lend Lease & Architects’ Journal Prize for Architecture at this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has been awarded to Birds Portchmouth Russum for two housing projects, Highlands Housing, Jersey and Wood Lane, Private House in London. The Highlands scheme is a collaboration with Richard Le Sueur, a leading architect based in Jersey who recently completed the celebrated El Tico beach restaurant.

Follow this link to read the story on the AJ website.

We visited the show on the weekend and it feels like one of the strongest in years.  Many thanks to Piers Gough and Alan Stanton for putting it together.

The show is on until the 15th of August - go and see it if you can!

 

 

 

House at Wood Lane under construction

Birds Portchmouth Russum's design for the house at 6 Wood Lane is under construction.  The masonry lower half of the house is almost complete, and the pre-fabricated timber upper sections were recently craned into place, creating the fabulous space visible in the photo above.