2020 | CLTH

If there’s one thing we’ve learned makes better buildings, it’s empathy. Architecture never happens in isolation—and simply by being interested and engaged, we’ve found it’s possible to open up the conversations that connect a scheme to its clients and community.

We believe that the more constraints there are, the better the architecture. If there aren’t any constraints, we create them. Challenging sites, existing buildings and complex briefs almost always present incredible opportunities for great design.

To limit our environmental impact, we start with what is already there. By manipulating the form and fabric of a building—whether new or existing—we can work with the existing conditions of topography, light and orientation, and harness the natural energy sources offered by air, ground and water.

If a site’s constraints guide the bigger design decisions, then it’s empathy that informs the smaller, social details. These details frame the human narratives that aren’t included in the brief, anticipating specific moments in the users’ lives.

Good architecture is as much about what happens on the building site as it is about what’s on the drawing board. By working alongside contractors as well as clients we can ring-fence the ideas and details that matter, championing quality and sustainability throughout construction.

2020

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23.11.21, Hornsey Library

Hornsey Library Official Opening by Sarah Curl

09.12.20, Queens University Belfast

The Meaning of Detail in Architecture by Wayne Head and Gabriella Watkins

Planning Awards 2020

Morland Gardens, Mixed Use Development, Winner

24.11.20, ArchDaily

A Greenhouse City on Mars and a Dockside Tower in Dublin: 8 Unbuilt Projects Submitted by our Readers by Eric Baldwin

18.11.20, Queen's University Belfast

Pop-up Initiatives by Wayne Head and Gabriella Watkins

30.10.20, Architecture Today Webinar

God is in the Details by Wayne Head, Amin Taha, Mary Duggan, Sasha Bhavan, Daniel Bosworth and Terry Fearfield

Education Estates Awards 2020

Lexden Springs School, Inclusive Learning Spaces for All, Winner

23.09.20, NLA

Zero Carbon London by New London Architecture

19.09.20, Open City

Whitehall Historic House by Open City

NLA Awards 2020

Morland Gardens, Mixing Category, Shortlisted

Details vol. 6

Making Margate

27.08.20, ArchDaily

Curl la Tourelle Head Designs 100% Social Housing Scheme in the London Borough of Brent by Christele Harrouk

20.08.20, Building

Brent green lights £43m social housing project near Wembley stadium by Elizabeth Hopkirk

19.08.20, Building Design

Curl la Tourelle Head’s £43m social housing and workspace project approved by Elizabeth Hopkirk

18.08.20, Architects' Journal

Curl la Tourelle Head wins approval for £43m council homes scheme in Brent by Richard Waite

RIBA Rethink: 2025

Pop-up Schools, Longlisted

Pop-up Healthcare

Pop-up Healthcare Flyer

06.07.20, Architects' Journal

Curl la Tourelle Head to overhaul Sussex park by Will Ing

01.07.2020, Architecture Foundation

Day 58 of the 100 Day Studio by Wayne Head

29.06.20, Architecture Foundation

Architecture Foundation 100 Day Studio – Bedtime Stories by Wayne Head

Pop-up High Streets

Pop-up High Streets Flyer

17.06.20, ArchDaily

Curl la Tourelle Head Builds First Socially Distanced Tent for a London Primary School by Christele Harrouk

17.06.20, Dezeen

"Education spaces will never be the same again" says Roar report by Natashah Hitti

16.06.20, Building Design

Schools queue up for Curl La Tourelle Head’s outdoor classrooms by Elizabeth Hopkirk and Dave Rogers

RICS Social Impact Awards 2020

Lexden Springs School, Education, East, Winner

Pop-up Schools

Pop-up Schools Flyer

Details vol. 5

Building King's Cross

18.05.20, ArchDaily

CLTH Proposes Adaptive Design for Schools post COVID-19 by Christele Harrouk

16.05.20, Dezeen

This week, architects and designers looked to a socially distanced future by Tom Ravenscroft

14.05.20, The Evening Standard

Headteachers eager to reopen schools as firm proposes ‘big top’ classrooms by Anna Davis

14.05.20, Teaching Times

Tents Could Be Used to Support Return To School After Lockdown by Teaching Times

13.05.20, Dezeen

Curl la Tourelle Head proposes tent classrooms for socially distanced learning by Tom Ravenscroft

11.05.20, Architects' Journal

Coronavirus: Can primary schools adapt to a post-lockdown world? by Richard Waite

07.05.20, The Telegraph

From tented classrooms to shift patterns: what schools could look like when children return by Sally Peck

12.02.20, Cold Room Talk

Hand, Heart and Mind by Wayne Head