Shedkm announced this week that it had opened a new studio in Hastings, East Sussex, to handle the demand for regeneration-led work on the south coast.
In a statement to the AJ, it said the studio would ‘enable closer collaboration with local communities, councils, and clients, to deliver economically and socially transformative schemes that add tangible, lasting value for local people’.
The practice added that its new studio added to ‘our nationwide presence alongside studios in Liverpool, Manchester and London, and brings our socially regenerative design approach to the south coast’.
Shedkm’s recent work in the south includes Circus Street, in Brighton, a mixed-use new neighbourhood which won the AJ Architecture Awards 2022 Building of the Year. The practice says the scheme is still its most significant in the region to date.
In 2022, Shedkm became employee owned by its 45 staff across two studios in Liverpool and London. In 2024, it opened an office in Manchester.
Meanwhile, York-based Brown + Company has announced the opening of a studio in Edinburgh, set to be led by architect Rob Miller.
Miller recently secured first place in the national design ideas competition for a new community facility at Portobello Promenade in the city, which will restore a dated public toilet. The practice is now working with Edinburgh City Council on the project.
The scheme features a community garden as part of a shared initiative involving local schools, charities, and residents.
Miller said: ‘I am extremely proud to be opening Brown + Company’s first Scottish office here in Edinburgh. This is a major move for our company and a tremendous vote of confidence not just in ourselves, but crucially also in Edinburgh.’
Brown + Company was set up in 2023 by Neil Brown, and secured planning on a major heritage-led regeneration scheme in York at the end of 2024.
Brown + Company -Portobello Promenade