St Johns Wood Care Home Redesign Gets Planning

Nestled in the heart of St Johns Wood, North London, Lodge Road is a 121-bed care home with twelve private apartments including three duplexes on the upper floors. The updates have been designed for Care Concern Group and Amazon Property.

The Heart Of The Future – The Next Gen Series

This epic collaborative series started last year, and Adamson Associates are the brainchild behind it all. Teaming up with visionary collaborators in the Built Environment world-UHA, Ramboll, OFR, Piercy & Company, ECD Architects, ARUP, Volker Fitzpatrick and ourselves; Each company organises their own event to discuss a topic close to their hearts to strengthen and make a difference to our Future Cities.

But why this collaboration of companies? Together, we unlock a future generation, a treasure chest of creativity, innovation, and architectural excellence. Read more about our architectural thinking about tomorrow.

Extra Care Scheme Wins Planning on Former Police Station Site

We are delighted that our extra care design for Birchgrove has secured planning approval.  The plans are to redevelop the site of the former police station on Chiswick High Road into 50 private rented extra care apartments. The new development will consist of one and two-bed self-contained apartments featuring the very best communal facilities, including a restaurant, licensed bar, community space, and an oasis landscape garden.

Planning Confirmed for Fulham Care Home

As we applaud the significant milestone by successfully securing planning approval for a new esteemed Care Home on Hurlingham Road in Fulham, this accomplishment was made possible through the collaborative working with the client and consultants.

The Hunters designed new 81-bed residential care home near Putney Bridge within the exclusive Hurlingham Conservation Area, is an urban care home which mixes conservation, state-of-the-art facilities in Central London

Find out more about the project…

Our Triple Wins!

We’re thrilled to announce that three of our Hunter design projects won planning approval at the London Borough of Hillingdon planning committee.

Together they encompass two new libraries, a community hub and 104 homes, with 95 being affordable – much needed in the area.

To everyone who helped make this possible, congratulations.

Graham Acus, Hunter’s Longest Serving Director Retires.

Graham, who joined Hunters back in the late seventies has decided to step down and take retirement. He has led our Building Surveying team through thousands of projects with many clients mainly in the housing sector. Highly respected and famously affable, Graham has been an essential part of the Hunters DNA and a leading consultant in the industry.

Find out more about Graham by reading on…

Designs for Kingston Hospital ICU

Plans are progressing to build a new intensive care unit (ICU) nestled within the large Kingston Hospital site in Southwest London. Through extensive collaboration with the Trust, the design provides a new day lit new intensive care unit.

The team has looked to create a more domestic feel throughout with an emphasis on providing a direct views of the sky, while a complimentary set of spaces have all been carefully considered to improve the experience of  relatives and staff.

Children’s Home receives planning

Charville Lane Children’s Home in London Borough of Hillingdon has won planning. The Hunters designed scheme of specialist supported accommodation is for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and local children under the age of 18. The development comprises of six ‘houses’ supporting up to 12 children. Each house integrates both staff and user accommodation (bedroom with an en-suite bathroom) enabling both privacy and support.

Communal areas have been designed so recreational activities can be facilitated. The addition of an educational building where young people have access to PC’s for homework can also be supported by a Virtual school. Outside a shared Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) sits amongst a private gardens to each house.

Building Safety Act, are you ready?

Guy Chapman, Director at Hunters, initiated a series of in-house workshops on the new Building Safety Act 2022. The accompanying secondary legislation, effective since 01 October 2023, will apply to ALL construction projects including work on existing buildings regardless of height. The purpose of this training is to ensure our teams of Architects, Employers’ Agents, and Building Consultants are well-informed about the secondary legislation and recent changes to assist clients through the transition process.

For many years, the Hunters dedicated Health, Safety and CDM compliance team have ensured projects are delivered to the highest standards. The new legislation creates greater accountability for anyone involved in the design, construction of all buildings and those responsible during the occupation phase of Higher Risk Buildings.

Norba Court Award Win: Where Affordable Meets Excellence

Inside Housing Development Awards 2023 has honoured Norba Court as The Best Healthy Homes Development. Our client, Gateway Housing Association, is providing 46 new apartments for local residents.

Nestled in Bow near Roman Road, the 100% affordable supported housing gem is designed to integrate comfortable homes with well-planned and vibrant communal areas surrounding a dementia garden.