Nicholas Hare Architects is a UK architectural practice, with a portfolio of award-winning projects. These include schools, higher education, refurbishment, commercial projects, and buildings for the arts. Founded by Nicholas Hare in 1977, the practice is now a limited liability partnership with over 50 employees. The office is based in an old book-binding factory in Barnsbury Square in Islington. Nicholas Hare Architects LLP is a member of the UK Green Building Council and achieves BREEAM Excellent rating for several of its completed buildings.
Notable buildings include:
UK Headquarters building for NOKIA in Farnborough for SEGRO
Science Building & Drama Centre for St Paul's School, London
Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington
Brunei Gallery for the University of London
Richard Doll Building for the University of Oxford
Education & Simulation Centre for the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Student Services Centre for the University of Southampton
The David Attenborough Building at the University of Cambridge
Alison Richard Building on the Sidgwick Site at the University of Cambridge
Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales
Headquarters Complex in Farnborough for SEGRO
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists London
Hawkshead Campus Gateway Building, Royal Veterinary College
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Birmingham
Cornelius Vermuyden School on Canvey Island
Research and Development building for NOKIA in Farnborough for SEGRO
UK Headquarters building in Slough for O2.
Production Workshop and new Costume Centre in Thurrock for the Royal Opera House
Royal Courts building in Guernsey
Golden Lane Campus next to the Barbican
The practice won the Prime Minister's 'Better Public Building' award for Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College in 2009. The same project was awarded the RIBA/Learning and Skills Council Further Education Building Design Excellence Award. Nicholas Hare Architects has won several Civic Trust Awards and commendations for several projects and was named Best School Architect at the British Council for School Environments Awards in 2009.
2015
St Paul's School Science Building, RIBA London Award
Gloucester Academy, Commendation, Gloucester Civic Award
Kettering Science Academy, Commendation, Civic Trust Awards
2014
Bishop of Rochester Academy Highly Commended, AJ100 Value Excellence Award
Woodlands School Winner - BIM Initiative of the Year, Heating & Ventilation Awards
St Paul's School Science Building Highly Commended - Design Through Innovation, (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) RICS London Awards
St Paul's School Science Building Winner, Civic Trust Awards
GreenPark, Reading Winner, Civic Trust Award
Noel-Baker and St Martins School Derby Civic Society, Commendation (Top Prize)
Noel-Baker and St Martins School Winner, RIBA East Midlands Award
2013
Dormers Wells High School Winner, Ealing Civic Society Award
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Top 20 projects in the West Midlands, MADE20 Design Awards
Nicholas Hare Architects Overall Winner, Open City Architecture in Schools Primary Awards
Woodlands SchoolWinner (Building) BIM Project Application, British Construction Industry Awards
Strood Academy Best New Build, Medway Culture & Design Award
Alison Richard Building Commendation, Cambridge Design and Construction Awards
2012
Royal Opera House Production Workshop, RIBA East Spirit of Ingenuity Award
Crown Woods College, RIBA London Regional Award
Crown Woods College, Civic Trust Awards Commendation
Alison Richard Building, Civic Trust Awards Commendation
2011
High House Production Park Project of the Year and Regeneration & Conservation Award, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), South East Region 2011
Coleridge Primary School Winner, Civic Trust Awards
2009
Park Hall School in Solihull Winner - Excellence in BSF: Best Design for a New School (also shortlisted in the Innovation in Sustainability Award), Partnership for Schools
O2 Headquarters building in Slough The Architecture Award Winner, International Property and Commercial Awards
Best School Architect, British Council for School Environments
Winner - Inspiring Design, British Council for School Environments - Golden Lane Campus
2007
The Richard Doll Building, University of Oxford, RIBA Award
Student Services Centre, University of Southampton, RIBA Award
