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- Published: 16 Jun 2019
We were pleased to announce our 2019 Awards at the AGM at Olympia on Wednesday 12th June, introduced by committee member Derrick Wright and presented by our President, Prof. Hans Haenlein. The large number of members present were provided excellent hospitality by Olympia in their Apex Room. Full details and a narrative are posted on our 2019 Awards page; the AGM photos and administrative documents are posted on our 2019 AGM page.
Summary
In our 30th year of Awards, we renamed our Conservation Award the Tom Ryland Award for Conservation in honour of our past Chairman. We were delighted to present it for the first time to St. Augustine’s Church in Fulham Palace Road.
There were four Nancye Goulden Awards this year, in two distinct pairs, all are projects which have made positive contributions to the Hammersmith streetscape.
The first two are King Street shop fronts: Paintbox Studios and Coffeeology. The other two awards recognise another type of improvement to the streetscape in the form of the Hammersmith Grove Parklets and The Planting under the Flyover. The wooden spoon went to phase 1 of Sovereign Court.
We were also given a detailed presentation by SSPARC architects covering the history of Olympia and the extensive redevelopment plans, followed by an update from RSHP architects covering the Town Hall redevelopment plans. In a Q&A session, Councillor Wesley Harcourt kindly gave us an impromptu update on the Hammersmith Bridge situation.
- Published: 24 May 2019
Members of the Committee visited our 30th Annual Award Nominations on Sunday 19th May and shortlisted them. They’re all shown on the nominations page in their categories, with a selection here.
If you would like to comment on them, or make suggestions for winners, please use the comment form on the above page, or on Instagram.
Award winners will be announced at the AGM at Olympia on 12th June.
Members, guests, and friends will be warmly welcomed.
- Published: 05 Feb 2019
The big and complex application for redevelopment of the 14 acre site, which includes a cluster of Listed Buildings, was approved by the Council’s Planning Committee on 30 January, having been been given a very speedy journey through the planning process.
In our view it was not fully ready to be approved, and we had hoped to gain some modifications on height and architectural detail. There are also serious concerns about how the local area will cope with the numbers of additional workers and visitors to the exhibition halls and performance spaces, while TfL has stated that there is no prospect of extending regular District Line service to Kensington Olympia station in the immediate future, and adjacent bus routes have been recently curtailed.
In our comments we stated that the new development would breathe new life into a very special part of Hammersmith. But the proposed theatre block on Hammersmith Road, the height of the central office building rising above the original Olympia buildings, and the Thomas Heatherwick – designed hotel extension on the south-east corner, which will date very quickly, should have been given more time and thought to get right.
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- Published: 18 Jan 2018
The Council Cabinet agreed before Christmas to advance the plans to give many of our green spaces special protection, preserving them in perpetuity for future generations. For each park an individual ‘deed of dedication’ will be created with open spaces charity ‘Fields in Trust’ which is a nationwide organisation (visit www.fieldsintrust.org) and was previously known as the National Playing Fields Association.
The decision follows work by the Council’s Parks Commission set up last year and the Council’s pledge to protect open spaces from being sold off. Each of the main parks in the Borough had resident representatives on the Commission.
- Published: 18 Jan 2018
As reported in my last News Update, another Listed building to be refurbished is the main auditorium at the Lyric.- Published: 24 Nov 2017
Now that the Lyric have completed the latest round of expansion and building works, they are looking to overhaul the main auditorium and studio spaces. They have asked us to be involved in consultations which will commence in the New Year. This is obviously important to the Hammersmith Society which played such an important role in saving the theatre from destruction back in the 1970s.
- Published: 31 Oct 2017
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- Published: 01 Jan 2016
War Memorial in St John the Evangelist Churchyard in Glenthorne Road (Now part of Godolphin and Latymer School campus)
Rosemary Pettit reports the following good news on the dilapidated state of the War Memorial which she raised with the Council :
On 4 January, Adam O’Neill, one of the Council’s Urban Design and Conservation Officer wrote :
Last year I requested that Historic England assess the war memorial for listing, their (brief) consultation report is available using the link in the email below.
In the meantime Godolphin & Latymer School have made an application for a repairs grant to the War Memorials Trust.
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Civic Voice: Annual Sandys Lecture: Ivan Harbour
Tue 21st Jan | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Senate House - University of London - Malet Street - London WC1E 7HU (Map)
Free lecture, but registration required usingthis link >
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Community Schools Exhibition
Wed 22nd Jan | 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Flora Gardens Primary School, Dalling Rd, W6 0UD (Map)
In March 2019, Hammersmith & Fulham Council announced a new Community Schools Programme which aims to improve school facilities and educational attainment by providing new high-quality, well-designed schools alongside new homes
More on the council website >
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Mon 24th Feb | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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