Squire and Partners in Lambeth

[editor]

Luxury!

In photos: Brixton Chamber Orchestra perform at the exclusive Upstairs at the Department Store rooftop bar, Mon 14th Nov

Thanks to an invite from our friends in the Brixton Chamber Orchestra, we were finally afforded a look at the private rooftop bar at The Department Store in Brixton.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[cuppa tee]

So I finally got to visit the exclusive "stunning rooftop dining space, lounge, bar and terrace" offering a "sophisticated level of personal service in a generous uncrowded space," and it's awfully swanky.

I absolutely hate places like this, but is anyone has £240 to spare and fancies spending £7.50 on a Brixton Brewery beer made a mile away, here's how to apply:

Membership — Upstairs

upstairsbrixton.com

edit....we must have posted at the same time, thanks for up date

 

[editor]

Michael Squire, the company's founder died yesterday.

Squire was born in 1946 and studied architecture at St John’s college, Cambridge, before working with his father, architect Raglan Squire, in Jakarta and Bahrain. He then returned to the UK to establish his own company.

The firm is responsible for several major London schemes, including the redevelopment at One Tower Bridge (2017) and a masterplan for west London’s Chelsea Barracks (ongoing).

Other notable projects in the past 47 years include Unison’s Euston Road headquarters (2011), a luxury residential scheme at Ebury Square (2014), and the retrofit of the Department Store in Brixton, south London, where the firm has been based since 2017.

Squire & Partners has won multiple design awards over the past five decades, including RIBA London and National Awards for the Department Store in 2018.

Squire & Partners founder Michael Squire dies aged 77

Michael Squire, the founder of London-based practice Squire & Partners and the architect behind many high-end projects across the capital, has died aged 77

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

 

[snowy_again]

He died on the 4th, a day after his birthday.

 

[Gramsci]

Michael Squire, the company's founder died yesterday.

Squire & Partners founder Michael Squire dies aged 77

Michael Squire, the founder of London-based practice Squire & Partners and the architect behind many high-end projects across the capital, has died aged 77

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

Am I supposed to mourn?

Chelsea Barracks development is shit. Been there. Arid super expensive development. The public space is not really public

He got it as he is the kind of architect that our King liked.

Am I bothered he has kicked the bucket?

No

He is member of the establishment

 

[sparkybird]

Am I supposed to mourn?

Chelsea Barracks development is shit. Been there. Arid super expensive development. The public space is not really public

He got it as he is the kind of architect that our King liked.

Am I bothered he has kicked the bucket?

No

He is member of the establishment

I didn't see anyone asking you to mourn.
He was still a father, husband and grandfather.

 

[Gramsci]

I didn't see anyone asking you to mourn.
He was still a father, husband and grandfather.

So what do you think of the gushing with praise obituary?

The practice said the Brixton scheme ‘set a new benchmark for adaptive reuse of old buildings and is a manifestation of Michael’s generous and inclusive nature.’

Do you think this architectural practise Brixton scheme is generous and inclusive?

If so how?

Promised a lot at beginning and it kind of tailed off gradually imo.

Cant say I can afford the membership. Or even if Im the sort of person they want gracing their premises.

 

[Gramsci]

Glad you find it a joke DaphneM

 

[Gramsci]

Ive got to a stage in life where Ilmit my caring and sharing.

 

[DaphneM]

Glad you find it a joke DaphneM

i think you're funny

 

[Gramsci]

i think you're funny

I think your just here to wind people up.

A waste of space on this forum

 

[sparkybird]

So what do you think of the gushing with praise obituary?



Do you think this architectural practise Brixton scheme is generous and inclusive?

If so how?

Promised a lot at beginning and it kind of tailed off gradually imo.

Cant say I can afford the membership. Or even if I'm the sort of person they want gracing their premises.

I didn't read it. I didn't know him and am not really interested in his work so why would I?
I can't afford membership either and doubt I'm the target audience. nor would I pay even if I could.
I just found your comment a bit disrespectful to his family. This is a public forum after all.
But hey maybe I'm getting over sensitive in my old age.

 

[Tulster218]

I didn't read it. I didn't know him and am not really interested in his work so why would I?
I can't afford membership either and doubt I'm the target audience. nor would I pay even if I could.
I just found your comment a bit disrespectful to his family. This is a public forum after all.
But hey maybe I'm getting over sensitive in my old age.

I'm keeping quiet for now, but on the day Gramsci meets his maker, I'll have plenty to say.

 

[sparkybird]

I'm keeping quiet for now, but on the day Gramsci meets his maker, I'll have plenty to say.

Is that supposed to be funny? I'm not laughing.

 

[Jimbeau]

I met Michael Squire a few times. I found him to be a warm and engaging man, and endlessly enthusiastic about the creative industries. I rather liked him.

I work with arts and heritage organisations when they're doing change projects. Squire do education and culture work amongst all the commercial stuff. Lots of the big multidisciplinary firms are the same. The big gigs allow them to do R&D, or passion projects, or to show their CSR credentials - often at local level, or in collaboration, or as a chance to train up young people or to develop their more junior staff. It's good for marketing too of course, which never hurts, but it's a fact of life that this is part of how the design industry works.

None of this means his firm doesn't do a lot of very shiny stuff for clients who don't give two hoots about sustainability or social justice. Things are rarely black and white.

 

[Gramsci]

I'm keeping quiet for now, but on the day Gramsci meets his maker, I'll have plenty to say.

I'm not stopping you.

Bring it on now