Bere Admin January 31st, 2007
In This Is local Lonon on 31 January 2007, Martina Smit said’An ultramodern block of glass and stone has been erected next to London’s historic landmark of the Monument.
The shimmering pavilion forms the centrepiece of a new public square alongside the 61m (202ft) column that commemorates the Great Fire of London of 1666. Continue Reading »
Bere Admin January 19th, 2007
Building Design
19 January 2007
Bere Architects has unveiled this image of its glass pavilion and landscaping works for Monument Square in the City of London, due to be opened on January 31. The pavilion, commissioned by the City, is designed with more than 100 pieces of angled mirrored glass on the roof reflecting the golden orb at the top of the 1670s Monument, which will be seen by visitors standing at the top of the landmark. Continue Reading »
Bere Admin January 7th, 2007
Bere architects’ Associate Director Dan Gibbons featured in Sublime Magazine’s January feature, ‘Warm and Very Cool’, discussing the passive enviromental strategies employed in the design of the practice’s Sylvanus House. Continue Reading »
Bere Admin January 7th, 2007
RIBA Journal
8 February 2007
He’s the design-minded planner in charge of Street Scene Challenge, an impressive urban improvement project in the Square Mile of the City of London, that’s who.
Running since 2003, the project mixes private sponsorship with public funds to improve streets for pedestrians. With 30 schemes under its belt, the project has chalked up its most prestigious one to date: the £1m re-creation of a traffic-free square at the foot of the Monument, complete with a freestanding pavilion by Bere Architects (above). It opened on 31 January. Continue Reading »
Bere Admin January 7th, 2007
In the Evening Standard on 26 January 2007, Fay Sweet said
‘With its glimmering glass pavilion, freshly laid stone and granite paving, a new public square will be unveiled in the capital next Wednesday.
Where once card, motorcycles and lorries wove their way through the tight mesh of streets around Monument in the City, now peace reigns – and it is pedestrians only.
This small oasis in the heart of the Square Mile has been reclaimed to improve the environment and quality of life for City workers. With traffic banished, now there is space to take a break and enjoy the views from the 200ft-tall Monument tower commemorating the Great Fire of London, which began just a spark away in