Bere Admin March 25th, 2008
After a private tour of the Danish Embassy in London, designed by Arne Jacobsen, Justin Bere attended a small private reception with Tony Fretton, architect, hosted by the Danish ambassador in his ambassador’s suite above the embassy overlooking London’s Sloane Street.
Bere Admin March 13th, 2008
Justin Bere presented a philosophical lecture to the Geffrye Museum members’ 2008 annual general meeting. The talk explained the link between architecture and land resource management, particularly farming and food and energy production. Justin referred to Professor Tim Lang’s recent lecture at City University and lamented the lack of government planning that is clearly necessary in order to address the increasing and conflicting demands on land for housing, energy and food production. Continue Reading »
Bere Admin March 13th, 2008
Justin Bere accompanied the Leader of Islington Council, Cllr James Kempton (Liberal Democrat) in giving a keynote speech at the opening of what is thought to be the UK’s largest solar heating installation to date at the Highbury Swimming Pool in the London Borough of Islington. The project was made possible by the Islington Council Climate Change Fund with an unprecedented spending budget of £3 million. Justin spoke in his capacity as an elected advisor to the council, a service provided charitably by a small group of sustainability experts. Justin praised Islington voters for electing such an environmentally responsible council and in response to a vote of thanks from Cllr Kempton, Justin in turn highlighted the dedication of all the council employees who work well beyond the call of duty in order to ensure the success of this unique and important trail-blazing scheme.
Bere Admin February 29th, 2008
Justin Bere attended the GLA sustainability advisory panel meeting as an external advisor to the GLA. The panel meets regularly and is preparing the Mayor’s bold sustainability strategy for London.
Bere Admin February 25th, 2008
20 tonnes of soil has now been loaded on to the Muse, Justin Bere’s own self-build experimental home and an all-native planting scheme has been installed in good time to get settled in before the growing season. Justin says: “at last we got 20 tonnes of soil on the roofs of my house and we have completed an all-native planting scheme, including a native hawthorn thicket, a native hazel woodland with native honeysuckle and two native wild-flower meadows. Also forty native birch trees have been planted along the gravel entranceway. The selected plants are all species native to the UK, which means they are perfectly suited to support native insects and animals, creating a comprehensive, symbiotic, fully functioning ecology. The plants were all grown in the south east of England and sourced from English Woodlands Continue Reading »
Bere Admin December 27th, 2007
Grand Designs Magazine
December 2007
Jutting out at the end of a mundane Victorian terrace in North London, what looks like a couple of striking zinc-clad boxes stacked on top of each other turns out to be the three bedroom family home of Edward Gibbs and Felicity Caning. Designed by eco architect Justin Bere, Focus House occupies the skinny, wedge-shaped sit of a former car park, a plot that was big enough for a grand total of five cars. The new 250sqm building is a mind-boggling example of how to manipulate an awkward piece of land, especially as ‘it isn’t the rectangular shape you get at the end of most terraces,’ says graphic designer and illustrator Edward.
Bere Admin August 31st, 2007
A video of the Grand Designs Magazine Awards evening, featuring Justin Bere, has now been posted on their website.
http://2.www.granddesignsmagazineawards.com/gdawards07/press_images.shtml
Bere Admin June 13th, 2007
bere:architects were awarded Best Eco House at the Grand Designs Awards on Friday night. The awards, presented by Kevin McCloud, were recorded for television. In his statement afterwards for the television cameras, Justin Bere expressed the sentiment that we are very fortunate to live and work in the
Bere Admin June 6th, 2007
bere:architects were last night presented with the Small House of the Year award for the Focus House project in
Read the article from Property on Sunday Continue Reading »
DG May 15th, 2007
The RIBA last night presented bere:architects with a London Region Award for the Focus House project in North London. The house will now be put forward for the RIBA National Awards in June.
