Featured Projects
Graduate Hotels
Extensive refurbishment of two hotels for the Graduate Hotels brand; a collection of boutique hotels located in key university towns across the US and the UK.
UKAEA – Combined Office Building
Multi-disciplinary design services for a new office building for UKAEA and Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) on the Culham Science Campus in Oxfordshire.
Perry Road, Harlow
Harlow Council’s Perry Road scheme comprises the redevelopment of the former Lister Medical Centre site in the heart of Staple Tye - one of the seven, original neighbourhoods of Gibberd's Harlow New Town masterplan – to provide a mix of social housing and commercial space.
Staple Tye Depot, Harlow
The redevelopment of the Staple Tye depot site in Harlow will deliver a distinctive scheme of family houses, providing much-needed social housing and enhancing the character of the area.
The Yorkes, Harlow
The Yorkes development brings a vacant plot of land back into residential use in the Tye Green area of Harlow to deliver a ‘later living’ development of six one-storey bungalows.
Featured News
Planning approval for temporary bus station paves way for next phase of new Harlow sustainable transport hub & interchange
The large-scale rebuild of Harlow bus station and the regeneration of the Essex town’s Terminus Street moved one step closer to reality this month, with the conclusion of the site enabling works and planning permission granted for the change of use of Post Office Road car park to a temporary bus station.
ElementalLONDON: The great retrofitting revolution needs a national plan
Associate Director at McBains and member of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), Alex Jahanshahi-Edlin, speaks to elemental about the need to develop a coordinated national plan for decarbonising the housing sector.
Green light given for Harlow Museum extension and new café
Plans to improve and enhance Harlow Museum were unanimously approved last week, Wednesday October 9th , 2024, by Harlow Council's planning committee.
PROPERTY WEEK: BTR’s future lies in the new towns
McBains has placed an article in Property Week with McBains Director of Housing & Masterplanning, Peter O'Rourke, providing his thoughts on the on the growing interest and opportunities in suburban BTR (SBTR)
Green light for new community park building in Islington
Plans for a new community building set within the Wray Crescent Open Space in Finsbury Park were approved last month.