London's Transport 26/01/12 5th Studio Director Nathan Jones will speak at New London Architecture's half-day conference on London's transport, entitled Driving Growth: The Impact of Transport Investment & Delivery on the Capital. The conference is on 29 February and can be booked here. National government has highlighted investment in transport and infrastructure as key to the UK’s economic recovery and growth. This conference will examine the future for transport investment and delivery in London, and the implications for development and regeneration across the capital. What development opportunities are presented by committed transport schemes, such as Crossrail, Thameslink and TfL upgrades? How do we encourage high quality integrated development around transport interchanges? What impact will new proposed funding mechanisms, such as TIF and CIL, have on enabling transport investment? And in the longer-term, how will London deliver the next wave of transport improvements, including High Speed 2, Crossrail 2/3 and The Thames Hub?

London 2012 Sustainable Design 25/01/12 5th Studio's Olympic Fringe projects feature in Hattie Hartman's new book London 2012 Sustainable Design, Delivering a Games Legacy, published by Wiley. Hartman describes our work in the Lower Lea as "among the most compelling of all design work in and around the Olympic Park." A number of 5th Studio strategy drawings also feature in the book.

East Anglia 22/12/11 One last studio task before the break - wallpaper the whole of East Anglia for New Year propositioning. Merry Christmas to all!

Pylon at The Building Centre 5/12/11 Our Pylon scheme has been selected to be part of an exhibition which displays the best of the entries in the recent Pylon Competition. The exhibition runs until 23 December at The Building Centre, Store Street, London, and is free to all. We proposed to optimise existing pylon components to their location - in particular to topography and weather. Using an 'app', the parameters of each pylon could be modified and micro-engineered. This would allow for a subtler integration of infrastructure in the landscape by, for example, reducing in height (by gaining width) where protected views dictate (the highlands) or responding to the existing characteristics of a landscape (picturesque effect in 'the shire', versus sublime-scaled brashness next to the ring-road (urban margin).

5th Studio pick up two 3R awards 11/11/11 The 3R Awards (Refurb, Rethink, Retrofit) reward and celebrate design, engineering and construction excellence that prolongs the active life of buildings and infrastructure, helping the lower carbon agenda. 5th Studio won an award in the Large Housing category and also scooped the Best Lower Carbon Building Project Award - for our work at the Wolfson Flats, Churchill College Cambridge. Paul Finch, Editorial Director of The Architects' Journal, said: Retrofit and creative adaptation will be critical if we are to develop sustainable, long-term built environments. They are also essential if we are going to meet the challenge of a low-carbon future. These awards are a recognition and celebration of great projects already completed, and will promote exemplars across the construction industry.