Started: 2010
Completed: 2010
Client: The Governor of Altai

With the proposed re-location of the local government away from Altai, the city’s layout is being improved to welcome more tourists to the spectacular setting by the river and mountains. The new masterplan will encourage development of skiing and other winter sports during the winter, as well as taking advantage of the mild summer climate and the rich ethnic mix of the resident population. New activities will be created along the river and a historic ancient temple site preserved. Jordan+Bateman Architects is master planning the project and developing a control code and schematic designs for major buildings.
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Started: 2011
Completed: 2012
Client: Chongqing Local Government

Balston & Company in collaboration with Jordan+Bateman Architects has been working on this park within a new major technology district near Chongqing.

The park is inspired by a central main poetic theme, the Fenghuang.

This mythical bird generates subthemes which will help define each individual area. All the areas together will recompose the bird.

Visitors will have the opportunity to experience the park along four or more main educational routes. Each route will give the opportunity to enjoy the park from a different aspect.

Started: 2012
Completed: 2012
Client: The Heart of England Forest Ltd – Felix Dennis

“The green burial project aims to provide a peaceful resting place for people seeking a non-denominational, environmentally-friendly alternative to the UK’s increasingly over-subscribed cemeteries. A series of green spaces will be created adjacent to the site’s existing woodland, where people can be laid to rest in caskets made of cardboard or willow, or their ashes scattered.” (From the brief)

Our approach was inspired by the natural conformation of the land and its slope. We looked at the work of Andy Goldsworthy among others. Our aim was to do a light insertion of a locally sourced wicker shell forming the reception building so that would have a natural presence on the site and create little impact on the environment. This enabled us to create a spiritual feel to the building while still keeping it non-denominational.

We were among the top-ten shortlisted out of 94 participating practices.

Started: 2009
Completed: 2009
Client: Government of Fuhai

Jordan+Bateman Architects is currently designing a large school in the Chinese city of Fuhai for 2400 students over three storeys and three buildings. The facilities provide for indoor and outdoor sports, accommodation and canteens as well as specialised teaching rooms. The master plan allows the beautiful landscape to flow between the buildings, while a flowing colonnade weaves across the site, providing a link to all the buildings.

The design of the school building provides high levels of natural light through the use of roof lights, triple height spaces and floors to roof glazed facades. The building is built to the latest Chinese educational standards.
DownloadFuhai School – Project Data SheetSee AlsoKazakh Village

Started: 1999
Completed: 2009
Client: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

An extensive number of projects including the restoration of the listed classical façade of the Ambassador’s residence, an interior fit out and remodelling of the exterior of the Embassy plus the conversion of the stables to high specification offices.

Care and attention to detail and the employment of local crafts were required in order to reproduce the fine details of the original building, while upgrading both the interior fixtures. This was combined with upgrading of the structure to the client’s requirements. The outcome resulted in the preservation of a beautiful and important building while providing a modern and comfortable interior fit for the client’s purpose.

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British Embassy BahrainBritish Embassy DohaBritish Embassy AbujaBritish Embassy Pyongyang

Started: 1999
Completed: 2004
Client: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The building was conceived as two separate elements crossing at right angles, with clerestory windows running along the length providing light at high level through the building. Brise soleil shading protects the building from glare providing a comfortable working environment to the office space and the public waiting area, reducing loading on air conditioning. The form and juxtaposition of shapes highlights the entrance.

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British Embassy DohaBritish Embassy Cairo

Started: 2001
Completed: 2008
Client: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

“…a very beautiful building, clean lines… I think a kind of architecture which is going to set the pace now for this new diplomatic zone in Doha“
Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

This is the competition winning design for the new British Embassy in Qatar. The buildings provide a high quality civil design for the Chancellery, Consular, and Visa sections with their different access and security requirements, plus a new Ambassador’s Residence.

Jordan+Bateman Architects was the design team leader in a new type of partnering agreement. The site changed three times during the design stage and the complex brief continued to be developed and changed by the stakeholders during the building process. The building was delivered on time and met the tight budget.

In conjunction with our Low Carbon Consultant, we provided real reductions in the amount of carbon used in the whole lifetime of the building. This has the additional advantage for our client of reducing the building’s running costs.
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British Embassy Doha – Project Data SheetSee AlsoRoyal Norwegian Embassy BeijingBritish Deputy High Commission Chennai

Started: 2007
Completed: 2008
Client: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

New British Consular offices that involved a fit out of an existing building.

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British Consulate General AlexandriaBritish Consulate General Istanbul

Started: 2001
Completed: 2007 – On time and to budget
Client: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

This was the competition winning design to provide a major extension to the Deputy High Commission in Chennai. Its curved copper façade is a response to the detailed program. The extension is attached to the existing listed historic building and was built very close to other existing buildings. Following completion of the new extension, staff moved in and part of the existing building was demolished, all with as little disruption as possible.

The new building gives different levels of secure access and circulation for staff and the public, including a new Visa office. For the IT systems, extensive co-ordination was managed between the local contractors and the clients own electrical teams .
DownloadBritish Deputy High Commissions Chennai – Data SheetSee AlsoBritish Embassy Doha

Started: 2007
Completed: 2009
Client: Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government

The project consisted of an interior fit out of a shell, housed on the top three and a half floors of a new build office tower. The climate varies from extreme summers to monsoon and cool winters. The project employed green technologies from rainwater harvesting and recycling grey water, to improved insulation and energy saving fixtures and fittings.

The interior fit out used a modular demountable glazing and partition system to meet the clients need for future flexibility, allowing the space to be reconfigured from open plan to cellular office space without the need and cost for a full refurbishment. Printed manifestation to glazed partitions allowed light to penetrate the floor plan while retaining privacy, and presenting an internal space worthy of a Government building.

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British Deputy High Commission Chennai