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Happy New Year from the ADAM Architecture team. Wishing you a bright and successful year ahead.

With Christmas round the corner, ADAM Director Robert Kerr was sizing up the chimney making sure it's suitable for a special visitor!

For Christmas Jumper Day, ADAM Architecture raised money for Crisis at Christmas. This charity helps provide accommodation, food, clothing, and support to people experiencing homelessness over the festive season. To support this, members of the ADAM Team wore Christmas jumpers and donated money. 

Over the weekend, we sponsored the Winchester Hospice Purple Tie Dinner, a wonderful event dedicated to raising awareness and funds for an essential cause. Winchester Hospice provides specialist palliative and end of life care to adults with a life limiting illness who live in Winchester and the surrounding areas. One of our team members attended the evening as Sue is a volunteer at the hospice. We are proud to support such an extraordinary event for the local community.

Last week, we attended the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) 2024 annual conference 'Tackling the housing, health, climate and nature crises – the role of planning and placemaking'. As well as supporting the event with Greenbelt Group and Amos Ellis Consulting, Director Robert Kerr presented a talk about 'Planning holistically with urban network analysis' alongside other insightful speakers, and it was a fantastic event!   The overarching message of the conference was clear: tackling the housing crisis requires more than hitting numerical targets and it demands a visionary approach to creating better places. While ambitious government plans like the New Towns initiative show promise, speakers stressed the need for stronger delivery mechanisms, greater support for local authorities, and thoughtful design that integrates new homes with existing communities. Robert Kerr demonstrated how tools like geospatial analysis can enhance planning processes, ensuring developments not only meet housing needs but also deliver sustainable, thriving neighbourhoods.   At PLACE LOGIC, we’re determined to continue contributing to the conversation and driving forward innovative, people-centred solutions to the challenges of planning and placemaking.

Every year, we send a Christmas card to our clients, colleagues, and friends, with a personal touch - our very own hand-drawn cover. For 2024, ADAM Architecture Director George Saumarez Smith has sketched 12 of our recent and current projects. We’re excited to share a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this card, where you can watch the creative process in our reel on Instagram via the link https://lnkd.in/ewxcqwa2

Join Hampshire History Trust Midweek Musings for a talk on 'Evidence of Neolithic activity and a WW1 army camp' with archaeologist Matt Garner. The talk is this Thursday 5th December 6-7PM at our Winchester office. Learn about archaeological discoveries from two fascinating eras separated by over 5,000 years, including Neolithic pottery, tools, and roasted hazelnuts, as well as evidence from a WW1 army camp. If you're interested in archaeology and local history, find out more via the link below. Tickets include a complimentary drink. https://lnkd.in/ex7HncPc

For Thanksgiving, we are celebrating our work and special connections we have in the United States. From the Millenium Gate in Atlanta to Hugh Petter's Mckim Lecture with the ICAA, Institute of Classical Architecture and George Saumarez Smith teaching at several drawing tours for the ICAA, we are honoured to support the classical tradition across the US. Thank you to our clients, collaborators, and friends for making these connections so meaningful. Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving.

What a great night it was to host and support the launch event for the Winchester Books Festival CIC 2025 last night. The evening was made even more special with Sophie Liardet and Sian Searles lovely speech to the festival's supporters, along with inspiring words from ADAM Director Hugh Petter. To conclude this delightful event, Claire Fuller and Judith Heneghan introduced members of their Taverners writing group, who read a series of festive readings. We look forward to what Winchester Books Festival CIC 2025 will bring!

The first phase of our long-term plan to regenerate the Estate Yard at the heart of Englefield Village is complete and has been marked by the Estate team’s move from a Victorian house into the newly refurbished Estate Office. We have worked carefully with architects, planners, builders and sustainability advisors over many years to sensitively convert the former sawmill at the Estate Yard into a modern, open-plan and sustainable workplace which respects the building’s industrial heritage. We’ve restored and retained the Cornish steam boiler, it’s engine and huge chimney stack. The flywheel adjoining the engine room, along with the gantry and pulley system, have also been retained and incorporated into the design. The saws have also been rehomed with the Hollycombe Trust steam museum in Surrey, where they are being preserved and put on display. Our Estates Director, Edward Crookes said: “This site has been the hub of work on the Estate for centuries – it’s just that the nature of work has changed.” He added: “Being more open plan is going to be helpful…it’s also going to help us on our journey to work more sustainably. It’s a one team philosophy and being in the village at the heart of the Estate, not remote from it, is important.” To read more about the conversion of the former sawmill and our vision to make the Estate Yard a thriving rural business hub, visit: https://lnkd.in/eE3kkMDJ With thanks to the whole Englefield Estate team and the project team, ADAM Architecture, Stonewood Builders Ltd, landscape architects Nicholsons and interior designers Kitesgrove  #EnglefieldEstate #EstateOffice #RuralBusiness #Regeneration #Heritage