News
February 2020
We visited Palm Beach, Florida for the Addison Mizner Awards ceremony hosted by the Institute of Classical Art and Architecture. Jonathan was a juror for the awards in November.
Kingston MArch Unit 6 field trip to New York City and Washington DC.
November 2019
Jonathan has been invited to judge the Addison Mizner awards for the ICAA in Palm Beach, Florida.
We will present a lecture on the work of the practice and how we came to work the way we do at AHO Oslo Architecture School on 25th November 2019.
October 2019
Our model for our project Rotherfield Crescent is exhibited in the exhibition “What is Ornament” at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019.
September 2019
We have contributed work to the exhibition Alternative Histories, curated by Jantje Engels and Marius Grootveld, in collaboration with Drawing Matter and the Architecture Foundation, at CIVA, Rue de l’Ermitage 55, Brussels, Belgium, from 7th to 29th September 2019.
Work by the practice, and by students of Kingston Unit 6, will be exhibited at the Lisbon Architecture Trienniale in October as part of the exhibition “What is Ornament?”
July 2019
We have been teaching for a week in Sweden at the Engelsberg Summer School in Classical Architecture, where we also delivered a lecture on the work of our practice.
March 2019
Timothy attended Yale School of Architecture as guest critic in the Robert A. M. Stern Visiting Professorship in Classical Architecture
March 2019
We have contributed work to the exhibition Alternative Histories, curated by Jantje Engels and Marius Grootveld, in collaboration with Drawing Matter and the Architecture Foundation, at 6 Cork Street, Mayfair, 23rd March to 14th April 2019
February 2019
Our Kingston MArch Unit 6 students exhibited their classical fragment models in an event entitled “Translation” in collaboration with Drawing Matter. The work will be published later in the year.
January 2019
Planning approval has been granted for the conversion of a commercial bakery in Stoke Newington, London, into 3 dwellings and a commercial space.
S&T appointed for works to a house in Hackney.
December 2018
Merry Christmas from all at Smith & Taylor Architects!
November 2018
We were very pleased to meet His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at a reception organised by INTBAU at Poundbury, his Duchy of Cornwall extension to the town of Dorchester.
Planning approval has been granted for 8 new dwellings in Cambridgeshire.
Kingston MArch Unit 6 study trip to Sicily.
October 2018
The practice has designed and constructed two monumental temporary cocktail bars in the Orangery of the Queen’s House Greenwich as part of Metamorphoses: Classical Currents in Contemporary Practice, organised jointly between the Architecture Foundation and Old Royal Naval College. We were also exhibitions co-curators, showing work by our Kingston students and students of the Buckingham University Summer School.
September 2018
We have been invited to speak at the ICAA Education Forum 2018 in Washington DC on our teaching and practice.
For 2018-19 our postgraduate design Unit 6 at Kingston School of Art is entitled ‘Translations’.
July 2018
We have been teaching for a week in Sweden at the Engelsberg Summer School in Classical Architecture, where we also delivered a lecture on the work of our practice.
Planning permission has been granted for three new detached houses in Cambridgeshire.
June 2018
Summer Show opens at Kingston School of Art featuring work by our MArch Unit 6 students.
Full scale models by our MArch Unit 6 students exhibited at the Art Worker’s Guild and Kingston@OCEE exhibitions.
March 2018
21st March 18:30. Timothy & Jonathan will give a public lecture on the work of the practice at Kingston School of Art entitled ‘Marginal Classicism’.
December 2017
Listed Building Consent granted for our project for extension and renovation of a house in Islington
Smith & Taylor featured in The Modern House directory of practices
Merry Christmas from all at Smith & Taylor Architects!
November 2017
Teddington Folly has been featured on Architecture Today’s website
September 2017
Our Garden Room project has been shortlisted from 320 entries in the refurbishment category of the Brick Awards 2017.
July 2017
We have been teaching for a week in Sweden at the Engelsberg Summer School in Classical Architecture.
April 2017
We have been appointed to convert an existing mixed use building in Hackney, London to provide a design studio, family house and separate flats
March 2017
We have won an invited competition for an estate building on an estate in the South of England for the National Trust.
February 2017
We have been appointed for extension and refurbishment works to a listed house in Islington.
Planning Permission has been granted for our project for the extension of a large house in Blackheath.
December 2016
We have been invited to present at the Architecture Foundation’s event Introducing: New Housing (2) event on 8th December at the Royal College of Art. The second of two events, it features “some of the best emerging architects and most progressive housing developers working in London today.” Tickets available here.
We have been appointed to develop site strategies for 30 new dwellings on a site in Cambridgeshire.
The National Trust has asked us to design a welcome kiosk at Cliveden Gardens, following the refreshment kiosk we worked on for them this Summer.
November 2016
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to a listed house in Islington.
We visited Rome with our Kingston Unit 6 students to consider 2000years of classical architecture and to research the Piazza Augusto Imperatore from 1938 by Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo.
September 2016
S&T appointed to extend and refurbish a large house in Blackheath.
For 2016-17 our postgraduate design Unit 6 at Kingston University is entitled ‘Relief’ and will focus on the exploration of facades and the language of classical architecture.
October 2016
We visited Berlin to meet with the architect Paul Kahlfeldt to discuss the practice of classical architecture and to visit some of his works. Paul generously gave his time and presented to us the exhibition and site for the Werkbundstadt Berlin housing project.
May 2016
We have moved our studio to:
4 Northington Street
London WC1N 2JG
Our telephone and email contacts remain unchanged.
March 2016
We have been shortlisted in the competition to find an architect for the redevelopment of Byron House, the west London home of the Institute of Psychoanalysis. The shortlist was selected through an open competition organised by the Architecture Foundation.
The Institute was founded in 1924 by a colleague of Freud’s and has an ambitious strategy for growth. The project involves the refurbishment of consulting rooms and their archive, and the redevelopment of their main lecture room and reception area.
January 2016
We have been selected for inclusion in the Architecture Foundation’s ‘New Architects 3’ book, the definitive survey of Britain’s best emerging practices.
November 2015
Planning permission granted for our project for the conversion of a fire station in a Warwickshire village into a live/work space for an artist and designer.
Study trip to Stockholm, Malmö, Faaborg and Copenhagen with students of Kingston MArch Unit 6.
May 2015
S&T appointed for barn conversion project in the South Downs National Park
Kingston School of Architecture and Landscape Summer Show 2015 - private view 30th May
April 2015
Work starts on site for extension and refurbishment works to Victorian cottage in Teddington.
Jonathan invited to serve on Adam Architecture Student Travel Scholarship jury.
February 2015
Timothy invited as Year 3 guest critic at Cambridge University Department of Architecture
January 2015
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to house in Hackney.
December 2014
Shell and external works complete at Lower Bryanston
Merry Christmas from all at Smith & Taylor
September 2014
For 2014-15 our postgraduate design unit at Kingston University will focus on the City of London as a heritage asset, and the order of classical architecture.
July 2014
Our postgraduate design unit at Kingston mentioned as a standout unit for Trevor Horne in his summer show review, and in Ellis Woodman’s essay, both for the Architect’s Journal. View a selection of the work here.
Kyverdale Road to appear in the September issue of Grand Designs magazine.
June 2014
Planning permission granted for extension and refurbishment works to locally listed Victorian cottage in Teddington.
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to house in Forest Hill.
May 2014
Summer Show 2014 opens at Kingston University School of Architecture and Landscape, showcasing work across the school including our postgraduate students’ Marginal Classicism projects in Edinburgh
April 2014
Above ground works for our project in Dorset start on site.
Remodelling of property in Fulham Conservation Area starts on site.
March 2014
Timothy and Jonathan will be giving a lecture at the studio of BHSF Architekten in Zürich as a part of their office talks series.
BHSF Architekten, 12th March, 20:00
December 2013
Planning permission granted for new house and barn conversion in Cambridgeshire.
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to Victorian cottage in Teddington.
November 2013
The proposal, developed by S&T and Iain Hales at the urban design charette in Birmingham, organized by the AJ and developer Argent, is published in the AJ, (01.11.13, pp. 53-57).
September 2013
S&T with artist Iain Hales participate in urban design charette in Birmingham organised by the AJ and developer Argent. Projects to be exhibited and published this autumn.
S&T appointed for full refurbishment and extension of a detached house in Hackney Conservation Area.
S&T appointed for alteration works to a house in Raynes Park.
August 2013
Planning permission granted for works to house in Fulham Conservation Area.
Lower Bryanston project in Dorset starts on site.
July 2013
Topping out ceremony at Kyverdale Road.
June 2013
Our project for a new house and barn conversion in East Anglia featured in Building Design.
S&T appointed by Plain English for remodelling and extension works to their building on Hoxton Square, London.
Kingston School of Architecture and Landscape exhibition opens 15th June. Click here for an invite.
May 2013
Timothy Smith & Jonathan Taylor’s teaching at Kingston University mentioned in Building Design. Download feature here.
April 2013
Mansion flat project in West Kensington complete.
Refurbishment of listed townhouse in Camden complete.
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to property in Fulham.
March 2012
Refurbishment and extension works to house in Hackney start on site
February 2013
New build house at Kyverdale Road starts on site
January 2013
Happy New Year from all at Timothy Smith & Jonathan Taylor LLP
Study trip to Vicenza with Kingston University students
December 2012
Seasons Greetings from all at Timothy Smith & Jonathan Taylor LLP
October 2012
Work starts on site at mansion flat in West London
Planning permission granted for refurbishment and extension works to house in Hackney, London
Timothy Smith takes up post of Acting Course Director of BA Architecture course at Kingston University School of Architecture and Landscape
September 2012
New build house at Kyverdale Road starts on site
Planning permission granted for for refurbishment and extension works to house in Stour Valley, Suffolk
Planning permission and listed building consent granted for for conversion of outbuilding in Cambridgeshire village
S&T appointed for refurbishment and extension works to house in Hackney, London
May 2012
Our entry shortlisted for Peabody housing association’s 150th anniversary architectural competition
Timothy Smith & Jonathan Taylor invited as guest critics to ETH Zürich, Studio Ilai under Professor Christian Kerez
April 2012
Planning permission granted for works to historic cottage in Dorset Conservation Area and AONB.
We are pleased to announce that The Kernel brewery, local to our office, are to be our official refreshments supplier
March 2012
S&T appointed for refurbishment and extension works to house in Stour Valley, Suffolk
Work begins on site for large extension and refurbishment works to house in Theydon Bois, Essex
January 2012
Studio 2.4 present mausoleum design project at School of Architecture’s School Assembly day
S&T visit York Minster to climb tower and see carillon in action
Photographer’s studio in Yorkshire completes, photos to follow soon
New build house on Kyverdale Road goes to tender
December 2011
S&T appointed to design large new build house and barn conversion in Cambridgeshire for planning submission in early 2012.
S&T wish all their friends, clients and collaborators a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
November 2011
Study trip to Rome with Kingston University students
October 2011
Practice moves to new studio in Bermondsey
New academic year begins at Kingston University
Highbury House completes
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to house in Hackney Conservation Area
August 2011
Practice moves to temporary new studio in Hackney
S&T appointed to convert 33,000 sq ft industrial building in Hackney into mixed use building
House in Highbury almost complete
June 2011
S&T appointed to design a photographer’s studio in Yorkshire
Kingston University School of Architecture & Landscape Degree Show - High street London 2011 - opens
March 2011
House in Almondbury shortlisted for RIBA Yorkshire award
February 2011
Work begins on site for extensive works to house in Highbury Conservation Area.
Planning permission granted for works to historic cottage in Dorset Conservation Area.
Planning permission granted for works to house in Hammersmith Conservation Area.
Planning permission granted for works to house in Hackney Conservation Area.
Listed Building Consent granted for works to flat in Highbury Conservation Area.
Planning Permission granted for extension to house in Battersea.
S&T appointed for major alteration work to listed house in Hackney.
January 2011
S&T launch new website by Cherrymark Design.
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to house in Willesden Green.
S&T shortlisted for AJ Small Projects.
December 2010
S&T appointed for refurbishment works to house in Stroud Green Conservation Area.
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to top floor flat in Belsize Park Conservation Area.
S&T appointed to take 11 unit residential scheme in Cambridgeshire through planning.
November 2010
Planning permission granted for new roof terrace in De Beauvoir Conservation Area.
Planning permission granted for refurbishment and extension of house in Peckham.
Listed Building Consent granted for refurbishment of townhouse in Camden.
Studio 2.4 field trip - Walsal, Nottingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh.
TS & JT guest critics at Edinburgh College of Art.
October 2010
S&T appointed for extension and refurbishment works to house in Hammersmith.
S&T appointed for refurbishment works to mansion flat in West Kensington.
September 2010
Studio 2.4 teaching at Kingston University starts.
August 2010
S&T research trip to Berlin.
July 2010
House in Almondbury completed.
S&T appointed for the design of two storey extension to terraced cottage in Dorset village.
S&T appointed for extension to terraced house in Battersea.
June 2010
S&T appointed for complete refurbishment of townhouse in Highbury.
Kingston University summer show.
May 2010
April 2010
S&T appointed for refurbishment and extension of listed townhouse in Camden.
March 2010
S&T featured in AJ New Practices column.