Velux have created a case study on the RIBA product selector resource of our design for the Art Block at Guildford County School. The school asked for a vibrant building that could spark the creative imagination of its students and help them achieve their learning potential.   For the full case study please click here:…

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LAA_181204 – December Schools Newsletter New sports hall latest development at Guildford County School Significant CIF funding means Guildford County School are now able to proceed with their next major phase of building development – a new sports hall, gym and studio development – which is going out to tender this month. Working with Lytle…

The phase 1a building at Tolworth Girls’ School & Sixth Form was completed as scheduled in time for the beginning of term in September. The building is now in use and welcoming both new and old Tolworth pupils through its doors. The new building contains a sixth form centre inclusive of a study and resource area,…

After 9 months in temporary accommodation we have moved back in to our newly refurbished Grade ll Listed  offices on Quarry Street. Thank you  to everyone who was involved in the refurbishment works and to everyone who came to our opening party where we also took the opportunity to celebrate our 30 year anniversary and…

Major refurbishment works at Guildford County School have been completed on time ready for the start of the autumn term. The upper two floors of the refurbished three storey building provide an expanded and improved Sixth Form centre for the school.  A dedicated entrance from the front of the campus leads to a new foyer…

A planning application has been submitted for a £15 million educational redevelopment at Tolworth Girls’ School, together with an outline application for enabling residential development.  LAA have put their combined educational and residential masterplanning expertise to good use to deliver a holistic scheme for the whole 14 acre site. The school have been working with…

The new art department at Guildford County School was formally opened on Friday 4th July by Anne Milton MP. The building provides 4 spacious art studios – a large 3D/clay studio with kiln room and damp room, main fine art studio, dedicated sixth form studio and a flexible fine art/photography studio incorporating backdrops and curtains…

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The 19th Public House is to be held on the 2nd October 2014, The Rodboro Building (Wetherspoons) Guildford. From 6-9pm, drop in when you can. All welcome. Public House is a regular networking event for young professionals in the design, property and construction industry with the aim of helping to develop existing relationships and meet…

Andrew Torrance, Chief Executive of Allianz Insurance PLC, has formally opened the new office accommodation at Allianz’s UK Head office in Guildford. Gerry Lytle Associates obtained planning permission for this 550m2 second floor extension to the Allianz Insurance PLC headquarters. The extension increases the floor area of this blue chip company to in excess of…

Gerry Lytle Associates are pleased to announce they have been recognised as a ‘Smarter Planning Champion’ by the Planning Portal. Smarter Planning promotes a more efficient means of submitting planning applications. It helps local authorities to validate and process applications easily, allowing for smoother onward consultation and simple publication on Local Planning Authorities websites.

Planning has recently been granted by appeal for this contemporary flatted development near the railway station. It is a high density, sustainable scheme which will utilise a number of green technologies. The building is now completed and occupied.

Richard Wilkinson has proudly accepted the Guildford Society Design award for the recently completed St Peters School sixth form centre.

St peter’s School celebrated the formal opening of their new Sixth Form Centre on 1st July with a Feast day mass led by Bishop Kieran Conry. The team from Gerry Lytle Associates joined builders MCS and many who had been involved in fundraising for the project to celebrate with the whole school community. A specially…

Work has been completed at a large private house in the Surrey Hills. The house is located within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and although the house was extended in the 1970s, the proposals take advantage of the changes to the Permitted Development Planning Laws introduced in October 2008. The amendments to the Town…

Gerry Lytle Associates have obtained planning consent for a substantial extension and new indoor swimming pool at a house in West Sussex. The house is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the additions will open the house out to views of the valley below. The new pool and gym building is contrasting…

HRH The Duke of Kent formally opens The Spike Heritage and Community Building. Mark Furner of Gerry Lytle Associates was delighted to show the Duke images of the Listed Building before works started, and to talk about the painstaking restoration work carried out.  The former vagrants workhouse had become derelict, overrun with pigeons and suffering…

Returning University of Surrey students were able to successfully use the refurbished Lecture Block after a fast track fit out of the interior spaces during the Christmas holiday period. The works have enlivened a previously worn out and tired interior to provide a bright and inviting space that can be enjoyed by all. An important…