We have had a busy year! As it draws to an end, here is a little look back at some of our highlights.

• We received our ISO accreditation!

• Our two Barking projects: London Road and Hertford Road received unanimous planning approval.

• We were thrilled that Josh Snell and Shreenidhi Srinath passed their exams and are now qualified architects while Zeni Williams Jones passed her ARB Part 1 and Part 2 and is now qualified in the UK.

• We have welcomed seven new lovely permanent staff members: Agnes, Hui chi, Angie, Avantika, Faiza, Valentina and Zeni.

• Two of the team were promoted: Nico Guillen to Senior Architect and Claudia Monteriso to Project Architect.

• We had some great outings and parties: Margate, Tate Modern, V&A Storehouse, karaoke, the Globe, life drawing, pumpkin carving and a collage workshop for the LFA.

• We won several awards: Salus Healthy City Design Award for Homestead; Brent Cross Town won the 'Neighbourhoods and Areas' category at the NLA Awards while Old Kent Road was commended in the ‘Masterplans & Place Strategies’ category.

• We also won innovation R&D funding from Catapult’s Connected Places for River Roding Health Corridor.

• We have been shortlisted for Clapham Gateway design competition and are working on our submission for phase 2 of the competition.

• Our director Adam Peavoy became a Trustee at Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridge

• There have been two staff marriages – Laura’s in Majorca and Henry’s in Scotland - and Gianluca had a baby named Caesar (pronounced: Chay-zah-reh)!

• Our Health Centre at Hendon Waterside is very, very near completion.

• We have received Gateway 2 approval for Bollo Lane Phase 1 in Acton – Barratt’s first Gateway 2 submission for an HRB.

• And finally, we are proud to be delivering the largest Passivhaus project in the country for Bollo Lane Phase 2 and also part of the UK NZC Building Standards pilot scheme.