Hard landscaping in the sky at Crystal Garden at 10, Fenchurch Avenue in London is a beautiful example of what can be achieved with clever design, expert construction, and the imaginative use of precast concrete. Standing sixty-five metres above ground level over seventeen storeys of working offices, the garden is the first publicly accessible space […]
Evans Concrete is proud to have part of an award-winning project to build a ground-breaking café in a historic London square. Designed by Nex for Cadogan Estates, the new café, located in Duke of York Square, Chelsea, won the Hotels & Hospitality category at the New London Architecture Awards; this prestigious award celebrates the best […]
Part of the huge Crossrail development, Whitechapel Station is being modernised and extended in a project that combines the apparently conflicting requirements of retaining the old façade of the station whilst giving passengers a modern, light and environmentally sustainable access to the Crossrail lines. Much of the new building has been constructed using bricks from […]
When this major redevelopment opens, it will form a vital part of the massive Crossrail project, linking stations from Reading to the west to three of London’s five airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton), the home counties, and the financial districts of the City of London and Canary Wharf. BAM Nuttall was awarded the £200 million […]
Not every company would see the loss of its well-established headquarters in a major city to make way for a new railway as an opportunity, but IM gave itself two years and thirty million pounds to design and build a state of the art replacement and succeeded. The architects Webb Gray & Partners were told […]
Evan Concrete precast panels are playing an important role in the refurbishment of a distinguished boys’ school. The project has been nominated for a RIBA award. Founded in 1509, St Paul’s School in London has a prestigious history as one of London’s leading private schools; its academic record, and exam results, are second to none, […]
The high rise tower blocks that are now the main feature of The Isle of Dogs sparkle with glass, steel and granite, and those blocks contain some of the most prestigious addresses in the United Kingdom. Canary Wharf is now arguably the financial centre of London, with some of the biggest names in banking and […]
Evans Concrete’s recent hard landscaping project at the University of Sheffield in Yorkshire seems to have been particularly appropriate, in the light of research undertaken by the University’s Department of Landscape in conjunction with a London-based think tank. The hard landscaping includes precast concrete benches and planters, designed to create a pleasant outdoor environment for […]
A Coroner’s Court can be a strange place, even for those not immediately concerned with the legal procedures that take place in its environs. It represents the final bureaucracy, the serious enquiry, the last of the official forms completed, signed and stamped, and a life considered, and closed. For those immediately concerned in the court […]
Colwyn Bay, in Conwy, North Wales, is seeing a transformation that will pump life-blood into this attractive town and turn the somewhat neglected promenade into an example of what can be achieved by a determined borough council backed by the Welsh Government, The European Regional Development Fund and Visit Wales. The project, which will eventually […]
