Kellogg College acquired buildings on the Banbury Road in Oxford that were previously used to house the Pitt Rivers Museum's music collection.

The project required the museum galleries and conservation workshop to be converted into the college dining hall, bar, and kitchens.

Meeting rooms and reception areas were provided in the connecting buildings that joined the galleries to No 60 and 61 Banbury Road.

Jon undertook the detailed design and ran the project on site from start to completion. 

The University of Buckingham approached Berman Guedes Stretton to bring a run-down grade II listed, victorian house back to life again. The house was in very bad shape and required work to be undertaken in two stages.

The first was to remove two large and unsightly extensions and take out all floors, services and interior finishes before replacing the roof. 

Anna Algne designed and managed the second stage fit out with new floors, interior finishes and services, including a lift and two new staircases. The project included the conversion of a small loft in the adjacent coach house to create a one-bedroom guest flat. 

Warwick Business school asked Berman Guedes Stretton to help find and design a London venue for their Masters degree course. Anna Algne acted as lead designer throughout the process; from the space analysis of two possible sites to a fully fitted out and furnished floor of The Shard. 

The project in included several meeting rooms, offices, a trading training room and two large lecture spaces.  A large part of the challenge was to provide these spaces in a building with floor to ceiling glass facades on all sides.

The finished design achieved a light, minimalist, open feel, which sits well with the the overall building. The layout makes the most of the stunning city views as you move through the interconnected, open-plan spaces.

Du Croz architects are now working with Warwick Business School on level thirteen of The Shard as they expand their teaching and meeting spaces. Work is due for completion in Spring 2018.

Photography by Quintin Lake: www.quintinlake.com

Brasenose College Bar is located in the basement of the Victorian Buildings of New Quad.

As part of the first phase of works for the 500 year anniversary project, the bar was reconfigured and  completely refurbished along with the college tuck shop.

The interior was stripped back to the original masonry before concealed services and new floor finishes were installed.

Bespoke built-in, and loose furniture was designed to hide a mass of cast iron pipe work and provide a flexible layout for various different functions.

'Designing the classroom of the future...’ was the task Berman Guedes Stretton was asked to help achieve with the University of Warwick.

This project lies close to Anna’s heart and has been very well received by both teachers and students. It’s one of Anna’s major success stories, often referred to when discussing how to succeed with educational spaces.

Behind the project stood the IATL (Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning) who raised the money to give a rather tired 90s building, with a large lecture theatre and eight bigger seminar rooms a well deserved facelift. The extensive updates met the increased demands for a more flexible teaching space.

Anna Algne and BGS director, Roger Stretton, developed a scheme together with a large user group put together by the estate’s office.

Developing the design together with all user-groups equally represented, resulted in a fantastic team effort that truly maximised the building's potential. The project budget was efficiently shared between;

- improving the environment (ventilation, lighting & acoustics)

- designing light, inviting and comfortable aesthetics

- utilising the latest technology

- creating flexible rooms with new furniture to suit

To reach the flexibility aspired to by the teaching department along with the more static and specific usage of the conference department, Anna had to undertake a series of space planning exercises and flow analysis in order to find a solution that suited everyone.