Stephen George + Partners (SGP) is thrilled to announce that it has been shortlisted for the 2023 AJ100 Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award for its Better Buildings toolkit, an interactive programme that introduces primary school children to the importance of building sustainably. The AJ100 awards programme celebrates the achievements of the UK’s largest architecture practices, […]
Stephen George + Partners (SGP) is delighted to report that its Better Buildings toolkit has now gone live in a school in the Midlands. The team behind Better Buildings at SGP have been working with staff and pupils at Tardebigge CE First school, a primary school in a rural location outside Bromsgrove, whose teaching philosophy […]
In this Podcast Simon Matthews and Veronica Heaven talk about our Better Buildings programme and their experience of running interactive sessions to almost 200 school children at St Mary’s and St John’s CE School. Designed for Key Stage 2 children, our free to use interactive website introduces the basics of sustainability in building materials. The website includes […]
Local architectural practice, Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) is launching a free interactive toolkit to introduce primary school children to the importance of building sustainably. Focusing on building materials and how much carbon is released during their manufacture, the engaging and interactive Better Buildings website is free to use and aims to get children […]
We are looking for organisations to help fund the creation of the ‘Butterfly Bench’ which forms an integral part of the new Maternity Bereavement Suite Refurbishment at the York Teaching Hospital. The new suite has direct access to an external courtyard however it is overlooked by adjacent rooms. To address this the ‘Butterfly Bench’ has […]
New College Leicester is one of the participating schools in a ground-breaking industry engagement programme designed to bring education and industry closer together and to teach children about the built environment. The Leicester-based school has high expectations and aspirations for its students, which comprises a culturally diverse mix of some 900 young people aged 11-18 […]