Hoare Lea

Planning approval secured for 10–20 Victoria Street in Westminster. We are proud to be part of the team that has delivered a fantastic result for our client, Meadow Partners and development manager Oxygen Asset Management. Our services for the project include MEP, utilities, sustainability, transport, vertical transportation, acoustics, ecology, BREEAM, WELL, digital and building intelligence and security services. Congratulations to the everyone involved in the project.

Have you ever found yourself in a restaurant struggling to hear the person sitting opposite you? Poor acoustics and excessive noise affect all of us, often turning simple conversations into a challenge. For the estimated 60% of adults living with some form of hearing sensitivity, including hearing loss or tinnitus, these environments can be even more difficult to navigate. Our acoustics experts are using Sownd certification to change this by using it to ensure a more inclusive approach to the way buildings and spaces are designed and operated. By recognising and rewarding good acoustic design, it encourages environments where everyone can communicate comfortably and confidently. Watch the video below to learn why Barry Jobling and Kial Jackson use acoustic certification to prove how better acoustics can help create more inclusive spaces for all.

Imagine telling the creators of Nineties ladette culture and the architects of the all-night rave that they’ll have to be content with a cross-stitch and a quiz show. Traditional retirement living is not for everyone, especially a generation accustomed to shaping its own future. The one-size-fits-all model needs shaking up to fit the needs of those who are about to retire. Gen X built portfolio careers, social media and streaming TV, café culture on the local high street. This is a generation that has made their surroundings suit them; that knows what it wants and has strived hard to get it. As it happens, a growing movement is now reimagining later life through innovative community-led cohousing that fosters independence, belonging and companionship. Explore the flourishing world of cohousing for older folk here: https://lnkd.in/gDpkZbhG Thanks in particular to Terry Unitt Retirement Villages Group Ltd Greg Jones Sebastian Clarke for their input.

We are joining the discussion on how to create healthier, more equitable & sustainable cities & communities at the Healthy City Design Congresss later this month. The event aims to embed health and climate-resilience at the heart of city development locally, nationally and globally, and we will be speaking about UK and Swedish city climate resilience and how to design for dignity in healthy cities. Come at find us at our talks and check out our posts in the gallery, in person or online! Ashley Bateson, Carl Walker, Lauren Decent, Adam Scott, Gael Vilatarsana, Thomas Smith, Vanessa Wall

We have won Large Employer of the Year and Overall Employer of the Year at the 2026 CIBSE #YoungEngineersAwards! Congratulations also to Millie Mann and Lottie Davis who were shortlisted in the Undergraduate of the Year category. Our award submission highlighted several areas and initiatives that show our investment in helping young engineers flourish. ·      Our Initial Professional Development scheme. ·      The Data Academy with Multiverse. ·      NextGen communities. ·      Communities of Development and Expertise and our approach to technical excellence. ·      Our Early Careers Strategy Conference. Our Learning and Organisational Development team deserve a huge amount of recognition for championing and implementing these incredible initiatives. Well done and thank you to everyone who has contributed to helping us win these awards, in particular Kelly Reed Olivia Evans Jonathan Noall Amber van der Hooft David Matthews

"Perception is not a cosmetic problem for the construction industry. It has material consequences for whether we have the people, capital and public permission required to build." Huge thanks to the team at Hoare Lea for featuring me in the Autumn 2026 edition of Exploare Magazine! You can read the article at the link in the comments 🙌 #MakeConstructionFamous #construction #architecture #engineering #infrastructure #HoareLea

Our Lottie Davis, graduate mechanical engineer, has been shortlisted for Undergraduate of the Year by CIBSE's Young Engineers Awards which spotlights the brightest young minds in building services. Lottie was recognised for her final-year dissertation project. For this, she used computational fluid dynamics (software that simulates fluid movements) to investigate the readiness of UK housing stock for low-temperature heating systems such as heat pumps. Congrats to the class of 2026, and good luck tonight, Lottie! https://lnkd.in/e_-4yeRt

Award win for Botanical Place! The UK’s first whole-life net zero carbon retirement community, Botanical Place in West Byfleet, has won two awards at the 2026 British Homes Awards. We’re proud to have worked alongside the wider project team to help bring the development to life and contribute to its low-carbon ambitions. The project won the Later Living/Supported Living Design of the Year award, with the judges commenting that it was “a transformative model for later living that places older people at the heart of community life. Through exemplary sustainability, placemaking and intergenerational integration, it establishes a compelling benchmark for the future of the sector.” It also won Best Public Realm and Placemaking, with the judges saying that it “intelligently addresses multiple societal challenges through design. Rather than isolating later-living accommodation, the scheme successfully integrates older residents into the heart of an active town centre, creating meaningful relationships between housing, civic uses, public realm and biodiversity.” Congratulations to everyone involved, including Retirement Villages Group Ltd, Higgins Partnerships, PRP and Mason Navarro Pledge Ltd, as well as the many others who contributed to the success of the scheme. Read more about how the project came together here: https://lnkd.in/eF29G5p6

Last month, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) launched a series of Stakeholder Action Plans, building on the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap and setting out tailored actions for eight key stakeholder groups across the built environment. As a Programme Partner, we’re pleased to have supported the development of these plans and collaborated with industry peers to enable climate resilience ambition to turn into practical action. The plans provide a clear starting point for organisations to understand their role, prioritise action and work collaboratively to strengthen resilience across the sector. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eQ5SgmCb