25/11/2011 33 Grafton Way submitted for planning Proposals for 33 Grafton Way / A Hard-Working House submitted for planning approval. The project includes a full-scale renovation, reorganisation and reinterpretation of an existing 4-storey Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia, central London, to create a mixed use development comprising residential units, a commercial unit, and a three-bedroom maisonette. The proposals include a two-storey cantilevered light-weight glazed extension to the rear, and a light-weight roof-top pavilion and garden.

24/11/2011 Tooting Living Room begins on site Construction work for our new public living room in the centre of Tooting Market has started on site. The space is being transformed to create a multi-purpose public space and events venue, in association with the Brick Box arts collective.

24/11/2011 Boris beckons UPB were excited and intrigued to meet Mayor of London Boris Johnson at Tooting Market. In town to meet the Brick Box and their newly founded enterprise hub, the Mayor was keen to visit the range of socially-oriented public realm projects taking place in and around Tooting.

14/11/2011 Tooting Town Centre / Outer London Fund submitted Tooting Town Centre Strategy was submitted to the GLA for the Outer London Fund 2011. A joint venture with the Brick Box and the London Borough of Wandsworth.

01/09/2011 UPB New Studio Urban Projects Bureau has moved. Our new home is Unit 6a, Archway Studios, Bickerton House, 25 Bickerton Road, London, N19 5JT.

September 2011 | Radical Dualities: interview of Ole Scheeren for Blueprint Magazine Exclusive interview of Ole Scheeren by Alex Warnock-Smith, published in Blueprint magazine issue 306 (September 2011).

‘Profiled in Blueprint this month is architect Ole Scheeren. The German architect, who has become both a figurative and literal poster boy for Asian architecture, recently opened his own design practice, Büro Ole Scheeren. He speaks to Alex Warnock-Smith on his near-celebrity status, the differences between designing Western and Far Eastern buildings and his vision for the future of his business.’ www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk

29/07/2011 | V&A Friday Late Alex Warnock-Smith invited to speak about Public Engagement in Architecture, and the Late-Nite Review at the Victoria & Albert Museum London. Organised by Future Cities Project.

"http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/about-friday-late/ "www.futurecities.org.uk

25/07/2011 | ‘The Urban Economy’ article published in the Times Article by Alex Warnock-Smith, titled ‘The Urban Economy’ published in the Times newspaper as part of the ‘Future Cities’ supplement by Raconteur media.

www.raconteurmedia.co.uk

July 2011 | Blueprint Degree Shows 2011 Alex Warnock-Smith commissioned by Blueprint Magazine to review architecture and design schools end-of-year-shows. Selected projects from around the UK will be published in The Best of the Student Shows 2011, Blueprint Magazine September issue.

www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk

27/06/2011 – 06/07/2011 | UPB teach design workshop at the National Cheng Kung University Tainan As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, and in association with NCKU Tainan and NCTU Hsinchu, Alex Warnock-Smith runs a design workshop exploring future urban development in the historic centre of Tainan, Taiwan. The workshop included design consultancy on an 8km long strip of railway infrastructure that bisects Tainan city centre in two, segregating its historic centre from the university district.

With Sascha Haselmayer, Interlace Invent & Living Labs Global
www.interlace-invent.com
www.livinglabs-global.com

February 2011 | Teaching Excellence Award Alex Warnock-Smith nominated for the 2011 Teaching Excellence Award, for excellence in facilitating and empowering learning, at the University of Brighton.

31/01/2011 – 11/02/2011 | A23 Brixton Futures Live residency, exhibition and public debate of alternative visions for Brixton’s future, at The Brick Box Gallery, Brixton Village Market, SW9 8PS. With March students from the University of Brighton Department of Architecture and Design.

www.thebrickbox.co.uk

January 2011 | Nangang 2050 article, Blueprint Magazine Alex Warnock-Smith reports on recent urban development in Taiwan and Taipei’s transformation from a manufacturing based economy to a world centre for Creative Industries.

‘Once upon a time, ‘Made in Taiwan’ was shorthand for something cheap – and possibly nasty. But not any more. Nangang 2050 is a project that re-casts Taipei as an international creative hub.’ Blueprint Magazine 298 (January 2011).

www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk

04/10/2010 | Urbanism & Current Affairs Lecture Alex Warnock-Smith gives public lecture ‘Urbanism and Current Affairs’ at the Huashan Creative Park, Taipei

02/10/2010 - 03/10/2010 | Nangang 2050 International Urban Design Conference Alex Warnock-Smith delivers presentation at Nangang 2050 International Urban Design Conference in Taipei. With Dominic Papa of S333. For AA Housing & Urbanism.

September 2010 | University of Brighton Senior Lecturer Alex Warnock-Smith appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, School of Architecture and Design

August 2010 | London+10 reviewed in ICON 086 London+10 reviewed in ICON magazine 086 (August issue): ‘…a fascinating volume of insights into the capital, from cottaging to control orders.’ (William Wiles)

July 2010 | London+10 reviewed in Blueprint 292 London+10 reviewed in Blueprint magazine 292 (July issue): ‘The book is a manifesto of a unit exploring how architecture can occupy London’s political landscape.’ (Owen Pritchard)

28/05/2010 | External Works Planning Permission Urban Projects Bureau won planning permission for their proposed modifications to the external works and street frontage of a listed building in North London.

18/04/2010 | Urban Projects Bureau lecture at the Xue Xue Institute, Taipei Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith lecture at the Xue Xue Institute, Taipei, as part of the ‘Innovative Regions and Creative Cities - Governance of Technology, Culture and Knowledge in Regions and Cities’ conference. With AA Housing and Urbanism, NCTU Graduate Institute of Architecture, S333 Architecture and Urbanism, and Living Labs Global.

12/04/2010–24/04/2010 | "UPB" teach design workshop at the Graduate Institute of Architecture, NCTU Taiwan As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, and in association with the Graduate Institute of Architecture NCTU Taiwan, Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith run design workshops exploring methods of urbanising innovation in the Nangang region of Taipei and the Jubei area of Hsinchu.

26/02/2010 | London +10 book launch and exhibition at the AA Exhibition Gallery. Exhibition and book includes original drawings and writing by Alex Warnock-Smith, who co-edited the book with Carlos Villanueva-Brandt.

Exhibition 26/02/2010-19/03/2010 London +10, AA Publications, www.aaschool.ac.uk/publications

20/01/2010 | RIBA III examinations Alex Warnock-Smith examines RIBA III students at London Metropolitan University.

10/12/2009 | Productive Urban Landscapes exhibition opening, Brighton Jubilee Library Exhibition showcasing diploma student work from Brighton University Department of Architecture and Design, exploring the potential of food systems to transform urban space.

Jubilee Library, Brighton, 10/12/2009 – 22/12/2009

23/10/2009 | Productive Dystopias, ‘This Is Not A Gateway’ Festival of Urbanism As part of the ‘This Is Not A Gateway’ Festival of Urbanism 2009, Urban Projects Bureau presented recent work and took part in a round table discussion along the theme of Productive Dystopias, with Darryl Chen (Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today), Liam Young (Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today), Finn Williams (Common Office), Austin Williams (Future Cities Project), Tomass Klassnik (Klassnik Corporation), and Amin Taha (Amin Taha Architects).

This Is Not A Gateway Festival, 23/10/2009-25/10/2009
www.thisisnotagateway.net

15/10/2009 | National Architecture Student Festival 2008 Book Launch, Architecture Foundation The National Architecture Student Festival 2008 book was launched at the Architecture Foundation. The book includes an essay ‘The Food Exchange’, by Alex Warnock-Smith, reviewing the work of London Metropolitan University architecture students who conducted a series of projects and live installations around Smithfield Market as part of the festival.

National Architecture Student Festival 2008, ed Anne Markey and Pippa Gueterbock, ASD Projects, London Metropolitan University ASD.

01/10/2009 | Urbanism and the Informal City Research Cluster launched Urbanism & The Informal City research cluster was launched at the AA in October 2009 by Jorge Fiori, Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith. The aim of the cluster is to explore the concept of the ‘informal’ as a parallel modality that shapes the urban condition. Previously associated with cities in developing or emerging economies, it is now a pervasive phenomenon spanning a spectrum of economies and cities. Is this a threat to formal processes of city formation and the institutions which govern them, or does it define an alternative response to producing and planning cities? Can these contrasting ways of producing and appropriating cities, with their different logics and rules, co-exist? With particular emphasis on spatiality, the cluster is looking for ways in which ‘informal’ processes contribute to a radical re-thinking of the space of the city and its institutions.

www.informalcity.aaschool.ac.uk

23/09/2009 | RIBA III examinations Alex Warnock-Smith examines RIBA III students at London Metropolitan University.

01/08/2009 AA Housing & Urbanism MA Alex Warnock-Smith appointed Unit Master at the Architectural Association MA Housing and Urbanism course.

30/07/2009 Urban Projects Bureau website launched www.urbanprojectsbureau.com launched. Website construction by 1nng.net

14/07/2009 University of Brighton Department of Architecture and Design Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for Diploma in Architecture / RIBA II at the University of Brighton Department of Architecture and Design.

18/04/2009–05/05/2009 Urban Projects Bureau teach design workshop at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering in Hanoi As part of the AA Housing and Urbanism MA, and in association with the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering University in Hanoi, Elena Pascolo and Alex Warnock-Smith run design workshops exploring methods of urbanising innovation in Vietnam, as part of the planned expansion of Greater Hanoi.

01/02/2009 Management, Practice & Law, London Metropolitan University Alex Warnock-Smith appointed Lecturer in Management, Practice & Law, BA Architecture, London Metropolitan University Department of Architecture and Spatial Design.

20/01/2009 London Southbank University Department of Architecture and Design Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor for 3rd year BA Architecture / RIBA I at London Southbank University.

01/08/2008 AA Housing & Urbanism MA Alex Warnock-Smith appointed design tutor at the Architectural Association MA Housing and Urbanism course.

15/07/2008 The Food Exchange, at London Festival of Architecture Student Festival The Food Exchange – a series of participatory projects and live installations by students at London Metropolitan University, with tutor Alex Warnock-Smith, explore the character of Smithfield Market and speculate about its future, as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008.

Festival dates: 15/07/2008 – 20/07/2008
www.lfa2008.org

26/01/2008 Making Space – Round Table Discussion, Stanley Picker Gallery Using public works’ Granville Cube project as a point of departure, Alex Warnock-Smith and Anna Mansfield host a round-table discussion investigating ways of representing autonomous areas and objects in public space, as part of public works’ ‘Can You Show Me The Space?’ exhibition at the Stanley Picker Gallery, University of Kingston. With Polly Brannan.

www.stanleypickergallery.org
www.publicworksgroup.et

28/11/2007 ‘Can You Show Me The Space?’ Exhibition Opening, Stanley Picker Gallery Alex Warnock-Smith and Anna Mansfield exhibit map of the social networks created by Public Works’ Granville Cube, at the ‘Can You Show Me The Space?’ exhibition, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, as part of a programme of presentations, mapping workshops, exhibitions and publications, organised by the art/architecture collective public works.

Exhibition open 27/11/2007 – 09/02/2008
www.stanleypickergallery.org
www.publicworksgroup.net

06/09/2007 A play in a ribbon in a shoe shop… Quality at TN29 As part of the London Design Festival 2007 and London Fashion Week 2007, Alex Warnock-Smith and Christina Godiksen designed a set design, shop installation and window display for a site specific play in Tracey Neuls TN29 shoe boutique. With Tracey Neuls, Nordic Nomad Productions, and Weird Scenery.

‘Quality’, the play, runs from 06/09/2007 – 23/09/2007
www.tn29.com
www.qualitytheplay.co.uk
www.londondesignfestival.com