Levitt Bernstein is an architecture, landscape architecture and urban design practice established in 1968 by David Levitt and David Bernstein with studios in London and Manchester. Levitt Bernstein's long-standing commitment to housing and urban design is balanced by many projects in the arts, education and cultural sectors, as well as health, offices, retail and community-based schemes.
Selected projects
The practice has undertaken the following projects:
1976 & 1998 — Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 1997 — Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1999 — Colston Hall, Bristol 1998 — Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent 2001 — Stratford Circus, London 2003 — LSO St Luke's, London 2004 — YMCA Indian Student Hostel, London 2006 — The Brunswick Centre, London 2007 — Toynbee Studios, London 2007 — Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds 2007 — James Lighthill House, University College, London 2008 — Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool 2008 — Ramsay Hall, University College London 2009 — Granville New Homes, London 2009 — Bolanachi Building, Bermondsey Spa, London 2010 — Heating Infrastructure Project (HIP), University of Liverpool 2010 — Greengate House, London 2011 — Central House, University College London 2011 — Queensbridge Quarter, London 2011 — Aylesbury Estate South West Corner, London 2011 — Harvey Court (refurbishment and modernisation), Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 2013 — Papermill Place, Walthamstow, London 2013 — John Dodgson House, University College London 2014 — VIVO, Ocean Estate, Tower Hamlets, London 2014 — So Stepney, Ocean Estate, Tower Hamlets, London
Awards The firm has won a number of awards, including:
RIBA Architectural Awards Civic Trust Awards Housing Design Awards London Planning Awards Regeneration and Renewal Awards Housebuilder Awards Affordable Home Ownership Awards Constructing Excellence Awards First Time Buyer Awards British Construction Industry Awards
References
Further reading Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI) (Published by: HCA, CLG and Dept. of Health: 2009). This report was commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency on behalf of Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health to consider how best to address the challenge of providing homes that meet the needs and aspirations of the older people of the future. The work builds on Lifetime Homes: Lifetime Neighbourhoods: a national strategy for housing in an ageing society. A 13-member panel was supported by Levitt Bernstein and PTEa, working with Design for Homes. Recommendations for living at Superdensity (Published by Design for Homes, 2007: Working in collaboration with three other architectural practices (HTA, PRP and PTE Architects), Levitt Bernstein prepared a design guide tackling the challenges of living at densities higher than 150 dwellings per hectare. David Levitt (September 2009), Housing Design Handbook, Routledge. . Higher Density Housing for Families: A Design and Specification Guide (Published by London Housing Federation, 2004): A guide developed by Helen Cope and Levitt Bernstein, with cost advisors Walker Management. The guide, which starts with a matrix of recommendations for different housing typologies, concentrates on responsible design and specification to ensure that higher density housing for families is developed in a way that maximises the advantages and avoids the pitfalls. HCA Research, Dwelling space calculator and generic plans for affordable housing(2008): Levitt Bernstein developed a simple space standards calculator to generate the minimum dwelling floor areas which would comfortably meet the current range of standards for affordable housing.
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