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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 The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal ...
, Manchester * 1997 —
Ikon Gallery The Ikon Gallery () is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877. Ikon was set u ...
, Birmingham * 1999 — Colston Hall, Bristol * 1998 — Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent * 2001 —
Stratford Circus Stratford Circus is a contemporary performing arts venue in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham, east London. It was designed by Levitt Bernstein architects and built with funding from the National Lottery, and has been operated by the ...
, London * 2003 —
LSO St Luke's St Luke's is a historic Anglican church building in central London, and in the London Borough of Islington. It served as a parish church from 1733 to 1959. It was designed by John James and Nicholas Hawksmoor, and is a Grade I listed building. ...
, London * 2004 — YMCA Indian Student Hostel, London * 2006 — The Brunswick Centre, London * 2007 — Toynbee Studios, London * 2007 —
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds The Theatre Royal, formerly the New Theatre, is a restored Regency architecture, Regency theatre in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The building is one of eight Listed building#England and Wales, Grade I listed theatres in the United Kingd ...
* 2007 — James Lighthill House, University College, London * 2008 — Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool * 2008 —
Ramsay Hall This is a list of the halls of residence at University College London in London, England. Ramsay Hall Ramsay Hall is a building located in London used primarily as a Dormitory, hall of residence for students of University College London. History ...
, 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 The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...
Architectural Awards *
Civic Trust Awards The Civic Trust Awards scheme was established in 1959 to recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design in the built environment. As the longest standing built environment awards scheme in Europe, since 1959, more than 7000 projects have ...
* 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 Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and ...
. . * 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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