23.09.2015
'Studio 54 partner Charles Thomson tells me that he thinks the collective name for a group of architects is ‘a pride’. I suggest it’s ‘a murder,’ but Jestico + Whiles’ director Heinz Richardson nails it with ‘an envy’. I happily defer to their knowledge and experience – along with Peter Barber Architects they have been collaborating for the best part of eight years on the Grahame Park masterplan in London’s northern suburb of Colindale and, over the course of the project’s gestation, have had plenty of time to get to know each other’s strengths and foibles.