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Architecture

We have a colourful portfolio with work in housing, mixed use, small scale commercial, works to existing buildings and new-built and clients including developers, housing associations, local authorities and private individuals. Our design process is a collaborative undertaking that takes account of the constraints of each site and the sometimes disparate views of residents, clients, planners, contractors and specialist consultants. Through careful and site-responsive planning and innovative materials and construction methods, we have evolved a speciality in unlocking complex urban sites to create bright spacious and flexible spaces. Sustainability is a major concern for us. We reject the notion of a fixed design-life-expectancy common in contemporary construction. For us, sustainable architecture can accommodate the changing needs of its occupants, is adaptable, can be upgraded and repaired.

  • Ebury Edge
  • Thornhill Library
  • South Leytonstone
  • Tailoring Academy
  • Story Garden
  • Blue House // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Blue House Yard
  • Switchboard Studios
  • Whitecross Estate
  • Plumstead
  • London Bridge Live Arts Pavilion . Potters Fields // Jan Kattein Architects and Mill & Jones
    London Live Arts Pavilion
  • Amber Road
  • Camden Extensions . Yellow House // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Camden Projects
  • Morpeth Road . Peabody Competition // Jan Kattein Achitects . www.jankattein.com
    Morpeth Road
  • Caledonian Rd 2 . Rear Elevation // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Caledonian Road 2
  • Offord Road // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Offord Road
  • Middleton Road // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Middleton Road
  • Red Blue House
  • Studio North . Rear Extension // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Studionorth
  • Fish Island . cover // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Fish Island
  • Goslings . Reading Platform // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Goslings Nursery
  • Eastbourne Beach Huts // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    The Huts Eastbourne
  • Callyroad 1 . Flat at Rear Extension // Jan Kattein Architects . Jan Kattein Architects
    Caledonian Road 1
  • Whitechapel High Street . Roof Extension // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Whitechapel High Street
  • Belmore Road . Courtyard Houses // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Belmore Road
  • Hackney City Farm . Entrance // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Hackney City Farm
  • Atlantic College Housing . Entrance // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Atlantic College Housing
  • Sussex Way . New Entrance Hall // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Sussex Way
  • Lantern House . Large family Unit // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Lantern House
  • Night Rainbow // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Night Rainbow

Planning

Life in the city is about carefully mediating between private and public space, individual ambitions and communal interests. An urban strategy needs to recognise its context and build upon forces that are already advancing urban renewal. Cities are living entities. A sustainable urban strategy provides opportunities for customisation, adaptation and creative intervention so that the city can accommodate the changing needs of its inhabitants. Our experience working at the intersection of theory and practice helps us to devise strategy documents and masterplans where innovative urban thinking is just as important as implementation on the ground. Thinking across scales ensures that urbanism is not merely a strategic exercise, but a powerful and all-encompassing undertaking that sets into motion a process of urban renewal which continues for many years to come. During the last 5 years, we have prepared urban strategies for key sites in Eastbourne, Newham, Waltham Forest, Hackney and Blackpool. Often our work helps to secure external funding for major urban regeneration projects. Multifarious challenges require multidisciplinary teams. We often lead or join teams that are able to deliver traffic design, economic analysis, sustainability strategies, urban planning services, landscape design, public art strategies and meanwhile activities to name but a few.

  • Angel Edmonton
  • Drummond Street
  • Future Hoxton
  • Plumstead
  • Stamford Hill, Jan Kattein, character area definition, town centre regeneration strategies, housing strategies, extensions guidance
    Stamford Hill
  • Merton Shopfronts SPD
  • Jan Kattein, Birmingham, Centenary Square, mobile follies, pavilions
    Birmingham Centenary Sq.
  • Eastbourne Devonshire Ward, Jan Kattein Architects, Infill Housing, High Street Regeneration, Seafront Regeneration
    Eastbourne Devonshire Ward
  • Stratford, Jan Kattein, rooftop orchard, public realm improvements, business incubator
    Stratford
  • City of Light . Masterplan // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    City of Light
  • Trondheim . Urban Strategy // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Strandveien, Trondheim

Communities

The role of the architect has changed fundamentally during the last decade. Technological progress and environmental changes have introduced a whole new set of parameters into architectural practice. And there is a definite sense of accountability. Resources are scarce, climate change is a reality. Our work must consider today as well as tomorrow. Design has evolved from the endeavour of the lone genius into a tool for engagement and dialogue, empowering communities all over to contribute towards the shaping of their city. The success of many of our projects is the result of an in-depth dialogue with residents, faith communities, school children, university students, recent graduates, retailers, community organisations and wider stakeholder groups. The process of urban renewal becomes a catalyst for community cohesion. Fostering a sense of ownership and belonging ensures the long-term legacy of our work.

  • Wandsworth Food Bus
  • Claridge Way
  • Milk Float
  • Story Garden
  • Crown House Creative
  • Future Hoxton
  • Skip Garden . Lunch And Learning At The Skip Garden
    Skip Garden
  • Thamesmead . Consultation With Children // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Thamesmead
  • Branding Lab . Design Presentation cover // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Branding Lab

High Streets

High Streets are the civic heart of local communities. They are not just a place to shop. Here, people live, find work, meet friends and engage in cultural activity. JKA are one of the country’s foremost experts in high street regeneration. Between 2010 and 2020 we have completed works to roughly 400 businesses, have improved 5 km of high street and prepared innovative regeneration strategies for 20+ town centres in London and across the country.

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The high street is a fluctuant entity. Shops change ownership, vendors change business models, new services are offered and old lines of trade discontinued. A sustainable regeneration strategy needs to be able to accommodate change. Every high street is different. Our work with stakeholders, local authorities, private investors and traders- and residents associations aims to strengthen the local identity of each site, celebrate it’s specifies, contradictions and idiosyncrasies.  A design strategy that is well-embedded in the community can act as a catalyst to encourage private sector investment and also instil a sense of civic pride.

 

  • Sayer Street
  • Aberfeldy Street
  • High Road Leyton // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    High Road Leyton
  • Morden_Morden Court Parade_Dusk Cover_Jan Kattein Architects Ltd
    Morden
  • Market Place Sutton . Lavender Palette // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Market Place Sutton
  • Finsbury Park // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Finsbury Park
  • Leytonstone . Hitchcock Birds Mural Detail // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Leytonstone
  • Sutton . Southern Gateway // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Sutton
  • Bakers Arms . Market Booths // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Bakers Arms
  • Nunhead . Nunhead Corner // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Nunhead
  • Francis Road . Northern terrace // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Francis Road
  • South Chingford . Pavement Culture // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    South Chingford
  • South Leyton . Cafe Du Metro // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    South Leyton
  • Wickford High Street . It's My Party // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Wickford High Street

Theatre & Exhibitions

Jan Kattein Architects have been designing award-winning performance spaces and exhibitions for the last decade. Since winning the 2005 Ring Award venues have included the Staatstheater Saarbruecken, the Prinzregententheatre Munich, the Sophiensaaele Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Fetspielhaus Hellerau, Opera Cottbus the FFT Duesseldorf and Science Gallery London. Our background in architecture brings about spaces that are mesmeric experiences, inhabited by audience, exhibits and performers alike. One critic likened the experience to that of a road movie, immersive, restless and adventurous.

  • Spare Parts
  • Postcards From The Future // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Postcards from the Future
  • Peter & Wolf // Jan Kattein Architects
    Peter and the Wolf
  • Jesus ich wünsche mir Glück beim Angeln // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Jesus ich wünsche mir Glück beim Angeln
  • Halt Dich Am Zaun Der Himmel Ist Hoch // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Halt dich am Zaun der Himmel ist hoch
  • Peter Pan // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Peter Pan
  • Sitt Mary Rose // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Sitt Marie Rose
  • Kabale & Liebe // Jan Kattein Architects . www.jankattein.com
    Kabale & Liebe

 

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