As a first step towards the transformation of the Horsebridge Arts Centre in Whitstable, Manalo & White designed a pop-up cinema for 2016’s Biennale. Exploring alternative ways of using the building, we opened up an unused staircase, to direct cinema-goers on a new route to the top floor. Between screenings, a projected view of the seafront suggested the potential for future views and new ways of relating to the town.

December 2016

Yesterday afternoon the students at Heathlands School came out to inspect the site and bury a time capsule in the floor slab. Lots of probing questions were asked by budding Project Managers and Architects.

November 2023

Towner Eastbourne is featured in this month’s AJ Specification, with an in-depth look at colours and materials. Our redesign of the ground floor has had a huge impact on the quality of the space and the ability of the gallery to host major shows, including this year’s Turner Prize.

September 2023

TACO! Gallery featured in the Architects’ Journal.

April 2023

TACO! Gallery is now open, featuring Got Damp, a new installation by Irish artist Avril Corroon which explores damp as ‘a crisis of nature in the home’ and the experience of the precariat in contemporary Britain. The project was commissioned by TACO! as part of its work with communities across South East London.

March 2023

Our design for a new classroom building for Heathlands School for deaf children and young people, in collaboration with deaf architect Richard Dougherty; recently submitted for planning approval. Heathlands is the largest deaf school in the UK, offering a Total Communication approach to education, incorporating British Sign Language, Sign Supported English and spoken English. The building is designed to be simple and flexible, to create valuable new teaching space and allow the school to adapt and improve existing facilities.

December 2022

Our proposal for a new office building reception space in Wandsworth.

October 2022

Nicole and Steve visit our newly completed Montessori Nursery; the conversion of a former Victorian light industrial canal-side building in Islington for Newpark Childcare.

July 2022

The new Towner Eastbourne ground floor reception, shop and studio spaces were opened on 10th June.

June 2022

The new Matt’s Gallery opened its doors on 29th April. ‘Cold Light’ by Lindsay Seers and Keith Sargent is now open Wednesday to Sunday, 12PM - 6PM at 6 Charles Clowes Walk, Nine Elms, SW11 7AN.

April 2022

Updated drawings for the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne; construction works are due for completion in May, and the reconfigured spaces will be open to the public in June.

March 2022