Sussex Business Awards shortlist

Yelo have been shortlisted in two categories; Professional Services and Best Employer. Last year we were highly commended for the Professional Services awards so here’s hoping we can improve on that! We have always prided ourselves on our quality of work and the work environment we have developed, so being finalists for these accolades is…

How Virtual Reality is transforming architectural practice – short feature

We wrote a small piece for Business Edge on how virtual reality is making its way into our work and how we use it. There’s a lot more we have to say on this subject so stay tuned for a more in depth look about how we use virtual reality – in the mean time here’s…

Staff Showcase – James Thompson

James Thompson vacationed in Barcelona earlier this month, and took the opportunity to shoot some of the local architecture whilst enjoying the Mediterranean sun. Great shots, it seems that staff on holiday still have architecture on the mind! Featuring the Museu Blau by Herzog and De Meuron (the minds behind the Tate’s Switch House) and…

Dungeness Day Trip

The Yelo office spent last Thursday on a design trip to look at some very interesting houses in Dungeness including the North Vat house which has just made the RIBA longlist for the House of the Year awards. We all took a massive number of photographs so we’ve decided to have an office photography competition for which…

Planning permission received for residential development at Preston Road

clermont road 3d render

We are pleased to announce that our residential scheme at 251-253 Preston Road, Brighton has received planning permission. This 28 unit scheme set on the site of a former children’s home is located in the Preston Park Conservation Area. The project is designed to retain the grandeur of the architecture as well as the secluded…

Part 3 interview – Michael

Previously we interviewed our architectural assistant, James, who gave us a look into his journey up to his current stage as a Part 1. Michael is our Part 3 architectural assistant, and is on track to qualifying as a full architect later this year. Having been with us for nearly 2 years we asked him about his experiences…

Brochure

We’ve released our new brochure for 2016, marking our 6th year of business. A digital copy of our brochure can be read here with handy links to the projects on the site.

Regency Town House tour

yelo at regency house

Brighton and Hove have a rich history, and after our tour of the Regency Town House we found out just how rich! The house is a Grade I listed building built in the 1820s and is is being meticulously restored to its former glory, with an incredible amount of detail, by a team of dedicated volunteers….

Brunswick Terrace project

Brunswick Terrace is an amazing listed building found in Hove with a rich history. Once a 5 storey house it was the home of Phillip Salomons, a Jewish financier, who built a private synagogue on top sometime in the 1850s/60s, adding an extra floor. Since then the house has been split into flats, and Yelo have…

Model Making

trees to be put in model

Making models helps a lot with the visualisation of projects, showing the client and other parties what the end result will be. Here Alitsia has made a 1:200 scale model of our Ring Road project to show to the client and the local council, which after being presented to the planning committee successfully granted us planning permission for…