‘Hallowed Ground for Gardeners’ – Garden Museum Now Open
We are delighted with the completion of the Garden Museum project, which opened its doors to the public on 22nd May 2017. The architecture is outstanding (Dow Jones Architects) and provides a fitting home for the museums historic collection, together with its forward looking educational programme. Rowan Moore describes the project in his Observer Article, […]
Rooff Supports CIOB ‘Think Construction’ Recruitment Initiative
Rooff welcome the new initiative from CIOB ‘Think Construction’ which aims to address the poor image construction still suffers among pupils in the 14 – 19 age group and their teachers, through a major new recruitment and careers awareness programme. This new initiative contains a toolkit of materials which will help volunteer CIOB members present the exciting […]
“What a discovery: The remains of Five Archbishops found at the Garden Museum, Lambeth”.
During the redevelopment of the Garden Museum project the tombs of five Archbishops have been amazingly uncovered. They were located inside a hidden crypt, beneath the floor of the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth. The discovery was made by our site managers, when they came across an entrance to a tomb, whilst stripping back flagstones […]