Levitt Bernstein Associates is an English architectural design firm, established in 1968, by David Levitt and David Bernstein. The practice is known for its residential and arts projects, having won awards for both. It is based in Dalston

Dalston

Dalston is a district of north-east London, England, located in the London Borough of Hackney. It is situated northeast of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...

, Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....

, east London

London

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.

Selected projects

The practice has undertaken the following projects:

• 1998 — Ikon Gallery
  Ikon Gallery
  The Ikon Gallery is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877. The gallery's current director is Jonathan Watkins.Ikon was set up to...
  
  , Birmingham
• 2001 — Stratford Circus
  Stratford Circus
  Stratford Circus is a contemporary performing arts venue in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham, east London. It was designed by Levitt Bernstein architects and built with funding from the National Lottery....
  
  
• 2003 — LSO St Luke's, London
• 2006 — The Brunswick Centre
  Brunswick Centre
  The Brunswick Centre is a grade II listed residential and shopping centre in Bloomsbury, Camden, London, England, located between Brunswick Square and Russell Square....
  
  , London
• 2007 — Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
• 2007 — James Lighthill House
  James Lighthill House
  James Lighthill House is one of the halls that acts as student accommodation for University College London in central London, England.It is located on Penton Rise near the Pentonville Road intersection. It contains 209 single en suite rooms across a large main block and a smaller 'lodge' in the...
  
  , London
• 2008 — Ramsay Hall
  Ramsay Hall
  Ramsay Hall is a building located in London, England, used primarily as a hall of residence for students of University College London. It contains around 450 bedrooms, a dining hall and a number of common rooms and surrounds a central courtyard.- Overview :...
  
  , London
• 2009 — Granville New Homes, London

Awards

The firm has won a number of awards, including:

• London Planning Awards
• Civic Trust
  Civic Trust
  The Civic Trust of England was a charitable organisation founded in 1957. It ceased operations in 2009 and went into administration due to lack of funds/...
  
   Awards
• RIBA
  Riba
  Riba means one of the senses of "usury" . Riba is forbidden in Islamic economic jurisprudence fiqh and considered as a major sin...
  
  Architectural Awards
• Regeneration and Renewal Awards
• USITTArchitectural Awards
• Suffolk Preservation Society Awards
• Housing Design Awards

Further reading

• Felix Mara (April 2010), Levitt Bernstein's energy centre for the University of Liverpool satisfies performance requirements, but is driven by its context. The Architects' Journal.
• David Levitt (September 2009), Housing Design Handbook, Routledge
  Routledge
  Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
  
  . ISBN 0-415-49150-9.
• Stepehen Baylet (April 2010), Liverpool: Shaping the City, RIBA Enterprises. ISBN 1-85946-329-0.
• George Ferguson (October 2009), Colston Hall, Bristol, Architecture Today, 202.

External links

• Levitt Bernstein official website