Articles and Exhibitions

Kilburn Nightingale's work has been extensively published in the national and international press and features regularly in exhibitions.

New Eco-resort, Guludo, Mozambique

See 'Virtuous Vacations'.
The project is on-going.

Our work has been exhibited at:

• The Royal Institute of British Architects
• The Design Centre
• MODE at the Business Design Centre
• The Royal Academy
• The Building Centre
• The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
• The British Council in Nairobi

and has been featured in the following publications:

• The Guardian
• The Sunday Times
• The Daily Telegraph
• The Financial Times
• The Independent
• The Evening Standard
• Pevsner's 'Buildings of England'
• The Architects' Journal
• Architectural Review
• Architecture Today
• Casamica
• Costuire Magazine
• Interni Magazine
• Baumeister Magazine
• Blueprint
• International Architect
• FX magazine
• The RIBA Journal
• Building Design
• Building Magazine
• Perspectives on Architecture

• 'British High Commission, Kampala (Uganda)', featured project in 'Atlas: Architectures of the 21st Century - Africa and Middle East,' Luis Fernández Galiano (Ed.), Fundación BBVA, 2011
  The British High Commission in Uganda by Kilburn Nightingale Architects is featured in this new Atlas of 21st-century architecture.
• 'Emma Extends,' featured project in 'College Libraries,' Cambridge Architecture, No. 62, Spring / Summer 2011, by Jeremy Lander
  'Emmanuel College [Library] is a fascinating example of how a building complex can change and grow organically,' writes Jeremy Lander.
• 'A turn to the light: remaking a Cambridge library', Cover story - Architecture Today, Issue 222, October 2011, by Dean Hawkes
  'Kilburn Nightingale's work at Emmanuel College responds to the essence of an ancient building type and the demands of modern scholarship, finds Dean Hawkes.'
• 'Comment', Blueprint, Issue 303, June 2011, by Richard Nightingale
  'As concrete and tarmac continue to encroach on tourist hotspots, Richard Nightingale pleads for a more sustainable approach.'
• 'My Kind Of Town', Architecture Today, Issue 217, April 2011, by Richard Nightingale
  'My Kind Of Town is impervious to the pressures of change,' says Richard Nightingale as he talks about the town of Lamu on an island in an archipelago just off the Kenyan coast.
• 'Guludo Beach Lodge', VISI online, 9 March 2011, by Nicole McCreedy
  'Guludo Beach Lodge snapped up the 2010 Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Award in the category of "Poverty Relief." With the help of UK-based Kilburn Nightingale Architects, owners Amy and Neal Carter-James have built a stylish lodge that's more than just a pretty place,' writes Nicole McCreedy.
• 'Working Abroad', Building Design, 18 February 2011, by Elizabeth Hopkirk
  Building Design interviews the firm on their work overseas over the last 25 years. Projects featured, include: Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation (Uganda), New British High Commission (Uganda), New Eden House (Bequia), Guludo Eco-resort (Mozambique) and Camino Real Hotel (Argentina).
• 'Parker Library, Cambridge', Building Design, 11 February 2011, by Amanda Birch
  Kilburn Nightingale's recent rehousing of the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge is featured in detail in Building Design's 'Technical' section.
• 'African Bronze. The challenge of building central Africa's first arts foundry' in The Economist, August 1st-7th 2009
  The Economist reports on central Africa's first foundry for casting bronze sculptures, designed by Kilburn Nightingale. Once finished, it will also include an art gallery, a café, housing for visiting artists and a medical clinic to serve the needs of the local Bakonjo people.
• 'What's the next big trend in hotel design?', 'BD Magazine - Business,' Issue 28, June 2009
  Richard Nightingale answers the question with a brief reflection on how Kilburn Nightingale's work in Africa informs our work closer to home.
• 'The Visionaries - 10 Big Ideas For A Better World', The Ecologist, June 2009
  The world's leading environmental magazine talks to 10 'Visionaries' about their ideas for a better world.
  Carolyn Steel of Kilburn Nightingale is interviewed about her new book, Hungry City and her research into food and the built environment: 'Sitopia'.
• 'British High Commission, Kampala, Uganda', featured as a RIBA International Award winner in 'Architecture 08 The Guide To The RIBA Awards', Tony Chapman, Merrell, 2008
  'The High Commission is a sophisticated and elegant collection of buildings, designed by a thoughtful and erudite architect.'
• 'Guludo Beach Lodge', featured in 'the eco-travel guide', Alastair Fuad-Luke, Thames & Hudson, 2008
  'British architects Cullum and Nightingale maximized passive cooling and shading by extensive use of local materials and orientation of the individual bandas to achieve the most benefit from the sea breezes.'
• 'Out of the Box', The Times Magazine, 1 November 2008
  Kilburn Nightingale's conversion of an apartment in a block of Fifties flats in Central London is featured.
• 'Mozambique eco-chic', Evening Standard, 23 October 2008, by Lisa Johnson
  'Simple beauty: the eco-bandas at Guludo have everything you need and nothing you don’t.'
• 'RIBA International Award winners', The Architects' Journal online, 3 June 2008
  Kilburn Nightingale's British High Commission project in Uganda annouced as a winner of the prestigious RIBA International Award, 2008.
• 'British High Commission', featured in '1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die', (Mark Irving, general editor), 2007
  Giles Omezi reports on our project for the British High Commission, Kampala, Uganda, in this newly published book.
• 'With these embassies, you spoil us!', Saturday Telegraph, 7 April 2007
  'British diplomacy is embracing thrilling new architecture, says Dominic Bradbury'
• 'My Man In Africa', British Airways' inflight magazine, High Life, January 2007
  Lucy Cavendish takes her son to Guludo eco-lodge, Mozambique, designed by Kilburn Nightingale.
• 'Cullum and Nightingale / Kampala', Architects' Journal, 11 May 2006
  Cover story and fifteen page article on the new British High Commission building in Kampala, Uganda.
• 'New Eden House', in 'The New Modern House', by Will Jones, 2006.
• 'Letter from Mozambique', Architects' Journal, 1st September 2005
  By Richard Nightingale.
• 'Paradise Found', The Architectural Review, July 2005
  'This tourist resort in Mozambique aims to minimise its impact on the local ecology', by Catherine Slessor.
• 'How We Cracked It', Building Design, 1 July 2005
  'Richard Nightingale and Ben Kilburn explain how they adapted traditional Ugandan construction techniques to create the custom-made terracotta products used in their new building.'
• 'Eco Turismo', Casamica, June 2005
  The new eco-resort at Guludo, Mozambique is featured. By Sabrina Monzardo.
• 'Whiteford Studio and House', in 'City Reborn. Architecture and Regeneration in London, from Bankside to Dulwich', by Kenneth Powell, 2004
  The new accommodation for artist Kate Whiteford is a featured project Kenneth Powell's book recording the architectural reinvigoration of the London Borough of Southwark.
• 'Virtuous Vacations', Building Design, 5 November 2004
  'Traditional African methods are the star of Cullum & Nightingale's eco-resort', says Amanda Birch.
• 'Our place in Kampala', The Guardian, 9 June 2004
  Kilburn Nightingale's new British high commission in Uganda featured.
• 'Seeing the light', Telegraph Magazine, 12 June 2004
  The conversion of a 16th-century barn in Suffolk into a modern residence.
  See also: 'Samy Barn' in Barns, Conran Octopus, 2004
• Masterplanning: King's Cross
  RIBA Journal, February 2004
  Richard Nightingale is quoted in an article on the redevelopment behind King's Cross and St. Pancras stations
• 'Expanding Eden', The Architects' Journal, September 2003
  'A beautiful, contextual beach house in a Caribbean palm grove'
• 'Period Performance', The Architects' Journal, September 2003
  The Central School of Speech and Drama's Embassy Theatre in detail
• Concrete Quarterly featured project, The Architects' Journal, September 2003
  The new guesthouse on Bequia is shown to illustrate the innovative use of concrete in construction

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