News

OCH and Assemble have been selected in the competition to redevelop Timespan, an inspirational and vital cultural resource for the North of Scotland. The team comprises Narro Associates, Max Fordham, Laidlaw Associates, and Thomson Gray.

Read more here and here.

Our Glasgow project continues on site, due to finish early 2025.

Brendan is teaching Design Studio 1.1 at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath this Semester. The project brief, Witness, asks students to design a structure – a cabinetto – in which the work of the photojournalists, and their iconic image, will be displayed and experienced.

Rory is again Stage 4 Design Tutor and Architectural Technology Lecturer this year at the Mackintosh School of Architecture.

The thematic provocation for the year is Living in Agreement, an empathetic exploration of the many Glasgows which constitute the diverse lived experience of the city’s contemporary inhabitants, set in context to Glasgow’s urban grid. Students will be completing a housing project in Semester 1, and a public building in Semester 2.

Our Wiltshere project is complete. Full photography to follow.

Our South London project is complete. Full photography to follow.

Our North London project has received planning from Islington Council and will commence on site this year. See project here.

OCH is working on the refurbishment and extension of The Royal George, a listed pub and hotel in Tintern, South Wales.

Photo of enlarged window opening in wall.

Work has started on our project in South London, due to complete Spring 2024. See project here.

We are pleased to be one of six shortlisted teams for Orkney's Creative Catalyst, an exciting cultural project in Stromness and Birsay, for the Pier Arts Centre. The team comprises OCH & Assemble along with Rankin Fraser, Local Works Studio, Narro Associates, Max Fordham and Buro Happold.

Photograph of Campo de Fiori, Rome by Thomas Struth

Brendan, along with Akshara Pulpa, will again will lead Unit 4 at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, for the upcoming academic year 2023–24.

Photograph of a chair designed by Enzo Mari

Rory will again be Stage 4 Design Tutor and Architectural Technology Lecturer at Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art, for the upcoming academic year 2023–24.

Cover page of Architects' Journal magazine, July 2023.

Great to be included in the Architects' Journal's special Glasgow Issue. Our Broomhill project features alongside really nice work by many friends and colleagues.

About

OFFICE CORR HIGGINS is an architecture practice working across the UK and Ireland, based between the cities of Glasgow and Bristol. The practice is deeply interested in the culture of building and adopts a collaborative approach to the fields of architecture, design, and construction. We produce generous, site-specific architecture with a focus on material & tectonic expression, economy of means, and care for the environment.

The practice was established in 2021 by Rory Corr and Brendan Higgins, whose working relationship began as students at the Glasgow School of Art and proceeded through many years working together for London practices Baynes and Mitchell Architects and 6a architects. We work on projects of various scales, contexts and typologies, often in collaboration with other architects, artists and makers. Major recent projects include Timespan, in collaboration with Assemble, which was won in an open RIAS Competition in 2025.

Brendan leads a third year design unit at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University and Rory is a Studio Tutor and Architectural Technology Lecturer at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art.

Contact

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Spike Island Workspace, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX

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