Oct 1

Pooran Desai with a student

Pooran Desai with a student

“Did you know that the first wind turbine was invented by Charles F. Brush in 1888 ?” was the question asked of BQL’s Sustainability Director, Pooran Desai OBE, by a student at the Kent Construction Expo.  Pooran had to answer, “No” but thanked the student for teaching him something new !

Pooran had been invited by Denne Construction, the contractors on One Brighton, to present awards to about 50 students from schools in Kent who had completed engineering projects in One Planet Living.

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Sep 23
One Brighton bed room

One Brighton bedroom

We are delighted to show here images of our One Brighton show flat. Visitors have commented on how stylist, attractive and practical the apartment is. The generous floor to ceiling heights coupled with high levels of thermally efficient glazing afford a feeling of spatiousness with good natural daylighting. The specification of all of the flats is based on applying the 10 ‘One Planet Living’ principles to provide natural, healthy materials, together with highly energy efficient appliances. We consider that household running costs will be lower at this development, whilst the level of quality and amenity will be high.

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Sep 22
Kevin McCloud at One Brighton

Kevin McCloud at One Brighton

We were delighted to be joined at the opening of the One Brighton marketing suite and show flat by TV personality and design guru Kevin McCloud. We have worked with Kevin on his planned development and were keen to show him around.

He said during the visit “all urban projects should follow this exemplar development, it’s excellent architecture”. We couldn’t agree more. Read More


Sep 21

We were delighted that in July we hosted the James Cook training yacht at Middlehaven. Read More