History of 115

Search for a live/work building: Peter Brawne, Robin Kinross, Duncan Kramer, Dan Monck

First visit to 115 (RK, DM): offer made to buy freehold

Contracts exchanged for purchase

Presentation of first plans for the building, preliminary estimates

Camden Council gives planning permission

Decision to make it a work building, without residential component

Drawings and specifications sent out to tender

John Morgan joins the project

First contact with Malcolm Lynch (later Wrigleys) solicitors

Rudgard City Ltd appointed as contractors

Demolition of old buildings / new building starts

on 21 March 2001

Pause in building work

First meeting for prospective sharers, at the site

Triodos Bank grants loan to complete the building

Work on the building restarts

Second meeting for prospective sharers

First occupiers move in: Stuart Bailey, Peter Brawne, Cleo Broda, Robert Jones, Robin Kinross, Duncan Kramer, Dan Monck, John Morgan, Rod Packe, Maarten de Reus, Jack Schulze, Christopher Wilson

Launch party

Katherine Gillieson joins, Patrick Ward joins, Mike Stoner joins

Stuart Bailey leaves, Patrick Ward leaves, Maarten de Reus leaves, John Morgan leaves, Christopher Wilson leaves, Ryan Saxon joins, Marc Linton joins, Mark Gunning joins, Robert Bradbrook joins

Participation in Open House London (with evening concert)

Jonathan Hodgson joins, Rod McLaren joins, Aviva Leeman joins

Late summer fête

Participation in Open House London

Rod McLaren leaves, Matt Webb joins, Michele Gauler joins

Meetings held to address the issue of underuse of the building and to consider different membership structures; these lead to new procedures for admitting new members and a change in the structure of rents

Michele Gauler leaves, Mark Gunning leaves, Jack Schulze leaves, Matt Webb leaves, Aviva Leeman leaves, James King joins, Lisa Gornick joins

Displays by Cleo Broda and Jonathan Hodgson

Synnøve Fredericks joins, Vanora Bennett joins

New website launched, designed by Katherine Gillieson

Exhibition of drawings by Ryan Saxon and Lisa Gornick

Ryan Saxon leaves, Katherine Gillieson leaves, Aileen Harvey joins

Olly Bishop-Young joins as an assistant to Dan Monck and Duncan Kramer

New differentiated charges introduced, including lower rents for workshop users

Displays of drawings by Lisa Gornick

Simon Jones joins, Jack Neville joins

Displays of work by Vanora Bennett, Dan Monck, Robin Kinross and Aileen Harvey

Marc Linton leaves, Ben Edmonds joins

10th anniversary displays and party

Jonathan Hodgson leaves, Cleo Broda leaves, James King leaves, Rod Packe leaves

Christmas meal at 115

Anne Odling-Smee joins, Sadie Snelson joins, Yi-Jen Chen joins

Vanora Bennett leaves, Ben Garfield joins

Measurement talks, displays, and party

Naomi Day joins

Ben Edmonds leaves, Lucy Stackpool-Moore joins

15th anniversary party

Naomi Day becomes a full member

115 gets a new website

Michael Gibb leaves

Graham Modlen joins

Midwinter party, once again held at 115

Lucy Stackpool-Moore leaves

Sarah Monk joins

Elena Veguillas joins

Mike Stoner leaves. Jack Neville and Olly Bishop-Young, formerly assistants, become full members

Founding member Robin Kinross leaves

Robert Bradbrook leaves

Sarah Monk leaves

Graham Modlen leaves

Yann Brien, Farrokh Aman and Jessie Rodger join

Ishbel Mull and Louise Underhill (jointly IMLU) join

Lisa Gornick leaves