Winchester Cathedral Visitor Centre, Hampshire
Winchester Cathedral Enterprises
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Winchester Cathedral Visitor
Centre, Hampshire
Completion Date 1999
Contract Value £1.7m
Client Winchester Cathedral Enterprises
Won in limited competition, this scheme formed part of a masterplan to accommodate increasing visitor numbers. The first phase included the conversion of a Grade I Listed, 17th century coach house to provide a new visitor entrance, retail, offices and dining space. The second comprised a single storey, lightweight timber-framed building, used for functions and meetings. Within such an historic setting, great sensitivity was required to balance the new with the fabric of the existing building.
Equine Hospital, RVC Hawkshead
Royal Veterinary College
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Equine Hospital, RVC Hawkshead
Completion Date 2010
Contract Value £2.5m
Client Royal Veterinary College
The new Equine Hospital and recovery facilities form part of the ongoing modernisation of the Hawkshead Campus. Developed out of close consultation with the RVC team, this world-class facility offers maximum impact on a limited budget, allowing surgeons to incorporate the latest techniques for patient treatment and surgery. The accommodation needs were highly technical with detailed requirements for sterile surgical spaces and complex hoisting arrangements for large unconscious animals. As well as meeting the hygiene and technical requirements, it was important to create a pleasant working environment for the staff, achieved by considered use of colour, careful detailing and modest rooflights to create brightly daylit circulation and changing areas.
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Sir Robert Woodard Academy, West Sussex
West Sussex County Council
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Sir Robert Woodard Academy, West Sussex
Completion Date due 2011
Contract Value approx. £28m
Client West Sussex County Council
The new Sir Robert Woodard Academy, with specialisms in Performing Arts and Mathematics, accommodates 1400 pupils aged 11-18, including catering for extensive community use. It is one of four West Sussex Academies we are working on together with Balfour Beatty. Sponsored by the Woodard Trust, the Academy caters for all faiths, with the wedge-shaped atrium space designed to 'shine out' to advertise its presence and act as beacon for its values.
West Hill Green Student Halls, Winchester
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
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West Hill Green, Winchester
Completion Date 2013
Contract Value £15m
Client Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
West Hill Green is a phased new build development for the University of Winchester, providing 499 student bedrooms in eight-room clusters, each sharing communal kitchen, dining and living spaces. Located on a prominent sloping site, the scheme has involved a complex planning process. Public and private spaces have been arranged to enable shared use of café, gym and laundry facilities whilst maintaining a secure residential community. The scheme is expected to achieve BREEAM Very Good.
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Temperate House and Restaurant, Leamington Spa
Warwick District Council
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Temperate House and Restaurant,
Royal Leamington Spa
Completion Date 2003
Contract Value £1.2m
Client Warwick District Council
Located in the listed setting of Jephson Gardens, the new Temperate House and Restaurant was part of a major regeneration scheme. The riverside building, which hovers over the River Leam and offers panoramic views across the gardens, is constructed of structural glass fixed to a light steel frame. This 'glass house' provides a temperate climate for a myriad of plant types, sandwiched between a two-storey exhibition foyer and a 120-seat restaurant. Civic Trust Commendation 2005.
Walthamstow School for Girls, Walthamstow
London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Walthamstow School for Girls, Walthamstow
Completion Date 2009
Contract Value £17m
Client London Borough of Waltham Forest
At Walthamstow School for Girls the Grade II Listed building was sensitively refurbished and extended to provide new specialist accommodation for 900 pupils. New and old are connected by a multi level, glazed foyer with folding screens that allow drama and assembly spaces to be linked together, creating an exciting sequence of flexible learning spaces. The design, constructed by Bouygues, achieved BREEAM 'Very Good' and won a 2011 BCSE Design Award.
Aston Martin Owners' Club, Oxfordshire
Owners' Club and Heritage Trust
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Aston Martin Owners' Club, Oxfordshire
Completion Date 2001
Contract Value £0.5m
Client Aston Martin Owners' Club
and Heritage Trust
This 14th century, Grade II Listed barn restoration accommodates the Aston Martin Owners' Club new headquarters, as well as a museum and archive for the Heritage Trust. Considered to be one of the most important remaining structures of its type in the country, a sensitive approach was required towards conserving the existing building fabric. A new extension and contemporary materials have been carefully incorporated alongside the retained timber exterior and dramatic interior spaces.
Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases, RVC
Royal Veterinary College
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Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases, RVC Hawkshead
Completion Date 2009
Contract Value £3.3m
Client Royal Veterinary College
ArchitecturePLB was appointed by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to design their new public health clinical research wing as a part new build extension and part refurbishment to an existing 1960s building. The new centre, known as CEEED, provides up to date general laboratory facilities and two Category-3 laboratories designed to ACDP regulations, together with modern flexible office space, write up suites and meeting areas. The spaces are arranged to encourage and support interaction and the exchange and development of ideas within a professional, businesslike atmosphere.
Kelmscott School, Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Kelmscott School, Waltham Forest
Completion Date 2008
Contract Value £11m
Client London Borough of Waltham Forest
As part of Bouygues Partnership for Education and Community, Kelmscott School has been refurbished, extended and remodelled, to improve both the image and the functionality of the existing school, and its identity within the community. A new street runs from the highly prominent new entrance, linking existing buildings and new performing arts, catering and dining facilities, and providing an easily legible circulation axis through the school. The project won the PfS Best Design for a Remodelled School Award in 2008.
Adelaide Health Centre, Southampton
GB Primarycare
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Adelaide Health Centre, Southampton
Completion Date 2009
Contract Value £10m
Client GB Primarycare
ArchitecturePLB was invited to work with GB Primarycare (Assura Group and Geoffrey Osborne Limited) on the architectural design of the interior of this new-build primary care centre in Southampton, designed by Greenhill Jenner Architects. The facility offers podiatry, an out of hours walk-in centre and physiotherapy, a pharmacy, along with a large office base for PCT staff. ArchitecturePLB worked closely with the PCT as the end-user, developing integrated strategies for the building interior, including finishes, bespoke furniture and fittings, lighting and way-finding. Through the careful use of colour to identify routes and zones, the patient experience is made as stress free as possible, with an emphasis on creating a calm, modern and welcoming environment.
Dagenham Library and Residences, Dagenham
LB of Barking and Dagenham
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Dagenham Library and Residences
Dagenham
Completion Date 2011
Contract Value £14.3m
Client LB of Barking and Dagenham
Won in competition with Bouygues, this landmark mixed use building forms part of the regeneration of Dagenham Heathway. Incorporating community and residential facilities and elements of public realm, the scheme provides the Borough's first new Public Library for over 20 years, with additional 'Customer-First' facilities. 86 private and affordable apartments are also incorporated, along with a retail unit. Community support for the Library has been overwhelmingly positive, with over 2000 people visiting on the opening day.
Andover Leisure Centre, Hampshire
Test Valley Borough Council
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Andover Leisure Centre, Hampshire
Options Completed June 2009
Contract Value £25m
Client Test Valley Borough Council
ArchitecturePLB was invited by South West Hants LIFT to assist in the production of a detailed strategic analysis, examining the potential options for the re-provision of the Andover Leisure Centre, on behalf of Test Valley Borough Council. The challenge was to provide an enhanced leisure offer with the added community benefit of co-located new build healthcare and other facilities. Our approach was to seek to maintain and improve upon the existing 'civic' sense of the area, creating generous public spaces and promote connections that extend beyond the confines of the site boundary.
Porlock Road, Southampton
Spectrum Housing Group
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Porlock Road, Southampton
Completion Date 2011
Contract Value £1.8m
Client Spectrum Housing Group
Won through an exemplar family housing competition, this new development provides a high density solution to meet the need for affordable housing in the area. The development remains sensitive to the scale of the neighbouring houses, and uses a mixed palette of timber and brick. Using modern methods of construction, an innovative 'kit of parts' combines one, two and three storey elements. The scheme has achieved a Secured By Design certification and BfL 'Gold' Standard.
Victoria Park Student Halls, Portsmouth
Watkin Jones
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Victoria Park Student Halls, Portsmouth
Completion Date planning approved 2011
Contract Value undisclosed
Client Watkin Jones
This landmark new building for the University of Portsmouth is located within a Listed Park. The lower floors of the 30-storey tower provide faculty accommodation for two Social Science and Humanities schools, with central shared facilities including a 300-seat lecture theatre, seminar rooms and cafe. 600 student bedrooms are accommodated above, arranged in a combination of cluster flats and studios. The design achieved a BREEAM (2010) Very Good rating and construction started on site in June 2011.
Lloyd Park Hub, Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Lloyd Park Hub, Waltham Forest
Completion Date due April 2012
Contract Value £1m
Client London Borough of Waltham Forest
The Lloyd Park Hub has been designed in three distinct parts, with a garden wall, grass-roofed pavilion and gallery space. Catering for over one million visitors per year the new, improved facilities include a café, learning space, park ranger office, and refurbished artists' studios, as well as additional public toilets. The scheme secured Heritage Lottery Funding, and achieved planning consent following three years' consultation with a wide audience group including the local community and English Heritage.
Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester
University of Southampton
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Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester
Completion Date 1999
Contract Value £2.2m
Client University of Southampton
Located within a Conservation Area, the new Textile Conservation Centre formed part of a wider campus development for the Winchester School of Art. Within this leading international research centre, the environmentally-controlled, double height laboratories were designed to benefit from UV filtered north light. A glass wall extends along the first floor as a gallery, enabling students and visitors to view the conservation process without infringing on the conservators' work. RIBA Award, 2000
Pimlico Academy, Westminster
Westminster City Council
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Pimlico Academy, Westminster
Completion Date 2011
Contract Value £20m
Client Westminster City Council
The new Pimlico Academy replaces the existing Pimlico School on the same site to address Westminster City Council's concerns about the existing 1960s building being able to accommodate future requirements of both the school and local community. Constructed by Bouygues, and with a capacity of 1262, the new school caters for 1050 pupils, a 200-place sixth form and a 12-place specialist Speech Language and Communications needs unit, as well as providing a new home for Pimlico Library and a new local centre for Westminster's Adult Education Service.
Ineos Headquarters, New Forest
Ineos Capital Plc
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Ineos Headquarters, New Forest
Completion Date 2002
Contract Value £3m
Client Ineos Capital Plc
A new administrative headquarters building for this global chemical manufacturing company provides flexible, cellular offices and open plan accommodation. On a sensitive site in the New Forest, the scheme required a modern but discreet design solution. Working with the contours of the landscape for minimal visual impact, the form of this two-storey structure maximises the benefits of daylight and natural ventilation, with traditional materials such as timber used in a contemporary manner. RIBA and Civic Trust Awards 2003.
Chilcomb Innovation Centre, Winchester
Cavendish & Gloucester Plc
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Chilcomb Innovation Centre, Winchester
Completion Date Planning granted 2009
Contract Value £18m
Client Cavendish & Gloucester Plc
The new Chilcomb Innovation Centre comprises 9000sqm of accommodation for office-based and research and development businesses. The redevelopment of this brown field site has required sensitive planning due to its location within the Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and designated South Downs National Park. Comprised of six individual three-storey units arranged in two blocks, the sustainable design has an anticipated BREEAM Excellent rating, and achieved planning permission in December 2009.
Social Learning Space, RVC Camden
Royal Veterinary College
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Social Learning Space, Camden
Completion Date 2010
Contract Value £1.6m
Client Royal Veterinary College,
University of London
An underused courtyard has been cleverly remodelled into this vibrant social learning space, known as the Lightwell Café. On a tight urban site where opportunities for campus development are limited, the fitout at the heart of this 1930s building has opened up the campus both physically and socially. Flexible spaces have been created by connecting to the surrounding library, museum and dining facilities. A semi-enclosed reading 'pod' creates a dramatic focus at the centre.
St Matthew Academy, Blackheath
Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark
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St Matthew Academy, Blackheath
Completion Date 2008
Contract Value £23m
Client Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark
St Matthew Academy for Business and Enterprise is a new build all-through Academy on a constrained site, catering for 1320 pupils aged 3-16. At the heart of the school, the assembly hall is a focal, celebratory space for the whole community, reflecting the Christian values of both the client and the Sponsors, the de la Salle Brothers. Energy conservation influenced form and massing, with top-lit atria and courtyards to maximise natural light and ventilation.
St Clements Surgery, Winchester
Winchester City Council
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St Clements Surgery, Winchester
Completion Date due late 2013
Contract Value £2.4m
Client Winchester City Council
This project is for a new 1600sqm general practice medical centre and pharmacy in the heart of Winchester, including car parking and bike storage. Due to its location in an historic setting and amidst buildings of varying scale, the scheme presented many challenges. Our solution steps down in scale between commercially-scaled buildings and a small residential street. Clinical spaces are arranged around an internal, double height courtyard waiting area, which looks out onto a small, landscaped public square, giving a pleasant entrance to Upper Brook Street. Careful zoning allows the ground floor to also function independently as a surgery on weekends.
Brighton Study Centre, East Sussex
Espalier Private Equity Ltd
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Brighton Study Centre, East Sussex
Completion Date 2007
Contract Value £26.5m
Client Espalier Private Equity Ltd
This new centre consolidates Study Group's global headquarters with an international residential college, close to Brighton mainline station. On a constrained site in a regeneration quarter, the design links the Centre's diverse functions; with corporate, academic and residential components each having their own briefs, the spacious atrium and internal vertical street offer a focal point for this diverse community. The scheme, which used sustainable materials and modern methods of construction, achieved a bespoke BREEAM Very Good rating.
Teaching and Research Centre, RVC Hawkshead
Royal Veterinary College
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Teaching and Research Centre,
RVC Hawkshead
Completion Date 2011
Contract Value £8m
Client Royal Veterinary College
This new research centre brings together a mix of offices, laboratories and social learning spaces at the College's main Hawkshead campus. In response to the rural and agricultural setting, the building is clad in cedar, wrapping over the pre-cast concrete cladding on the laboratories. Generous glazing into the heart of the building showcases the College's teaching and learning activities, with exhibits from the Museum of Veterinary College's collection on display throughout the visitor reception.
Jo Richardson Community School, Dagenham
LB of Barking and Dagenham
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Jo Richardson Community School, Dagenham
Completion Date 2005
Contract Value £29m
Client LB of Barking and Dagenham
The new Jo Richardson Community School formed part of the Borough's strategy for urban renewal of the Thames Gateway, addressing two important objectives; the delivery of a new pedagogy and the provision of cultural, leisure, health and learning resources for the wider community. Organised around an internal 'street', the design allows for extensive out of hours use with access to performing arts sports and dining spaces, as well as the incorporation of a new Castle Green public library, nursery, primary healthcare centre and community one-stop shop.
