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AJ Architecture Award win for Ravelin Sports Centre

The University of Portsmouth sports facility was a clear winner for judges of the Architects' Journal awards, who praised the collaboration behind the design and its success with local people.

23 November 2023

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Ravelin Sports Centre wins an IAKS Architecture Prize

The University of Portsmouth facility has won a 2023 IOC IPC IAKS Architecture Prize for sustainable, accessible and innovative sports and leisure facilities.

30 October 2023

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Plans submitted for 2,500-home neighbourhood in Ladbroke Grove

Our masterplan, designed for Ballymore and Sainsbury’s, includes two new parks, a restored canal basin and at least 500 affordable homes, on one of the largest remaining brownfield sites in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

26 October 2023

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Consultation launches for Smithfield Riverside

Public consultation has begun on our masterplan for Shrewsbury town centre, led by Shropshire Council and RivingtonHark.

20 October 2023

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Success at the Education Estates Awards

Celebrating awards for Royal School Manchester and our client, the Seashell Trust charity.

18 October 2023

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Construction starts on Culture House

Work begins for a new cultural and community hub in Sunderland city centre.

05 September 2023

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Studio FBA in 2023

Our 5th year of leading a Masters studio at Newcastle University focused on reusing existing buildings.

17 August 2023

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Blyth cultural venue and Market Place win planning approval

Our design for a new cultural venue in Blyth has been approved by Northumberland County Council.

05 July 2023

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Research into rammed earth

Architectural apprentice Adam Nightingale’s final project explores the use of rammed earth as a sustainable construction material.

26 June 2023

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AJ100 Practice of the Year shortlist

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Architects' Journal AJ100 'Practice of the Year' award.

22 May 2023

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City Hall wins an RIBA Regional Award

Our design for Sunderland City council has been recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects with a regional award.

15 May 2023

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Ravelin Sports Centre opens

A new, ultra-low energy sports centre for the University of Portsmouth has been officially opened.

16 March 2023

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Pinewood Studios expansion and nature reserve approved

The expansion of Pinewood Studios, which will create the largest studio complex in the world, has been approved by Buckinghamshire Council.

22 February 2023

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National Apprenticeship Week

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we are sharing projects and advice from our own architectural apprentices.

08 February 2023

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Ireland's first indoor velodrome wins planning approval

Our plans for a National Velodrome and Badminton Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus have been granted planning approval.

19 January 2023

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Our 2022 wrap up

We reflect on the projects, people and prizes that made 2022 at FaulknerBrowns.

20 December 2022

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Toronto and Parry housing submitted for planning approval

Our proposals for 54 new homes in Victoria, BC.

16 December 2022

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City Hall wins a Mixology award

Our interiors team has won Public Sector and Cultural Interiors Project of the Year at the Mixology North Awards.

02 December 2022

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Britannia Leisure Centre wins overall at the New London Awards

We are proud to see Britannia win the culture category and be named overall winner at the New London Architecture (NLA) awards.

30 November 2022

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FaulknerBrowns wins AJ's Architect of the Year

We have been named Architect of the Year by the Architects' Journal alongside a win for City Hall in the civic category.

24 November 2022

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Sport Ireland Campus masterplan launched

The Government of Ireland has endorsed our mixed-use masterplan for the development of the Sport Ireland campus.

21 November 2022

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Northern Renewable Energy Centre of Excellence announced

Our plans for a renewable energy centre and visitor attraction in South Tyneside.

14 November 2022

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Carbon approach featured in sb magazine

Mike Hall and Irina Korneychuk recently discussed our approach to carbon reduction with the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS).

08 November 2022

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Albion Square wins planning approval

Our proposals for a mixed-use development and a new urban park in Hull city centre have been unanimously approved.

24 October 2022

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Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year

We are thrilled to have won 'Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year' at the 2022 Building Design Architect of the Year Awards.

19 October 2022

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Community votes in favour of Greater Vernon Active Living Centre

The City of Vernon, BC, has voted to approve our plans for a new $121 million recreation facility.

18 October 2022

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City Hall wins Best of the Best at the BCO Awards

City Hall has been named both 'Best Corporate Workplace' and 'Best of the Best' at the British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards.

05 October 2022

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Olympic legacy at Lee Valley White Water Centre

10 years on from London 2012, we are celebrating the project's contribution to the local community and the sporting legacy of the Games.

19 August 2022

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Guinness Quarter plans submitted

Our plans for a new urban quarter at St James’s Gate in Dublin have been submitted for planning approval.

03 August 2022

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City Hall wins an AT Schüco Excellence Award

The awards recognise excellence in façade design, in association with Architecture Today magazine.

26 July 2022

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Britannia wins AJ100 Community Impact of the Year

Britannia Leisure Centre has won the Architects' Journal award for Community Impact of the Year.

23 June 2022

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Kingston Leisure and Community Building wins planning approval

Our plans for a new community leisure facility in London have been approved by Kingston Council’s planning committee.

06 June 2022

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Moorways Sports Village opens in Derby

Moorways Sports Village, a new £42m sport centre in Derby, has opened to the public.

24 May 2022

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Sportcampus Zuiderpark hosts the 2022 Invictus Games

Sportcampus Zuiderpark recently hosted the Invictus Games in The Hague, an international sporting event for injured servicemen and women.

05 May 2022

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Newcastle Civic Centre wins an RIBA Regional Award

Our refurbishment of Newcastle Civic Centre has been recognised for its regional importance in the 2022 RIBA Awards.

28 April 2022

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Three new partners announced

We are pleased to announce three new partners joining our senior team.

05 April 2022

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Culture House wins planning approval

Our plans for a new cultural hub in Sunderland have been granted planning approval.

29 March 2022

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Team Kirkley Cycles partnership

A competitive cycling team local to our Newcastle studio is expanding their women’s team, with our support and sponsorship.

24 March 2022

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Dublin studio opening

We have opened a our second international studio in Dublin, Ireland.

02 March 2022

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Construction starts at Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre

Work has started on the new velodrome and community centre in Edmonton, AB.

04 February 2022

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Seeking sub-consultants for New Writing North project

We are seeking Initial Expressions of Interest from design consultants for an exciting new project with New Writing North.

31 January 2022

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Culture House submitted for planning

Our plans for an ambitious new cultural hub in Sunderland city centre have been submitted for planning permission.

10 January 2022

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Screen Hub UK at Pinewood Studios wins planning approval

Our outline proposals for Screen Hub UK, a £500m expansion of Pinewood Studios, have been approved by Buckinghamshire Council.

05 January 2022

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Newcastle Civic Centre wins a Mixology award

Our refurbishment of Newcastle Civic Centre has won Public Sector Project of the Year at the Mixology North21 awards.

10 December 2021

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FaulknerBrowns to lead Guinness Quarter development

​FaulknerBrowns Architects has been announced as the masterplanner and lead architects of a sustainable new urban quarter at St James’ Gate in Dublin, home to the Guinness Brewery for over 261 years.

07 December 2021

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Aquatics projects presented to British Columbia’s Recreation and Parks Association

Watch our virtual tour of three recent swimming pool projects, which were presented to BCRPA’s Ripple Effects workshop.

30 November 2021

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Sunderland High Street West wins a WAF Award

Sunderland High Street West has been awarded at the World Architecture Festival awards, in the commercial mixed-use category of future projects.

25 November 2021

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Mixology North finalists

Newcastle Civic Centre and Jesmond Assembly have been shortlisted in the Mixology North awards.

16 November 2021

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Model on display at the RA Summer Exhibition

One of our architectural models, ‘Bridging Heritage’, is currently on display at the 2021 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

13 October 2021

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London leisure and arts centres announced

FaulknerBrowns has been appointed to design two new community leisure centres, following the success of Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London.

24 September 2021, Steve McIntyre

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Lee Valley Ice Centre breaks ground

Construction has started on our plans for London’s first Olympic-sized twin-pad ice centre.

23 August 2021, Leighton Cooksey

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RIBA North East Awards

Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre has won a RIBA North East award.

17 August 2021

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Supporting Olympic success

In the wake of Team GB's success, partner Mike Hall reflects on the wider role performance facilities can play in their communities.

10 August 2021, Mike Hall

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Cramlington Food Bank Donation

10th to 16th May was National Mental Health Awareness Week, and the practice felt that this was a great opportunity for us all to reconnect and build new relationships by way of a series of themed wellness events.

10 June 2021, Alison Austin

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New Associate Partners

We are expanding our senior team by inviting six uniquely skilled colleagues to be Associate Partners. Our Associate Partners will continue to drive thought leadership in their areas of expertise, with a mission to expand our capability and horizons. We are excited to see what our team can achieve in their new extended roles.

31 March 2021

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​Mayor of London approves Goodsyard plans

The Mayor of London has approved our masterplan proposals to transform the Bishopsgate Goodsyard site into a characterful mixed-use urban quarter that will help drive a post pandemic renaissance in this part of London.

03 December 2020

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Social Impact Award for Student Life Building

​Creating social value is a fundamental aspect of our design process. We are therefore extremely proud that Teesside University Student Life Building has been named the national winner of the RICS Social Impact Education Award 2020.

25 November 2020

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Lee Valley Ice Centre approved

Our plans for London’s first ever Olympic-sized twin-pad ice centre, have received planning approval from Waltham Forest Council and the GLA.

24 November 2020

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Work shown at the RA Summer Exhibition

​One of our architectural models crafted by in-house model maker Andrew Parkin, is currently being exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition, one of the most significant annual events in the art calendar.

05 November 2020

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Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year

​We are extremely pleased and honoured to have received the prestigious title of Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year at the Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2020.

29 October 2020

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Riverside Sunderland Masterplan revealed

​In collaboration with Proctor & Matthews Architects, with specialist input from MawsonKerr Architects and landscape architects Camlins, we have announced a collaborative masterplan design that will reinvent the heart of Sunderland whilst drawing on its industrial heritage.

28 October 2020

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From fabrication yard to City Hall

Fabrication of the main accommodation staircase for our new £42m City Hall scheme for Sunderland City Council is underway at local steel fabricators Beal Architectural.

23 September 2020

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Ashfield Towers housing submitted for planning

​Our proposals for a high quality, sustainable, residential development in Gosforth, have been submitted to Newcastle City Council for planning approval. The scheme will reinvigorate and preserve Ashfield Towers, one of the area’s magnificent 19th century Victorian villas, returning the building to its intended use.

03 August 2020

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Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment

​​​We have been invited to sit on the Advisory Board for an exciting new joint initiative by Newcastle University and Northumbria University, to establish a Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE).

15 July 2020

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Beacon of Light wins Civic Trust double

​Beacon of Light has received a highly prestigious Civic Trust Award as well as the Special Award for Community Impact & Engagement - presented to an exemplar scheme where community engagement has helped deliver the highest standards of design, whilst meeting the needs of local people.

11 March 2020

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Construction begins on Sunderland City Hall

Construction work has begun on a major element of a £500m city centre regeneration scheme — our new £42m City Hall for Sunderland City Council. The scheme represents phase two of the VAUX Brewery masterplan, a vibrant mixed-use neighbourhood for the city.

11 December 2019

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An exciting new journey in Vancouver

FaulknerBrowns Vancouver is the beginning of an exciting new journey that offers us the opportunity to share our approach to innovation and passion for design excellence, in a new region.

04 November 2019

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Trio shortlisted for World Architecture Festival

​For the fourth consecutive year, we have been shortlisted to compete against the best in global architecture at the World Architecture Festival with three future schemes.

09 September 2019

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Recent schemes bag renowned design awards

Three of our recently completed buildings, Beacon of Light, Janet Nash House and Menai Science Park, have been collectively recognised for their design excellence by regional juries for the Royal Insitute of British Architects, Royal Society of Chartered Surveyors and the British Council of Offices.

31 July 2019

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Prince Harry visits Sportcampus Zuiderpark

HRH Duke of Sussex visits Sportcampus Zuiderpark in The Hague for the 2020 Invictus Games preparations.

14 May 2019

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International Civic Trust Award

​Sportcampus Zuiderpark received an International Civic Trust Award at the 60th anniversary celebrations of the highly respected awards programme.

12 March 2019

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Meet us at MIPIM

​We will be bringing our placemaking experience and ingenuity to the MIPIM property fair this year from the 12th to the 14th March, represented by Ben Sykes, Paul Rigby, Lee McLaughlin, Tania Love and Alison Austin.

04 March 2019

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Design Practice of the Year

We are delighted to have won two prestigious accolades at the 2018 Mixology North Awards for Medium Commercial Interiors Project of the Year and Design Practice of the Year. The awards celebrated this year’s cohort of innovative and aspirational projects from across the interior design industry.

25 February 2019

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Best of the best at the Revo Golds

Market Hall Fulham grabbed the spotlight at the Revo Gold Awards 2018, picking up the Re:lax category prize, before being named recipient of the overall, ‘best of the best’, Re:turn award.

19 December 2018

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Sportcampus Zuiderpark honoured at WAF

​In our third consecutive visit to the annual World Architecture Festival, Sportcampus Zuiderpark has narrowly missed out on being named the world’s best completed sports building 2018, receiving the category’s only Highly Commended accolade.

05 December 2018

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Approval for Britannia Leisure Centre

​Our proposals for a state-of-the art leisure centre and new public square next to Shoreditch Park, have been approved by Hackney Council.

22 November 2018

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Goodsyard proposals unveiled to the public

Hammerson and Ballymore, joint venture development partners for the The Goodsyard scheme, have unveiled our revised masterplan to regenerate the ten acre site, creating a vibrant new mixed-use urban quarter in the heart of Shoreditch.

15 November 2018

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Newcastle Quayside West plans submitted

Our masterplan proposals for Newcastle Quayside West, a new £250m sustainable urban village, have been submitted to Newcastle City Council by developer Newby, as an outline planning application.

24 October 2018

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Market Hall Fulham in Revo shortlist

Market Hall Fulham has been shortlisted in the prestigious Revo Gold Awards. Held annually, the awards recognise and celebrate the very best examples of development in the retail property and placemaking sector.

15 October 2018

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IAKS International Swimming Pool Conference

Participants from eleven countries attended the International IAKS Swimming Pool Conference, complete with a guided tour of our RIBA National Award winning Hebburn Central.

28 September 2018

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University of Oxford sports complex redevelopment

​The first phase of our work on a pioneering new sports centre for the University of Oxford, which features the UK’s first LED lit, glass sports hall surface, has been completed.

11 September 2018

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University of Stirling sports centre approved

​Stirling Council has approved our plans for a £20 million transformation of the University of Stirling’s sports facilities.

07 August 2018

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University of Portsmouth sports facility approved

​Portsmouth City Council has approved our plans for an inclusive and sustainable sports facility for the University of Portsmouth.

09 July 2018

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Sportcampus Zuiderpark at World Architecture Festival

​Sportcampus Zuiderpark has been shortlisted to compete against the world's best buildings at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) which begins in Amsterdam on 28th November.

26 June 2018

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Work displayed at the RA Summer Exhibition

​Two of our architectural models, created by in-house model maker Andrew Parkin are to be exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition, one of the most significant annual events in the art calendar.

05 June 2018

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Trio triumph at WICE Awards

In a fantastic evening for the practice, our outstanding finalists achieved a clean sweep of the three architectural accolades at the European Women in Construction and Engineering (WICE) Awards 2018.

01 June 2018

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Market Hall Fulham opens

Market Hall Fulham, a high street hub dedicated to home-grown food and drink, has opened to the public.

24 May 2018

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Practice of the Year shortlist

In recognition of a fantastic twelve months for the practice, we are in the running to be named ‘Practice of the Year’ by the AJ100 Awards.

14 May 2018

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Women in Construction and Engineering Awards

​We are delighted to have achieved four finalists in the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards 2018.

11 April 2018

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BNA Building of the Year shortlist

​Sportcampus Zuiderpark has been shortlisted to receive the title of BNA Best Building of the Year 2018 by the Dutch Association of Architects.

28 March 2018

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PegasusLife later living scheme approved

​Newcastle City Council has approved our plans, on behalf of PegasusLife, for a scheme which represents a new approach to later living in the city.

12 March 2018

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Meliá riverside hotel approved

​Newcastle City Council has approved our plans, on behalf of Union Property and Meliá Hotels International, for a four star hotel in a prime riverside location on the iconic Newcastle Quayside.

12 March 2018

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Derby swimming pool complex approved

​Our ambitious proposals for a state-of-the-art swimming and leisure facility at Moorways in Derby have been approved by Derby City Council.

23 February 2018

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Meet us at MIPIM

Five representatives from our practice, Ben Sykes, Paul Rigby, Lee McLaughlin, Tania Love and Jane Redmond will be attending MIPIM, the world’s premier real estate event, this March.

14 February 2018

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Swindon snow centre plans submitted

​We have submitted an application for planning permission to Swindon Borough Council, on behalf of Seven Capital, for a major new indoor snow centre and leisure destination in Swindon. If approved, the scheme will become our fifth indoor snow complex and only the seventh in the UK.

07 February 2018

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University of Portsmouth unveils sports facility

​University of Portsmouth has unveiled to the public our plans for a new sustainable sports facility. It represents the first major phase of the university’s estate development masterplan.

05 February 2018

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Newcastle Civic Centre plans approved

​Our proposals for the multi-million pound refurbishment of George Kenyon’s 1968 Grade II*-listed Newcastle Civic Centre have received planning approval from Newcastle City Council.

14 December 2017

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International architecture prizes

​We are delighted to have received three coveted accolades at the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) Awards 2017, held in Cologne.

29 November 2017

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RICS Community Benefit Award

The Word has received the Community Benefit Award at the prestigious RICS Awards Grand Final 2017. This national accolade places the community library and cultural centre among the UK’s best new buildings of 2017.

13 November 2017

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Inspiring Graduate Prize

​Architectural graduate Irina Korneychuk has been chosen ahead of three other finalists to win the AJ/Curtins Inspiring Graduate Prize 2017.

08 November 2017

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