Pla c ema ki ng
We recognise the importance of creating sustainable Placemaking neighbourhoods in our major towns and cities. Our approach to placemaking draws on a respect for historic context to defjne a sense of place while Arts & Culture introducing contemporary design at a new scale to address current and future needs. Healthcare We believe in creating great communities and this requires design excellence overlaid with thorough local knowledge and understanding of people and Higher Education place. Each site is very different and we seek to embed new developments into communities to reinforce and strengthen them with a series of positive new streets Leisure and spaces. These public spaces – internal and external – are where people, young and old and from all walks of life: shape communities make connections, Residential defjne character enjoy comfort, share commodities and take part in celebration. Schools We create and recreate bespoke and imaginative places where people can thrive and communities Workplace can grow.
AWARDS 2019 Yorkshire Property Awards, Gamechanger Award, CEG Southbank Leeds 2006 Architect of the Year Awards, Private Housing Architect of the Year 2018 Housing Design Awards, Project Award, Kirkstall Forge 2006 Housing Design Awards, Accordia 2016 Manchester Architects Awards, President’s Choice Award, Circle Square 2006 National Homebuilder Design Awards, Best Housing Project of the Year, Accordia 2010 RIBA Awards, Broadcasting Place 2005 Housing Design Awards, Bennet’sCourtyard, Merton Abbey Mills 2010 RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Awards, Broadcasting Place 2005 Housing Design Awards, National Award, Queen Mary College, University 2010 Yorkshire Property Award, Broadcasting Place of London 2010 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Awards, Best Tall Building 2003 Civic Trust Awards, Century Court, Cheltenham Overall, Broadcasting Place, Leeds Metropolitan University 2002 RIBA Awards, The Point, Bristol 2010 Housing Design Awards, ICON, Lime Tree Square, Street 2001 Housing Design Awards, National Project Award, Beaufort Court, Fulham 2008 Architect of the Year Awards, MasterplanningArchitect of the Year 4 Gold Standards at the CABE Building for Life Awards 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize, Accordia 2007 Civic Trust Awards, Accordia
Battersea Exchange, London
A genuinely mixed use Battersea Exchange, London development, with Client: Taylor Wimpey Central London with the new school at its Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark / Network Rail centre, the residential Location: London development will be Battersea Exchange is a residential led mixed-use complemented by cafés/ redevelopment on a site of 1.8 hectares, which will consist of 290 new residential units (20% affordable), restaurants and small a new 2 form entry primary school and around 3475m2 of commercial space; all organised around a new pedestrian amount of retail use but friendly public realm network, a new street links Battersea Park and Queenstown Road railway stations together, also space for the new opening up new routes and connections to integrate the development into its wider context. and existing businesses The development is predominately new build for the to re-establish the area School and most of the residential accommodation but also includes refurbishment of the existing viaduct arches as a thriving working and new entrance for Queens Town Road station. The fjrst two phases are complete with the later phases community. currently on site.
Battersea Exchange, London
Circle Square, Manchester
Throughout Circle Square, Circle Square, Manchester the energy requirements for heating and cooling Client: Bruntwood and Select Property Group have been addressed Location: Manchester using passive principles. Circle Square is an exciting new neighbourhood in the heart of Manchester City Centre. It is located on the former BBC site on Oxford Road, Corridor Manchester’s innovation district surrounded by leading institutions in art, This requires using high-insulation building dance, culture, science and technology. fabric to reduce heat loss in winter coupled with solar control glazing to reduce solar gain The scheme will create a pioneering new destination and associated overheating. within the city that will include over 1700 new homes, more than 1.2 million square feet of offjces, two hotels This simple passive approach enables the and 100,000 square feet of retail and leisure space for overall energy use to be reduced, prior to shops, restaurants, cafes and bars. the introduction of low and zero carbon technologies in the building design. FCBStudios were initially commissioned to masterplan the project and are now working on three offjce buildings, Buildings will be situated around a large central a pair of residential buildings, student housing and the green, offering a rare and valuable place in the pavilion buildings - two subterranean buildings located city for people to relax and interact. at either end of the central green that will accommodate innovative retailers and leisure operators.
Circle Square, Manchester
Temple Leeds
Temple Leeds Client: CEG Location: Leeds The new proposals for Temple Leeds refmect the spirit and ambition that brought progress and prosperity to Leeds through the pioneering entrepreneurs who shaped the city in the 18th and 19th Centuries. This 3.52 ha development respects its historic context and industrial past whilst enabling a new sustainable community to grow. The mixed-use scheme will deliver 130,000m² of accommodation, set within a backdrop of new public spaces and landscaping. The masterplan has been developed around a series of key linkages that thread the neighbourhood together. Main routes to Leeds city centre and the train station are reinforced and connections through and around the site provide a new network of pedestrian and cycle paths that weave the emerging community into the existing city. A series of public open The landscaping ties railway infrastructure, water courses and the listed Hol Beck Bridge into new streets spaces are set within the and squares to create a place that is both progressively and distinctly South Bank. quarter, responding in size Mill style buildings will be punctuated by taller modern and character to the historic ‘chimneys’ that echo the campanile towers of Tower Works. Brick, terracotta and industrial metalwork and emerging context. reference the vernacular architecture to inform the palette of building materials.
Carver Street Sheffield
Carver Street Sheffield Client: Sheffjeld City Council Location: Sheffjeld FCBStudios have been appointed as architect for a mixed-use leisure scheme in Sheffjeld City Centre. The complex, referred to as Block H (a wide-ranging development split into three distinct elements H1, H2 and H3, is part of Heart of the City II, one of Sheffjeld’s major current economic projects. Backed by Sheffjeld City Council, with Queensberry as its key delivery partner, it is not just a retail scheme, but a mixed-use, vibrant quarter right at the heart of the city and synonymous with everything the city is trying to achieve. Located at the very core of the city centre, it will bind together the old and the new, keeping the existing street patterns and quirky historic buildings but adding in striking new architecture and unique outdoor spaces. Rooted in the city’s unique character, Heart of the City II will provide a new home for Sheffjeld’s cultural, commercial and creative trailblazers. H2 has been designed to be energy effjcient in operation, emitting around 40% less carbon than a typical Building Regulations compliant design. H2 will be a brand-new building offering approx. 70,000 sqft of Grade A offjce space, split across seven fmoors with south facing roof terrace, retail and food and beverage units on the ground fmoor. The development for H3 includes a large, industrial- style space, shops, a bar and restaurant, and an upper level leisure space. The existing Bethel Chapel building will also be renovated, with plans to become a live entertainment venue. The site is also home to Leah’s Yard (H1) – a Grade II* Listed building housing a collection of small former industrial workshops. There is desire to maintain the building’s Sheffjeld character by providing similar workshops for the city’s next creative generation.
Mildmay, London
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