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Archial Designed Littleton Green Primary Shortlisted for RIBA Award
over to the design brief which was then put out as a design competition. Mike Guppy, Director at Archial’s Birmingham studio, said, “The competition winning concept of ‘great oak’, combined with ‘learning tree’, led to an unconventional design on two levels. Some of the youngest learners are on the upper level, the ‘tree-house’, with their own sheltered, external play space around which nursery
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Littleton Green Primary in Huntington, Staffordshire has been shortlisted for a RIBA award. Combining state-of-the-art teaching provision with the latest in green technology, the £8 million primary school accommodates 420 pupils and contains a crèche, a nursery and community offices. The new school, located on the site of an old colliery on the edge of Cannock Chase, combines state-of-the-art
facilities and innovative design to become a focal point for the community. A key responsibility for the new school is to act as a bridge between the existing village and a new housing development. The client’s aspiration at Littleton Green was to create an exemplar to raise future design standards in all new Staffordshire schools. To that end, a Design Festival produced some innovative thinking, which carried
and reception classrooms cluster.” The final scheme is the product of close collaboration between the design team and the Education client team. Both pupils and staff had a say in how the building would look from the design stage. The children chose the purple colour scheme, inspired by the heather which they saw during a walk on the Chase whilst feature manifestation designs were used to add detail and elements of pupils’
work to the building. Leaf and bird outlines make reference to both the ‘tree-house’ and natural environment. In accordance with the design brief, Littleton Green Primary has a low impact on the environment in terms of energy and water use, materials, waste, transport and site ecology. Sustainable materials have been used throughout. For example, the exterior is clad with home-grown Sweet Chestnut and the roof is an environmentally inert polymer covered with Sedum. Minimising the requirement for incoming energy was an inherent part of the conceptual design approach. To address this, the overhang of the roof was designed to define the building, whilst providing an appropriate solution to façade engineering – protecting the high levels of southerly glazing from the peak summer sun and allowing direct solar heating during the colder months. The new Littleton Green Community School was funded by Staffordshire County Council’s capital development fund.
Yuill Homes Celebrates Completion of Trinity Square Development in Hartlepool
Yuill Homes has marked the completion of its Trinity Square development in Hartlepool with a prestigious event to thank key partners which have been involved in helping to make it a success. The award winning housebuilder is dedicated to establishing successful communities through partnerships and works alongside Hartlepool College of Further Education to offer on the job experience to local Apprentices, some of whom also attended the event with placement officer at Hartlepool College of Further Education, Martin Buckley. Apprentices Anthony Skinner,
bricklayer and winner of the Brickwork and Trowel Student of the Year award, bricklayer Richard Donovan, and apprentice joiners Liam Arnold and Scott Hudson have all previously worked on the Trinity Square site. Martin Buckley, placement officer at Hartlepool College of FE, said: “Hartlepool College and Yuill have an excellent
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relationship which is hugely beneficial to all parties, not least the apprentices. I know the apprentices thoroughly enjoy working for such a high profile company and this is reflected in their commitment, dedication and hard work. These lads started their apprenticeships working on this site and I know they are really proud to have been part of it.” David Mullins, managing director
at Yuill Homes, said: “This prestigious event was a fantastic way of celebrating the success of Trinity Square and it was fantastic to see the apprentices there as their hard work has made a major contribution to the site. Yuill Homes is dedicated to delivering exemplary standards of innovative housing and we’re delighted that Trinity Square has been such a great success, offering a range of superb houses that highlight the high specification and fantastic design quality of our properties.” The celebration was also attended
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by Mayor of Hartlepool, Councillor Stuart Drummond, MP Iain Wright and Paul Jackson, investment and regeneration manager at the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). MP Iain Wright said: “Yuill Homes is a high profile Hartlepool company, and I’m delighted that it has breathed new life into the centre of the town through its Trinity Square development. The partnership with central government, the local council and Hartlepool College has been essential to its success. I’m particularly pleased that Yuill has remained committed to training and apprenticeships, offering local lads the opportunity to learn a trade and enjoy a skilled career.” Paul Jackson, investment and regeneration manager at the Homes and Communities Agency, said: “This is another important step towards creating quality, affordable homes in communities right across our region. It’s part of
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our affordable homes programme, which is bringing a range of quality homes to sustainable locations in Hartlepool and the North East as a whole.”
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Agency has invested almost £1 million in new homes at Trinity Square. The scheme is one of a number of major projects in the town supported by the HCA, including a £5 million investment in the renewal of Raby Road estate, a £4.9 million First Time Buyers Initiative at Dyke House, and recent completion of the new Hartlepool Retirement Village. Trinity Square and Court are set in a fantastic location, close to the vibrant Hartlepool Marina which offers an array of shops, sports facilities and first-rate restaurants, as well as the picturesque historic quay. They also boast easy access to the A19 for Middlesbrough, Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, making them great for local commuters.
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