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Henley Halebrown Rorrison Architects awarded ‘Public Building Architect of the Year’ at Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2011
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enley Halebrown Rorrison Architects (formerly Buschow Henley) were recently awarded
the title of ‘Public Building Architect of The Year 2011’ by Building Design Magazine in a ceremony at Chiswell Street Brewery to mark outstanding achievements in building design across 12 separate sectors. This is the 8th year that the Awards have run. Unlike most such Awards that recog- nise individual buildings, HHbR were judged on three civic projects: The Junction Arts & Civic Centre in Goole, a project that draws together arts and commerce in the town; Akerman Road Primary Health-care Centre in South London (for Building Better Health and Lambeth PCT) and 336 Brixton Road, a church meeting and conference centre and offices for 14 charities in a remodel-led 1960s build- ing run by Lambeth ACCORD, again in South London. Simon Henley, director of HHbR
Architects, commented: “We are thrilled with this Award,
which recognises our practice’s ability to create functional public buildings with civic presence.”
Nightingale’s healthy living scheme approved
permission for a new integrated health and social care centre and residential apartments. Designed by Nightingale Associates, the scheme is located in a city centre conserva- tion area adjacent to Chester’s his- toric walls. The £30 million scheme for the
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Watkin Jones Group, known as Gorse Stacks, has been designed by Nightingales’ Rochdale studio. The 12,000m2 development comprises three buildings accommodating a health centre, social care and local authority facilities and 42 residential apartments. It is to be built over a three storey basement car park, itself formed in a medieval quarry. The first building is a 7,000m2
health centre for four GP practices from the West Cheshire Health Consortium, Community Services, and associated facilities. This develop- ment will enable the true integration of health services for patients in Chester delivered from purpose-built facilities. The health facility links to a second
building with 3,000m2 of offices and accommodation for the Local Authority’s health-facing services including adult social care, an inde- pendent living centre and public health. This physical link will support the integration of services across
hester Council’s Strategic Planning Committee has unan- imously approved planning
both health and social care. This building will also likely house the main CCTV control room for the city and an administration hub for third sector organisations. A third building completes the city block providing 42 residential apartments. This approval is the culmination of three years work and an extensive planning process involving consultation with English Heritage, the Conservation Area Advisory Committee, the Design Council Design Review Panel, the Civic Trust, and local residential groups. Chairman Glyn Watkin Jones,
Watkin Jones Group, said: “This has been a long, drawn out and complex project on a site where the originally consented scheme had stalled in a dif- ficult financial climate where demand for retail and private residential prop-
BAM urges the Government to build for growth as it hands over new wing for Great Ormond Street Hospital
totalling around £150 million of new facilities across the UK. The com- pany’s MD believes investment in building is a key means of achieving economic growth. The projects include a substantial
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new clinical wing at Great Ormond Street Hospital; the refurbishment of the iconic Arts Tower for Sheffield University; catering production units at the Royal Alexander Hospital in Paisley; a Software Centre for small businesses in Sunderland; the Selby Community project with Council offices and a hospital in North Yorkshire; a Primary School Refurbishment in Renfrewshire, extension to Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Paediatric Dept and Ruislip Baptist Church in London. BAM’s MD of construction, Richard
Bailey, said: “These eight projects tell you a lot about the current construc- tion market and about our company. Six of these projects are valued under ten million pounds in construction value. There is life in the under-pres- sure construction market but the mix of schemes is changing to include a greater proportion of small projects. Contractors must be flexible to adapt to this. BAM is successfully demon-
AM Construct UK is handing over eight new building proj- ects either side of Christmas
erty had evaporated. Nightingale’s team have laboured unstintingly and the resulting planning consent is tes- tament to their skill and does them great credit.” Project director Mark Drane,
Nightingale Associates, said: “After three years of design work on this sensitive site and lengthy consul- tation with statutory bodies and local groups, this planning approval is an important milestone for this unique project in the heart of Chester. We look forward to delivering this scheme with Watkin Jones in order that the residents of Chester can benefit from enhanced access to health and social care services.” The scheme is due for completion by the end of 2013.
every day. That is why it remains important to invest in buildings and construction skills.” BAM’s local investment policy
means that a substantial amount of the materials, orders and labour for the eight buildings have generated opportunities for local suppliers and people seeking work. Mr Bailey added: “Economic research shows that
strating to clients that the skills we use to deliver the impressive Great Ormond Street Hospital development at £90 million are equally valuable to a small project such as Ruislip Baptist Church at £1.4million. “Four of these completed projects
include refurbishments. These are all in the public sector. Refurbishing can offer better value than a new build to local authorities who have to meet the government’s new capital horizons. “Despite the spending restraints,
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seven of these eight projects are in the public sector, showing that build- ing for health, education and leisure remains integral to how our people and our economy perform. “All of these projects, which we are
handing over on budget, enrich us. It will help the small businesses that will use the Software Centre in Sunderland, the students and lectur- ers in Sheffield, the experts providing specialist healthcare all need first rate facilities to do what they need to
every pound invested in construction generates around three pounds in wider economic activity making it the most effective way of stimulating the economy. A pound spent on a valid construction project remains a very British pound because most of it travels along a British supply chain, generating employment and orders for this country. BAM takes this one step further by seeking to return the investment not just to Britain, but to the economies and communities where we build, helping to regenerate those areas. Construction is an excellent way to produce sustainable growth.” The projects were inspected by the
independent Considerate Constructors Scheme, and each of the 18 inspec- tions scored BAM well above the UK average. Richard Bailey concluded: “We
have always said that it is not just what you build, it is how you build that matters, and BAM is very proud that we are one of Britain’s most consider- ate builders.”
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