41 care-ready flats, providing fully accessible one and two bedroom homes and a range of communal facilities
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- WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR CUMBRIA
Whitehaven Harbour Cumbria
The Whitehaven Harbour development is a pivotal project in the implementation of ‘Britain’s Energy Coast’, providing improved business accommodation and high quality housing on a prominent site along Cumbria’s Coastline.
The development offers an opportunity to continue the regeneration of this former working port which has been transformed into a thriving leisure marina over the past decade. Austin-Smith:Lord was awarded second place in this RIBA Open International Design Competition which attracted 139 entries.
COMPLETION: COMPETITION 2011
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL
STRUCTURES: CURTINS
SERVICES: CUNDALL
COST CONSULTANT: GARDINER & THEOBALD
AWARDS: 2011 RIBA COMPETITION, PLACED 2ND
Austin-Smith:Lord worked with Pocket Living to design contemporary, stylish, intermediate-affordable homes for Londoners to buy on a number of different sites
Austin-Smith:Lord worked with Pocket Living to design contemporary, stylish, intermediate-affordable homes for Londoners to buy on a number of different sites. For this long, narrow brownfield site that backs directly onto Network Rail land in Lambeth, South London, Austin-Smith:Lord proposed 48 units in a mix of modular one-bedroom Pocket units, socially rented and private-sale housing types, broken into three distinct building volumes.
Each block establishes its own geometry and landscaped spaces in response to the changing conditions along the triangular strip of land, but the three share a common material treatment of dark, semi-glazed brick and full-height bronze anodised windows. Together, the group will connect the derelict site with the local community, possibly for the first time in its history.
COMPLETION: PLANNING 2011
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
COST CONSULTANT: POCKET LIVING
Pioneering new Collection and Research Centre in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Austin-Smith:Lord
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- 177 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW
177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow
Austin-Smith:Lord provided architectural and Interior design services for the workspaces of NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Public Health Scotland (PHS).
The 25,000 sqft CAT B fit-out creates a contemporary, flexible working environment designed to support blended working. The design combines traditional open plan workspace with a diverse range of informal meeting, collaboration and focused work areas.
Dedicated workspaces are provided for each organisation, complemented by shared, high-quality social and support spaces. These include a café and reception, a range of meeting rooms, quiet rooms, welfare facilities, IT support and server rooms, and storage.
A key feature of the design is an 80-person multifunctional space for education, training, and events. Moveable walls enable the space to be subdivided for smaller group activities, providing flexibility to accommodate different patterns of use.
The interior design integrates high-quality building services including lighting, heating and ventilation, to meet client requirements and best practice, while responding to the spatial constraints of the existing building.
Key design priorities included design quality, sustainability, health and wellbeing, collaboration, inclusion and accessibility, and the organisations identity.
Photography: © Clarks Contracts / Alexander Thomas
177 Bothwell Street represents a sustainable office development which is BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and is net zero carbon in operation. The move to this property will contribute substantially to NES’s progress in achieving its net zero targets in relation to its physical estate while offering more sustainable travel and transport options for staff, learners and visitors.
Jim Boyle, Director of Finance, NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
CLIENT: NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND (NES) & PUBLIC HEALTH SCOTLND (PHS)
COMPLETION: JUNE 2025
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: COMMERCIAL, HEALTHCARE
LEAD ARCHITECT: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: WILL RUDD DAVIDSON
SERVICES: XBURO
COST CONSULTANT: DOIG + SMITH
PROJECT MANAGER: DOIG + SMITH
ACOUSTICS: NEW ACCOUSTICS
Three villas in the affluent Banana Island neighbourhood of Lagos, Nigeria
We were commissioned to design three villas in the affluent Banana Island neighbourhood of Lagos, Nigeria. Our design drew inspiration from the traditional forms of housing in South West Nigeria which are typically organised around courtyards which are the communal heart of the dwellings.
We introduced passive solar design measures in the design to minimise heat gain and reduce energy demand for cooling. Swimming pools are included in the design and have been located in the courtyards to help provide evaporative cooling.
LOCATION: BANANA ISLAND, NIGERIA
CLIENT: PRIVATE DEVELOPER
COMPLETION: 2019
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
41 care-ready flats, providing fully accessible one and two bedroom homes and a range of communal facilities
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- PEARL HOUSE ADAMSDOWN SUPPORTED LIVING, CARDIFF
Pearl House Adamsdown Supported Living, Cardiff
An urban infill development, by Cardiff Council, to provide accommodation and support for young adults with complex needs. The £1.8m scheme will provide new homes for young people between the ages of 16 and 21.
The key objective is that through the combination of high quality housing, and dedicated round the clock support, the scheme will help residents to progress to live independent lives in permanent accommodation.
CLIENT: CARDIFF COUNCIL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
COMPLETION: ONGOING
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR: TBC
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: QUAD CONSULT
SERVICES: DRAC CONSULTING
PLANNING CONSULTANT: LRM
41 care-ready flats, providing fully accessible one and two bedroom homes and a range of communal facilities
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- TROWBRIDGE MAWR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARDIFF
Trowbridge Mawr Residential Development, Cardiff
We were appointed by Cardiff Community Housing Association to develop a design for 34 new-build social rented homes at land off Trowbridge Road in Cardiff. Located alongside the unique context of Gwent Levels’ Site of Specific Scientific Interest, the scheme design creates a place with a strong sense of identity defined by its positive and sensitive relationship to its natural setting.
The layout of the development will provide most homes with views over the pleasant greenery of the preserved and enhanced wooded areas and hedgerows as well as the newly created green open space featuring a pond and stretches with native species of reeds and grasses.
CLIENT: CARDIFF COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION
COMPLETION: ONGOING
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR: TBC
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: SMART ASSOCIATES
SERVICES: DRAC CONSULTING
COST CONSULTANT: BLAKE MORGAN
41 care-ready flats, providing fully accessible one and two bedroom homes and a range of communal facilities
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- Maelfa Mixed Use Regeneration
Maelfa Mixed Use Regeneration
Following a long association with regeneration initiatives in this area of North East Cardiff, Austin-Smith:Lord were appointed by Cardiff Community Housing Association to develop proposals for this challenging project, with the aim of providing a mix of affordable homes and local retail whilst also delivering significant change and much needed improvements to a tired and failing 1970’s shopping centre environment.
The practice worked closely with CCHA and their development partner, Cardiff City Council, to overcome significant challenges to deliverability and affordability requiring a phased solution to maintain continuity of local retail and occupancy of an existing 10 storey residential tower throughout the development period.
All homes are designed to meet Welsh DQR, Lifetime Homes and RNIB standards.
“This incredibly challenging major regeneration project, of an existing 70`s indoor shopping centre, that had become a target for vandalism and anti-social activities, owes its success to the numerous community engagement along with stakeholder constellations carried out by the design teams, ensuring that the project team fully understood the communities needs and aspirations, leading to 56 new high quality affordable homes being built, along with 9 new retail units occupied by the original retailers benefiting from environmental improvements, accessibility, and a safer inviting location to live and work”
Carl Hayes – Project Manager, Cardiff Community Housing Association
CLIENT: CARDIFF COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
COMPLETION: 2020
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, MASTERPLANNING
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR: JEHU
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: BLACKBURN GRIFFITHS
SERVICES: HOARE LEE
COST CONSULTANT: RPA
AWARDS: RICS WALES AWARD, REFURBISHMENT/REVITALISATION CATEGORY
High specification villas on the last beach-fronted site in Ayia Napa
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- NISSI BEACH VILLAS, CYPRUS
Nissi Beach Villas Cyprus
Austin-Smith:Lord designed a number of high specification villas for Fastro Developments and SolTerra on the last beach-fronted site in Ayia Napa. Located to the East end of Nissi Beach the site has stunning views of the Mediterranean Sea. As the brief called for exclusive properties, privacy was central to the development of the designs.
The decision was made at the start of the project to organise each plot around a pool and sheltered gardens, with an essentially L-shaped floor plan, the orientation of which was established through solar studies to achieve maximum daylight for the private external spaces as well as the main outlook from the principal reception and bedrooms. The villa forms a protective barrier for the private external space, with its external façade evolving into a thick curved concrete wall, reflecting traditional local structures and forming a distinctive street presence.
CLIENT: FASTRO DEVELOPMENTS
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
384 apartments and 2,000m2 of commercial space in the former industrial hinterland around Piccadilly Station.
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- STORE STREET MANCHESTER
Construction of this elegant, crystalline 35-storey tower and its companion seven-storey block would make a dramatic statement about Manchester’s economic and environmental renewal.
We achieved planning permission for the development, which will create 384 apartments and 2,000m2 of commercial space in the former industrial hinterland around Piccadilly Station.
Both buildings will be wrapped in sheer glass skins that allow each apartment to enjoy a fully glazed timber-clad balcony. This buffer space provides tempered natural ventilation and reduces heat gains and losses – simple, low-technology, passive measures that reduce the carbon footprint of the development.
CLIENT: TIME AND TIDE LTD
COMPLETION: PLANNING 2007
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: WSP
SERVICES: FABER MAUNSELL (AECOM)
COST CONSULTANT: THOMAS & ADAMSON
