One stop shop for a wide variety of NHS primary care and local authority services
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- NORTH WEST KILMARNOCK AREA CENTRE
North West Kilmarnock Area Centre
Designed by Austin-Smith:Lord, the Centre is an ambitious partnership development between East Ayrshire Council and NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Completed in April 2007, the Centre is a £7m one stop shop for a wide variety of NHS primary care and local authority services and combines primary care clinical services from around Kilmarnock into a single identifiable building with modern infrastructure.
The North West Kilmarnock Primary Care Neighbourhood Services Centre was officially opened on 15th May 07 by First Minister Jack McConnell MSP.
This facility is an excellent example of how shared services and partnership working can ensure the delivery of world class services for local communities, in buildings of the highest quality. It is also evidence of the thirst which exists in Ayrshire to reform and improve vital services for local people.
Jack McConnell – First Minister
CLIENT: NHS AYRSHIRE & ARRAN
COMPLETION: 2007
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: HEALTHCARE
CONTRACTOR: BARR
STRUCTURES: CURTINS
SERVICES: HULLEY & KIRKWOOD
COST CONSULTANT: RLF
Town centre site, creating a new landmark within the town
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- ST CUTHBERTS STREET, MAYBOLE
St Cuthberts Street, Maybole
Two storey terraced houses with 3 storey flats each with own entrance. All houses have level access to back and front doors. This Town Centre site demanded a higher than standard approach to security with curtiledge parking. The development created a new landmark within the town juxtaposed with the 16th Century Castle on the opposite site.
Low energy well insulated houses using natural materials Secure by Design Certified.
We first commissioned A:S-L for 2000 and since then they have designed 11 schemes for Ayrshire Housing – several award winning. We have always been delighted with the quality of their work which combines innovation and an attention to detail with a real understanding of the cost constraints and risk factors that housing associations face. More importantly, our tenants have been invariably delighted with their new homes.
Another difficult site this time in terms of topography and a sensitive planning context. A-S:L worked well to maximise the potential of the site and to ensure that Ayrshire Housing received a bespoke design within the context of a negotiated deal with the contractor who had prior control of the site. Delivered on time and to budget
Jim Whiston – Ayrshire Housing
COMPLETION: 2006
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
AWARDS:
SCOTTISH DESIGN AWARD COMMENDATION FOR BEST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIAL MENTION FROM SALTIRE HOUSING DESIGN AWARDS
49 ‘very sustainable’ homes on a riverside setting overlooking the Clyde and Glasgow Green
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- McNeil Street Riverside, Glasgow
McNeil Street Riverside, Glasgow
NGHA commissioned Austin-Smith:Lord to design 49 ‘very sustainable homes’ setting the challenge of developing an approach to energy efficient housing that was transferable and the housing association could apply in the future. Designs for the derelict brownfield site were developed in close consultation with the client and their tenant-led design committees and sought to reduce energy consumption and provide adaptable housing.
Working in collaboration with Gaia Architects, A-S:L’s in-house sustainability accredited architects developed an ‘eco-minimalist’ design ethos in line with our long-standing, pragmatic approach to sustainable housing.
High quality, genuinely sustainable design with innovative, workable, energy efficient features, excellent documentation and good contract management.
Simon Metcalfe – Head of Development, New Gorbals Housing Association
CLIENT: NEW GORBALS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
COMPLETION: 2012
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR: CCG SCOTLAND
SERVICES: URS SCOTT WILSON
COST CONSULTANT: ARMOUR CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT: GAIA ARCHITECTS
New build mixed tenure housing development in a prominent waterside location in Cardiff Bay
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- SCHOONER WHARF, CARDIFF BAY
Schooner Wharf, Cardiff Bay
In response to affordable housing priority needs, Austin-Smith:Lord were commissioned by Cardiff Community Housing Association to design a new build mixed tenure housing development in a prominent waterside location in Cardiff Bay.
The site layout is based upon the continuation of taller, linear waterside
development with 85 apartments for private sale along the water’s edge, forming an eastern boundary, and 32 high quality affordable family homes in the form of two and three storey houses and townhouses to the west towards the other, existing residential developments which also drop in height and scale away from the waterside. The affordable homes are designed to meet Welsh DQR, Lifetime Homes and RNIB Standards.
CLIENT: CARDIFF COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION
COMPLETION: 2018
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR: MORGANSTONE
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: BLACKBURN GRIFFITHS, METSEC
SERVICES: SABA, ISTL ENGINEERING
COST CONSULTANT: RPA
AWARDS:
2018 FIS AWARD, STEEL FRAMED SYSTEMS GOLD AWARD
Integrating Wellness into the design of this sustainable, mixed-use development
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- SUNNYSIDE WELLNESS VILLAGE
Sunnyside Wellness Village
Austin-Smith:Lord is delighted at having been appointed by Linc Cymru Housing Association to work with them and their project partners Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, ARCH and Bridgend Council, on the exciting proposals for the Bridgend Wellness Village project.
The brief is innovative and forward looking in its aim of providing a vibrant, multi-generational community focussed on integrating Wellness into the design of the sustainable mixed use development.
The project includes a new Health Centre, general needs housing and potential future phase will include a new Register Office in addition to further homes. The positive impact of good design on health and wellbeing is actively integrated into the masterplan with the project forming part of a wider network of innovative Wellness facilities in South Wales. The scheme is designed using fabric first principles with MVHR to all housing units and connection to the Bridgend Local District Heating Network to achieve high levels of energy efficiency.
COMPLETION: 2025
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, MASTERPLANNING
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL, HEALTHCARE
CONTRACTOR: TBC
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: JUBB
SERVICES: HOARE LEA
COST CONSULTANT: EXPEDITE PROJECT SERVICES
RIBA Award-winning arts centre
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- THE BLUECOAT, LIVERPOOL
The Bluecoat is the earliest surviving building in Liverpool city centre and the oldest arts space of its kind in the United Kingdom. Built in 1717 as a school for poor children, it became an arts centre in 1911, and hosted the first ever UK exhibition outside of London featuring works by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh.
Austin-Smith:Lord’s brief was to reposition the arts centre as the city’s new creative hub, restoring the historic fabric of the Grade I listed building, improving access and adding a new wing for an art gallery and multi-purpose performance space in time for the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.
The new garden at the Bluecoat has opened the area up and is now used by all who visit. It is a social space, full of life.
Alastair Upton – Chief Executive, The Bluecoat
My god, but this is good
Opening words of the first review of the redevelopment of The Bluecoat, RIBA Journal, Editor
COMPLETION: 2008
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, MASTERPLANNING, URBAN DESIGN, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: ARTS & CULTURE
CONTRACTOR: KIER NORTH WEST
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: TECHNIKER
SERVICES: ERNEST GRIFFITHS
COST CONSULTANT: GLEEDS
AWARDS:
2008 RIBA AWARD
2008 LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY AWARDS: SPORT, LEISURE, CULTURAL AND BEST LIVERPOOL BUILDING
Britain’s principal electronic arts organisation and Liverpool’s first purpose-built arts centre for more than 60 years
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- THE FOUNDATION FOR ART & CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY (FACT)
The Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT) is Britain’s principal electronic arts organisation and Liverpool’s first purpose-built arts centre for more than 60 years. It celebrates an ever-expanding visual culture that embraces moving and still pictures, digital imaging, film and interactive creative technologies.
Built on a tight city centre site in the Ropewalks redevelopment area, the Austin-Smith:Lord building contains three state of the art cinema screens, two gallery spaces, a flexible events space, creative design laboratories, a media lounge and a bar and café. All have exemplary standards of access for disabled users. The project creates a centre for moving image art and culture unrivalled in its scope, scale and ambition in the UK.
CLIENT: THE FOUNDATION FOR ART & CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY (FACT)
COMPLETION: 2004
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: ARTS & CULTURE
CONTRACTOR: JOHN MOWLEM & CO PLC
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD
STRUCTURES: BURO HAPPOLD
SERVICES: BURO HAPPOLD
COST CONSULTANT: REX PROCTOR & PARTNERS
RIBA Award-winning library, housing one of the world’s finest collections of books and manuscripts in one of the most impressive neo-Gothic buildings in Europe
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- JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, MANCHESTER
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library houses one of the world’s finest collections of books and manuscripts in one of the most impressive neo-Gothic buildings in Europe. For many years, however, the building was difficult to negotiate and maintain with many inaccessible areas and a lack of visitor facilities. Working with conservation architect Lloyd Evans Prichard, Austin-Smith:Lord’s brief was to ‘unlock’ the Rylands by preserving the existing buildings and collections whilst enhancing the Library’s accessibility and public profile.
Austin-Smith:Lord designed a striking new five-storey extension to the Grade I listed building aimed at raising the Library’s public profile. The design added a new public entrance with café and shop,10,000 linear metres of archive storage, a conservation workshop and a reading room.
CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
COMPLETION: 2007
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: EDUCATION, ARTS & CULTURE
CONTRACTOR: LINFORD
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: CURTINS CONSULTING
SERVICES: GIFFORD
COST CONSULTANT: APPLEYARD & TREW
AWARDS:
2008 RIBA AWARD
New community-based centre, recently completed
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- VALE OF NEATH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
Vale of Neath Primary Care Centre
The new Primary Care Centre is a community based centre for delivery of GP and NHS services to the Upper Neath Valley which includes the settlements of Resolven, Cwmgwgrach, Blaengwrach and Glynneath.
It replaces two nearby existing GP Surgeries in Glynneath and Resolven, with new high quality premises that serves to secure better health outcomes and improved access to services for patients. The accommodation includes a combined Glynneath and Resolven Surgery, a treatment room and support spaces for Swansea Bay University Health Board, shared waiting space and a pharmacy.
Read the ‘Building Better Healthcare’ article here.
CLIENT: THE HEALTHCARE PROPERTY CO LTD
COMPLETION: 2019
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: HEALTHCARE
CONTRACTOR: JOHN WEAVER CONSTRUCTION
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: ROGER CASEY ASSOCIATES
SERVICES: SABA
COST CONSULTANT: FAITHFUL & GOULD
Delivered in just two years, a new state-of-the-art faculty building
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- TOM REILLY BUILDING, LIVERPOOL
Tom Reilly Building, Liverpool
Austin-Smith: Lord had already commenced a review of the University’s City Campus and in April 2007 was commissioned to design the new, state-of-the-art faculty building (Phase 1) to reside within the masterplan of the Byrom Street campus. This project was fast-tracked and was delivered in just two years.
Within the restricted site, 6500m² of accommodation had to be provided for a wide-range of purposes: specialist bio-mechanics laboratories, a 60 metre running track, environment chambers, general teaching laboratories, classrooms and staff offices.
The University is delighted with The Tom Reilly Building. The design team produced an exceptional building and their dedication to the project meant that it was delivered in just over two years. Having already produced three RIBA Award-winning buildings for LJMU, The Tom Reilly building now forms part of the successful partnership history we have with Austin-Smith:Lord.
Mr Joe Connell – Director of Estates and Facilities Team, Liverpool John Moores University
CLIENT: LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
COMPLETION: 2009
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: LAING O’ROURKE
STRUCTURES: GIFFORD
SERVICES: GIFFORD
COST CONSULTANT: TURNER & TOWNSEND
AWARDS:
2011 RIBA SHORTLIST
2011 SILVER ROSES DESIGN AWARD
