BREEAM Excellent, new build facility for Bridgwater College
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- AGRICULTURE INNOVATION CENTRE, BRIDGWATER
Agriculture Innovation Centre, Bridgwater
Austin-Smith:Lord was appointed to assist Bridgwater College in the improvement and rationalisation of facilities across their Cannington Campus sites by addressing the improvement of teaching facilities at Rodway Farm. This was seen as an important project towards retaining the College’s position as a leading provider in the land-based education sector, achieving continuous improvement and continuing its key role with the Bridgwater and wider Sedgemoor economic and social community.
We provided a multi-disciplinary team to provide options and feasibility studies for a new build facility of some 900m2 to a challenging timescale. The resultant Stage C report was integral to helping the College secure funding support from the Skills and Funding Agency in late 2012.
LOCATION: BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET
CLIENT: BRIDGWATER COLLEGE
COMPLETION: 2014
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: MIDAS CONSTRUCTION
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: CURTINS
SERVICES: TROUP BYWATER + ANDERS
COST CONSULTANT: WT HILLS
Masterplanner, lead consultant and designer of the Phase 1 and 2 redevelopment programme
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- STOCKPORT COLLEGE CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT
Stockport College Campus Development
Austin-Smith:Lord was appointed by Stockport College as masterplanners, lead consultant and designers of their Phase 1 and 2 redevelopment programme. This programme was designed to bring forward a 21st Century Flagship Campus on the existing site and the recently acquired St Thomas Hospital site, which together sit on the southerly approach to the town centre.
This 37,500m² flagship campus enhances the College’s image and profile across all areas of the curriculum and further strengthens its reputation.
The new campus reflects an exciting mix of substantial new build accommodation, retained and refurbished Victorian listed buildings and the best elements of the previously existing estate.
CLIENT: STOCKPORT COLLEGE
COMPLETION: 2010
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, CONSERVATION, MASTERPLANNING, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: WATES CONSTRUCTION
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: CLARKE BOND CONSULTING ENGINEERS
SERVICES: ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DESIGN
COST CONSULTANT: THE SIMON FENTON PARTNERSHIP
AWARDS:
2011 MSA AWARD: BUILDING OF YEAR + COMMUNITY BUILDING OF THE YEAR
2011 RIBA SHORTLIST
Bold and striking landmark project on a highly visible and high profile site
This bold and striking landmark project on a highly visible and high profile site consists of three apartment blocks of different height for Charing Cross Housing Association tenants.
The development offers a range of accommodation ranging from one to four bedroom flats all designed for barrier-free access. The design of the scheme, which includes large bay windows, maximises the opportunity afforded by the superb views across the city and provides residents with a unique modern, well specified and almost car free living environment.
My jaw hit the floor when I walked in. It’s amazing.
Resident quote
CLIENT: CHARING CROSS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
COMPLETION: 2010
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL
LANDSCAPE: DOUGAL THORNTON
STRUCTURES: FLN
SERVICES: FLN
COST CONSULTANT: TOWER HYSLOP
£23m, 1380 pupil, new build high school
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- ST TEILO’S CHURCH IN WALES HIGH SCHOOL CARDIFF
St Teilo's Church In Wales High School
Austin-Smith:Lord was appointed as Concept Architect and Design Team Leader for this 1380 pupil, new build high school, through Mott MacDonald, under the Buying Solutions Framework. The school was funded through Tranche 3 of the Welsh Government 21st Century Schools Programme.
A highly collaborative approach was adopted, working closely with Cardiff Council and Church in Wales representatives in collaboration with the design team to achieve an integrated and high quality design proposal.
The design benefitted from workshops with Cardiff Council’s educational team, representatives from the school and its Governors, and other Project Stakeholders including parents and teachers.
Our appointment included RIBA Work Stages A-D subsequently extended to include Stage E. Following successful completion of this work, we were engaged in an ongoing client advisory role also including assisting with furniture procurement.
Austin-Smith:Lord listened to the vision for a state of the art Faith School espousing Christian values. They facilitated a design consultation with staff and governors enabling each subject area to contribute their ideas. They have safeguarded the overall original vision with its important design concepts and understood the demands of the 21st century learning environment that we seek to create.
Beverley Walker – Headteacher, St Teilo’s Church in Wales High School
COMPLETION: 2013
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: WILLMOTT DIXON
PROJECT MANAGER: MOTT MACDONALD
LANDSCAPE: MOTT MACDONALD
STRUCTURES: MOTT MACDONALD
SERVICES: TROUP BYWATERS & ANDERS
COST CONSULTANT: FRANKLIN & ANDREWS
1200 pupil secondary school designed to BREEAM Excellent, and EPC rating of ‘A’
Austin-Smith:Lord acted as Executive Architects for the design of this 1200 pupil secondary school in Ffairfach near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent, and an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘A’, environmental sustainability has been a key driver behind the design of the school.
The school includes sports facilities suitable for community use, a SEN provision for autistic pupils and vocational catering facilities that are also utilised by partnering schools in the local area. Clearly identifiable departments, a Learning Resource Centre and a central performance space put education right at the heart of the school.
CLIENT: CARMATHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
COMPLETION: 2015
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: BOUYGUES
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: CB3
SERVICES: SABA CONSULT
The largest school project undertaken by Pembrokeshire County Council to date.
Austin-Smith:Lord was appointed as Executive Architects for the largest
school project undertaken by Pembrokeshire County Council to date. The
first phase of an overall £43m investment consisted of a new build 1,460
place 11-18 secondary school.
The building includes an integrated SEN centre designed to accommodate
30 pupils with Autism Spectrum Condition. The centre includes a sensory
space, therapy rooms, interview/conference rooms, group and individual
teaching spaces. Many of the teaching spaces have their own dedicated
external space, allowing the site’s rich ecology to be used as a valuable
learning resource.
The project was delivered collaboratively to BIM Level 2, and acheived
BREEAM Excellent.
CLIENT: PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
COMPLETION: 2018
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: BOUYGUES
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: JUBB CONSULTING
SERVICES: MCCANN & PARTNERS
COST CONSULTANT: GLEEDS
Called ‘The Field of Dreams’, this project offers deafblind people more opportunities to learn, enjoy a range of subjects, collaborate and become more familiar with the ever growing world of IT
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- DEAFBLIND SCOTLAND LEARNING & RESOURCE CENTRE
Deafblind Scotland Learning & Resource Centre
The 7,500 square foot building completed in June 2017 provides a centre of excellence for deafblind people with a centre for training and development, a daily resource for more than 300 deafblind people in the Glasgow area, and a further resource for the 2,700 people across Scotland who are severely dual sensory impaired.
Called ‘The Field of Dreams’, the £1.8m project will offer deafblind people more opportunities to learn, to enjoy a range of subjects, collaborate and to become more familiar with the every growing world of IT with the assistance of specially adapted technology and equipment.
Clark Contracts and their design team have been instrumental in the delivery of the project with a hands on and approachable attitude. The team made the language of construction accessible to us all at Deafblind Scotland which in turn made the process inclusive for everyone.
Ruth Dorman – Chief Executive, Deafblind Scotland
CLIENT: DEAFBLIND SCOTLAND
COMPLETION: 2017
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: EDUCATION, COMMERCIAL
CONTRACTOR: CLARK CONTRACTS
LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH: LORD
STRUCTURES: CHARLES SCOTT & PARTNERS
SERVICES: INGEN TECHNICAL SERVICES
COST CONSULTANT: HG CONSULTING
BREEAM excellent new landmark building providing an array of teaching and learning environments
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- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH NOREEN & KENNETH MURRAY LIBRARY
University of Edinburgh Noreen & Kenneth Murray Library
Austin-Smith:Lord was appointed as Lead Consultants to undertake two parallel projects on King’s Building campus to create enhanced teaching and study environments for the College of Science and Engineering. Both projects were designed in response to thorough client and end user consultation and enshrine the new pedagogic methods being applied by the University.
The new build £4m Noreen & Kenneth Murray Library on the site of the demolished Robertson Library Building links into the retained KB Centre. The Library is a new studying and social hub on the campus, a landmark building providing a dynamic array of teaching and learning environments with the backdrop of the Campus Green.
Austin-Smith:Lord has developed a design with a two-storey ‘Podium Hub’ on the lower levels with a cafe, soft study and meeting areas for discussion and debate. On the higher levels there are a series of quieter and acoustically separated study spaces. There also exists an opportunity for an outdoor study environment on a second floor roof terrace area overlooking the Campus Green.
The Noreen & Kenneth Murray Library follows on from the very well received Learning and Teaching Cluster located within the refurbished Level 3 of the James Clerk Maxwell Building.
The new library:
- is designed as a low energy building that has universal, barrier-free access and future adaptability
- has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating, the first achieved by the University of Edinburgh
- has almost twice the amount of insulation as required by the current building standards
- uses recycled newspaper and timber insulation
- has external walls designed with a “breathing”, moisture diffusive construction
- has free heating using surplus hot water from the adjacent CHP building
- uses natural ventilation – when windows in the south elevation open, windows at the top of the stairs also open, to draw air through the library and up the stairwells
- provides a high level of daylighting to all library spaces but uses timber louvres and blinds to control glare
- uses Scottish sourced European Larch timber cladding and Western Red Cedar louvres
- has a green roof – a sedum moss carpet laid over all the roof area, which provides an increased mix of biodiversity in the area as well as slowing down the rainwater run off from the roof
Download our Sustainability Case Study here:
Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library: Sustainability Case Study
The Library and other award winners displayed fantastic results that should be held up as exemplary case studies of best practice to show how a building can become more energy efficient, benefitting both the environment and the organisations’ bottom line. They not only embody low carbon design principles, but also deliver reduced energy demand and emissions, sustainability and a high quality of occupant experience
Paul Wedgwood -Manager, Carbon Trust Scotland
CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
COMPLETION: 2012
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE
SECTOR: EDUCATION
CONTRACTOR: MORRIS & SPOTTISWOOD
STRUCTURES: PARSONS BRINKERHOFF LTD
SERVICES: PARSONS BRINKERHOFF LTD
COST CONSULTANT: KLM PARTNERSHIP
AWARDS:
2013 LOW CARBON BUILDING AWARDS HIGH COMMENDATION
Our mission was to consolidate the Museum onto one site and give it a striking new presence in the city
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- PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM
Manchester’s People’s History Museum’s unique collections track the development of democracy through the lives of the working people of Britain.
Although boasting a world class collection the Museum’s split between two sites had neither helped its public profile or its operation and management. Our job was to help the museum consolidate onto one site and to give the museum a striking new presence in the city.
A piece of Manchester City Council owned land next to the museum’s occupation of an Edwardian hydraulic pumping station unlocked the potential for a landmark extension providing new galleries and front-of-house facilities and allowing a sensitive restoration of the historic buildings.
A new entrance next to a busy city centre artery leads into a generous new concourse area linking the old and new areas of the museum. A new riverside restaurant and terrace helps raise the public’s awareness of the museum.
The upper level of the new extension house environmentally conditioned galleries for the permanent collection and a state-of-the-art conservation studio. At its lowest level it provides a new BS5454 archive with a reading room overlooking the River Irwell.
Clad in COR-ten steel, the new extension has been described as “a little miracle of urban design”
A little miracle of Urban Design
Manchester Confidential
A rough diamond that doesn’t have to compete with its bigger neighbour…This building really cheers me up by its don’t give a damn individuality as I come to work. Brilliant piece of work love it
Craig Jill on Manchester Confidential
CLIENT: MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL / PEOPLE'S HISTORY MUSEUM
COMPLETION: 2010
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: ARTS & CULTURE
CONTRACTOR: WATES GROUP
STRUCTURES: CURTINS
SERVICES: BURO HAPPOLD
COST CONSULTANT: SIMON FENTON PARTNERSHIP
AWARDS:
2011 CIVIC TRUST AWARD WINNER
2011 MSA DESIGN AWARDS COMMENDATION
2010 GREATER MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARD, BUILDING OF THE YEAR
2007 MANCHESTER SOCIETY ARCHITECTS DESIGN AWARDS – UN-BUILD COMMUNITY AWARD
RIBA Award winning G-Live Concert Hall and entertainment venue
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- G-LIVE CONCERT HALL, GUILDFORD
G-Live Concert Hall, Guildford
Austin-Smith:Lord’s masterplan for a new Cultural Quarter in Guildford town centre includes the design of the RIBA Award winning G-Live Concert Hall and entertainment venue. In addition, part of the development is a new 4*, 185-bedroom Guildford Radisson Edwardian Hotel for which Austin-Smith:Lord was the concept design architect.
The G-Live venue opened to the public in 2012. It comprises a flexible multi-purpose auditorium, flexible studio rehearsal space, conference and seminar rooms, a café, bars and foyer space. The venue provides a focus for cultural events in the evening and is an important social hub and meeting place during the day.
We’ve had lots of compliments about the building and how well people think it will work operationally, so many thanks for your achievement! Everyone who has had any dealings with the venue thus far has commented how attractive and user friendly the design is.
Jim Miles, Director, Guildford Borough Council
CLIENT: GUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
COMPLETION: 2012
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, INTERIORS
SECTOR: ARTS & CULTURE
CONTRACTOR: WILLMOTT DIXON
STRUCTURES: URS/SCOTT WILSON
SERVICES: ROGER PRESTON & PARTNERS
COST CONSULTANT: MDA CONSULTING
AWARDS:
RIBA AWARD
