Examples of Projects Completed

For all projects, we would be delighted to explain and describe our work further in the belief that future work draws on a wealth, depth and breadth of expertise available for the benefit of new Clients/old Clients, new projects or working members of the Practice.

SECTOR - RESIDENTIAL

The work covered under this sector falls into several distinct building types designed for residential use. From contemporary new build and design to the modernisation and restoration of historic buildings to extensions and additions, using our own architectural language, materials and design philosophy developed over the last ten years to respond to the needs of Clients with either/both a sense of adventure and/or strong practical requirements.

New construction

Apartments, Bath, 2004

A contemporary design for 5 new apartments on the site of an existing cottage. The brief to provide imaginatively designed modern space has been introduced in a building that by necessity is designed to difficult site restrictions and characteristics.

Private Family House, Berkshire, 2004

Project for a new house on the edge of Hungerford, at the Planning stage. A contemporary design approach puts the house into an interesting context with surrounding listed buildings.

Private Family House, Whitchurch, Hampshire, 2001-04

The design and procurement of a country house replacing a 1960's house, set in an isolated rural location. The blend between local precedence of traditional buildings and the Clients desire for the benefits of a contemporary design approach have been resolved in an efficient and generous plan in a design using environmental design solutions and natural materials.

Private Family House, Esher, Surrey, 2001-03

The creation of a substantial family house replacing a 1950's single storey house. The design explores both the public and private faces of a family house - using a palette of natural materials - within sustainable energy solutions. More Information...

Low Cost Terrace Housing, Winsley, Nr Bath, Wiltshire, 2002-03

The design and procurement of four terraced affordable homes, behind a local Post Office in a village outside Bath. The design for the houses responds to the Clients, Local Authorities and strictly controlled budgetary demands. Within these parameters the designs utilise the maximum volume within each building, to provide spacious rooms and design benefits. More Information...

Private Family House, Whitchurch, Hampshire, 1995-97

A new eight-bedroom country house in Hampshire behind the retained 19th Century façade of a demolished five-bedroom house. Constructed in brick and flint on three floors linked by an open gallery staircase. A new 20 meter indoor swimming pool in an oak and render scheme and other ancillary buildings and accommodation set in landscaped gardens planted by Penelope Hobhouse.

Private Family House, Accra, Ghana, 1995

A long procurement programme has nearly been concluded for a large private residence in the Legon University area of Accra. The brief gives each of 3 daughters identical corner rooms and uses expansive terraces to bring in and outside together in an expansive area.

Listed/ historic/ restoration/ modernisation

Award winning new addition + modernisation of a Grade 2 listed house in Richmond, Surrey, 1999-2000.

The fully excavated cellar combined with a glazed garden elevation to double the family living area of the house. The first and second floors were rationalised within a contemporary scheme that reflects the character of the house as well as the very particular Client briefing.

Refurbishment + modernisation of Grade 2 Listed Rectory, Wiltshire, 1999-2000

The sensitive and careful improvement of an old rectory, reinforcing the feeling of age and occupation by others over the ages, an essential ingredient.

Refurbishment + modernisation of Grade 2 Farmhouse and outbuildings, Berkshire, 1999-2002

The sensitive and careful improvement of an old farmhouse, carefully designing into the work, architectural reference to the age of the parts of the house being remodelled and modernised.

Architects own Grade 2 Listed House, Bath.1998-99

Redesign of a Somerset longhouse with an adjoining barn and outbuildings using a contemporary vernacular language, to maximise the spatial opportunities and create a high level of flexibility. Landscape design brings the inside and outside elements together for diurnal and seasonal changing sun angles. The architects linear office has been created from a converted cow byre. A guest cottage links a pool beside a series of farmyard spaces.

Remodelling, improvement + addition to Grade 1 Listed Building, Newbury Berkshire, 1996-98

The house, built in two parts, was restored with care and detail to the original fabric and plan form. The Victorian part was internally dismantled to create double storey height space over a childrens area and adjacent to the family kitchen. External terraces reorientated to reply to sun and new internal room usage.

Restoration + improvement of Grade 1 Listed Building, Gloucestershire, 1993-96

Dodington Park, designed by James Wyatt in 1790, had over many decades, been altered and adapted from the original house. A major programme of restoration and modernisation was undertaken that included replacing architectural features and artifacts discovered misplaced in vaults and attics to their correct rooms and positions and re-presenting the original stone scheme of the staircase hall. Employment of such devices as fibre optic lighting was used extensively to minimise intrusive interior and exterior lighting. An extensive interior design scheme was undertaken to return the rooms, principal, secondary and tertiary, to their former uses and appropriate styles, within the context of a contemporary vocabulary.

Restoration + addition to Grade 1 Listed Building, Cold Aston, Gloucestershire, 1993

A central village 16th Century farmhouse and outbuildings were extensively restored and modernised with contemporary designs for a glazed addition.

Refurbishment/ modernisation/ addition

Pont Street Apartment. London 1998

Remodelling of apartment with high client involvement in the Interior Design

House for Private Client, Accra, Ghana 1997-98

Extensive alteration and addition to colonial house set in two acres of a prime residential area of Accra, Ghana. Design and co-ordination of specially supplied and fitted materials and equipment sourced both locally and from the UK. The design strengthened the house's relationship with existing beautifully landscaped gardens, and modified the internal areas to improve the spaces required by the changing needs of modern life and a family growing up.

House for Private Client, Ceret, Pyrenees Orientales. France, 1990

The addition of a 2 storey tower extension and internal re-arrangements to a mountain house, including the procurement of the planning and technical building permissions.

Houses for Unilever, Accra, Ghana, 1994

Refurbishment and restoration of colonial houses Accra, design and construction of the Unilever beach house with competitive edge!

Chesterton Road, Notting Hill, 1993-94

Addition + modernisation of a terraced town house, leading to a second project with the same clients a year later.

Kensington Park Road, Holland Park 1995-96

For the redesign of a detached house with one of London's largest private gardens.

Cadogan Square, London W1, 1994

Refurbishment and internal alteration of Apartment for developers.

Barn conversions/ extensions

Barn conversion, Wiltshire, 2000

Design for conversion of a stone barn to new use as a holiday cottage for let.

Bull Pen conversion, Oxfordshire, 1998

An existing listed chalkstone and brick bull-pen was converted with a substantial single storey addition, into a grooms cottage, adjacent to new stabling created from redundant farm buildings.

Barn conversions, Oxfordshire, 1994

Design and 'sensitive' scheme for the conversion of adjacent barns within a farm complex. Phase 2 of the project received Planning Consent, but has yet to be completed.

Interior design

Shell fit out of Riverside Apartment, London, 1997

Interior design and construction of internal arrangements for a Piper Building flat, within the overall scheme for the refurbished ex-London Gas HQ offices, put together by Lifschutz Davidson.

Interior Design, Fulham, 1993

Designs for a one-off bathroom with innovative and bespoke lighting, completed 1991.

Interior Design, New York, 1993

Interior design and fit out of a prestigious New York Appartment, in Princes Street in association with Gabhan O'Keefe.

Residential projects

House Project, Bath, 1998

Research and further development of straw-bale technology and applications from the Peper Harow project and discussion with Kevin McCloud.

House Project, Scotland, 1994

Earth-bermed eco house set in woodland on a hillside in Perthshire.

House Project, Delhi, 1993

Research and development on the brief in London followed by a series of on site analysis leading to detailed architectural designs for a major new house in Delhi, India.

SECTOR - PUBLIC/ ENTERTAINMENT

Public buildings are invariably an interesting challenge; the following projects describe a sector area of work that the Practice is striving to find further work within. A good understanding of the potential for fun and delight are key. A thorough knowledge of the correct application of statutory controls and regulations from a plethora of sources are indispensable for quick success. Links to other team professionals with valuable experience in these specific areas of work, from structures and cost control, to planning and environmental consultants, are arranged.

New construction

Sports Grounds worldwide for Truce International, 2002-present

Retained by Sven Goran Erickson, founding principal, as architects for the Football for Truce programme, laying all-weather football pitches and sports surfaces in areas of need, both in the UK, Arsenal/Rosemary Estate, Man Utd/Moss Side and Charlton/Greenwich and grounds in areas of conflict, Gaza Strip, Belfast, Baghdad.

Existing Ground Improvements at Worksop Town Football Club, Worksop, 2004

The rationalisation of the existing ground with the introduction of new concrete tiered standing terraces, taking the ground capacity from 1500 spectators to 4000 spectators. Ancillary accommodation below. Ground improvement programme to meet the needs of the Safety Advisory Group.

Feasibility Study for future 12,000 Seater Stadium for Worksop Town Football Club, Worksop, 2002

Brief writing, feasibility and concept designs for the proposal for a new 12,000 seat stadium for Worksop Town Football Club. Scheme design successfully used to identify channels of funding, showing this football club's commitment to higher league achievement and commercial success both on and off the field. Other facilities intended for the site include 2 new all-weather pitches, an LTA sponsored tennis centre with 3 indoor and 6 outside courts, indoor sports hall, a new indoor swimming pool sponsored by the Local Authority, a fitness and sports technology area run by North Notts College and ancillary refreshment, changing and administrative accommodation.

Refurbishment/ modernisation/ addition

First Floor Addition to an Existing Clubhouse at Worksop Town FC, Worksop, 2003

NSA aimed to design a first floor addition which stood out from the rest of the buildings in the area, acting as a distinct reference point, advertising the base of WTFC and transforming the impoverished architectural style of the original building. The clubhouse improvement is in the vanguard of a programme to propel the fortunes of the Club into higher leagues. More Information...

First Floor fit out and building refurbishment
to Public Entertainments Hall, Parsons Green, London, 2002-03

The fit out of an existing first floor slab in this early Victorian Mission Hall. The historic building had a natural beauty and a presence of the Victorian ilk, which NSA aimed to enhance in a sensitive manner using the volume and design of the space which included the trussed roof to provide an all important 'wow' factor. The design for the first floor had to meet the requirements of a broad user base. More Information...

Projects

Millennium Pavillion, Tema, Ghana

Project design for an interactive IT/Educational facility for the Milleniuym and thereafter linked to Tema College of Technology.

Visitor and Exhibition Centre, Mole Game Reserve, Ministry of Game + Wildlife, Ghana 1994

Ghana Game + Wildlife commissioned the designs for a new visitor centre at the Park centre at Mole. Overlooking a waterhole from a high escarpment, the centre was designed to reflect the indigenous mud architecture of traditional institutional building of the northern tribes, particularly the Larabanga Mosque, pictured.

SECTOR - HOTELS/ RESTAURANTS

A broad knowledge and experience of accommodation and food retailing has developed from private interests, as well as a number of direct and indirect associations with projects and construction programmes in this sector.

New construction

A three/four star hotel complex, as part of a larger leisure and residential beachfront development, Fete, Ghana, 1991-present

The hotel is situated in the masterplan scheme, on a prominentary of the Atlantic coastline, 60km west of Accra. 120 rooms are planned in earth-bermed structures, built into the slopes of a sea facing hill and naturally ventilated using innovative ecological systems appropriate to hot humid climates. Entrance hall, restaurants and bars, leisure sitting areas and convention areas are grouped around a series of courtyards that respond to a 'massive' architecture, prevalent on the coastline in the form of trading /slave forts. An unmistakable contemporary treatment is profound in the architectural design. Sports and cultural facilities have been given priority space and the scheme is backed by a comprehensive and practical services and ancillary organisation that will work brilliantly. Its important in West Africa!

Refurbishment/ modernisation/ addition

First Floor addition to an existing Clubhouse at Worksop Town Football Club, Worksop, 2003

Included within the description of the Worksop Town FC Clubhouse, is a first floor a la carte restaurant and cocktail bar. The ambience is Soho cool and the interior design scheme relates to something that is not at all Worksop. Panoramic views of the pitch cannot be seen when games are in play! More Information...

The Blowing Stone Public House, Oxfordshire, 1992

The reorganisation of a down at heel country pub, with new facilities for an a la carte restaurant/kitchen with two bars, together with the addition of five hotel style bedrooms and a modernised landlord's suite. Landscaped gardens and swamp pond were a fun design challenge.

Historic/ restoration/ modernisation

Fort Good Hope, Senya Beraku, Ghana, 1993

Scheme proposals for the development of a small 250 year old trading fort into a modest hotel/guest house with restaurant and ancillary business facilities for tourism.

Projects

Dodi Island Sporting Club, Ghana, 1999

Sports/Leisure Hotel Competition. This project was a shortlisted competition entry for SSNIT, Ghana for a hotel and sports village complex on its own island in the Volta Lake.

SECTOR - SCHOOLS

The Practice is focusing on expanding its portfolio in this exciting area of architectural work, using the considerable experience previously gained from projects and sympathetic building design and constructional techniques. Sustainable design philosophies are highly applicable in educational environments and resources in this field will be invested to procure practical and innovative design.

Projects

Multi-purpose Hall, Fete, Ghana, 1991

In 1992, the BBC Songs of Praise programme televised a live event between Bristol Cathedral and the village of Fete, for which we designed a multi-purpose building that would variously function as an ecumenical church, school assembly, theatre, concert hall and convention centre. The foundation stone was laid on live television and the building has now become part of the Fete Beach development project.

Pavarotti Project, Monrovia, Liberia, 1998-2001

A creation of a Children's village on an ex-Military base in the heart of Monrovia, focused the attention of the Pavarotti foundation and Warchild. The need was to address the missing school years of young adults caught up in 8 years of Civil War. The answer was an educational community with a small element of residential accomodation, that would enable numeracy, literacy and vocational training to take place in a sympathetic environment. Sport, Cultural activity and outreach were important factors. The design philosophy for new eco-structures is followed throughout the project for cooling, ventilation, energy, water usage and sustainable buildings using a unique building system constructed on site using locally available raw materials.

Competition for the new Lycee, Accra, Ghana, 1992.

Shortlisted design winning entry for the new Ecole Francaise. Accra.

SECTOR - OFFICES/ COMMERCIAL

There is considerable experience that is drawn from a number of large commercial office development projects carried out over a number of years with my Partner in the preceeding practice, ARCC. Our commitment in this sector will find Clients impressed by an attention to the practicalities of commercial design work whilst maintaining our desired profile in the areas of project management, cost control and imaginative design responses.

Refurbishment/ modernisation/ addition

Office Conversion, Bath, 2003

Conversion of cow byre to the Architects own offices, located at Haugh, on a linear plan with opening north light screen glazing to the offices. Conference meeting, secretarial, archive space and ancillary areas occupy the stone scheme part of the complex.

Refurbishment of head office for Music Management Company, Parsons Green, London, 2002

Internal reorganisation and fit out of prestigious mews offices for Wildlife Entertainment, including space planning and interior design details.

Refurbishment of shop into offices for Media/Property Company, Provincial and Metropolitan, London, 1999

2 storey capture of redundant space in a quirky and fresh interior design scheme in a Victorian London terraced property.

Office Refurbishment for Warchild, London, 1998

Space Planning and redesign for the Warchild Offices in a converted warehouse, Islington.

Conversion of Disused Barn, Oxfordshire, 1998 and 2001

Conversion of redundant barn and adjoining stables to 500m2 open-plan Offices on three levels, conference and bespoke ancillary areas. Phase 2 included the conversion of the old single storey farm dairy into a 300sqm area of open plan offices and meeting rooms, for Lonsdale Asset Management.

Redevelopment of Ghana Film Campus, Kanda Estate, Accra, 1996 and 2004

The survey of the existing facilities and concept proposals for the redevelopment of the site, including the rehabilitation of Ghana Film's Archives, Studio and Offices. Project placed on hold following sale to the Malaysian Film Corporation, but now back as a Ghana Government project where we have been retained as Architects.

SECTOR - SWIMMING POOLS

There have been a number of completed projects for inside and outdoor pools, associated with Private Residential projects.

New construction

Indoor Pool and Recreation Area , Whitchurch, Hampshire, 1995

A new 20 metre indoor swimming pool, extending an existing outbuilding. Contemporary oak truss designs, rendered facades and mediterranean colours and textures.

Indoor Pool and Recreation Area , Hertfordshire, 1996-1997

A new 14 metre indoor swimming pool, in an earth bermed construction to meet a response to the sloping site and permitted development planning restrictions.

New Outdoor Swimming Pool and Development of Existing Outbuildings, Nr Bath, 2003

The design, procurement and project management for an outdoor pool in a farmyard setting bounded by stone walls and buildings, with hot-country landscape planting, pergolas and ambience.

New Outdoor Swimming Pool and Pool Pavilion, Christian Malford, Wiltshire, 2004

The design and procurement of an outdoor swimming pool and associated pool house in a woodland setting. The pool house responds to its location being built from sustainable hardwoods in a contemporary style with a glazed rear elevation, which brings the woodland into the building.

SECTOR - HEALTHCARE

The current work in this sector has been related to designs as part of larger programmes, of which the Fete Clinic has been the only constructed project. We are again seeking development of the Practice's work and influence in this area at residential Clinic, rather than large Hospital scale.

New construction

Community Health Centre, Fete, Ghana, 1991

An 'out-patient' community healthcare centre was designed and completed on a site in the heart of a coastal fishing village 60km from Accra. This was the first built project initiated by the Bristol Bond, and a part of the infrastructure development programme in the stool (parish area).

Projects

Community Healthcare Centre, as part of the Pavarotti Project, Monrovia, Liberia,1998-2001.

An existing military clinic is replaced by a medical day centre that is integral with the childrens village, but part of a group of facilities that are designed to be easily accessible and user friendly to all Monrovian's. The design philosophy for new eco-structures is followed throughout the project, for cooling, ventilation, energy usage and substainable building.

SECTOR - MASTER PLANNING

A number of projects are described below for which we have been instructed to procure master plan concept arrangements, leading to detail design planning prior to assignation of all or parts of the projects to other designers and consultants as necessary.

Mixed hotel, leisure and residential beachfront development, Fete, Ghana, 1991-present

Coastal development of 160 hectares for a new hotel and convention centre to include sports facilities and golf course, 300 houses, 150 apartments and mixed retail and restaurants on 1.5km of idyllic Atlantic fringe.

Scheme Design for 2000 houses, Abuja, Nigeria, 2002

Master planning for mass housing scheme using fast stream innovative building system, presentation developed for presenting to the Local Government and identifying and securing financial investors.

Scheme design for Jamestown Waterfront, Accra, Ghana, 1999.

Report and concept proposals for the commercial development of the waterfront area of Accra, at Jamestown harbour and Fort.

Scheme design for Hotel and Leisure and Convention centre project, Dodi Island, Volta Lake, Ghana, 1994.

Competition entry for a project designed in collaboration with Ratcliffe Stott Associates, sponsored by the Ghana Government to encourage multi-use of the Volta Lake, a potential area for an ambitious alternative tourism programme.

SECTOR - CHURCHES

The opportunity arose whilst in Ghana in 1991 as a consultant architect to the Bristol Bond Project, to design a multi purpose building for the village and schools, that was primarily a Church. Unlike any other type of building project, the need to inspire rises to the front of the agenda. We need constant reminding that this facet of our work is always important.

Ecumenical Church and Meeting Place, Fete, Ghana, 1991

In 1992, the BBC Songs of Praise programme televised a live event between Bristol Cathedral and the village of Fete, for which we designed a multi purpose building that would variously function as an ecumenical church, school assembly, theatre, concert hall and convention centre. The foundation stone was laid on live television and the building has now become part of the Fete Beach development project.