2014 Plymouth - Acanthus Architects

ACANTHUS
CONFERENCE
PLYMOUTH
WATERFRONT
REGENERATION
25-27 APRIL 2014
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome to the 28th annual conference of
Acanthus Architects, this year being held in
Plymouth. The main focus is on regeneration
and waterfront regeneration in particular.
Your hotel, Jurys Inn, is located close to the
city centre and within easy walking distance
to the conference venue and the city centre
itself.
In a sense this continues the theme of last
years successful conference in Greenwich
and we trust you will enjoy the busy
programme of ‘talks and walks’ that has been
arranged.
Friday nights venue, The Treasury Bar, is
located in the city centre, about 15 mins walk
from the hotel where a buffet is available.
The Saturday morning session focuses on
regeneration in Plymouth (Millbay and Royal
William Yard for example) as well as sites
further afield. The speakers include past
members of Acanthus (George Ferguson
and Jackie Gillespie), representatives of
internationally known practices HTA and
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (who are both
currently at work in the city) and Paul Barnard
from Plymouth City Council who will provide
context for regeneration within Plymouth,
seen from the Local Authority’s perspective.
The afternoon session opens with a change
of scale to look at a number of exquisite
contemporary houses by local architect
Stan Bolt (some on the waterfront), and then
regeneration in the wider sense with Sir Tim
Smit, the co-founder of The Eden Project.
The Saturday night dinner is at Rhodes At
The Dome , a pavilion located on The Hoe,
recently converted for Gary Rhodes and with
wonderful views over Plymouth Sound. It is
about 25 mins walk from the hotel. We trust
you enjoy the conference.
Roger Goodliff
Chair, Acanthus Architects
The guided walking tours are to Millbay (work
ongoing by HTA, FCBS and Ferguson Mann
on this large regeneration scheme for English
Cities Fund) and to Urban Splash’s Royal
William Yard (work by GHK, Ferguson Mann
and Gillespie Yunnie).
Or you are free to walk around the university
where a number of new buildings have been
constructed in recent years as part of the
expansion of education within the city.
Sunday morning gives an opportunity to
visit Lutyens’ Castle Drogo undergoing
major repairs for The National Trust. Tim
Cambourne from The Trust has agreed to
show us around and explain some of the
difficulties in repairing this stunning house.
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Programme
Friday 25 April 2014
12.00 pm onwards Arrive at Jurys Inn Hotel, 50 Exeter Street, Plymouth PL4 OAZ
4.00 pm
Directors meeting & AGM, Conference Room, 1st Floor, Jurys Inn Hotel
8.00 pm onwards Reception social - The Treasury Bar, Plymouth - food and drink a short
walk from the hotel
Saturday 26 April 2014
8.45 am
Short walk to the conference venue at Plymouth University
Roland Levinski Building (ground floor lecture theatre 2)
9.00 am
Conference welcome from the Acanthus Chair
9.10 am
Opening address
George Ferguson Mayor of Bristol
9.30 am
Talk 1 – Plymouth Perspective
Paul Barnard Assistant Director of Development Plymouth CC
10.15 am Talk 2 – Royal William Yard
Jackie Gillespie, Gillespie Yunnie Architects
11.00 am
Questions/Coffee
11.30 am 12.15 am 1.00 pm
Talk 3 – Weymouth Olympic Village
Simon Toplis, HTA Design
Talk 4 - Plymouth Creative Arts School
Andy Theobald, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Questions
1.15 pm
Lunch - University Foyer
2.00 pm
2.45 pm
3.30 pm
3.45 pm
4.15 pm
5.45 pm
Talk 5 – New houses in Devon - Stan Bolt
Talk 6 – Eden and beyond - Sir Tim Smit, Eden
Questions
Conference photograph (weather permitting)
Tour Royal William Yard (1 group) and/or Millbay (1 group)
Return to hotel from tours
8.00 pm
Conference Dinner - Rhodes At The Dome - Gary Rhodes restaurant
situated on The Hoe overlooking Plymouth Sound
Sunday 27 April 2014
9.30 am
10.30 am
12.30 pm onwards
Tour – Castle Drogo (coach departs) Lutyens house undergoing
major repairs - guided tour by Tim Cambourne of the National Trust
Arrive Castle Drogo.
Coaches leave Castle Drogo for Exeter Train Station arriving Exeter
approx 1.30pm
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Speakers
George Ferguson CBE PPRIBA RWA
George is the first elected Mayor of Bristol. Elected in November 2012, since when he has
secured ‘European Green Capital’ status for the city in 2015 as well as one of the Rockefeller
Foundation’s ‘World Resilient Cities’ and a Bloomberg ‘City of Service’ amongst other
international recognitions. He has steered the city through a period of major budget cuts,
devised plans for an affordable housing drive and significant urban regeneration projects
including an Arena for Bristol. He is one of the 8 English Core City leaders for which he holds
the portfolio for Energy.
He is Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2003-2005). He was cofounder of Bristol based architectural practice Ferguson Mann in the mid-1970s and founded
the UK wide group of architects, Acanthus, in 1986. His practice has won many awards from
the RIBA, RICS and Civic Trust, including Bristol’s Millennium project At Bristol. A tireless
campaigner for a better Bristol, starting at Bristol University in the Sixties, as a city councillor
in the Seventies, developed his practice through the Eighties. In the Nineties he developed the
‘Tobacco Factory’, a catalyst for the regeneration of South Bristol and a model for culture led
regeneration. He is an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, a Fellow of
the Royal Incorporation of Scottish Architects. and a founder of the Academy of Urbanism. He
was appointed a CBE for services to architecture and the community in the 2010 New Years
honours list. An avid communicator, he has been declared to be the leading UK city leader on
Twitter and can be followed @georgefergusonx
Paul Barnard BA(Hons), DMS, MRTPI, CIHM Assistant Director of Strategic
Planning & Infrastructure Plymouth City Council
Paul is a Chartered Town Planner and has been a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute
since 1984. He joined Plymouth City Council in 1991 and has held a variety of planning policy,
project management and managerial posts. He delivered the regeneration programme of
Plymouth’s historic Barbican which won the BURA/Secretary of State’s Award for Partnership
in Regeneration in 1996. The production of the Core Strategy (the first and fastest adopted for
a major English city) culminated in Plymouth winning the RTPI Silver Jubilee Cup in February
2006. Paul has been an Assistant Director since 2006 and has implemented a series of major
modernisation, improvement and transformation programmes. He is currently responsible for
planning, transport, waste, low carbon, housing delivery, capital investment and infrastructure
planning.
Paul was a Governor of City College Plymouth and Chair of the Audit Committee between
2007 and 2010. He is a Planning Aid volunteer, Planning Advisory Service Planning Peer and
Honorary Professor of Planning at the Plymouth University where he sits on the Planning
Programme Advisory Group for the RTPI –accredited MSc Planning course. Paul is also a
member of the South West RTPI Management and Regional Activities Committees, Junior
Vice Chair and editor of the RTPI Branchout magazine. In 2013 Paul was appointed to the
RTPI England Policy Panel. He is currently studying for a Masters in Public Administration at
the University of Warwick.
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Speakers
Speakers
Jackie Gillespie
Architect Partner Gillespie Yunnie Architects
Andy Theobald
Architect Partner & Studio Leader, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Jackie studied Architecture at Portsmouth University, Oxford Brookes and the Alexandria
Architecture Centre in Washington DC, receiving the Fielding Dodd prize for outstanding work
and a distinction in Diploma. She then worked at Niall Phillips Architects and Architecton in
Bristol prior to joining Acanthus Ferguson Mann as an Associate in 1995, becoming a Director
in 1998 when she set up the Devon Office of the practice. Gillespie Yunnie Architect was set
up with co-director Phillip Yunnie in 2005 as a design-led practice specialising in contemporary
solutions for constrained and historic environments. The practice has since won numerous
awards for a diverse range of building types www.gyarchitects.co.uk
Andy joined the practice in 1988 and became a Partner in 1995 and a Studio Leader in 2005.
He has been project architect for a number of significant award winning projects in the office
including Samworth Academy, The Berrill Building for the Open University, The Earth Centre
Arrivals Buildings and The Point, a major housing scheme on the Harbourside in the centre of
Bristol.
Jackie is a visiting lecturer at Plymouth University and a panel member of the Torbay Design
Review Panel and the newly formed Plymouth DRP. Jackie has a particular interest and
experience in regeneration and the creative re-use of existing buildings and has been responsible
for a range of projects including the regeneration of Royal William Yard in Plymouth where
she has worked with Urban Splash, since 1999 (with Ferguson Mann and Gillespie Yunnie)
on the conversion of the Grade I listed buildings, delivering over £40m worth of construction,
that have transformed a redundant naval dockyard into a vibrant visitor attraction and thriving
sustainable community. The project has received numerous awards including three RIBA
Awards, 2006 and 2010, a Housing Design Award 2006, and Civic Trust Award in 2007 and
2014.
Simon Toplis
Architect Partner HTA Design LLP
Simon Toplis joined HTA in 1998. Initially as a junior member of the team his formative
experience was working on large scale estate regeneration projects across the UK. This was
followed by the restoration and refurbishment of a grade II* listed Georgian Terrace in Baker
Street after which he qualified as an Architect in 2003.
He was responsible for HTA’s successful bids on behalf of Barratt's for a number of sites
within the £60,000 house for the ‘Design for Manufacture’ competition from which he led HTA's
involvement in the competition, planning and detailed design of the first ‘Carbon Challenge’
site at Hanham Hall near Bristol. Continuing from these sites with themes of sustainability
and offsite manufacture he has explored the shape that our suburbs might take with a range
of designs from exemplar projects such as the Velux CarbonLight Houses to larger scale
developments in locations such as North Prospect, Milford Hospital and Cane Hill. He also led
the design of the Olympic Sailing village at Officers Field in Weymouth which has subsequently
been converted back to homes for sale and went on to be the Supreme Winner at the Housing
Design Awards in 2012.
Simon and his team have also worked a number of high density projects including the Waterport
Terraces in Gibraltar, Clapham Park in South London, Millbay in Plymouth and the Olympic
Way hotel and residential tower near Wembley Stadium.
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Andy co-leads the educational studio in Bath and is active in all schools projects in the Bath
office and was a member of the CABE Schools Design Review Panel before it was abolished.
Current projects include a new secondary school for ARK in Redbridge, the Faculty of Art and
Design at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Plymouth School for Creative Arts. In
addition he is working on St Peters Catholic Primary School in Gloucester, and masterplanning
a mixed use development at Kirkstall Forge, Leeds.
Stan Bolt
Founder Stan Bolt Architect
The Practice was established in January 1993 and has developed a reputation for imaginative,
site specific and crafted work – generally within the South West but occasionally further afield
and abroad.
We remain today a small studio, producing bespoke solutions for individual clients. We are not
prolific, only completing one or two projects a year, but these are crafted pieces from concept
to detail. We are equally interested in how our buildings sit in a landscape and relate to the
larger environment as we are in the arrangement of the electrical boxes and ironmongery.
Our work is driven by ‘appropriateness’ – a deep contextual response to a particular function
(the brief), in a particular place (the site), at a particular time (the 21st century) brought into
being through an expressive but pragmatic approach to building construction. Each detail of
a project needs to fulfil its basic function whilst also communicating the idea and spirit of the
larger work in which it fits. This analytical and considered approach to building, rather than
simply a manifesto to ‘style’ is the driver and hallmark of our work.
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Delegate List
Speakers
Sir Tim Smit KBE
Sir Tim Smit KBE was born in Holland on 25 September 1954. He read Archaeology and
Anthropology at Durham University. Tim worked for ten years in the music industry as composer/
producer in both rock music and opera. In 1987 Tim moved to Cornwall he and John Nelson
together ‘discovered’ and then restored the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Tim remains a Director
of the gardens to the present day.
Tim is Executive Chairman, Eden Regeneration Ltd and Founding Director of the Award
winning Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall. Eden began as a dream in 1995 and opened
its doors to the public in 2000, since when more than 15 million people have come to see
what was once a sterile pit turned into a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and
startling architecture symbolic of human endeavour. Eden has contributed over £1 billion
into the Cornish economy. Eden is proud of its success in changing people’s perception of
the potential for and the application of science, by communicating and interpreting scientific
concepts through the use of art, drama and storytelling as well as living up to its mission to
take a pivotal role in local regeneration. It demonstrates once and for all that sustainability is
not about sandals and nut cutlets, it is about good business practice and the citizenship values
of the future.
Tim is a Trustee, Patron and Board Member of a number of statutory and voluntary bodies
both locally and nationally. He has received a variety of national awards including The Royal
Society of Arts Albert Medal. In 2002 he was awarded an Honorary CBE in the New Years
Honours List and In January 2011 he was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. This appointment
was made substantive in June 2012 when he became a British Citizen. He has received
Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships from a number of Universities. Tim was voted ‘Great
Briton of 2007’ in the Environment category of the Morgan Stanley Great Britons Awards. In
2011 Tim was given a special award at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards,
which recognises the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership
and achievement. Tim has taken part in a quantity of television and radio programmes and
has been the subject of ‘This is Your Life’ and a guest on ‘Desert Island Discs’. He is a regular
speaker at conferences, dinners, Awards Ceremonies and other events. Tim is the author of
books about both Heligan and Eden and he has contributed to publications on a wide variety
of subjects. He lives in Lostwithiel, Cornwall and in his free time he enjoys reading, film, music
and art.
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Acanthus Clews Architects
Mark Smith
David Finlay
Camilla Finlay
Steven Myhill
Sarah Myhill
Andrew Salter
Lisa Curtlin
Zoe Sawbridge
Diana Mitchell
Patrick Thirlwall
Jonathan Pegg
Acanthus Darbyshire Architects
Paul Glover
Acanthus Holden Architects
Peter Holden
Ann Holden
David Holden
Linda Jones
Huw Jones
Mark Vines
Brian Keane
Acanthus LW Architects
Agnieszka Ryglowska Wip
Carmelo Arancon
Craig O’Hare
Eric Hills
John Washington
Mathew Alfredson
Nicola Hutchings
Rafa Vega
Salume Tahmassebi
Teresa Kokot
Ula Tomczak
Wyndham Westerdale
Yvonne Koay
Acanthus WSM Architects
Jonathon Wingfield
Susan Amaku
Liz Humble
Helen Walker
Marc Pearson
Joss Ryan
Ferguson Mann Architects
Roger Goodliff
David Caird
Alastair Carswell
Andrew Kemp
Nicola Lewis
David Boyd
Corinne Fitzpatrick
Bridget Caird
Raul Usach
Hannah Goodliff
Robert Hutson Architects
Robert Hutson
Peter Heather
Trudi Quirk
Leonie Novorol
Mark Proud
Mark Mitchell
Michael Eve
Simpson & Brown Architects
Jenny Humphreys
Sue Whittle
Eleanor Egan
Tom Parnell
Arnaud Schwartz
Ewan Lawson
Speakers
George Ferguson
Paul Barnard
Jackie Gillespie
Simon Toplis
Andy Theobald
Stan Bolt
Sir Tim Smit
Tim Cambourne
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Map of Key Venues 1
Map of Conference Venue
Plymouth University
Conference Venue
Jurys Hotel
The Treasury
Lecture
Theatre 2
Main entrance
from West
To the hotel
Rhodes At
The Dome
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Map of Key Venues 2
Map of Key Venues 2
Train station
Plymouth University
Conference Venue
Jurys Hotel
The Treasury
Friday Reception
Millbay
Walking Tour 2
Rhodes At The Dome
Conference Dinner
Royal William Yard
Walking Tour 1
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Walking Tour 1 - Millbay
Walking Tour 2 - Royal William Yard
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Acanthus Clews Architects
Acanthus Holden Architects
Coppet Hall Restaurant and
Visitors Centre (right)
Restaurant and visitors centre near Tenby for
the Hean Castle Estate.
Car park and visitors’ centre value £1.75m.
BREEAM excellent.
The past 12 months has seen a strong diversity
of projects emerge from our practice. We have
continued our work at Exeter Cathedral, from
restoring the West Front, to the installation of
a new Altar Table and Lectern and are now
developing some initial ideas for a major new
development within the Cathedral grounds.
Our conservation team has also been busy
with a number of English Heritage surveys,
with sites spanning the country.
Starting on site in the next few months are our
first new build primary school for the Oxford
Diocese, as well as a new multi purpose
community building at Warwick Hall, which
includes a significant extension adjacent to
the Grade I listed Church.
Our residential team have also continued
to produce a number of high quality and
bespoke new build projects for private clients,
including a new pool house near Longworth
and several interesting proposed housing
schemes for local developers.
We are also venturing into the commercial
market with a new HQ for a Technology
Company based in the West Midlands.
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Completed Easter 2014
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related shops restaurant and kitchens at first
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Hall Street Methodist Church Hall (left)
Hall, meeting rooms and kitchen extension
to the listed church in Llanelli.
Value £0.5m, completed 2014
Garrison Chapel Extension, Pembroke
Dock (below)
Office and toilet extension to listed building
Value £0.6m, completed 2014
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Acanthus LW Architects
Acanthus LW successfully gained a place
on the GLA/TfL Framework in the summer
which should provide us to a steady stream
of government work over the next few years.
As a part of the bid process we designed
speculative schemes for a transport hub at
Embankment, a conservation scheme at
Woolwich ferry Terminal and a new lightweight
timber river crossing between Kew Gardens
and the Brentford regeneration zone.
The practice has several significant Transport
Infrastructure projects currently ongoing
including the detailed design for new railway
track, a viaduct and two new stations on
the Croxley Rail Link between Watford and
London plus ongoing site support work at
landmark stations such as Tottenham Court
Road, Bond Street and Paddington. Still more
are at earlier stages of design development.
Our Residential team has had several
successes this year including ongoing site
works at Woolwich (175 units), Kew (35) and
Drayton Green (20) plus new schemes yet to
break the ground at Brighton (200), Lewes
(25) and more. The Lewes proposal was our
first in-house use of Bentley Aecosim building
designer software for integrated 3D modelling
and eventually a full BIM service.
Health, Education and Conservation sectors
have been steady rather than spectacular
this year, highlights have been the recently
completed Beavers reception and Cybertots
children’s nursery projects in West London.
As was the case last year we feel Acanthus
LW are one or two decent sized jobs away
from prosperity, so fingers crossed.
Lastly we wish Director George Kelpie all
the best on his retirement last month after
20 years leading our Landscape division. At
the other end of the spectrum we have three
young aspiring Architects taking their Part lll
exams this summer - good luck to them too.
Acanthus WSM Architects
The last 12 months has seen a promising
increase in our workload. This is due in no
small part to us now taking an active role in
creating development opportunities for our
existing clients. Teaming up with land agents
and contractors, we identify potential sites,
prepare design layouts and then present a
fully costed up delivery package. Although
a little slow to begin with we are just seeing
the first trench coming through the planning
system and onto site. One such project
is in Bradford, where we have adopted a
contemporary design approach for 50 new 2
and 3 bedroom houses. (1)
Our first major BIM project started on
site earlier this month in South Elmsall,
near Wakefield. This is a lifetime homes
community incorporating 65 houses and
bungalows and a 67 apartment extra care
facility with a specialist dementia provision.
The nature of the extra care building lends
itself well to BIM, aiding collaborative working
with the engineer. QS and contractor. (3)
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Revit has also proved worthwhile on a
new social enterprise scheme in Hull that
is due to go on site in May. Emmaus, an
international charity provide housing for the
homeless together with work opportunities.
Donated furniture is restored and then sold
to the public through their retail outlets. The
‘companions’ must sign off benefits but then
are paid a wage and are expected to work a
35 hour week. On a site donated by Hull City
Council planning permission was obtained for
a residential building incorporating 36 ensuite
bedrooms together with an adjacent 12,000
sqft workshop and retail unit.
Woodhall, our associated conservation
consultancy remain busy with a wide range of
exciting projects. Of particular interest is their
recent appointment to prepare a conservation
management plan for the fabric of the Grade
II* Leeds Civic Hall, home to the city council
(2). We are also delighted to welcome Liz
Humble (archaeologist) and Joss Ryan
(architectural assistant) to the team.
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Acanthus Darbyshire Architects
1st May 2013 saw the beginning of a new era
for Acanthus Darbyshire Architects following
the successful merger of Darbyshire Architects
(Newcastle) and Acanthus WSM Architects
(Leeds). The new practice has doubled its
workforce and has the support and resources
of AWSM allowing ADA to undertake larger
developments in other architectural sectors.
Over the last 12 months ADA completed
numerous refurbishment and new build
schemes for schools in the Newcastle and
Hexham diocese, together with a residential
boat station for the Sea Cadets, on the River
Tyne. We are currently awaiting the outcome
of bids from the Department of Education for
2014/15 funding allocation.
Ferguson Mann Architects
Success recently across
a number of
fronts have confirmed signs of growth in the
practice’s workload, for which we have taken
on new staff. Invited competitions produced
results with a new local history museum
at Lyme Regis, a new regional office at
Stourhead for The National Trust, and a new
rugby club and community centre relocation
complex just north of Bristol.
St. Johns Roman Catholic Academy, Bishop Auckland
Current developments include (1) a sports hall
and swimming pool refurbishment, St. Johns
Roman Catholic Academy, Bishop Auckland,
(2) an 8 classroom block 2 storey new build
extension, St. Thomas Moore Roman Catholic
Academy, North Shields, (3) a 12 classroom
block 3 storey new build extension, St. Johns
Roman Catholic Academy, Bishop Auckland,
and (4) a Learning Resource Centre, St.
Johns College, Durham.
Learning Resource Centre,
St. Johns College, Durham
Lyme Regis
Swansea Masterplan
Masterplanning Millbay in Plymouth continues
10 years on with a new outline planning
application to be submitted this summer, and
the completion of Cargo 2 for ECF (48 new
homes and retail space). A commission for
the Welsh Government near Swansea’s city
centre for a new residential quarter has also
been completed.
On the residential front, a number of new
Pool House, Wraxall
housing schemes have started this year. In
addition, 4 new houses for private clients,
and a new pool house extension to a listed
property just outside Bristol are now on site.
On the commercial front, we have seen
completion of Simplyhealth House - a new
65,000ft2 office building on The Downs in
Bristol.
Meanwhile conservation has had a relatively
quiet but steady year. Our project for SAVE at
Castle House in Bridgewater inches forward
with the second round of emergency repairs
anticipated to start later in 2014. Newport
Covered Market alterations saw completion
in October 2013. A new masterplan for
Talbot Village (a Victorian rural idle) aims
to save it from the ever encroaching sprawl
of Bournemouth’s suburbs. Onwards and
upwards!
Simplyhealth Offices
Cargo 1, Cargo 2
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PERSPECTIVE NORTH: PROPOSED BUILDING.
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The last year has finally seen signs of the
industry picking up: a number of dormant
projects are showing signs of re-awakening
and new enquiries are coming in. Our longstanding involvement with the whisky industry
is increasing, with an exciting new-build
distillery in the Scottish Borders (1), a new
distillery on Skye, and at Kingsbarns in Fife,
construction work is nearing completion for a
new distillery in a former farm steading - slàinte
mhath! The English Heritage framework has
yielded several interesting involvements,
including Eltham Palace, Chiswick House,
Dover Castle, Richborough Roman Fort and
Rievaulx Abbey (2). A number of projects
are now on site – our collaborative project
with Ushida Findlay at York Art Gallery (4)
is underway and due for completion this
year. At Lews Castle, Stornoway (3) the
long-process to consolidate and restore
the historic building is ongoing, and in Fife,
construction work is underway to alter and
extend a large country house. Our Heritage
Consultancy team has been busy with some
interesting projects for the National Trust. A
Quinquennial Report and Conservation Plan
for Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, a
Conservation Plan for Gibside Estate in Tyne
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& Wear, and a further Conservation Plan for
Seaton Deleval Hall (5) are underway. We
hope for further architectural work to emerge
as a result of these exercises.
The archaeological division, Addyman
Archaeology, has been focused on the
investigations at Mingary Castle (6) on the
Ardnamurchan peninsula. A wealth of finds
and new evidence about the castle’s history
have been discovered and are discussed on
the blog at mingarycastle.blogspot.co.uk.
Collaborative working between the teams
is demonstrated in a project for the Royal
Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, where the
original Botanic Cottage situated on Leith
Walk (the site of the original gardens) has
been taken down and recorded stone by
stone. We now have consent for it to be rebuilt
within the grounds of the current gardens (7).
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