Latest Developments/
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Brambletye School/
Shortlisted, Downland Prize 2010
The 7 new additional senior classrooms, known as The Blencowe building, has been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Downland Prize. The building was opened on 22 October 2009.
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Frant Primary School/
Granted Planning Consent
The proposals for a new half form entry primary school in Frant, near Tunbridge Wells were approved by East Sussex County Council on 1 March 2010.
As part of ESCC Primary Capital Programme, the new single story school will provide accommodation for 105 pupils. Part of the new development will include a multi-purpose hall and ICT suite, the most prominent and distinctive part of the scheme is the gentle curving classroom block.
The building is set to go on site in April 2010
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Windchimes Children’s Centre/
Success At The Kent Design Awards
On 16 March Windchimes Children’s Resource Centre, a centre for disabled children from East Kent, was awarded a “Highly Commended” recognition in the extremely competitive Public Building (schools) Category at the 2010 Kent Design Awards.
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The Bridge Learning & Community Campus/
Grand Opening
It is a first for Kent and was formally opened yesterday (Tuesday 16 March) by Kevin Lynes Chair of the Kent Thameside Board, leader of Dartford Borough Council Jeremy Kite and Wayne Hemingway. The campus includes a primary school, nursery, healthcare and social services facilities, as well a small sports hall, youth and adult education centres, community room all under one roof for those living and working on the 264 acre site in Dartford.
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Burnt Oak Junior School/
New School Extension
A new development at Burnt Oak Junior School in Bexley was completed on programme. This single story extension consists of a new sports hall facility, 2 new classrooms with associated storage, a multi-purpose classroom with storage, new wc facilities and general support space. It was officially opened on 16 Dec 2009 by Leader of the Council and the children created a song, poems and a stage production to celebrate their new buildings. They all love it, especially the sports hall and the size of the new classrooms compared to the existing building
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Oxted Community Hall/
HMY Winners At LABC South East Building Excellence Awards 2009
Hazle McCormack Young were executive architects for The Oxted Community Hall project which has been successful in winning the Prestigious Awards for Local Building Projects at LABC South East Building Excellence Awards. Designed to complement existing buildings, the brief included the use of green materials where possible and a hall cost effective to run. Developed by Farnrise Construction the team worked proactively with Mark Simpson of Tandridge's Building Control team.
In the citation the LABC committee stated "The new building is a popular and vital addition to Oxted and a vast improvement on the previous hall, in visual, functional and environmental terms."
http://www.tandridge.gov.uk/Planning/BuildingControl/AwardWinners.htm
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St Gregory's Music Centre/
Canterbury Christ Church University Fundraising Concert
Stephen Coomber, the Partner in charge and Danka Stephan, the Project Architect, were introduced to HRH Princess Alexandra at a fundraising concert for the new St Gregory's for Music project on 5 October 2009. The concert was held in the Chapel, Canterbury Christ Church University and was performed by the Sacconi String Quartet accompanied by members of the Shipton family. Issie Coomber and Gordon Young were also presented to the Princess at this "absolutely stunning evening of music."
The project, which is hoped to be completed in 2012, "is a ground breaking initiative that will change the face of music in Kent through the creation of a centre for music and music education"
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/News/newsRelease.asp?newsPk=1440
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Crockham Hill CE Primary School/
Shortlisted, Downland Prize 2009
Our recently completed school hall project at Crockham Hill Primary School has been shortlisted for this years RIBA Downland Prize. A total of 95 practices in the South and South East Regions entered the competition.
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Mayfield PassivHaus/
Planning Permission Granted
Planning has been granted by Wealden District Council for a highly sustainable new-build dwelling on an historic landscape setting near Mayfield.
The project has been designed in accordance with PassivHaus technology to create an airtight and highly insulated building with a ducted natural ventilation system, PV cells and evacuated tube solar thermal water heating which will deliver a healthy, efficient and highly sustainable dwelling.
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Canterbury Christ Church University/
New State-of-the-Art Sports Centre Opens In Canterbury
Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University Professor Michael Wright, officially opened their new Sports Centre design by Hazle McCormack Young LLP. The £4M centre provides 8 court sports hall with a unique folding partition to enable the facility to be shared with the adjacent Barton Court Grammar School.
The University’s Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic), Professor Sue Piotrowski, said: “We are delighted to have developed this new sport centre for a large section of the local community who are studying, or are employed, at the University or Barton Court Grammar School. It is a magnificent facility that will provide a much needed venue for sporting competitions, for recreation and healthy exercise. It will also provide excellent teaching space for our academic programmes in Sport Science and Physical Education.”
