Derwent Works
Javelin Block
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2016
Derwent Works on Henrietta Street is a former metal press which has been converted into 4 loft apartments and a ground foor boxing gym. The gritty, industrial style of this development is in keeping with other projects we have completed for developer Javelin Block.
Steelwork and beams were left exposed, foor and wall fnishes kept in their natural state with exposed brickwork and original features retained wherever possible.
Royal Sutton Place, Phase 1 Court Collaboration
Sutton Coldfield
Completed 2016
Located at the top of the town centre in an elevated position, Sutton Coldfeld’s former council house sits just a short distance from the town’s main railway station. Built in 1865, originally as a hotel, the building went on to be used as a sanatorium for a brief period before becoming home to the local authority’s registry service for births, marriages and deaths from 1901 until 2012.
Our role was to sympathetically convert this historically signifcant building into 18 apartments. The exterior was largely untouched throughout the development and the interior features beautiful original architectural detailing which were restored and retained as far as possible.
This refurbishment formed part of the larger Royal Sutton Place development.
The Sutton Court Collaboration
Sutton Coldfield
Completed 2017
Known as ‘The Sutton’, this development comprises 41 one and two bed apartments and is located immediately adjacent to Phase 1 of Royal Sutton Place.
The School Yard
EDG Property
Harborne, Birmingham
Completed 2015
The School Yard is a new-build residential development within the grounds of a Grade II listed former school building and yard in Harborne, Birmingham. The project picked up a regional RIBA award and EDG Property also scooped Client of the Year.
The Franklin Court Collaboration
Bournville, Birmingham
Completed 2016
The former Cadbury head ofce on Bournville Lane.
Originally built in the 1960s, each foor has high ceilings and its former use as an ofce has given us some interesting design opportunities. Large foor plans create a sense of openness in each one of the 79 apartments.
Part of the appeal of this development, apart from its leafy location, lies in the very generous common areas like the huge entrance foyer and lift lobbies.
Gilders Yard
Grainger plc
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2022
Gilder’s Yard was a complex regeneration project for Grainger plc. Fronting three streets within the Jewellery Quarter conservation area, the project included the restoration of the Grade II* Listed Ashford & Sons building along with new blocks to frm 158 residential apartments with shared communal facilities and commercial space.
Using themes uncovered during research carried out by Artist and Landscape Architect Rob Colbourne, we referenced and repurposed pattern, texture, material and forms synonymous with the Jewellery Quarter and crafts associated with the site. The GHS patterned terracotta facade is a good example of this.
Gilders Yard Amenity Space
Grainger plc
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2022
The materials and fnishes of the amenity spaces draw reference from the history and heritage of the site and its Art Deco style.
The diamond pattern designed for the terracotta facade on Great Hampton Street is a recurring theme throughout the scheme in difering materials and at various scales.
Comet Works
Javelin Block
Gun Quarter
Completed 2017
This group of mid-19th century works, including a former Spitfre Machine Gun factory, were given a new lease of life and were shortlisted for the Birmingham Civic Society Centenary Renaissance Award in 2018.
The Exchange City Living (Midlands) Ltd
Solihull
Completed 2018
The coversion of the former BT Telephone Exchange building into a mixed-use development.
Riflemaker
Javelin Block
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2016
This former disused building was converted into a mixed-use development of 6 spacious loft apartments with an ofce and space for a cafe/restaurant in the basement.
The site was split into 3 elements: a 2 storey frontage building on Water Street and 2 warehouse volumes that took up the entirety of the rear of the site. Working closely with Javelin Block to help them achieve their vision, our role was to prepare the design proposals,
planning application and building regulations drawings for a change of use.
Javelin Block were keen to retain the existing buildings and adapt them to suit the proposed new uses, so the interiors of the warehouses were carefully dismantled and a new 4 storey steel frame inserted to create large open volumes and foor plates. The existing features were reused and enhanced wherever possible to create an industrialstyle property with unique character.
Caroline Street
London Development Group
Jewellery Quarter
2019 onwards
This creative re-use project once housed two notable names within the Jewellery Quarter. The workshops of John Goode and Sons, manufacturers of gold chains, bracelets and brooches occupied the frst building on the site. No. 68 and No. 65 are historically associated with the company of George Unite and Sons.
The mixed-use scheme for LDG follows the historic pattern of the site, with contemporary additions.
Reliance Works
City Portfolio Ltd
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2022
Originally a pair of houses with rear workshops, the Grade II Listed former jewellery box works by Taylor & Challen now houses 9 unique duplexes and apartments.
Bristol Street / Essex Street
The Sandpiper Group Southside 2017
Located in the city centre entertainment district of Southside, the 7 and 18 storey scheme consists of two commercial units on the ground foor and 67 1 & 2 bed apartments above.
Approved by Birmingham City Council in November 2017.
The Gothic Cordia UK
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2022
This regeneration project for Blackswan Property, now Cordia UK incorporated a wide range of building types, including The Gothic, a former pub built in the late 1870s.
The redevelopment not only provides commercial units at ground foor level and 14 unique residential apartments and duplexes, but also secures the future of the two listed buildings on the site.
Wake Green Road Prefabs Equans Moseley
2019 onwards
Completed in 1945 under The Temporary Housing Programme, the Phoenix prefabs were designed and manufactured by John Laing, McAlpine and Henry Boot.
Grade II Listed, consent was granted in 2019 for the internal and external improvements to improve thermal performance and longevity without losing their unique qualities. Fifteen of the prefabs are being refurbished for rehabitation and one as a museum.
Home Farm
10M
Hampton in Arden
Completed 2021
The re-working of modern barn structures into contemporary homes.
A series of otherwise defunct buildings were re-imagined to provide 11 new dwellings within the green belt. Work started on site in October 2018.
Cleveland Road
Jessup Brothers
Wolverhampton
Completed 2021
Developed by Jessup, Cleveland Road was the frst phase to be brought forward in this area. It has set the benchmark for design quality, urban realm and mix of uses and is now infuencing other regeneration in the area.
The scheme provides a 63 bed YMCA with nursery, retail and ofces, as well as 74 apartments and 18 houses for Walsall Housing Group.
The Royal Hospital Jessup Brothers Wolverhampton 2020 onwards
Along with Jessup, we have been working with Homes England and Walsall Housing Group to transform the former Royal Hospital site into 192 dwellings. This includes converting the Grade II Listed building into 38 wellbeing apartments for the over-55s and the development of a further 123 new build homes for afordable rent and 31 shared ownership on the land surrounding for WHG.
The scheme follows the Cleveland Road former bus depot on a neighbouring site which has provided a 63 bed YMCA with nursery, retail and ofces, as well as 74 apartments and 18 houses for Walsall Housing Group.
Leckhampton Road
AJ Homes
Cheltenham
Completed 2016
A contemporary housing development on the outskirts of Cheltenham. The site, formerly an industrial site, is adjacent to the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The proposed development of 28 luxury family homes, sensitively balances the requirements for development that refects the character of this area whilst meeting the needs of the client for a
modern architectural language. We developed a series of ‘character zones’ across the site that addressed these concerns whilst also defning areas within the development.
Poplar Farm
Boo Homes
Woodmancote, Cheltenham
Completed 2023
The refurbishment and enhancement of existing buildings at Poplar Farm as well as the development of 8 houses to the wider site with landscaping and associated works.
The soft landscaping strategy to reflect the former use of Poplar Farm as an orchard.
Photographic Works
Hatchbury
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2023
A residential development comprising of 48 apartments and duplex units on Camden Street.
For over half a century the site was occupied by Munns Brothers Photographic Works. The design of the brick piers is in reference to fading strips of flm.
Camden Lofts
Javelin Block
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2017
At no. 59 Camden Street you’ll fnd Camden Lofts. This former warehouse and workshop was extended and converted into 12 apartments.
79 Bedford Street
Balaclava Projects
Leamington Spa
Completed 2018
Bedford Street is a 4 storey building containing 8 multiple occupancy student apartments.
The client had an aspiration to achieve something new and was keen to push boundaries. Using a minimal palette of good quality materials the result has a stripped back fnish.
Iron Works
10M
Digbeth
Completed 2019
Working in collaboration with Joe Holyoak, Iron Works was completed in Summer 2019.
The old cofn manufacturing factory was redeveloped into 14 apartments.
The Lamp Works Cordia UK
Jewellery Quarter 2019 onwards
This 0.4 hectare site is bounded by Great Hampton Street, Harford Street, Barr Street and Hockley Street. The design seeks to refect the heritage and context of this specifc area with a contemporary approach.
Several very large warehouse buildings occupied the site, some of which were purpose built and some ‘made’ by combining several smaller structures.
The new build elements will surround an internal courtyard with high quality
landscaping, and a retained steel frame being the focal point.
The Lamp Works and adjoining Harford Street development comprise of 148 1, 2 and 3 bed residential apartments, with a mix of non-standard duplexes.
Two buildings fronting Great Hampton Street will be retained and refurbished, reinstating the shop fronts providing 417 sqm of commercial space, including a restaurant.
Harford Street
Cordia UK
Jewellery Quarter 2020 onwards
Bringing an underused ‘gap site’ back to life and forming an extension to the adjoining Lamp Works development.
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2024
A mixed-use redevelopment of Cornwall House, a 70s built ofce block. Providing 101, 1 and 2 bed apartments, along with ground foor commercial space.
The main block comprises of brickwork and this glazed terracotta formed in a hinge profle.
It references the terracotta tradition of Birmingham’s architecture and draws on the narrative of the Hinge Works which once occupied the adjacent site.
6 Legge Lane
NVSM
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2021
The restoration and conversion of this Grade II Listed terrace of four houses and attached workshops into 12 2 bed apartments, completed in May 2021.
Bargates Jessup Brothers Burton, Staffordshire 2019 onwards
This 7 acre brownfeld site is situated between the High Street and River Trent. With a varied history, the sites most recent use was as the Bargates Shopping Centre. Now demolished the site is vacant, and alongside Jessup and Trent & Dove Housing we have developed plans for a new riverside quarter, generating a mix of housing and retail.
192 - 197 Great Hampton Row
Cordia UK
Jewellery Quarter
Responding to its diverse context of buildings, varying in scale, age and style, this scheme aims to provide 14 1 and 2 bed residential apartments with private amenity space and a ground foor commercial unit.
Neighbourhood JQ
HBD
Jewellery Quarter
2020 onwards
The vision for this development is a residential led mixed-use scheme which creates a single, strong identity for this new piece of the city. Seven buildings will house 414 apartments, 5 roof top terraces, 700sqm of amenity space and 600sqm of commercial space, all set around a new publicly accessible garden and pedestrian route linking Newhall Hill and Camden Street.
Planning was approved in March 2023.
Abbotts Park
Complex Development Projects Coventry 2021 onwards
We have been working alongside Howells on Abbotts Park.
The wider masterplan consists of 4 plots in total and we have been developing plans for the Abbotts and Naul’s Buildings, plot 4.
Taylor & Challen
Private Client
Jewellery Quarter 2020 onwards
Reanimation of a Grade II Listed factory building into high quality apartments and duplexes with a new corten steel roof top extension. The extension design takes precedent from the detailed existing facade and the recurring theme of diamonds and arches which are present in both the faҫade and decoration.
A new 4 storey residential building will also take clues from the architecture of the existing factory and surrounding area.
Button Works
Hanehouse Developments Jewellery Quarter 2022 onwards
Restoration, refurbishment and conversion of an existing Grade II* Listed building on Great Hampton Street.
The proposals provide 29 apartments within the exisitng envelope some of which include new mezzanines. A balance has been struck between exposing original features which are full of character and achieving good thermal performace.
Hall
EDG Property
Corby 2016
Priors Hall Park was a major regeneration project on the site of a former quarry and steelworks.
Many major house builders had already built over large areas of the site using their traditional house types, but our client wasn’t into playing it safe and had faith in the selling power of contemporary architecture.
Electric Wharf Complex Development Projects Coventry
Completed 2007
Electric Wharf was a major canalside regeneration development project in Coventry. It involved the conversion of disused, industrial Victorian buildings, namely the former Electric Light Works business studios, ofces, live/work, lofts and ECO homes.
Part of a wider urban plan, Electric Wharf was a fagship development with new public realm integrated into the design including a new pedestrian footbridge linking the area with the city centre.
The scheme had two major themes, environment and innovation. CDP’s overall aim was a village for the future, innovative, sustainable and integrated with the surrounding communities.
The design approach was very much concerned with the sense of place and not losing or overpowering the historic fabric. It was essential to retain the sense of discovery providing glimpses of the former industrial uses, the lives of the people who worked there, the power of the architecture etc. New interventions mostly contrast utilising a consistent limited palette of materials, forms and colour.
The Cable Yard Complex Development Projects Coventry Completed 2009
The houses at Electric Wharf were designed to be as efcient as the site constraints would allow. Benefting from a southerly aspect the project took advantage of solar gain with passive design that uses high thermal mass and large areas of glazing to maximise its thermal performance. The external envelope was designed to better building regulations standards and improve thermal efciency and air-tightness.
The traditional typology of terraced housing was remodelled to allow the living spaces to be on the uppermost level, taking advantage of the roofspace and allowing better daylighting through the use of large areas of glazing and roofights. This obviously gives better opportunity for views from living spaces and vastly reduces the requirement for artifcial lighting.
Otcahedron
David Wilson Homes
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2005
The brief was to produce a design for 55 residential apartments with a basement parking area on a tight site in the Jewellery Quarter.
The design concept was to provide a distilled version of the nearby Victorian industrial buildings using a palette of just brick and glass. The street façade contains greater modelling than the other elevations with the structural bays defned by a giant order of brick piers
and the windows and spandrels set back by one brick. This formal front elevation continues the rhythm of listed buildings alongside. This subtle referencing of the historic fabric continues on the other facades in that the windows are composed in an informal arrangement which mirrors the adjacent properties.
Sapphire Heights
Midland Heart
Jewellery Quarter
Completed 2005
Sapphire Heights was part of the much larger Albion Square project (all by BPN), providing 63 afordable one and two bed apartments. The scheme enclosed a private courtyard for resident parking and addresses Tenby Street and Tenby Street North.
The completed scheme was built for an extremely low £840 per square metre.
To achieve this a load-bearing cross wall construction was opted for, these loadbearing walls are not just the party walls, but also the internal cross walls. The smaller spans for the foor slab allowed for minimal edge beams to the elevation which consequently also allowed for deep full height windows to be used.
