TateHindle

Countryside Properties, supported by TateHindle, has secured reserved matters planning consent from Cambridge City Council for a 5.2ha residential development of 229 homes, including 40 per cent affordable housing, at Long Road, forming part of the 2,300 home Great Kneighton development.

The new sustainable development is a planned urban extension located within the city’s Southern Fringe growth area between the village of Trumpington and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, a world-class centre for medical research. This phase of development will allow the northern gateway to Great Kneighton to be created.

The sensitively designed scheme complements the existing site and introduces a range of homes from one, two and three bedroom apartments and two, three, four and five bedroom houses set around new squares, courtyard and streets while retaining and respecting the existing mature landscape, including mature hedges and adjoining plantations. The homes are formal in style and have been designed to accommodate a wide range of different lifestyles with each home including a dedicated area of private external space.

Tony Travers, managing director of New Homes and Communities for Countryside Properties, said: “We are already selling homes being constructed on the southern side of Great Kneighton and this phase of development will broaden the range of homes on offer. This new consent at Long Road creates the northern gateway and adds to the urban fabric of the City of Cambridge...”

Andrew Tate, director of TateHindle, said: “The desire to create an environmentally responsive solution in the form of architecture that is both rigorous and contextual has underpinned our approach throughout the design process. Working closely with Countryside Properties, we have developed a high quality contemporary scheme where urban living meets Cambridgeshire countryside.”

Work will start on site later in 2013, with the first properties expected to be available for occupancy in Summer 2014.

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One Poland Street, Soho, has been shortlisted for the BCO’s prestigious ‘Recycled / Refurbished Workplace Award’.

The project transformed a rundown and outmoded building into a contemporary work environment which takes advantage of the vitality of the historic area and retains many original features whilst embracing highly engineered new materials and components.

The awards define excellence in office space, providing public recognition for top quality design and act as a benchmark for excellence in workplace design, innovation and best practice.  Following visits by BCO judges, the South East winner will be announced at the London Hilton on 30^th April, and all regional winners will then be put forward for the National BCO Awards, which take place in October.

See more photos of the project here.

A notable Grade II listed building located in the heart of the City of London has recently been refurbished for UBS. 

The recently completed refurbishment restores the grandeur of the original building by skilful and sensitive design, enhancing and revitalizes the existing features of the property to provide a truly modern office of the 21^st Century.

The original features of marble and bronze in the reception area have been retained and enhanced by a subtle redesign with the introduction of contemporary materials and lighting to provide a successful combination of history with a modern twist.

Following completion in autumn 2012, the client achieved an immediate long lease and full letting of the space and onward sale of the property.

See more photographs of the project here.

 

The mixed-use redevelopment of St James’s Market proposed by The Crown Estate includes, within the multi-application planning strategy, the buildings at 29-30 St James’s Street and 25-27 Bury Street that will be redesigned by TateHindle.

Currently the buildings provide retail space at ground floor and basement levels with dated offices above and, although unlisted, they are located within the St James’s Conservation Area.  It is proposed that the facades will be retained and, behind, there will be a residential building facing the vibrant St James’s Street and prestige offices facing Bury Street.

TateHindle director, James Hindle, said: “Our redesign will blend the historic with the modern. By retaining the facades and the ground floor retail space, the view from the street will remain broadly the same, but above will be four 3-bedroom luxury, single-floor apartments and a 4-bedroom duplex penthouse covering two floors plus 10,300 sq ft of high quality office space.

“Our work on the Grade-I listed Regency residential properties at Regents Park’s Cornwall Terrace, including the £48m number 21 property, confirmed our track record in commercial and residential architecture that is both eye-catching and contextual in keeping with the locality.”

Silk House, which forms part of the prestigious Cornwall Terrace properties, is currently on the market for £48 million. This Grade I listed property, which overlooks Regents Park, includes a swimming pool, gym, cinema, ballroom and more unusually an impressive selection of artwork of a quality usually only seen in galleries.

The collection was put together by the developer, Oakmayne Bespoke, as part of the sale presentation of the property and includes 32 pieces from artists including LS Lowry, Damien Hirst and Mark Quinn, most famous for his sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant which once occupied the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Interested buyers are handed two portfolios, one containing details of this impressive six bedroom house, the other a portfolio of the artwork currently hanging on the walls, which can be purchased for an additional £3 million. The pieces range from a £2,400 ‘ink on silk’ print by YooJin Jung up to £1.4 million for a painting by LS Lowry entitled ‘The Coal Barge’.