Hadrian Awards

North Shields Ferry Pontoon

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A companion pontoon to the South Shields ferry pontoon, part of the Newcastle upon Tyne integrated Rapid Transit System. The design is a collaboration of architects and artist, Wolfgang Weileder. The pontoon was built coincident with a new connecting metro station at Backworth. The reception cetnre at the pontoon was to be reflected by an identical building at Backworth, but upside down.

The structure built from steel and glass produced an elegant and fully transparent waiting space. The roof form to enable the building to be used in an upside down position was a "flat cap" shape made from aluminium in a single piece, by a motorway signage company.

Gateshead Regional Performance Centre Landscape

2007-09-25 12:00:44

Working in partnership with Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and FaulknerBrown architect, Colour:Urban Design Limited have created three new spaces that connect the existing Gateshead International Stadium with a new sports excellence centre. These include a new arrival space for the stadium, a gateway space that links the new facility to the existing stadium, and a courtyard space. Colour UDL's approach makes innovative use of reclaimed materials and bold forms to develop a new branding for the stadium. This includes gabion colonnade structures that provide a visually powerful backdrop, and clear directional elements that link new and old.

St Silas Church and Housing

2007-09-25 12:00:44

Refurbishment of ST Silas church and the construction of Bryan Roycroft Court, Clifford Street, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Church's objectives were to increase involvement with the surrounding community, make the most of its resources to cut its running costs and create an income for it. BBHA needed new head offices and land for housing.

They decided to lease a third of the Church to Byker Bridge Housing Association for their head offices. They wanted to create a new Worship area and a Church Hall with new kitchen and toilets. The old Church Hall, which was a late addition to the Church, would be demolished to allow the land between the Church and the Metro line to be redeveloped as housing for single homeless people.

Great Cross Trust, Grasmere

2007-09-25 12:00:44

Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd were briefed and commissioned by the Great Cross Trust in Spring of 2004 to prepare designs for social housing on a vacant plot owned by the Trust in the village of Grasmere, one of the most beautiful and celebrated villages at the heart of the Lake District National Park. The completed scheme has made available an additional three houses at affordable rents to strictly local residents in a beautiful area where affordable housing is an increasingly rare commodity.

Dance City

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Dance City's Studios, Dance:Lab Theatre, teaching spaces and offices for Dance organisations are arranged around the drama of a Social atrium: the building and dance community's creative focus. A cafe sits off at the front door, looking out over the new urban square, and a spiral of gathering spaces rise up from it around the main Social Space, acting as individual focuses for the whole building's constituent parts. Big, cellular spaces - Studios and Theatre - are contained in heavyweight diaphragm-brick box wings, with the flexible and open plan administration spaces in a complementary frame and glass L-shaped one.

Gunnerton Church

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Gunnerton is a small village of about 180 people. There are no facilities or amenities apart from the church building, which is listed as grade 2. St Christopher's Church, built in 1900, was based on an award-winning design submitted to the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1898 by J.C Hawes (1876 - 1956) who described it as ‘the best I ever did’. It featured in an article in the British Architect in 1902. Hawes became an Anglican and then a Roman Catholic Priest, and in later life a hermit. He continued to practise as an architect, particularly in Australia.

The Parochial Church Council commissioned Vincente Stienlet to repair and restore the church, but also to provide a meeting area with WC and kitchen at the rear of the building. The church has been restored to its former glory, and now is a community facility for social, education and leisure activities.

Culture Lab

2007-09-25 12:00:44

Responding to Newcastle University's brief to create a unique space to encourage cross-faculty, interdisciplinary collaboration, leading North East architects Dewjo'c transformed the interior of Grade II listed building the Grand Assembly Rooms into cutting edge Culture Lab.

The building is a flagship for the University's new cultural quarter. Dewjo'c successfully integrated a highly sophisticated, technical environment within a building of historical and architectural importance, housing facilities including performance and exhibition spaces, recording studios, multi-media laboratories and an electronics workshop.

The design approach recognised the aspirations of the client as well as the needs of the building. Dewjo'c worked within the budget to incorporate the restoration of otherwise hidden historical features.

Dewjo'c worked closely with the client, city council and conservation officers to create a unique, contemporary intervention whilst maintaining the character of the original 1889 building.

The Old House

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Dating from the C17th the Old House has been carefully restored and the attached barn converted to provide additional accommodation. The exterior character has been carefully retained by repointing the large chimneys and stonework in lime mortar, and re slating the roofs with local slate.

Internally, the existing oak roof structure has been cleaned and exposed, with new oak floors, doors, panelled screens and kitchen fitments, which compliment the house and enhance the spaces to create a warm atmosphere throughout.

The scheme maintains a discreet presence on the street within the historical context of old Ambleside.

Trinity Gardens (Public Spaces)

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Situated at the heart of Newcastle Quayside adjacent to the Law Courts, the site had become neglected in recent years, dominated by a large surface car park and flanked by overgrown, intimidating landscaped banks to either side.

Southern Green Ltd was commissioned in Summer 2000 by Silverlink Properties Plc, to contribute to their competitive bid to Newcastle City for the site. The sites of All Saints and Corner Tower area were originally outside the brief from the City Council, however in order to create a truly seamless transition between the Quayside and the city centre and to ensure improved public access, Silverlink opted to incorporate these neglected green outlying areas, and this gave a winning edge to the submission.

OUSEBURN FARM: REVIVAL

2007-09-25 12:03:01

Ouseburn Farm has existed for over twenty years. For various reasons, including the fact that the land was contaminated and had to be stripped and replaced, the Farm had closed. This project was to extend the one remaining building, the 1999 timber framed, timber clad meeting room and offices of 100sqm. The new brief was for a demonstrably sustainable extension totalling 520sqm. The building has a minimal environmental footprint, by considering sustainability holistically, by designing with climate and not by just ‘bolting on a few green goodies'.

Pelaw Metro Station

2007-09-25 12:00:20

Waring and Netts was chosen as the architect to start the planned modernisation program for the successful twenty year old Tyne and Wear Metro system. The commission was awarded as the result of a competition to completely redesign and rebuild the waiting room and ticket area using futuristic design concepts.

The project is comprised of an enclosed entrance leading to a glazed brick ticket space and a glazed waiting room with automatic doors on the platform, all covered by a new overhead canopy. The ticket enclosure is constructed with stack-bonded glazed brickwork in-keeping with the existing platform materials.

Pelaw is now a flagship Metro station in terms of design, and due to its success our client, Nexus, plan to roll the bespoke design approach out for other stations on the system.

Gateshead International Stadium Regional Hub

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Gateshead Council's new regional performance centre at Gateshead International Stadium, opened by Lord Coe in May 2006, has built upon the experience gained from a series of five specialist English Institute for Sport complexes completed by FaulknerBrowns Architects in the last five years. Its integration with the Gateshead College Academy of Sport has resulted in a truly sustainable, vibrant hive of activity, in which sport and education are united, and where budding sportspersons and elite athletes rub shoulders together.

Darlington Education Village

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Darlington Education Village is the first wholly integrated and inclusive school to be built in the country in line with new government policy. It successfully combines existing secondary, primary, nursery and special educational needs (SEN) schools into a single integrated campus developing a unique approach to inclusive schools bringing benefits for education both in Darlington and across the country. The village caters for children ages 0-16 and of all abilities.

Horton Park

2007-09-25 12:00:20

The design of Horton Park demonstrates that it is possible to maximise development potential, create modern, practical, flexible and accessible office space while still responding responsibly and sensitively to the historical significance of a site. Such design innovation by Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall Ltd, Blagdon Estate's commitment to a high quality development and the craftsmanship of DP Builders has lead to an exemplary rural office development.

The Jerwood Centre at the Wordsworth Trust

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The Jerwood Centre at the Wordsworth Trust was built to house the Wordsworth Trust's collections of books, manuscripts, and fine art. Externally Elterwater stone and slate, lead oak and glass clad the building using references to the local traditional building methods but in a thoroughly modern way. Archive vaults and plant occupy the basement and conservation is carried out on the mid level. The top level provides a reading room which is the architectural highlight. Scholars from all over the world come to the building to study to Wordsworth's life and those of his contemporaries.

Generator Studios

2007-09-25 12:03:01

The Generator Studios brand was evolved to appeal to all of the senses and leave a very distinct impression. The entrance is more cafe than reception - the smell of fresh coffee, the sound of the espresso machine and the opportunity to play table football are instantly appealing and welcoming.

Northern Rock Foundation

2007-09-25 12:03:01

An exemplary conversion that redefines a historic building into a contemporary accessible and interactive environment whilst retailing its inherent character.

Venerable Bede C of E Secondary School

2007-09-25 12:03:18

The Venerable Bede Church of England Secondary School in Ryhope, built as a joint venture between the Diocese of Durham and Sunderland Local Education Authority, is named after the local Saint who, in his time, pushed back the boundaries of learning and who was a pivotal figure in the history of the development of knowledge in the Western world.

Cleadon Pumping Station

2007-09-25 12:01:09

An exemplary scheme that marries contemporary design with sensitive conservation of a landmark group of grade II listed buildings.

Northern Institute for Cancer Research,

2007-09-25 12:03:01

In 2004, the world class bio-medical researches of the University of Newcastle`s Cancer Research Unit formed the Northern Institute for Cancer Research in the purpose-built Paul O`Gorman building designed by FaulknerBrowns.

Devonshire Building

2007-09-25 12:03:01

The Devonshire Building is a flagship development for the University of Newcastle which, in many ways, embodies a new approach to providing academic facilities. It is an Environmental Research Facility and it is central to the design of the building that it is demonstrably `green` in terms of a sustainable approach and application of best practice in environmental standards.

Dalton Park

2007-09-25 12:01:43

Dalton Park is a visionary scheme that has brought about a complete transformation of a disused colliery tip site into a striking landscape that offers diverse wildlife habitat, combined with a retail and leisure use. It is this symbiosis between commercial and ecological regeneration that ensures that the scheme will not only be well maintained and financially viable, but provide a catalyst for the widespread economic regeneration of the surrounding community.

The Quadrus Centre

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The Quadrus Centre is a £5 million managed office development. Opened in May 2005, this distinctive lakeside building is set to become a state of the art launch pad for new and growing businesses in South Tyneside.

The striking building offers a bold and imaginative statement at one of the key gateways to South Tyneside. The project demonstrates how a new building can make a challenging design statement and contribute to the landscape character of the wider area. The Quadrus Centre demonstrates an exceptional level of architectural ambition, providing a high quality working environment for occupiers of the building.

Picture House

2007-09-25 12:03:01

UK Land Estates` brief was to provide a cost effective design solution that would provide maximum flexibility and reflect high standards of quality and finish for their new headquarters.