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It's great to see this article about the approval of our plans for Derby's Friar Gate Goods Yard in Architects’ Journal. Adam McPartland, Director of Glancy Nicholls Architects, said: “We are overjoyed that the required funds can now be invested into saving these distressed 150-year-old listed buildings. Glancy Nicholls Architects has proudly brought its expertise in restoration and retrofit design to visualise the sustainable future of two of Derby city centre’s most notable historic structures.   “From the outset, the overarching brief from Wavensmere Homes was for a huge emphasis to be placed on exemplary placemaking. By having a mix of commercial uses within the two buildings – and opening the inaccessible site up to create a series of new linear parks – hundreds of people will be able to appreciate these heritage assets on a daily basis.   “The designs for the 227 two- and three-bedroom townhouses that will surround the two listed buildings are bespoke. Curved and terraced street scenes will celebrate the beauty and vista of the Bonded Warehouse, while incorporating a range of energy saving technologies and strategies. "A four-storey apartment building containing 49 apartments will also reinstate the lost streetscape of the Stafford Street frontage. The highest EPC rating of A is being targeted for the new houses, with all plots designed to be future-proofed ahead of the 2025 Future Homes Standard.” Read Anna Highfield's article here: https://lnkd.in/e4FRthwd

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Our approach to this project proposed to maximize the potential of the site, taking the full width of the plot available. Each house being 7.10 m wide. The proposal generates a set of platforms either side of the stair void. Each platform is asigned one programmatic activity, always respecting the premise of maximum façade width. This strategy allows for the rooms of this house to enjoy of unusually wide spaces. These spaces can be bedrooms, studios, drawing rooms, libraries, games rooms, all of them enjoying of unusually wide spaces for an urban townhouse project. Only one room on each side of the staircase on each floor. High quality is expressed through generous dimensions and proportions rather than finishes, space is the new luxury. www.mollarchitects.com #architecture #contemporary #environmental #nzeb #naturalmaterials #timber #stone #vegetation #mollarchitects

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Did you catch Plus Principal Chrisney Formosa on Brisbane's 7NEWS this week? Speaking about one of our practice's crucial focuses, Chrisney highlighted the importance of prioritising medium-density housing developments in inner-city neighbourhoods when re-addressing the 'missing middle' in Queensland's current housing solutions. "As architects, we need to work with the wider construction industry, alongside policy-makers, to reformulate the idea of what city living looks like now and in the future," says Chrisney.⁠ Along with an ever-growing portfolio of medium-density residential projects, Plus Architecture currently has two developments exemplifying the innovative, targeted housing solutions Queensland needs right now: Ascot Row in North East Brisbane and Capri Villas on the Gold Coast's Isle of Capri. Watch 7NEWS Brisbane > https://bit.ly/46lZMZe #PlusArchitecture #Architecture #Design #ConsciousDesign #QueenslandHousingSolutions #MissingMiddle #CityLiving #Brisbane #GoldCoast #7NEWSBrisbane #7NEWS

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