A redundant former stone quarry in a spectacular setting with a 63m change in level from north to south. The challenge has been to create a new village which celebrates its local distinctiveness; maximises value; meets all sustainability criteria and is deliverable in phases. Aspirational exemplars included Mediterranean hill towns and local Yorkshire stone villages. … Continued
16 private residential and 6 affordable residential apartments formed out of the envelope of an existing office building, with the existing ground/lower ground floor commercial tenant remaining in situ. The essence of the scheme was to strip the upper floors of the building back to its concrete frame; to fit out the interior to provide the … Continued
Our scheme proposed a development framework across the whole estate which sought to significantly improve all public realm elements; introduce greater permeability and accessibility throughout the estate, and to replace the significant but vacant office buildings with a mixed use office and residential development. In addition, we proposed a 23 storey new build elliptical tower … Continued
The brief for this exceptional site was a regeneration scheme focused on a foodstore; new retail space; leisure uses, car parking and residential units. The 15 hectare site has a magnificent seaside aspect, but is at present a derelict caravan park and partly used as the town car park site. Our scheme seeks a two … Continued
Our work focused on promoting the site through the local development framework process. This 500 home development is intended to form a new sustainable, accessible urban extension to this well preserved market town. We coordinated the design and publication of a significant Consultation Response document, involving input from many specialists. This involved in-depth analysis of … Continued
Gaunt Francis won the national architectural competition for the British Homes Awards ’House of the Future’, which was organised with the Mail on Sunday, Building Design and Real Estate TV. The competition required the design of a zero carbon house aimed at the volume house building market, and was felt to be a good opportunity … Continued
Gaunt Francis Architects were responsible for carrying out a £5m comprehensive upgrade of this existing former-warehouse in the Jewelry Quarter of Birmingham which has long been the home the College of Law (now the University of Law) in the city. The upgrade of the building was delivered in three phases over three years, all carried out … Continued
Formally the Public Records Office – ‘the strong box of the empire’ – Kings College London acquired this massive Victorian gothic edifice with a view to rationalising their various London libraries onto one site near their Strand Campus. Our concept was to break down the ‘prison-like’ internal planning to create a more spacious facility and … Continued
Temple Circus was the fifth project undertaken for the College of Law (now ‘University of Law’) in a rolling programme across the UK, to a tight construction programme and term deadline. An agreement to lease the ground and first floors of this major office building left the prospect of a limited street profile, and potential … Continued
The Pearson Building and the Slade School of Fine Art form two sides of the Grade 1 Listed quadrangle at the heart of the UCL Campus in central London. Through careful co-ordination with English Heritage and the Camden Planning Department, the interior of the 2600m2 Pearson Building has been reconfigured to create a series of … Continued
