We designed a concept for the Westgate Plaza Hotel, a significant new-build leisure project in the centre of Cardiff. The brief was to meet the ‘Hampton by Hilton’ brand requirements, where function meets comfort, whilst also delivering development value. Our client was local developer Rightacres in combination the Welsh Rugby Union as landowner. The feasibility … Continued
Sovereign Harbour sits to the north of Eastbourne town centre and was a originally a series of gravel pits and ponds on an area of shingle known locally as the ‘Crumbles’. Following ideas in the late sixties about the potential for housing on the site, development eventually began in the 1980s. Specifically, work started on … Continued
Cardigan – A Rich History Cardigan Memorial Hospital in Ceredigion proposes the demolition of existing hospital buildings, but retention of the remaining parts of the Nash-designed Priory House- an unlisted heritage asset dating from 1792. We originally proposed 34 new one-bed dwellings for older people to take the place of the demolished buildings, alongside a … Continued
Our longstanding client Audley Villages purchased a 20-acre site for a new care community in Scarcroft. The site, some 8 miles north of Leeds in Yorkshire, was once the home of N-Power’s headquarters. The Challenge Following acquisition of the site, Audley asked us to design a new Integrated Retirement Community (IRC) for them. This was … Continued
Octopus Real Estate is part of the Octopus Group and is a leading UK specialist real estate investor. They commissioned Gaunt Francis Architects to prepare designs for this new care home in Blythe Valley. The scheme forms a key part of the new Blythe Valley Park, an established 2 million sq. ft. mixed development. Blythe … Continued
