CHATHAM WATERFRONT Development receives planning permission!

“Chatham is on the way back up!”

John Lyall Architects ‘ regeneration scheme for Chatham’s waterfront has been awarded Planning Permission this week at public committee.

The mixed-use scheme on land owned by Medway Council and A2Dominion comprises a series of buildings in a pedestrianised landscape for commercial uses, an 80-bed hotel and 111 apartments with both river and town views. The development will re-define the sky-line of Chatham when seen across the river Medway from Rochester, integrate the public waterfront with the town centre and kick start the regeneration of the wider area.

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The project was passed unanimously, having received widespread approval from the planning committee.  Councillors remarked that the scheme  was “fresh and forward looking” and  ”vibrant”, and that it “will assist considerably in the regeneration” of the town - “Chatham is on the way back up!”

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Goldsmiths Centre – JLA visit a Huddersfield quarry!

Construction work is well under way for the new Goldsmiths Centre in central London, and as part of our detailed design-development work associate Chris Bills visited a working quarry yesterday to check the exact stone spec was right for the building!

The project was conceived by The Goldsmiths’ Company for the Goldsmiths Centre Charity and represents a very significant project for the practice and for the Client. The primary function of the Centre is to provide post-graduate education, business start-up studio space, business skills tuition and support for young goldsmiths, plus craft skills training to pre-apprentice silversmiths close to Hatton Garden, the traditional home of the trade in London.

 

The quarry near Huddersfield which will supply the stone for the new Goldsmiths Centre.

 

The development comprises a new building – predominantly clad in limestone with  panels of corten steel – and an adapted Grade Listed II Victorian School. The two distinct elements are linked by a glazed atrium. As well as the core educational facilities, the centre provides commercial workshop space, a large exhibition area, seminar space, a cafe and offices. The use of high quality, durable materials which will compliment the existing building is crucial; this is why visiting the quarry itself was so important to us.

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The Goldsmiths Centre adds to our award winning work on historic buildings. For more information see The Corn Exchange, Perth City Hall, Thomas Neals, and The Pumphouse pages of our website.

 

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Mixed use development – New World Square, Liverpool

New World Square, Liverpool

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This mixed-use regeneration scheme on the Liverpool Waterfront was granted planning permission in December 2006. The site is located between the iconic Royal Liver Building and Princes Dock. The design creates a court yarded square surrounded by a 5-star hotel, and blocks of apartments with retail and restaurants at the base.

John Lyall Architects are regularly approached by land owners and developers to see how they might develop their sites, and generate more from what they have. With several large scale projects on the drawing board now is a good time to look at some of our previous mixed use developments, and other masterplanning and feasibility studies. The following posts show just a few of our recent projects.

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Mixed Use Development – Raynes Park, London

Raynes Park, London

This project, for Thames Water, comprised a masterplanning and detailed feasibility study for the comprehensive redevelopment of a former operational site.  The study proposed around 100 new apartments superimposed over new commercial and retail uses facing the main high street.

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