Projects

Temple Moor High School Sixth Form – Leeds

Bowman Riley designed an expanded sixth form block at Temple Moor High School to enhance its post-16 provision, meeting current demand and anticipated population growth in the area.

The school has provided post-16 education for 163 students, with high retention rates from earlier years. As a result, demand for post-16 places has steadily risen. This expansion will allow for an annual intake of 175 students, including those from Temple Moor High School and other schools across Leeds, bringing total capacity to 350.

The expansion will enable the school to offer students improved, high-quality facilities and resources, including seven additional classrooms, a new study area, a dedicated ICT suite, plus a significantly enlarged common room with a servery and areas set aside as a cybercafé and socialising area. The project also includes a dedicated sixth form entrance and reception, additional post-16 office space and a meeting room.

The additional new facilities will also enable the Temple Moor High School to offer a broader curriculum, including a T-Level in Early Years Education.

The project progressed through architectural stages 2–6, with Bowman Riley delivering the design under a Design & Build contract for the Red Kite Learning Trust. The project was novated to contractor Lindum Group, and we continued to work with them to develop and deliver the design brief set by the Trust.

The design team collaborated to overcome on-site challenges, ensuring the new sixth form building was delivered successfully and operational for the school community by the start of the new academic year.

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The White House – York

Bowman Riley collaborated with the Places for People Asset Management Team and the appointed contractor to refurbish The White House, an 18th-century Grade II listed building in York used as office accommodation for Places for People.

The project unfolded as a comprehensive refurbishment aimed at resolving water ingress issues, preserving the building’s structural integrity, and enhancing both its external and internal aesthetics.

The primary challenge lay in investigating and mitigating water ingress, a concern that threatened the building’s longevity. Our team meticulously examined the property, identifying areas requiring immediate attention, including rendering, flashing, and chimney repairs. The team seamlessly integrated these repairs while ensuring the interventions were in harmony with the historic character of the structure.

Externally, the building was rejuvenated with a breathable white paint application, carefully selected to protect and preserve its heritage charm. The restoration also addressed a shared gutter issue, preventing further leaks into neighbouring properties. Internally, the bathrooms and kitchens were revitalised with a complete internal redecoration breathed new life into the spaces, creating a refreshed appeal for the building’s occupants.

The refurbishment of the White House project delivered tangible benefits, transforming the space to meet both the functional and aesthetic needs of office users. The refreshed interiors provide a modern, comfortable working environment, perfectly aligned with the project’s overarching goals.

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Bradford College Student Central – Bradford

Bowman Riley provided interior design and project management to support the interior refurbishment of the Student Central social hub within the David Hockney building at Bradford College.

Bradford College, one of the largest further education colleges in the UK, sought to create an inspiring and functional space for its students to relax and unwind in between classes. The existing Student Central was characterised by a tired, cluttered space that did not reflect Bradford College’s identity. Recognising the need for a revitalised space where students could relax, recharge, and socialise between lessons, our brief was to create an environment that aligned with the College’s brand while prioritising the needs of a diverse student body, including neurodiversity.

We created two distinct yet interconnected areas within the space. The lounge area was Inspired by coffee shops, airport lounges, and hotel lobbies, serving as a space for students to unwind. We introduced a feature screen, branding elements and Biophilia to enhance calmness. Careful colour selection to avoid overwhelming stimuli. The second area is dedicated to recreation, incorporating existing games such as pool tables and table tennis.

We retained and upcycled elements like the reception desk to minimise waste.

Once the interior design was approved, our project manager oversaw the refurbishment process, collaborating with the selected contractor Ben Johnson to ensure a smooth fit-out in line with our design intent featuring quality furniture, fixtures, and equipment and acoustic treatments to reduce noise.

The refurbished Student Central met all objectives including timely delivery ahead of the new academic year. The refurbishment of Student Central exemplifies our commitment to creating spaces that enhance the overall student experience.

Images credit Ben Johnson.

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Cambridge Road Major Residential Scheme – London

Countryside Partnerships part of the Vistry Group

Kingston, London

Bowman Riley is leading the design delivery of two apartment buildings as part of a major new residential development on Cambridge Road in Kingston.

The local authority identified that the current housing stock would not be able to cope with Kingston’s population growth over the next few decades. Following the compulsory purchase of the nine-hectare site, the new development will replace a 1960s housing estate.

The Cambridge Road development will create a vibrant and safe neighbourhood that provides local people with high-quality yet affordable and energy-efficient new homes that are the right size for their families. The overarching aim is to deliver social, economic and environmental improvements to the area to deliver comprehensive regeneration.

In phase one, we are delivering the design of two residential buildings containing 250 apartments. The proposals will reconnect the site with the broader community by transforming the neighbourhood with high-quality and modern urban design.

The development will exceed the whole lifecycle carbon benchmark through sustainable design and efficient, detailed space planning that incorporates structural and MEP proposals.

Urban greening, green roofs, soft landscaping, and a podium garden will all feature in the development, promoting biodiversity and sustainable urban drainage.

See our other project for Countryside Partnerships at the Acton Gardens Urban Village

Design and image credit Patel Taylor.

Grantley Hall Hotel and Wellness Retreat – Ripon

The magnificent Grantley Hall opened in the summer of 2019 as one of the UK’s most luxurious hotels and spas in the UK.  This five-star country retreat is the only member of Relais & Châteaux in Yorkshire, was named ‘Best Newcomer 2020’ by Conde Nast and labelled the second-best new luxury hotel in the world by Luxury Travel Intelligence.

Bowman Riley delivered the transformation of the elegant Grade II* listed Grantley Hall into one of the UK’s finest country hotels and wellness retreats.

Surrounded by 30 acres of beautiful Yorkshire countryside, the magnificently imposing Grantley Hall is set on an artificial island created by the canalisation of the River Skell in Ripon.

The 17th century classically styled property was built as a private residence for the Grantley family. Extensions in the 18th and 19th centuries followed leaving a principally Georgian elevation. The building has enjoyed a colourful history which includes its use as a shooting lodge, convalescent home during the Second World War and an adult education college.

Inspired by its grandeur, the renovation of Grantley Hall accentuates the historic details of the imposing property featuring a magnificent dual height presidential suite, signature restaurant, brasserie and cocktail bar set in exquisite formal gardens.

To complement the historic Hall, a new spa building and bedroom wing have been created in a modern Georgian style.  Four months after opening,  the Three Graces Spa was awarded 5 Bubble Luxury status by the Good Spa Guide.

A new subterranean Garden Pavilion building featuring a bar, private lounge, an exclusive after-hours club and restaurant has been integrated within the 1910 listed Japanese garden restored to become one of the most important of its type in the country.

The renovation of the historic hall alongside the creation of two new bespoke buildings allows hotel guests to experience a five-star luxury getaway in opulent surroundings.

We worked with a Yorkshire based consultant team including project managers and surveyors, Lucas Lee, engineers GHD and the interiors were delivered in conjunction with JMDA.   The two main contractors were locally based, RN Wooler & Co and HACS. This team along with numerous other consultants and subcontractors made the Grantley Hall vision a reality.

Grantley Hall won the Heritage Award at the 2020 RICS Social Impact Awards Yorkshire and Humber and has reached the national finals.

RICS Head Judge Mark Rugg said:

“Grantley Hall oozes historic character and quality. After decades of inappropriate uses and vacancy the multi-phase Grade II* listed mansion dating back to the 17th century, has been lovingly transformed into a five-star hotel and wellness retreat. The painstaking restoration programme included extensions and new buildings designed to enhance the character and use of the site. The Japanese Garden is a jewel in the crown and was designated a Grade II Registered Park and Garden during the course of the project.”

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Sportsshoes.com Creative Hub – Bradford

Bowman Riley designed a creative hub for 100 people at Sportsshoes.com after they acquired an industrial unit adjacent to their headquarters in Shipley near Bradford.

Our brief was to create an agile and expressive workspace for their digital, marketing, and commercial teams while offering a much-needed space to hold events and brand showcases.

We reused as much of the existing frame and building as possible to reduce the need for additional building works. We used recycled and reclaimed materials and artefacts, minimising the embodied carbon. The exterior redesign gives the hub a new identity within the labyrinth of Sportshoes.com buildings. The new black finishes and stealth lighting enhance the curb appeal, and the new windows flood the internal mezzanine with natural light.

We designed the interiors to be a fully immersive brand experience referencing Sportshoes.com’s origin, ethos, people and products. The playful concept is based on Sportshoes.com’s brand featuring running tracks, climbing frames, graphics reminiscent of sporting accents, and gym horses for seating with oversized graphics throughout the spaces. The addition of a shipping container creates an unusual meeting room and a backdrop for the bleacher seating.

Pods and breakout areas provide a variety of spaces that can be easily reconfigured to work, collaborate, and relax, including an indoor garden, wellness space and area to watch sporting events. The layout, furniture, fabrics and lighting accommodate multiple working styles, from open, collaborative spaces with workbenches to quiet working pods for online meetings. The fabrics reflect the environment – in the open-plan areas, we used a brighter punchier palette; in the quiet, calming workspaces, we used shades of green and biophilia for tranquillity.

A mixture of meeting spaces has been incorporated, from a feature boardroom with graffiti-style fabrics on the chairs to agile meeting rooms with tall poseur-style tables to keep team catch-ups short and sweet.

Now complete, the hub helps Sportshoes.com with talent retention and recruitment in an environment that fosters community.

Read more about the project in the media in the Yorkshire Post and in Retail Gazette.

This project has been shortlisted for Insider Property Awards 2023 in the category of Fit-Out of the Year.

Cliffemount Hotel – Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire Coast

Bowman Riley is designing the Cliffemount, a unique new Passive House hotel on the stunning clifftop of Runswick Bay, capturing scenic views of the North Yorkshire coast.

In 2022, the Fojt family became the new owners of the existing property to rebuild the business into a 20-bedroom luxury boutique hotel, restaurant and bar within this popular summer holiday destination and part of the Cleveland Way National Trail.

The vision is to create a unique destination that enhances the coastal village’s community facilities and visitor offer by providing a luxury hotel with high-quality food and beverages to ensure a top-quality guest experience and provide local people with excellent career opportunities.

Our plans are to limit Cliffemount’s impact on the environment and the local community alike. As well as the exceptional sustainable targets, the building is designed to bring significant community benefits.

We are creating an exceptional-standard Passive House building that reflects the local history and character and aims to be a beacon for sustainable development and community benefit for years to come. The Passive House building will adhere to stringent energy efficiency standards while ensuring comfort, affordability, and ecological considerations.

We held a public consultation event to involve local people in the planning process. The project team received overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding the design, the restaurant and the pub. Cliffemount has now achieved planning consent with the aim of opening its doors in Spring 2025.

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York College Construction Centre – York

Bowman Riley supported York College on the significant extension of their construction centre to facilitate the introduction of T-Level qualifications in construction-related courses at the College.

Under the existing framework agreement with York College, we provided contract administration, building surveying, cost consultancy, architecture, project management and the principal designer role. The two-storey extension is adjacent to the main campus building. The ground floor expanded joinery and brickwork workshops, accommodating all construction-related courses, while the first floor housed specialist laboratories, classrooms, and IT suites.

The 44-week construction programme was strategically phased outside of term time. Temporary marquee structures were installed due to COVID-19, providing immediate teaching spaces for construction-related courses. We managed this interim solution, ensuring continuity of teaching until the permanent extension’s completion. Collaborating with York College, Adept engineers, and RPS MEP specialists using a shared Revit model facilitated coordinated design and successful project execution.

The construction centre extension addressed immediate space requirements, demonstrating innovative problem-solving and a commitment to sustainability. It achieved a Very Good BREEAM rating. Completed within budget and on schedule, the project provided the College with state-of-the-art facilities for T-level qualifications.

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The George Hotel Repair and Conservation Works – Huddersfield

Kirklees Council

Huddersfield

Bowman Riley provided conservation architecture to Kirklees Council on the George Hotel, an elegant Grade II* listed 1851 landmark with an Italianate façade designed by William Walker next to the railway station to meet the needs of the Victorian traveller.

The industrial revolution brought the arrival of the railway and increased wealth, resulting in the development of Huddersfield town centre, including the George. The building is famous as the birthplace of rugby league in 1895 when 21 rugby clubs met in the hotel and voted to secede from the Rugby Football Union to set up the Rugby Football League.

In 2013 the 60-bed hotel closed due to competition from chain budget hotels. An essential part of Huddersfield’s history, the Council purchased the George.

Our role was to help bring this listed building back into use, prolong the life of the building fabric and enhance the significance of the external façade by replacing inappropriate interventions and advice on the re-purposing to ensure no harm to the buildings’ heritage significance.

Working with the Council and Historic England, we identified the significance of the George to inform the strategy for repairing the building’s fabric. We assessed the general condition of the building to identify critical issues both internally and externally. We prepared a comprehensive repair strategy, considering the significance of the various elements of the building fabric and the cause of the defects, and the likelihood for future degeneration and proposing the appropriate repair solution.

The work predominantly involved stonework repairs, window replacement and roof repairs. We worked with the scaffolding company to determine methods for erecting the scaffold to ensure minimal harm to the building and a CARE-accredited Structural Engineer.

With the repair works now complete, our team is currently working on the next phase of the George Hotel project be transform it into a Radisson Red hotel ready to welcome guests to an experience that seamlessly blends history with modern luxury.

“We want to give a massive shoutout to our amazing project team… Their expertise and attention to detail have been instrumental in the successful completion of the work. Hats off to them —they’ve given The George Hotel a well-deserved makeover! The building has been meticulously restored, retaining its historical significance while embracing modernity, and has given the hotel a new lease of life.”

Nigel Hunston, Kirklees Council

Read more about the project in the media with articles in the Insider, Yorkshire Live and Huddersfield Unlimited.

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Acton Gardens Urban Village – London

Countryside Partnerships part of the Vistry Group

Bowman Riley was commissioned to develop the designs and coordinate the construction of phase eight of Acton Gardens, a major residential development in West London.

The scheme forms part of the wider award-winning urban village, a regeneration scheme surrounded by leafy streets and unique character with Chiswick, Gunnersbury and Acton on its doorstep.

These new homes will provide an integral part of the West London community with an array of essential services and amenities – from the on-site medical centre and supermarket to the nearby school and nurseries with shops, restaurants and transport links nearby.

Starting from RIBA Stage 4, our team works in Revit with the MEP and structural engineers. We took over from Stitch, who designed the scheme up to RIBA Stage 3.  Phase eight of the development provides 334 new homes with associated public, semi-private, and private amenity spaces.  Parking and ancillary accommodation, including cycle and bin stores and plant space, serve the development.

The new properties are of varied sizes from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom maisonettes and six family houses. There is a mix of tenures including private sale, shared ownership, 35.6% affordable rent and 10% of wheelchair adaptable homes.

Maltkiln New Settlement – North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley has undertaken a residential-led masterplan for Caddick Developments to create a sustainable community hub with up to 3000 homes around Maltkiln, between York and Harrogate.

The masterplan strives to provide residents with the comforts of rural living while ensuring easy access to essential urban amenities.  Our design code, which seeks to promote appropriate innovative development within the identified parameters, is a key part of delivering this project’s vision.

We are designing a community heart for the settlement around the Cattal railway station, including a medical centre and pharmacy, community centre, extra care apartments, affordable housing units, bars, restaurants and cafes, a convenience store and offices, a transport hub and a mobility centre. We are focused on creating a sense of community with active frontages to the buildings that interact with the streetscapes, providing well-lit streets and natural surveillance through good design, encouraging people to take pride and ownership in the spaces.

An external market square and outdoor spaces create a high-quality public realm and integrate the buildings into the broader masterplan, as well as the neighbouring settlements and infrastructure beyond the settlement.

Our strategy addresses the risk of flooding by situating sensitive areas away from high-risk zones. Development in flood-prone areas is minimised. Parking, sustainable urban drainage, and commercial spaces are strategically placed, ensuring the best use of land.

It is recognised that access to public transport should be the primary method of travel to promote sustainability. However, meeting all travel demand by these means is not always practicable and the adequacy of road links serving potential development sites therefore remains a key consideration. Planning for future growth around Maltkiln will both allow communities access to a wider range of jobs and facilities and also help to promote and attract new businesses to the area.

Morley Learning & Skills Centre – Leeds

Morley, Leeds

Luminate Education Group

Bowman Riley is providing architecture on the transformation of a historic building within a conservation area in south Leeds into the Morley Learning and Skills Centre for Luminate Education Group.

Leeds City Council and Leeds City College have partnered to transform the former St Mary’s in the Wood church hall, dating back to 1900, into a new adult training facility. The facility will provide training to boost the skills of adults, particularly in emerging and new technologies, to help local people gain the skills they need to maximise their potential.

The council purchased the Grade II-listed building using part of the £24.3 million Morley Towns Fund grant, part of the government’s national Levelling Up initiative.

We are providing architecture alongside Curtins civil and structural engineers and TB&A mechanical and electrical engineers as part of our team to achieve planning and Listed Building consent. The proposal outlines an educational facility with a learning zone, teaching spaces and classrooms.

Our role has involved extensive stakeholder engagement with the College and local community, who welcome the development. The project involves internal and external alterations, works to the existing building elements and new additions, including a lift, external ramp and learning pod. The external works include a new rear external enclosure, hard surface alterations and new external landscaping.
The Morley Learning and Skills Centre is planned to open in late 2025. It will be an exciting addition to Morley and a place for developing skills in the town centre.

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North York Moors National Park New Headquarters – Hemsley, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley is collaborating with the North York Moors National Park Authority to design a new Headquarters Office and Ranger Depot in Helmsley. The intention is to consolidate the Authority’s sites into a single, efficient facility, ensuring continued community service and protecting the North York Moors’ beauty.

The building includes high-quality office space suitable for modern hybrid working, accommodating 50 workstations in an open-plan layout. It also features meeting rooms, breakout spaces, and a large committee room for public meetings. The project features functional garaging, workshops, and storage for rangers. On-site parking will include overflow, EV charging, and space for fleet vehicles and bicycles.

Our design blends traditional and contemporary architectural styles with high-quality natural materials like local stone and timber cladding. The project emphasises a low-energy design using passive principles: maximising photovoltaic roof panels for on-site energy, using natural ventilation through openable windows, and ensuring high thermal insulation and airtightness to reduce operational costs.

The interior design fosters collaboration through open-plan workspaces and flexible meeting areas, adhering to WELL standards to promote health and wellbeing. Essential design strategies include optimal lighting, hydration, colour, airflow, movement, acoustic control, and ergonomics.

Developed through extensive consultation with staff, Park Authority members, North Yorkshire Council planning officers, and local residents, the project supports the Authority’s goal of creating a sustainable and vibrant future for the National Park.

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The George Hotel Redevelopment – Huddersfield

Kirklees Council

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley has provided architecture, conservation architecture, interior design and the roles of lead consultant and principal designer on the George Hotel redevelopment for Kirklees Council.

The George is an elegant Grade II* listed 1851 landmark next to the railway station in Huddersfield to meet the needs of the Victorian traveller. In 2013, the 60-bed hotel closed due to competition from budget hotels.

Following our project to provide conservation architecture on the repair and conservation of the façade of the George, we prepared a feasibility study to consider the alterations necessary to create a 90+ bedroom hotel.  Development partner Queensberry undertook a preliminary assessment of the George. The findings were that the building would need substantial changes to attract a hotel chain to secure its long-term future. Our designs helped attract Radisson to operate the building as a Radisson Red Hotel.

Following a review of the heritage significance of the building, we identified the 1930s wing as having the most capacity for change, followed by the east wing. We developed plans to demolish the 1930s wing and substantially alter the east wing to achieve 90+ bedrooms. Historic England understands the need for change and is keen to see this heritage asset brought back into viable reuse, which supported the planning approval application.

We are leading a multi-disciplined team bringing external consultants and specialists for quantity surveying provided by Turner & Townsend, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering provided by Ramboll, and fire, BREEAM and acoustics by Mott MacDonald, combining expertise and resources to ensure a seamless project execution.

“We have been impressed with Bowman Riley’s pragmatic approach and knowledge to overcome some tricky issues, especially regarding planning/Listed Building Consent. We look forward to carrying the scheme forward with them.”

Jack Pasley, Queensberry

Greenholme Mills Residential Development – Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley

Bowman Riley has provided architecture and principal designer services on the redevelopment of Greenholme Mills, a historic Yorkshire mill site, into a major riverside residential scheme.

Once a booming textiles mill powered by water fed through the River Wharfe, Greenholme Mills employed hundreds of people during the industrial revolution. In recent years, the site had been used for a variety of commercial and industrial purposes but was underused and unsustainable in its existing form.

Developer MMR purchased the site with planning consent for a residential development of circa 90 homes. With a strong track record in mill developments, Bowman Riley was approached to redesign the scheme to help MMR achieve maximum value from their investment.

Our design of the new houses increases the eaves and ridge heights of the new build houses to form new porches and rear box extensions. Additionally, we are designing six new bespoke townhouses maximising views across the valley.

We redesigned the two multi-storey mills to increase the unit numbers. The larger of the two mills lent itself to conversion because the windows and column positions are ideally placed. However, the smaller of the two mills is shallow in plan, presenting the opportunity to duplicate its depth by forming a new build extension to it.

To complete the development, we created a commercial element by reusing and extending the existing workshop buildings to provide unrivalled fitness and recreation facilities comprising a swimming pool, gym, café, and crèche with an outdoor play area. The building conversion retains as much as possible of the structure of the existing buildings and locates key areas at the higher level out of the flood risk zone, whilst maintaining views out to the riverside.

Read more about this prestigious development in the Yorkshire Post.

This project was Highly Commended at Insider Property Awards 2023 in the category of Residential Development of the Year (fewer than 100 homes).

For sales enquiries please contact the agent, Dacre Son & Hartley at their offices: ilkley@dacres.co.uk or 01943 600655 option 1 for residential sales.

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Meadow View – Ilkley

Bowman Riley designed Meadow View, a replacement four-bedroom house in a green belt area in Ilkley.

The pre-existing two-storey detached property was narrow, with small rooms that were not suitable for conversion into modern open-plan living. In addition, the house was poorly insulated and in need of new electrics.

The new three-storey house, with a subterranean level, takes advantage of the nine-metre level change. With a feature entrance hall and full-height glazing, the staircase offers views throughout the property to the rear garden. The open-plan living areas connect to an outside terrace.
The four bedrooms are accessed off the feature staircase and all rooms provide spectacular views over the gardens.

The gable roof to bedrooms two of the bedrooms have been extended to create a balcony and masonry wing walls to provide privacy to the adjacent properties. The basement is hidden between two retaining walls on either side of the glazed area to allow interaction with the garden and provide a internal space for a home cinema, bar and gym. There is a vertical emphasis throughout the modern design with floor to ceiling glazing and external frameless glass balustrading to allow uninterrupted views of the garden and beyond.

A red brick façade with contemporary black aluminium framed windows, bi-folding doors, fascias and soffits contribute to the aesthetics of the property.

Meadow View benefits from renewable energy technology with integrated photovoltaic roof panels, an air source heat pump, electric car charging points and a highly efficient whole-house mechanical ventilation with a heat recovery system.

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GRIDSERVE Braintree Electric Vehicle Forecourt – Braintree, Essex

GRIDSERVE

Braintree, Essex

Bowman Riley supported the development of the UK’s first electric vehicle charging forecourt for GRIDSERVE, a British start-up provider of hybrid solar solutions for power infrastructure.

GRIDSERVE approached Bowman Riley for support due to our 40 years of expertise in fuel forecourt designs. GRIDSERVE’s objective is to radically transform the electric vehicle experience by delivering a sustainable, energy-powered, affordable, public charging network.

Our role comprised lead designer, project manager and principal designer for the whole site, architect on the forecourt and delivery architect on the new modular building. We proposed further specialist and quality consultants and contractors to progress the project in line with the challenging time scales.

Situated on a greenfield site designated as a technology park, GRIDSERVE Braintree is the first 100% renewable fast-charging electric vehicle forecourt with a 5MVA power supply. In consideration of future expansion, we have created the capacity to offer double the supply to 10MVA.

Alongside the forecourt is a new modular building to house a vehicle showroom, convenience store, meeting and lounge to offer facilities for drivers whilst their vehicles are charged to deliver an enhanced customer experience.

This sustainable site features photovoltaic panels, greenery, rainwater harvesting and a balancing pond for urban drainage.  The development targeted a BREEAM Excellent rating.

Within the first 18 months of opening the site, EV ownership in Essex increased by 82 percent, which is more than double the UK’s average rate of growth.

We are continuing to work with our client to develop the concept into an affordable and deliverable offer to support their expansion plans to roll out the forecourt model across the UK.

Images courtesy of GRIDSERVE.

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Dean Street – Soho, London

Titan Construction

Bowman Riley developed the architecture and interior design of a new-build mixed-use scheme prominently located on Dean Street in Soho, in the heart of London.

The new building is a piece of modern architecture that references the Georgian buildings that once stood in its place. The development accommodates a ground-floor, 5,457ft2 restaurant with prime frontage pre-let and already occupied by Wagamama as their flagship restaurant. Private residential apartments are on the upper floors, and there are 16 secure underground car parking spaces and 24 cycle racks with direct access to the building.

We provided the construction detailing on the fit-out package on 18 luxury apartments including two penthouses totalling 15,137ft2. The two penthouse apartments have 1,561ft2 of exclusive private terracing afforded over fifth and sixth floors.

The elegant Art-Deco design combines reclaimed oak floors, white and light grey colour palette, wood panelling, a cast iron and stone staircase, polished brass light fixtures and leather doors. With high quality detailing and finishes, we implemented the interior design intent and re-designed specific aspects to create a luxurious interior.

Working closely with the wider design team, we assisted the contractor on site to ensure the project ran to programme.

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Bloomfield Central Leisure Park – Blackpool

Bowman Riley has helped revitalise Bloomfield Central leisure park in Blackpool with the design of a vibrant new bingo hall and a convenient drive-thru Starbucks coffee shop.

Working alongside Aim Capital, the new owners of Bloomfield Central, we have supported the redevelopment of the park to better meet the local market needs. Close to Blackpool Football Club’s stadium, Bloomfield Central is a small yet significant leisure hub, now poised for a fresh chapter.

On the site of a once-struggling pub, we designed a modern 25,000ft2 single-storey bingo hall for Club3000. Far from a typical, windowless box, we created an striking bespoke building with feature glazing on the active façade.

Midway through construction, the main contractor went into administration, leaving the building exposed to the elements. We worked quickly on behalf of our client to source a new contractor to repair the water damage and complete the building.

Adding to the park’s appeal, we designed a stylish new drive-thru coffee shop on the former site of a Frankie and Benny’s restaurant. Now occupied by Starbucks, this cosy spot offers visitors a place to relax, meet friends, or grab a quick coffee on the go.

Additionally to support the operations of the leisure park, we reconfigured the car park and created new site access.

These developments inject new energy into Bloomfield Central, elevating the leisure experience for everyone who visits.

Images courtesy of Aim Capital.

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YorSpace – York

Bowman Riley is collaborating with Yorspace Community Land Trust and PureHaus to deliver a ground breaking, low carbon community-led residential scheme in York.

Our brief was to deliver a scheme against three aims to be: affordable, sustainable and community-led involving our expertise as architects, Passive House designers, technical coordinators, and acting as the principal designer for CDM and under the Building Safety Act.

This community-led initiative has involved numerous collaborators and social investors including Homes England and the Joseph Roundtree Foundation located on the site of a former school adjacent to TV’s Grand Designs – The Streets scheme.

The first phase of this ambitious self-build development comprises 14 townhouses, with future phases planned to include new build apartments and a community hall. Five of the townhouses are modular prefabricated buildings. The remaining houses are timber frame and designed to meet Passive House standards, ensuring they are super airtight and energy-efficient. Using this approach significantly reduces the buildings’ energy consumption, providing residents with comfortable living spaces.

This project is notably community-led, emphasising local involvement and self-build principles. Bowman Riley’s expertise in sustainable design and technical coordination is pivotal in bringing this forward-thinking residential scheme to life.

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Spring Meadow Passive Houses – Leeds

Bowman Riley is supporting the delivery of 20 new build Passive Houses, Spring Meadow in Drighlington, Leeds for PureHaus.

We created technical details for building control and construction whilst taking on the Passive House certification role. The houses far exceed the performance target of 0.6 air changes per hour, compared to the typical building target of eight air changes per hour and the Passive House default of 0.6.

Our scope expanded to include the discharge of planning conditions related to drainage and highways, handling complex level changes on a former landfill site, and assisting with construction details. We produced a suite of technical drawings, conducted regular site visits and reporting, investigated and opened up materials, and collected photographic documentation for submission to an external certifier.

The project incorporated several sustainable features, such as triple-glazed windows, solar panels, electric charging points, and advanced air filtration and monitoring systems, ensuring healthier living environments.

The project focused on repeatability and efficiency in deliverability to develop standard house types to bring high-quality Passive Houses to future sites. The homes boast 78% less embodied carbon than the RIBA 2011 ‘business as usual’ benchmark and are 1000% more effective than standard building regulations. This high level of efficiency and sustainability translates into ultra-low energy bills for homeowners.

Our efforts assisted in the early sale of 25% of the units before the show home was opened, reflecting the market’s confidence in the development.

Our efforts assisted in the early sale of 25% of the Spring Meadow units before the show home was opened, reflecting the market’s confidence in the development.

Images credit – PureHaus

Barrister’s Chambers – Newcastle

Parklane Plowden

Newcastle

Bowman Riley designed the interior fit-out of a barrister’s chambers in Newcastle for Parklane Plowden following our transformation of their headquarters in Leeds.

Parklane Plowden relocated their premises to the Grade II listed Portland House to be closer to the civil, family and tribunal courts.

Portland House was a 19th-century maternity hospital designed by famed architect John Dobson. The building was later the local headquarters of the BBC and was used during the filming of the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake.

The barrister’s chambers sought a fresh look for its office space to create a more inviting and functional environment for its team of barristers and clients. The chambers’ reputation for excellence and expertise demanded an interior space that reflected professionalism, sophistication, and functionality.

Our interior designers collaborated closely with Parklane Plowden to optimise the layout of the compact space and improve the client experience, creating areas that are welcoming, comfortable, and conducive to confidential consultations. We improved workflow, client interactions, and barrister productivity using the entire space available to create private meeting spaces, barristers chambers, offices and kitchen.

Our designs reflect our client’s brand identity, incorporating Park Lane Plowden’s logo and blue colour palette into the design while infusing a modern aesthetic.

High-performing acoustic treatments were incorporated into the design using acoustic ceilings and double-glazed partitions, bringing the added benefit of increasing natural light within the interior.

Now complete, we successfully transformed Parklane Plowden’s chambers into a sophisticated, functional, and inviting environment.

“With an impressive, modern design combined with an iconic exterior, we have a vibrant working environment which supports our growing set’s talent to deliver excellent outcomes for our clients. The new Newcastle office is the perfect complement to our Leeds premises, which combined helps enable our progressive growth strategy”.

Mike Stubbs, Parklane Plowden

Harrogate Town Football Club Spectator Stand Bar

Harrogate Town Football Club commissioned Bowman Riley to transform an underused space within the ground into a vibrant and practical spectator stand bar for the home fans. The project aimed to enhance the match day experience, increase occupancy, and generate additional income for the club. The design focused on creating a brand-driven, industrial aesthetic while incorporating sustainable features and retaining existing elements of the space.

The client’s primary goal was to develop a bar design catering to home fans’ needs. Due to its narrow layout, the space required a decent-sized bar and social areas without fixed seating. Practicality and durability were crucial factors in ensuring the interiors could withstand the high footfall of enthusiastic spectators.

We opened and transformed the space into a long, narrow interior reflecting the club’s colours to achieve the desired atmosphere. The centrepiece of the design was a textured bar front made of corrugated steel, inspired by the corporate stand, designed by Bowman Riley, introduced in 2022. Our team incorporated an industrial mesh detail into the back bar, showcasing club signage and providing an Instagrammable backdrop.

The design also featured perimeter drink rests using OSB boards and exposed trunking, contributing to an attractive industrial aesthetic within the interior.The project yielded numerous benefits for Harrogate Town Football Club and its fans. The increased occupancy, with a capacity for 107 persons, allowed more fans to enjoy the bar facility. The bar’s authentic design resonated with supporters, enhancing their match-day experience. Additionally, the project enabled the sustainable reuse of an existing space within the ground, minimising waste and promoting resource efficiency. The creation of the spectator’s bar also served as an additional revenue stream for the club.

Shell Electric Vehicle Charge Hub – Fulham, London

Shell Fulham, London

Bowman Riley was invited to present designs and assist in the delivery of Shell’s first fully electric vehicle charging hub in Fulham, London. This project follows our competition-winning design of Shell’s Flagship forecourt in the London Borough of Barnet, which introduced electric recharging.

The Fulham charging hub is the first time that Shell has converted an entirely traditional fuels site to an entirely electric site, illustrating their commitment to transforming the UK’s energy infrastructure to a cleaner alternative.

Placing customer experience at the forefront of the design, we re-imagined how an energy forecourt may operate. We enhanced the customer offer with a comfortable area to work whilst their cars charge and refreshments from Waitrose and Costa Coffee.

The very latest charging technology will be installed on this site, providing rapid charging units capable of charging cars from empty to full in just 15 minutes. An extensive amount of research and development was also put into ensuring all the electrical items run quietly even on hot days, imperative for the local community.

Another Shell UK first, the design features two prefabricated timber glulam canopies sourced from sustainable forests to create the structure for a solar array above. These BI-PV solar panels allow natural light to pass through the canopy, protect customers from inclement weather and generate renewable energy. The scheme also incorporates a fully sustainable drainage strategy through the use of permeable paving and underground attenuation tanks.

After many years unchanged we were asked to redesign the Shell monolith sign. A brand-new digital monolith sign was developed for this site on behalf of Shell Global and will provide a live feed of information for electric vehicle drivers approaching the forecourt.

This project was a finalist at last week’s Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards 2022 in the category of Integration and Collaborative Working.

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Element 2 Hydrogen Refuelling – UK

Bowman Riley is working closely with Element 2, a hydrogen refuelling company. Our involvement with Element 2 began with designing a concept model site for a hydrogen refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles. The success of this initial project led Element 2 to appoint Bowman Riley for further work.

Our team was initially engaged to design a concept model site for a hydrogen refuelling station. The objective was to create a visually appealing and functional design to serve as a promotional tool for Element 2. This would attract potential investors and generate positive press coverage. Various stakeholders greeted the concept model site with great enthusiasm and gave it a positive response.

The design of the concept model site featured several key elements. Canopy structures constructed with a hybrid timber/steel frame and a lightweight roof membrane provided shelter and protection for the refuelling area and other associated infrastructure. Additionally, the design incorporated three hydrogen tank storage bays, enabling safe hydrogen storage for refuelling operations.

Based on the success of the concept model site, Element 2 asked Bowman Riley to submit planning applications for two Exelby service stations. We applied the design principles established in the concept work, ensuring consistency and promoting the hydrogen refuelling concept to a broader audience. The planning authorities approved both planning applications with full planning permission. This demonstrates our design approach’s effectiveness and local authorities’ positive response to the hydrogen refuelling concept.

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Circus PPC Office Interiors – Leeds City Centre

Bowman Riley developed an interior layout and concept design for Circus PPC, a digital marketing agency, on behalf of fit-out contractor Ben Johnson.

Circus PPC required a modern, dynamic, and agile workspace that embodied the energy of its brand. The brief included optimising the interior spaces with room for expansion and creating a feature kitchen area to host events.

Despite the small footprint, the design maximised space to include a large boardroom, a small meeting room, a quiet room for video calls and focused work, and a snug area for informal meetings and relaxation while maintaining a significant open-plan desk area.

Our design team presented initial concept designs and visuals for client approval, followed by detailed drawings and specifications to guide Ben Johnson in realising the concept. The design and colour palette reflect Circus’s brand name, introducing colour and brightness while emphasising scale. Each element, from the wallpaper to the oversized pendants, was selected to create an eye-catching and unexpected look.

The interiors have been designed with natural light flooding the space, enhanced by crittall-style glazing in the meeting rooms, allowing light to permeate throughout the interior spaces.

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Dixon House Office Interior – London

Ben Johnson

London

Bowman Riley designed the fit-out of a premium office space in the heart of London, collaborating with fit-out contractor, Ben Johnson to create a plug-and-play office space.

The aim was to provide a ready-to-go office environment to attract potential tenants by offering enhanced features beyond the standard CAT A shell and core specifications. This plug-and-play concept offers immediate occupation of fully-equipped spaces proving to be a significant aspect of landlords’ strategies to engage with occupiers.

We designed a comprehensive fit-out that included meeting rooms, a kitchen, breakout spaces, and furnished areas. By offering a fully furnished and well-finished office space, incoming tenants save time and costs associated with the fit-out process. The focus was on creating a contemporary and desirable workspace to be occupied quickly on short-term leases.

We employed a meticulous approach to the design process at Dixon House. A highly detailed concept design was developed, using 3D visuals and walk-throughs to ensure the space had the desired look and feel.

Collaborating closely with local agents and the contractor, the team efficiently created a contemporary scheme that offered flexibility and options for personalisation. The result is an attractive and sought-after office space in a prime London location. The feedback from the client has been overwhelmingly positive, with the project achieving its intended goal. Soon after completion, a letting was secured, highlighting the success of the design and execution.

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Windermere Avenue Residential Development – Colne

Bowman Riley worked collaboratively with McDermott Homes on Windermere Avenue, a new residential development in Colne, Lancashire.

McDermott Homes’ in-house team had previously submitted a planning application. During the determination period, the planning authority requested tweaks to their standard house types and layouts to better reflect the conservation area. We were invited to work with McDermott Homes after achieving consent nearby for another developer on a nearby successful scheme.

We redesigned 10% of the development, including reconfiguring the layout into a rural farmstead-type arrangement, comprising larger farmhouse properties and smaller workers’ cottages, and a terrace to reflect an agricultural barn. Our team added traditional features such as stone corbels, archways, and mullions, paying homage to the region’s rural character adding a unique charm.

Our team envisioned green corridors, open spaces, and peripheral tree planting. These areas served as inviting pathways, fostering a sense of community and offering recreational opportunities. With traffic management in mind, we devised a plan to ensure accessibility while minimising environmental impact by incorporating buffers of open land and tree planting along the boundaries.

The collaboration between Bowman Riley and McDermott Homes resulted in a successful product that epitomised sensitive and sustainable urban planning. The project exemplified our commitment to creating vibrant communities where aesthetics, functionality, and residents’ wellbeing were top priorities.

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The Woolly Sheep Inn – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley revitalised the Woolly Sheep Inn in Skipton, Timothy Taylor’s most successful pub, modernising the space without losing its beloved character. Our brief was to preserve the pub’s charm that local people love, while making better use of underused areas like the function and dining rooms.

Our team revamped the function room, now called the Sheep Room, using textures and finishes that mirror the cosy atmosphere of the Snug and is now consistently in use. The once characterless dining room was given warmth and appeal through new finishes, lighting, and textures. Sustainability was key, with much of the existing flooring retained, banquette seating re-upholstered, and materials locally sourced from Abraham Moon, a high-quality heritage cloth maker in Guiseley, Leeds.

Our team transformed an underused outdoor area into an internal courtyard, expanding the bar. We also revamped the external courtyard with private seating huts, a retractable canopy, and heaters, creating a welcoming space year-round.

We maintained close collaboration with Timothy Taylor’s and the local contractor, holding weekly meetings to keep the project on track. Starting with concept designs and 3D visuals, we transitioned to technical plans, ensuring the space was both functional and visually appealing. Our in-house graphic designer also enhanced wayfinding and interior graphics, simplifying the layout for an improved user experience.

The Woolly Sheep now offers a warm, inviting atmosphere that maximises both its space and character for locals and visitors alike. The results surpassed expectations, with the pub achieving record financial success.

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GRIDSERVE Electric Vehicle Forecourt – Gatwick, London

GRIDSERVE

Gatwick, London

Bowman Riley designed and delivered an innovative electric vehicle charging forecourt and hub at London’s Gatwick Airport, our third completed major scheme for GRIDSERVE.

We coordinated the design team and collaborated closely with GRIDSERVE to introduce the most advanced electric vehicle charging facility at one of the UK’s busiest airports, showcasing a compact electric forecourt concept model.

Powered by net zero carbon energy encompassing homegrown energy generation from GRIDSERVE’s solar farms, the project will help decarbonise travel to Gatwick, helping the 30 million annual visitors use electric vehicles.

For a reliable power supply, the project incorporates a 5mW battery storage system with diverse charging spaces, accommodating various electric vehicle models, along with 45kW photovoltaic roof panels for sustainable operations. These features aided in the achievement of an A EPC rating, reinforcing the sustainability credentials of the site.

At Gatwick, the hub building offers a range of amenities, making it a holistic space for electric vehicle users, including a Costa Coffee, a Simply Fresh convenience store, an electric vehicle showroom, a lounge area with Wi-Fi, a bookable meeting room, and washrooms.

Now open at the South Terminal of London Gatwick Airport, it’s the first of its kind at a European international airport.

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Damaged Society – Across England

Bowman Riley designed the interior fit outs of retail spaces throughout England for Damaged Society, a growing alternative fashion retailer. With a strong brand identity and a clear aesthetic, it was crucial that all stores reflected the company’s unique personality while ensuring a consistent shopping experience across locations.

Our first project for Damaged Society was the fit-out of their new unit in Trinity Leeds, a city centre shopping centre. Landsec, the owners of Trinity Leeds, recommended us based on our track record in delivering retail spaces for them.

Our design aligned with Damaged Society’s brand identity while optimising space for customer flow, product display, and operational efficiency. Damaged Society values sustainability. We supported this by proposing upcycling materials from other stores or former tenants. This helped reduce costs and has now become part of its brand identity.

Following the success of the Trinity Leeds store, we were appointed to manage the fit-out of several additional stores. These included their flagship store in Derby and key locations in cities including Leicester, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff, and Bristol.

Bowman Riley’s partnership with Damaged Society is a testament to our ability to design and deliver high-quality retail spaces that meet the specific needs of our clients. We have worked diligently to maintain the brand’s identity while ensuring each store was optimised for functionality and customer experience. As Damaged Society continues to grow, we remain a trusted partner in bringing their distinctive retail environments to life.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service Reception – Wakefield

Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Wakefield

Bowman Riley delivered a comprehensive solution to the facilities management team at Yorkshire Ambulance Service by transforming their front-of-house and client-facing areas at the Wakefield headquarters.

Our client’s brief was to completely refurbish the ground-floor entrance area, including upgrading the reception counter, and renovating the first-floor meeting rooms and associated circulation spaces. They sought an inviting entrance area and desired meeting rooms that would facilitate effective communication and decision-making.

We created a modern, welcoming, and functional environment that aligns seamlessly with the vital work of the ambulance service. This encompassed a wide range of services, including interior design, project management, contract administration, and principal designer expertise.

The project resulted in a welcoming entrance to the building, with materials chosen for their acoustic properties to reduce reverberation and create a more conducive environment. Bespoke adjustments to meeting room storage and tables accommodated our client’s IT conferencing set-up, enhancing functionality.

The ground floor now boasts a modern, clean, and inviting space that uplifts the mood of staff working at the premises. The refurbished meeting rooms facilitate better communication, leading to more efficient decision-making processes. The feedback from Yorkshire Ambulance Service colleagues has been overwhelmingly positive.

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Manor House, Red Lion Hotel – Yorkshire Dales

Burnsall, Yorkshire Dales

Daniel Thwaites

Bowman Riley designed the renovation of the 1883 Manor House, part of the 16th-century inn, The Red Lion in Burnsall on the banks of the River Wharfe.

Daniel Thwaites purchased the Red Lion in 2021. Following several successful renovation projects for Daniel Thwaites across their inn portfolio, our team was brought on board to support the refurbishment of the Red Lion.

Our brief was to preserve the historic building whilst enhancing the guest experience. We converted the manor house’s former 11 bedrooms into eight larger spaces in line with guest expectations.  The rooms available include three family rooms – each with two bedrooms – four signature doubles and one large feature room. Working collaboratively with the interior designers, Sacha Interiors and contractor, Wilkinson Group to deliver the project; sensitive to the history of the building incorporating a modern countryside aesthetic with a hint of Scandi.

We designed the external works, including new windows, doors, rainwater goods, roof and chimney repairs, repointing, and façade improvements.

Our team remodelled the interior of the building, which was stripped back to the bare bones except for the masonry walls, upper floors and roof. We arranged for structural improvements and timber treatment to be carried out. We developed improved fire protection, thermal and acoustic improvements with new finishes, sanitary ware, fixtures and fittings.

Steve Martin, operations director at Daniel Thwaites, commented:

“We are thrilled to have reinvested back into the manor house and see this project come to life.”

The project has been shortlisted for Insider Property Awards Refurbishment and Renovation Project of the Year 2023.

Photo credit Daniel Thwaites.

Bell Busk Barn Conversion – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley created interior visualisations on a single-storey detached modern farm building with planning permission to be converted into a four-bedroom luxury home close to the village of Coniston Cold near Skipton.

Supporting Sutcliffe Residential, our brief was to produce designs to help market the property and adjacent land. Supported by our designs, the client’s marketing materials effectively sold the vision of the building and its interior potential to prospective buyers. Our brief was to produce interior visualisations for the key rooms, including the master bedroom, large kitchen, dining and living space flooded with natural light and stunning views.

Our team created spaces reflecting the rural location and a high-end luxury interior scheme. We achieved this by mixing classic English design elements with modern farmhouse touchpoints.

We fused the classic English design elements, such as a traditional shaker panel kitchen, with modern accents and feature colour palettes that tie in the rural landscapes. The addition of clean boucle creams and oatmeal add warmth and contemporary accents – while the timber slats break up the expansive space with something tactile and earthy.

We completed the visuals quickly. Our client was able to push the marketing and get the site on the market as soon as the planning permission was approved.

Sutcliffe Residential was overjoyed with the outcome stating:

“The team did not disappoint, they managed to create really exciting looking spaces both internally and externally by pulling on all of the buildings more redeeming features. The timescale was extremely tight, but the team were always on hand to talk through any tweaks and alterations in order to hit the deadline. We would highly recommend and look forwarding to working with them again in the near future.”

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Craven Arts House Building Renovation – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley supported the refurbishment of an existing Victorian school into Craven Arts House, a new centre for contemporary arts in Skipton.

Since 2017, Craven Arts has been an artist-led organisation formed by a group of artists living and working in the Skipton area. To support local creativity, the organisation decided to create a new centre for contemporary arts called the Craven Arts House.

Craven Arts secured significant funding from Craven District Council, English Heritage, Heritage Action Zone from Historic England and Architectural Heritage Fund. The organisation worked closely with Craven District Council who managed the refurbishment on site.

As lead consultants, our team designed a project plan for the centre to be built in phases. We have now completed the refurbishment of the west wing. The central and east wings will be finished once further funding is secured for the project. The conversion accommodates artist studios, a recording studio, a community meeting room, an exhibition hall, kitchens, and toilet facilities.

Our team improved accessibility by providing new stepped access to the front of the building. We also added ramped access to the rear of the building, which is adjacent to the car park. We improved the external appearance of the building by repairing the roof. In addition to that, we repointed the stonework, made good tarmac, and redecorated gutters and rainwater pipes.

We improved the carbon reduction with thermal improvements to the building. This involved replacement windows, and insulating walls and roof. Additionally, we installed a new mechanical and electrical system throughout. This included photovoltaic panels, air source heat pumps and heat recovery ventilation.

Now open the Craven Arts House is an important community space for local creativity and contemporary arts.

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GRIDSERVE Electric Vehicle Charging Forecourt – Norwich

GRIDSERVE

Norwich

Bowman Riley designed the UK’s second electric car service station in Norwich for GRIDSERVE, a British start-up provider of hybrid solar solutions for power infrastructure.

Following the opening of their large flagship site in Braintree, Essex, the new GRIDSERVE Norwich forms part of their plans to create 100 electric vehicle forecourts across the UK by 2030. Located at a business park on the outskirts of Norwich, the station was designed to double the number of high-power public charge points in the city, which had one of the worst regional charging infrastructures in the country and below-average levels of electric vehicle ownership.

Our brief was to offer the equivalent charging, refreshment and relaxation facilities of the Braintree site on a much smaller footprint. To achieve this, we created the first Compact Electric Forecourt by locating the charging points underneath the first floor of the two-storey building and lifting the customer facilities onto the first-floor level.

Despite the smaller footprint, Norwich offers the same number of chargers as the Essex site including specific provisions for disabled customers. We designed a modern structure that instantly catches the eye, with contemporary architectural features raised above the backdrop of the busy dual carriageway and surrounding rural landscape. The first floor provides a customer lounge with views over the landscape and a relaxing space to check emails or hold a meeting in one of the office pods. The retail offer is provided by Marks & Spencer and WH Smith with a Costa Coffee café.

Powering the chargers and the building is 100 percent renewable energy with energy generated from GRIDSERVE’s solar farms and an array of panels installed on the building’s roof. This will reduce strain on the grid and result in cheaper electricity.  We are working with GRIDSERVE to reinvent their forecourt concept as a third smaller variation for future projects in urban areas.

See our other GRIDSERVE project in Braintree.

Ramsden Grove – Guiseley, Leeds

Guiseley, Leeds

Bankhead Group

Bowman Riley designed Ramsden Grove, eight new houses within a conservation area on land forming part of the Gordon Mills site, a short walking distance of the thriving Leeds town of Guiseley.

The new homes are on formerly redundant land next to existing stone mill warehouses, a railway line and established dwellings. It makes use of a leftover parcel of land to provide a windfall contribution to Leeds’ housing supply by creating a modest infill development.

Ramsden Grove comprises two, three and four-bedroom detached and semi-detached houses and car parking, all designed to meet Nationally Described Minimum Space Standards. It is also in compliance with Leeds City Council’s Residential Design Guide. This is evident in the spacing of the dwellings, their careful orientation and a cohesive masterplanning to provide a high density yet spacious and un-cramped arrangement on this irregular shaped plot.

In addition to conventional two-storey homes, we designed a bespoke 1.5-storey property, which includes two ground-floor accessible bedrooms, allowing a range of prospective purchasers to integrate into the new street and community, from downsizers to families with additional needs. The reduced massing of this property also helps to soften the impact on the existing neighbouring properties, overshadowing and providing a welcoming site entrance.

Ramsden Grove is the largest development for Bankhead Group to date. We are proud to have supported our client on this site from RIBA Stages 1–3 and to see this development come to life. It was a carefully negotiated planning process, where we retained eight dwellings on site (with the council suggesting a maximum capacity of seven). The project has been hugely successful, with all properties sold off-plan for the asking price.

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Harrogate Town Football Club Hospitality Suite

Bowman Riley has been partnering with Harrogate Town Football Club for several years to support the upgrade and expansion of the facilities in line with their success on the pitch.

The Club needed additional space within their hospitality suite for an increased number of corporate sponsors for match day entertaining and an area for travelling clubs’ management teams. The initial brief was to deliver a simple extension to provide extra floor space for 40 more people. We identified the open balcony outside the facility as a good source of extra space to be infilled with a timber frame extension set below the existing canopy roof.

During the project, the Club requested a refresh of the existing area and a new interior design scheme to create cohesion between the current and the new space. We needed to understand the process of the corporate suite and the need for welcoming spaces with entrance impact and plenty of space near the bar to allow for meeting and greeting while ensuring that the design impact blended into the dining spaces. Key elements were to provide new bar proposals to allow service from both sides and create a welcoming focal point in the room.
We designed the interior to exude warmth and luxury achieved by feature flooring, feature lighting to draw attention to the bar space, alongside timber cladding details, which aid the acoustics, with the felt backing adding to the warmth of the interior.

Due to the nature of the football season, the Club had minimal gaps within their fixture list to carry out the developments. All work had to be completed in the off-season, a little over three months, requiring close coordination and cooperation with the Club and the main contractor. We provided the concept design, planning application, and detailed design through to monitoring works on site and giving construction details to the contractor within the strict timescales of the brief.

Now complete, the expanded and enhanced corporate hospitality suite generates more income by providing extra hospitality space and improving the match-day experience for visiting teams and a larger bar area to ease queuing by spectators.

Brooklands Special School – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley has created designs to enhance the provision of teaching and care facilities at Brooklands School in Skipton to transform the lives of more than 80 pupils aged four to 19 with special educational needs through the Yorkshire Children’s Charity Big Build initiative.

We offered our design services free of charge to refurbish the early years’ classrooms, revamp the dilapidated external areas, including providing wheelchair access to the play areas, and reorganisation of the existing sensory room to create a bigger facility with improved air circulation. The project also consists of the replacement of a garage with a new build specialist rebound therapy centre, which uses trampolines to promote movement, therapeutic exercise, and recreation.

Working as part of a team that includes GMI Construction, Rex Proctor & Partners, and Re-form Landscape Architects, this scheme will deliver state-of-the-art facilities, creating an environment where staff are re-energised to teach and children are excited to learn.

We have also developed further proposals and will continue to support the school in bringing these ideas to fruition in the future.
In addition to our design work, a team of volunteers from our local offices spent a day working on the school grounds, clearing overgrown greenery to create a fairy garden and an area for the children to enjoy pond dipping.

Bowman Riley was awarded ‘Outstanding Contributor’ at the Yorkshires – Commercial Real Estates Awards 2023 for our work on this project.

At Bowman Riley, each member of our team is entitled to a day’s paid volunteering to help a local charity or community group as part of our commitment to social value.

“We work extremely hard to ensure these incredibly special young people have everything they need but our budget only goes so far. I’m thrilled and gratified that the Great Yorkshire Build will make such a difference to our pupils, their families, and our dedicated staff, and I thank all those taking part.”

Fran Cracknell, Headteacher, Brooklands School.

National Highways Office – Leeds

Bowman Riley designed the interior of the National Highways Leeds city centre office. This followed our involvement in the successful fit-out of their Wakefield creative hub, a working environment designed to stimulate creativity and collaboration.

In line with our client’s post-pandemic requirements, we created an agile working environment providing a flexible townhall space with moveable walls to offer different configurations.

National Highways was keen for a workspace that gives consideration to the location and staff who work there, explicitly focusing on accessibility and inclusivity. We worked closely with our client to ensure the designs, colours, materials, and graphic details were inclusive from conception. We brought continuity between the Wakefield and Leeds offices by carrying through some of the same palettes of fabrics, and textures, along with the brick effect walls and planting, but in a softer, more trellis aesthetic that compliments the interior scheme.

Our designs ensured that the interior scheme has a mid-20th century retro feel which works well in the space. However, we have still allowed for modernity through innovative black architectural details, a mixture of textures, and rattan details to ensure it feels warm and inviting. We also incorporated a colour palette to reflect the National Highways brand colours whilst still leaving the space to incorporate new colours to soften the branding and fashion a welcoming environment.

The design team worked closely with the mechanical and electrical engineer to ensure a sustainable project approach. This was achieved by re-using existing flooring in the main office areas, sourcing fabrics and materials made from recycled plastic and using carbon-zero companies and manufacturers.

Now complete, National Highways Leeds has 120 workspaces within a modern, agile city centre office with an interior that reflects their brand and core values.

Estates Building – Huddersfield

Bowman Riley has been working with Kirklees Council providing conservation architecture on the Estates Building, a Victorian landmark in Huddersfield town centre. The Grade II listed building is part of the Huddersfield Station Gateway project, which also includes the George Hotel, partially funded by Historic England as part of their Heritage Action Zones initiative.

Designed in a gothic revival style by renowned Victorian architect William Henry Crossland, the 1874 Estates Building is one of Huddersfield’s finest listed buildings.  It was originally used as the estates’ office for the locally important Ramsden family, who were responsible for much of Huddersfield’s development during the industrial revolution.

Owned by Kirklees Council, the Estates Building has been empty since 2002; a portion of the building was converted from outdated offices into 15 affordable apartments.
The remainder of the building remained vacant and required repair and restoration work, including the renewal of windows and stained glass, repairs to ironwork and masonry, the restoration of missing weather vanes and the replacement of slate roof tiles.

Working with Kirklees Council’s conservation team and Historic England, our role is to prepare an external repair strategy to determine the approach to the external works identifying the significance of the building to inform the plan for the repairs to the building’s fabric.

We oversaw the preparation of documents by the building surveyors regarding their suitability for a listed building. We also reviewed the schedule of works prepared by the heritage consultant and held discussions and site meetings with Burlington slate to provide slate and suitability of materials to use on the building.

Our work is helping to bring a local landmark back into use by prolonging the life of the building fabric and enhancing the significance of the external façade and by replacing inappropriate modern interventions.

Read more about the future of the building in local media articles.

Northampton General Hospital Entrance

Noviniti

Northampton

Bowman Riley designed a state-of-the-art modular building to serve as the new main entrance and welcome hub for patients, staff, and visitors at Northampton General Hospital. Strategically placed in the car park area, this new facility enhanced accessibility and convenience for everyone arriving at the hospital.

The existing hospital layout had presented navigation challenges, with the reception located in the centre and café and retail spaces dispersed throughout the building. To address this, the new structure brought all essential services together under one roof, including a central reception, coffee shops, retail units, a patient advice and liaison office, and washrooms. Designed with the future in mind, the building is capable of accommodating an additional storey above the entrance.

The modular construction approach was key to minimising on-site time and reducing disruption to hospital operations, all while ensuring the highest standards of factory-controlled quality. We partnered with modular construction specialist Catfoss, who also developed an ICU ward in a complementary style, ensuring a cohesive and visually harmonious design across the hospital campus.

The project also included significant infrastructure upgrades to enhance access to the hospital. Improvements featured upgraded lighting, enhanced landscaping, a raised pedestrian crossing from the parking area, the diversion and relocation of existing roadways, and optimized car parking to maintain overall capacity. These enhancements not only improved the experience for visitors but also ensured smoother operations for the hospital.

“We are really excited to be building a new entrance to the hospital site to provide a better experience for our staff, patients and visitors. This new development will provide us with more space than our existing entrance and means that we can also offer a new range of retail outlets for people to enjoy.”

Stuart Finn, Director of Estates & Facilities, Northampton General Hospital

Read more about the project.

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Bootham Park – York

Enterprise Retirement Living
York

Bowman Riley has been providing masterplanning and architecture on the re-purposing of Bootham Park, a series of historic listed buildings with extensive open grounds in York into a new retirement community.

Our brief was to create a cohesive development of 120 homes across the site. During the design process, it became apparent that we needed additional apartments for the scheme’s financial viability. We worked closely with Historic England to produce the masterplan with the sympathetic renovation of the heritage buildings to create engaging and appropriate designs for the new build elements resulting in a 172-unit residential care community with substantial public benefits.

Central to the project’s success in conservation terms is the renovation of the 18th-century Grade I listed landmark designed by acclaimed architect John Carr. The site also includes four Grade II listed heritage assets built in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which will be repurposed to host the communal facilities of the new community. Four complementary new wings will accommodate the new homes.

Built as a lunatic asylum in 1777, Bootham Park became a psychiatric hospital in 1904 before closing in 2015. In addition to the site’s iconic architecture, its historic significance is that Bootham Park has provided continuous care since its construction, recognising its contribution to society. The redevelopment of the site into a retirement community was granted planning consent in 2023 and classed as C2 use class, the provision of care in a residential setting, which is a first for City of York Council.

The public benefits of the redeveloped site weigh in favour of the scheme, as does the enhancement of the existing landscape regarding its recreational value and provision of public access, including sports facilities to Bootham School and a hospital helipad.

The redevelopment will bring this critical York brownfield site back into viable reuse as a beautiful and functional retirement community, with onsite care 24/hours a day and extensive grounds accessible to the public.

Kerry Babbington, Historic England, praised our “thoughtful approach” and lauded our “retention of the open nature of the site and creation of formalised rights of public access”.

See our other project for Enterprise Retirement Living, The Red House.

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Westcombe House Student Accommodation – Greenwich, London

Bowman Riley provided architecture and interior design on Westcombe House, a new student accommodation project in the Greenwich area of London for our existing client, Linden Hill in the Greenwich area of London.

When our team became involved, planning permission had already been obtained for a four-storey apartment building. Our brief was to ensure that the development achieved the best value for our client. We amended the designs to convert the scheme into a 61-bedroom premium student accommodation, maximising the building’s footprint.
We resubmitted the project for planning approval, and a student accommodation operator was brought on board.

After exploring traditional and modern construction methods, we proposed that the scheme be developed as a modular building to ensure speed of construction to enable it to be completed in time for the start of the new academic year. Our team was novated to the modular contractor, QB Technology to deliver the technical package.

Our interior designers created a home-away-from-home for the students providing welcoming, social and comfortable spaces. Student wellbeing was a key driver offering spaces out of their bedrooms to socialise, a meeting room for group work, a library zone and an area for quiet working.

We produced designs for the communal areas with spatial plans, high-quality CGIs and photo-realistic renders for a gym, gaming room, cinema, working area, living area and dining room. The spaces were designed to be practical and flexible and able to be reconfigured. We separated the main library and living area into two rooms with a retractable wall to allow the hiring of the two private spaces.

If you are interested in renting this property, visit the CRM Student Accommodation website.

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Harrogate Town Football Club Changing Facilities

Bowman Riley continued its partnership with Harrogate Town Football Club, providing interior design services for the players’ changing facilities.

Recognising the importance of investing in its facilities, the Club identified the outdated, run-down changing rooms as no longer reflecting the club’s ambitions and a barrier to attracting new talent.

We transformed the space into a dynamic, inspiring environment. The lack of natural light was a challenge, so we embraced the darkness to create a mood and atmosphere to energise the space. We used vibrant yellow club colours and darker tones to motivate players while offering moments of introspection.

Given football’s physical nature, the changing rooms are exposed to high levels of dirt and sweat, so we used durable, easy-to-clean finishes throughout. The flooring was selected to withstand the demands of studs and football boots. Smart storage under each seat allows players to store and charge their phones.

Our in-house graphic designer incorporated the club’s logo and motivational graphics, such as “Proud to be Town.” The space also serves as a visually engaging backdrop for social media content, ensuring it stands out during interviews and promotions.

Mindful of the players’ wellbeing, ergonomics and comfort were paramount to ensure the players could rest and recover during critical moments of the game.

The new players’ changing rooms have elevates the players’ experience, boosting morale and motivation and supports the recruitment of top talent.

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Spencer House – Leeds

Leeds

Leeds and London Developments

On a busy corner of two pedestrian streets in Leeds centre, stands Spencer House, a three-storey building that was transformed by Bowman Riley with the introduction of 11 stylish new residences.

Following a fire in the 1980s, Spencer House was rebuilt in a red-brick style with architectural features that blend with the adjacent Edwardian listed buildings. It is occupied by a high street retailer on the ground and basement levels with the upper floors used only for storage.

Bringing city living to this prominent building has resulted in the commercially viable repurposing of the upper floors that had been underused as retail premises. Located within a tight urban site, the works had to be carefully managed whilst the retail store continued to trade.

Located within a conservation area, we remodelled the property carefully to ensure the changes remain subservient to the main building, its tower and spire to create a cohesive aesthetic respectful of the surroundings. We worked with the planning officer, heritage officer and Leeds Civic Trust to find harmony between a commercially viable development and one that respected its location.

The development retained the third-floor mansard roof but reversed the orientation of the dormer windows to increase floor space, head height and enhance liveable areas. Our design merged some of the dormer windows to create balconies. With full-height glazing, the interior spaces are flooded with light and offer impressive views across the neighbourhood. We took care with the stairway making use of the feature windows on the front façade and artwork on the walls to encourage residents to take the stairs promoting wellbeing.

We designed the apartments to fill a gap in the rental market bridging the space between unfurnished apartments and aparthotels. These impressive apartments target the higher-end of the market to cohabit alongside the influx of new student residences and young professionals in the city.

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Barristers Chambers – Leeds

Parklane Plowden Chambers

Leeds

Bowman Riley designed the complete refurbishment of a barristers’ chambers in Leeds city centre to create a high-quality environment for its clients, members and staff.

Parklane Plowden Chambers invested in the complete reorganisation of the four-storey premises to create a contemporary working environment that supports flexible working patterns and an increasing number of remote hearings.

The new layout features a barristers’ lounge and studies with new furniture and lighting to support agile working, dedicated case rooms and phone booths for remote conferences and hearings. Eight flexible meeting rooms and two board rooms will also be introduced alongside a south-facing roof terrace and bar.

To resolve the need for more storage, we introduced an innovative mobile shelving system that holds the maximum amount of storage within a small space.

The refurbishment has resulted in a fresh new look for the chambers in line with their aspirations and supports their strategy for continued expansion.

James Murphy, head of chambers, Parklane Plowden said:

“This investment demonstrates our commitment to further enhancing our reputation as vibrant, progressive chambers alive to the evolving needs of clients, members and colleagues.”

Read about this project in the media in the Business Insider, Business Desk and BD Daily News.

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New Hampton by Hilton – Ashford Kent

Rees Mellish
Ashford, Kent

Bowman Riley developed the design of a new Hampton by Hilton hotel in Ashford, Kent. The six-storey building forms part of the town’s key area of urban regeneration located in a central location close to the domestic and international railway stations.

We became involved in the project to amend the approved planning application following confirmation of Hampton by Hilton as the hotel operator. We have increased the overall building footprint, introduced an additional storey and redesigned the interiors to meet Hilton’s brand standards.

We considered using modern methods of construction for the building, which led to the decision to use volumetric modular units. Designed using BIM, the project team worked collaboratively to achieve efficient project delivery.  The result is 140 modern and spacious bedrooms for a comfortable stay with lounges, a bar, a gym and a restaurant.

We designed the interior public spaces featuring a spacious six-storey entrance and atrium on a prominent corner of the building. We interpreted the Hilton brand whilst ensuring the hotel retained a local identity. We achieved this through the layout, materials, lighting and textures.

A crucial part of the interior design was introducing zoning to create separate areas within the open-plan public spaces. The reception and bar areas have luxe materials and soft furnishings to create a welcoming entrance. The living zone is a cosy corner screened off from the rest of the open-plan space with coffee tables and soft furnishings to create a relaxing environment. The breakfast area has a fresh colour palette and rich textures using lighting to create intimate dining spaces.

Now open, the three-star hotel brings a new landmark to the town and provides a great addition to the town’s visitor economy.

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Sandy Lane Primary School Refurbishment – Bradford

Sandy Lane Primary School needed to refurbish its early year’s spaces to create a new nursery and to accommodate two reception classes. Their vision is for their early years’ provision to work cohesively together within the space with joint resources.

Bowman Riley provided contract administration to help procure the project, draft the specification and tender process and a full interior design service from concept design, layouts, and visualisations to the construction of the tender package for the appointment of the contractor, Construction North Group to undertake the works.

Working closely with the teaching staff, we created initial layouts for the spaces based on their practical needs and requirements. Building upon this, we then generated high-quality visuals to help the school community envision how the layout would work. Specifically, we demonstrated how the interior choices and materials shape the spaces, including paint details, rafts and lighting to enhance the children’s experience.

The result of our design is three spaces with toilets and a one-to-one reading area that work seamlessly together whilst retaining a private feature for each space. The redesign opens up the spaces for better visibility of the children and a greatly enhanced aesthetic, inviting imaginative play.

Each space is decorated with fun accents along with cork walls designed for children’s artwork displays. The spaces include cloud rafts and suspended garland wreaths, as well as a feature grass carpet in each reading area and new kitchenettes for messy play.

“We have been really happy with the service we have been provided. The team has been great to work with, and it’s been exciting seeing the plan for our new early year’s provision come to life over the past few months. I have found Bowman Riley to be very professional and easy to work with. This is the first time I have had to develop a project like this and the team helped make the project simple and manageable”.

Fiona Newsome, Sandy Lane Primary School

Student Experience Hub – York College

Bowman Riley designed a bespoke new reception, student services zone with an integrated waiting area and new learning resources space for York College under our current framework agreement.

Our brief was to create a welcoming and efficient space for students, staff and visitors on arrival at the college uniting the reception area with the student services information centre.

We created a more open plan and welcoming layout that feels modern and conveys the college’s branding.  The bright colours within the design enhance mood and wellbeing as well as tie through the colleges branding to ensure continuity throughout the spaces

The project involved refurbishing and remodelling the existing space, removing the finance area to make way for a new reception pod, new waiting area, informal meeting spaces and private booths with interactive screens and tablets with course, application and enrolment information.

We also refurbished and re-configured the learning resource centres for students creating more spaces for students to work and collaborate with access to power and PCs. The furniture selected was designed to enable quiet working, group working and encourage collaboration and socialising amongst the students.

The spaces enhance the students’ experience by offering them options depending on their tasks and working preferences. We have also designed showcase areas for displaying student work to increase course visibility across the college.

Please see our other projects for York College; the Atrium Roof Repair and Institute of Technology projects.

Basildon Hospital New Building – Essex

Bowman Riley designed a new two-storey modular building at the front of Basildon Hospital for Noviniti, which provides a much-improved entrance and welcome facilities for patients, staff, and visitors.

Noviniti partnered with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to fund and develop the new main entrance, which will be funded using the income generated from the new retail facilities.

The major project overhauled the existing entrance, which had not been changed since the hospital opened in 1972, offering more facilities and a brighter welcome. The new building offers a new restaurant, a dedicated seating area, a new bereavement and PALS suite, a refurbished multi-faith room, a new administration space and shops.

Our design used bronze cladding at the front as a stand-out feature to highlight the entrance to the hospital. The remainder of the building has buff-coloured cladding, creating a soft aesthetic that blends in with the surrounding bare breeze block façade buildings surrounding the tight site.

A particular challenge was the proximity to the existing hospital building. In liaison with the structural engineers, we designed a section of the proposed development to be cantilevered at ground level over the basement of the existing building.

The building was designed from the outset to be modular, enabling it to be constructed off-site. This method reduced the time and impact of the construction work on the hospital’s operations.

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Barclays’ Bank High Street Branch Retrofit Programme

Bowman Riley supported Morris and Spottiswood to bring their expertise in architecture, conservation architecture, and the role of principal designer to support a nationwide overhaul of Barclays Bank’s retail branches.

The programme supported Barclays Bank’s plans to reshape their branch network over a 3-5 year period to adapt to the demands of modern banking, which included a series of retrofits and some branch closures.

The projects focused on refurbishing the exteriors, tackling stonework, windows, and roofing while also reconfiguring the interiors with new layouts, digital display installations, and updated decor. This comprehensive refurbishment aimed to enhance everyday banking experiences and refresh the bank’s brand with new screens and signage.

Collaboration with Morris & Spottiswood was key, ensuring that all work adhered to regulations, particularly given the historic and listed status of many buildings. As conservation architects, we assessed Barclays’ portfolio of Grade II and Grade II* listed properties, spanning from the early 18th to early 20th centuries. We prepared detailed Heritage Statements and determined the necessary permissions for refurbishments—whether listed building consent or lawful development certificates.

Our assessments covered over 15 historic sites, with most requiring only a lawful development certificate, streamlining the process for swift and efficient progress. Through this careful and strategic approach, we facilitated a transformation that respects the past while embracing the future of banking.

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Mamba Exclusive City Centre Restaurant and Bar – Leeds

Bowman Riley was approached by Night Owl Capital to create an exclusive high-end restaurant bar design for Mamba, a restaurant serving exceptional food within an existing commercial office building in the heart of a central business quarter.

Our client wanted to create a new elite restaurant called Mamba with valet parking and a theatre style kitchen, providing all the drama of fine dining with an elegant and casual vibe and aesthetic.

We provided an interior layout to allow our client to understand the potential restaurant covers within the space and a visualisation of the interior. The visualisation illustrated how the concept would translate as well as the look and feel of feature areas such as the sommelier lounge, bar and theatre kitchen.

The building is an unusual shape and is glazed to almost every elevation, which is beautiful but also presents a design challenge. We chose to make the angular nature of the building a feature in the design of the bar shape as well as putting in an island bar to ensure that customers could enjoy as much of the views as possible!

Our proposal includes utilising sustainable materials and utilising some of our supply chain with carbon zero initiatives.

We worked with a fit-out contractor to provide cost consultancy to enable out client to secure the unit and progress with the scheme. Due to the scale of the project and the results the client wants to achieve, we would plan cost saving finishes such as wallpapers that mimic stone to the ceilings and back of house areas and LVT flooring instead of timber. These finishes will help reduce costs but will not impact the overall aesthetic.

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Springwell Brewery, Leeds

North Brewing Co

Leeds

Bowman Riley provided consultancy services on Springwell, a new brewery for North Brewing Co with offices and a taproom within an existing derelict 19th century brick-built former leather works in Buslingthorpe conservation area, Leeds.

In 1997, North Brewing Co opened its first craft beer bar in Leeds and in 2015 they opened a brewery and taproom in Leeds. By 2020, had expanded their brewing operations to a point where they needed additional space and their offices were split across several sites.

Our role was to provide advice on all aspects of repurposing the existing building whilst retaining its heritage including making sure it is safe, dealing with the potential for contamination due to its history and rebuilding the culverted stream below. This enabled the building to be sympathetically converted to celebrate its industrial heritage and house a bright, modern brewery within.

We provided technical expertise, cost and project management, advice on compliance with regulations, coordination of the various parts of the project, design work and support for planning and building regulation applications.

Springwell allows North Brewing Co to double their brewing capacity with brewing output increasing to 16,000 hectolitres (2.8 million pints a year) and provides a new 500 person taproom.

Now complete, Springwell provides a central hub for the brewery, head office and its family of seven bars and taprooms. The space allows the brewery and bar operations to come under the same roof and provides a training space.

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Photography credit:  Amy Heycock Photography.

North Brewing Taproom – Birmingham

Bowman Riley designed the interiors for a new bar and taproom for the independent craft brewer, North Brewing Co in the Colmore business district in central Birmingham.

We have been working with Leeds-based North Brewing Co for the past few years, supporting their expansion plans, including Springwell, their new multi-million-pound brewery and taproom located in a former tannery in Leeds.

North Brewing Co chose Birmingham as their first venue outside their home county of Yorkshire and their ninth bar in total.

We initially accompanied the client on a site visit to No1 Snowhill, a large commercial office building in the centre of the buzzing Birmingham metropolis. A small commercial unit had become available, which met the client’s brief in terms of location, size and appearance for their taproom concept.

Working closely with the client team, we provided a full concept design for the unit, taking the essence of their first taproom bar in Leeds and applying it to the new space. The scheme consists of an open-plan bar with a street food kiosk and an external terrace. The taproom needed to accommodate 24 draught lines, including 18 lines of keg beer, showcasing North’s ever-evolving range of core brews and specials.

Once agreed, we developed the scheme into a full detailed construction package. We managed a competitive tender to provide our client with the recommendation of contractors to deliver the project.

SH Projects delivered the project on time, and the taproom opened to great fanfare in the city.

Images credit Alex Millhouse-Smith, North Brewing Co

Taylor’s on the Green Refurbishment – Keighley

Bowman Riley created an interior design for the refurbishment of the Lord Rodney pub in the West Yorkshire town of Keighley into Taylor’s on the Green, a new tap room and kitchen from Timothy Taylor’s brewery.

The world-famous brewery has been operating in Keighley since 1858 using the spring water that wells up from deep under the Pennines. Originally, called Ye Olde Red Lion, the pub was renamed the Lord Rodney in the late 1700s in honour of a leading 18th-century British Admiral. Its new name of Taylor’s on the Green will reflect the hostelry’s position on Church Green in the centre of the town.

Our brief was to enhance the appeal and increase the footfall of the pub creating a leisure destination connected to Timothy Taylor’s brewery tour to be enjoyed by the whole community. We designed a friendlier and more family-orientated feel incorporating a wide variety of seating styles.  The design encompasses elements of the brewery tour and process. The revamp included a new bar, toilets, branding and decoration. Externally, the pub was repainted, new signage installed and a heated seating area provided.

We presented designs that are in keeping with Timothy Taylor’s unique brewing process. Encapsulating the aesthetic features of the brewery tour, we selected materials such as reclaimed timber, industrial details, and corrugated steel. These are enhanced by subtle accents such as amber-toned glass in the light fittings. This represented the quality assurance process when checking the colour of the beer.

We incorporated Timothy Taylor’s branding into the design with a dedicated display case for merchandise made from reclaimed crates sourced from the brewery.

Following the concept design, we provided a technical package for costing and on-site construction by local Keighley-based contractor RN Wooler. This included the specification of all finishes, materials, styling items, graphical designs and furniture.

Paul Turner, Timothy Taylor’s Estate Operations Director

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Taylor’s on the Green Matterport – Keighley

Bowman Riley created a Matterport Tour following the refurbishment of the Lord Rodney pub in the West Yorkshire town of Keighley into Taylor’s on the Green, a new tap room and kitchen from Timothy Taylor’s brewery.

The world-famous brewery has been operating in Keighley since 1858 using the spring water that wells up from deep under the Pennines. Originally, called Ye Olde Red Lion, the pub was renamed the Lord Rodney in the late 1700s in honour of a leading 18th-century British Admiral. Its new name of Taylor’s on the Green will reflect the hostelry’s position on Church Green in the centre of the town.

For more information on the Taylor’s on the Green refurbishment please see here.

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Neonatal Unit Parents Suite – Bradford Royal Infirmary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Bradford, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley has designed a suite for the parents of premature newborns as part of the Neonatal Unit at the Bradford Royal Infirmary for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This project follows our work on the expansion of the Neonatal Unit in 2012. The Neonatal Unit provides all levels of newborn medical care for up to 30 babies at any one time and is also home to an Intensive and High Dependency Care Unit. The existing unit provides limited facilities for families with only two bedrooms available for parents who need to stay over.

With a capacity of 30 babies but only facilities for two sets of parents, the Trust identified a need to increase the parent facilities. We undertook feasibility designs for the new Parent Suite on a pro-bono basis to help the Trust raise funds for the project. One of our designers had first-hand experience of the unit as a parent.

The original designs were heavily influenced by our designer’s personal experiences and came as a result of closely working with the team at the Trust. As part of the developing design, we applied HTM and HBN healthcare standards to the scheme but found that the application of these standards did not meet the Trust’s needs and the design was further developed in the original style focusing on the needs of the building users.

The new suite will provide five additional bedrooms with communal areas and a private bereavement suite for parents to say goodbye to their newborn. A private external area was also designed with a small play park to keep siblings entertained. The building has been designed to accommodate additional storeys allowing increased capacity in the future.

Following the completion of the feasibility concepts, large scale charity events have taken place and major businesses like Wm Morrison Supermarkets have committed to supporting the development.

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Harrison Bathrooms Showroom – Leeds

Harrison Bathrooms, Leeds

Bowman Riley was commissioned by Harrison Bathrooms to create an aspirational interior showroom to display and demonstrate their product ranges to clients within the new warehouse and office premises in Leeds.

Harrison Bathrooms is a family-run business that has been creating bespoke bathroom products for 100 years, producing everything from sanitaryware to shower enclosures, and bathroom furniture to brassware. The ability to show product finishes, options and set combinations within a high-end showroom environment will facilitate the sales process and create a brand experience for the client.

The showroom has been created within a previously unused area of the warehouse with a first floor being added to ensure the showroom takes full advantage of the space.

The warehouse setting inspired the design aesthetic leading to an industrial theme with luxe elements to create a real show-stopper.

We provided concept designs for the project with initial layout options to show the use of the space and the integration of the bathroom showroom sets. We also produced a virtual model of the space and graphics to help the client visualise the space.

The plan of the showroom space is very long and narrow. This has led to a decision to break up the space and the journey a little more to ensure that the space does not feel like a corridor. Creating tighter areas that open up into something larger offers a more interesting customer journey through the showroom.

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Colchester Hospital Reconfiguration and Extensions

Noviniti

Colchester, Essex

Bowman Riley designed a new two-storey building to reconfigure and extend the front of the main Colchester Hospital and provide a new Emergency Department.

The new building combines a new entrance, waiting room, consultation rooms, retail units on the ground floor, office space on the first floor with a new Emergency Department, which integrates the new build to the existing emergency rooms in the hospital.

The design of the new building features linear strips of variant colours of blue shades and large curtain walling to the front to provide plenty of daylight to both the retail units and office spaces.

The main front entrance façade has a timber cladding canopy and pier feature walls to highlight the main entrance. There is a living wall to the main atrium.

The hospital needed a solution that would minimise the disruption to Colchester Hospital’s operations and was delivered in the quickest amount of time. To meet this agenda, the building was constructed using modular units that were predominantly fabricated off-site. The only works undertaken on-site were the façade finish, internal fit-out and the external works.

Now complete, the project has resulted in a significant enhancement to the hospital, providing new facilities for patients, staff and visitors.

Read more articles about the project on Noviniti’s website. Images courtesy of Noviniti.

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BJSS Office Refurbishment – Glasgow

Bowman Riley created a bespoke and tailored office refurbishment for BJSS, a business technology consultancy, in Glasgow following our highly valued upgrade of their Leeds and Manchester offices.

We provided building consultancy and interior design services through RIBA stages 1-6 which included contract administration, project management and principal designer duties.

The brief was to fashion the office to better suit their remote Scotland team.  We achieved this by providing space suitable for individual task working as well as team collaboration. In addition, BJSS needed a space to facilitate the hosting of events and meetings.  In line with the previous BJSS office refurbishments, we retained a sense of locality in the design whilst incorporating their strong brand identity.

Our interior design concept was inspired by the rich industrial history of Glasgow.  We reflected this heritage within the interior through the choice of materials, finishes, and colours, whilst encompassing the brand colours in a subtle way to ensure it has a base brand feel.

Our office layout reflects the modern agile way of working with less of a focus on traditional desking spaces and more of a hybrid, social working environment to enhance collaboration.

We developed the technical package of works and specifications to ensure a comprehensive costing from the contractor through to construction.  This included the specification of all finishes, decorative lighting, graphics and marketing proposals, and the specification of all furniture and fittings.

By working collaboratively together with the entire project team and with team members at BJSS, the works were coordinated and managed from project inception to a successful conclusion.

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Morris House Recladding – London

Countryside Partnerships, part of the Vistry Group
Acton, London

Bowman Riley has redesigned and project managed remedial actions at Morris House in Acton, London, targeting fire safety and water ingress issues.

The site, once a Morris Motors depot, had been converted into a mix of residential and commercial spaces. Our task encompassed addressing concerns regarding the façade and roof, involving the installation of fire cavity barriers, recladding with four non-combustible materials, and upgrading the roof and terraces with a new, safe build-up.

Initially, the focus was on creating a design intent drawing package incorporating material specifications compliant with stringent fire safety regulations and addressing water penetration concerns. This package served as the blueprint for subsequent project phases.

Bowman Riley’s role on Morris House expanded to include technical coordination, ensuring seamless integration of design intent with practical implementation. This comprehensive involvement demonstrated their commitment to overseeing the project while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.

The Morris House project encountered challenges due to the building’s complex layout, featuring intersecting outdoor corridors, bridges, and numerous combustible elements such as 14 gas risers. Our innovative solutions navigated these complexities, incorporating careful design considerations and collaboration with fire engineers to address existing construction shortcomings while ensuring compliance with safety standards.

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Greenford Road Residential Development – London

Ealing, London

Linden Hill Capital

Bowman Riley developed the design of a new residential development on Greenford Road comprising 36 one-bedroom apartments located in Greenford, a large suburb in the London Borough of Ealing.

Brought on board at the post-planning stage, our team was presented with a significant challenge to create a commercially viable scheme whilst maintaining the quality and the gross internal areas.

A hybrid approach to construction was introduced principally using an insulated concrete formwork with a steel frame to create the large pitched roof. The insulated concrete form structure allows for flexibility between floor plates and provides an airtight system. The balcony detailing around an irregular stepping façade removes cold bridges and uses the insulated concrete form effectively.

We detailed a cost-effective roof system that forms a hybrid structure to ensure the building is thermally and acoustically sufficient.

The Greenford Road project required careful coordination of internal services due to limited space. We worked with our client, Linden Hill Capital to maximise the gross internal area where possible and assist with the profitability of the scheme.

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Flagship Shell Forecourt – Barnet, London

Shell
Barnet, London

Won via design competition, Bowman Riley has designed an iconic vehicle refuelling and electric recharging forecourt as a flagship project for Shell in the London Borough of Barnet.

Our brief is to deliver a cutting-edge design on the Barnet site where the focus is on customer experience and choice.

The demolition of an existing traditional fuel filling station will make way for the new forecourt to showcase the most up to date fuel formats providing both traditional fuels and fast charge electricity. The intention is for the forecourt to provide 50% traditional and 50% electric refuelling.

The convenience store on-site has been designed to offer an enhanced customer experience providing the largest range of retail products on a Shell Service Station with a café, in conjunction with a new drive-thru concept.

Bringing our 40 years’ experience of forecourt design to Shell, we are providing full design services from conception to completion to visible demonstrate Shell’s credentials and commitment to the energy transition.

With sustainability a key driver, the project incorporates the lowest carbon footprint of any site in the network featuring the latest low CO2 technologies and focusing on waste reduction and recycling. Embracing innovation and the use of renewables, the intention is to achieve a BREEAM Outstanding rating.

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East Barn Private House – Malham, North Yorkshire

Private client
Malham, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley provided interior design and decoration on East Barn, a converted barn into a high-end residential property. To create a modern family home, we worked closely with our client to deliver the brief from initial concept proposals to final site completion and styling.

The interior spaces were reviewed and an internal re-configuration was required to open up the kitchen area and living space to create an open plan form of living. This then allowed us to re-evaluate each floor’s layout to better suit the client’s requirements. This included the reconfiguration of all bathrooms, the addition of a dressing room, new layouts of internal spaces to create a games room and a cloakroom WC.

We created detailed demolition and construction plans for each floor, including the removal of an existing chimney, an internal extension of the kitchen and subsequent layout for the family room. We provided interior design for all rooms, including general arrangement plans showing furniture placements, detailed lighting and electrical designs with specifications of decorative light fittings and joinery proposals for each room. This facilitated a detailed pack provided for the contractor to deliver on site.

The interior renovation and fitted joinery needed to be sympathetic to the style of the building as well as feel modern to suit the young family’s aesthetics and requirements. Each room was reviewed with regard to the client’s requirements for storage and use of space to ensure the best layout and overall design.

In addition to the interior design on East Barn, we also provided thorough interior decoration proposals for each room, specifying furniture and fittings, window treatment specifications, cushion and trim detailing, artwork proposals down to the frame specifications. This process was worked up alongside the build on site to ensure the client received a turnkey solution.

Our client said:

“It was a pleasure working with Laura on the interiors for our home renovation project. She took the time to understand our style and expertly guided us through the whole process, advising us on everything from paint colours and lighting design to furniture and soft furnishings. We couldn’t be happier with the end result, which is a home where the interiors are tailored perfectly to our needs and tastes.”

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Cafe del Mar Yacht Refurbishment – Cannes, France

Bowman Riley provided interior design services on Cafe del Mar, a private yacht moored in Cannes, France.

Cafe del Mar is an 88.58ft/27m Leopard 27 open yacht built in 1998 and last refitted in 2011. Our brief was to refresh the interior space to reflect our client’s personality, personal aesthetics and aspirations for his yacht.

Cafe del Mar sleeps up to seven guests in three rooms, including a master suite, two double cabins. She is also capable of carrying up to three crew members on board.

We reconfigured the internal areas to create better spaces for our client to entertain and designed the re-decoration to incorporate the client’s vibrant colour palette of black and hot pink.

Our interior visualisations for the yacht allowed the client, who was in Dubai for the duration of the project, to visualise the space and agree on the concept and the designs. Subsequently, we selected all of the finishes and materials for the wrapping of the interior cabinetry. We also chose all materials and fabric finishes for both the upper and lower salons.

The client’s iconic hot pink colour was integrated into the design with accents of black and gold to add a luxe feel to the aesthetic.

Now complete, our client is delighted with the end result.

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Great Annual Savings Head Office – County Durham

Great Annual Savings

Seaham, County Durham

Bowman Riley designed the interior fit-out of a 57,000ft2 CAT B office for Great Annual Savings (GAS) located at Spectrum Business Park in Seaham, County Durham.

Working in collaboration with a commercial fit-out contractor, we have created a contemporary interior design concept for our client, GAS, a fast-growing commercial utility comparison company. GAS has experienced tremendous growth and their current office space on the same business park was full to capacity.

The brief was to create a dynamic forward-thinking office space for the company’s young sales team with a focus on wellbeing and staff retention. The business is a major employer in the local area and strives to create superb career opportunities to its existing workforce whilst also attracting a high calibre new staff.

To enable the client to understand what could be achieved, the design process involved full concept modelling of the existing three-storey office building including detailed space planning, computer-generated visualisations and walk-throughs.

The spaces within the office accommodation will include 315 fixed workstations supported by quiet rooms, coffee bars and meeting spaces. A large ground floor bistro and breakout areas will feature off the central reception with a varied selection of flexible meeting and training rooms for staff, clients and visitors. Half of the second floor has been designed as a wellbeing suite with a large multi-functional space including changing room facilities, a canteen for
over 150 people, a multi-purpose gym and a wellbeing suite for treatments.

The project is currently on-site and due for handover this summer.

National Highways Office – Wakefield

National Highways

Wakefield

Bowman Riley provided a full interior design service and construction package for National Highways on their new two-storey office building in Calder Park, Wakefield.

Positioned close to the motorway network, the new offices were created to provide their team with an exceptional environment that will support wellbeing and ultimately be a great place to work.

Calder Park is set across 240 acres of land and has detailed planning consent for 1.5 million sq ft of business space.

Conceived as a creative hub for National Highways colleagues, our brief was to create a working environment to stimulate creativity and collaboration.

A key aspiration was for the office to achieve WELL standards focusing on the health and wellbeing of the building users. We employed the key WELL elements of air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal control, sound, materials, mind and community from the very early stages of the project to achieve the best results.

We introduced Biophilic elements as part of the aspirations around WELL standards and people-centred design philosophy. We included cost-effective wall-mounted frames filled with faux ivy and trailing plants combined with real planting.

The office features a dramatic double-height reception space leading to a social space for colleagues and visitors. It also contains a dedicated media room, bleacher presentation space, breakout spaces, an innovation project hub, and meeting rooms. The office space has a central spine that includes quiet working rooms, small meeting spaces, acoustic booths, a soft seating area and collaborative working zones.

Using the signage and colours associated with National Highways and the roads that they build as inspiration for the interior, we introduced a chevron pattern as the base of the design for the office areas. The colour palette is bright to create an exciting and energetic workplace.

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Motor Vehicle Extension – York College

York College

Bowman Riley provided multi-discipline consultancy services to provide York College with a motor vehicle extension to the specialist motor vehicle and engineering campus.

The £600,000 project has created a state-of-the-art workshop facility for mechanics, engineers and vehicle technicians of the future to train in a modern, purpose-built environment. This building further enhances the College’s ability to provide a wide range of vocational courses in motor vehicle maintenance and engineering.

We provided architecture, project management, building surveying, contract administration and the role of principal designer in-house working alongside structural engineers Adept, mechanical and electrical engineers RPS and the contractor, Harris CM.

The major challenges overcome on the project were the uncertainties of a physical start on site due to the national lockdown in Spring and the need to divert the gas and water mains during construction.  Teamwork and a positive outlook by the project team and client resulted in practical completion in the Autumn term of 2020.

York College opened its doors in 2007 to more than 13,000 students on the south-western gateway to the City and at the time, the landmark £60 million campus was one of the largest building projects of its kind in the country.

Bowman Riley has been working with York College since 2018 when the company successfully bid to provide multi-discipline consultancy services under a framework agreement.

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The Old Vinyl Factory GP Practice – Hayes, London

Mayfair Group Investment

Hayes, London

Bowman Riley designed the comprehensive fit-out of a former vinyl factory into a modern GP practice for Mayfair Group Investment, an innovative developer, investor, and manager specialising in healthcare and residential properties.

The Old Vinyl Factory is a complex of buildings formerly owned by the British music company EMI in Hayes, within the London Borough of Hillingdon. The site was originally purchased by Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd and the buildings were designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in the early 20th century.

Situated within the Old Vinyl Factory development, the project encompasses the semi-basement, ground, and first-floor levels. The scope of the project includes a bespoke fit-out of the developer shell to create a medical facility featuring consulting and treatment rooms tailored for GPs.

Using ADB software for specialist medical fit-out drawings, the designs were meticulously crafted to ensure full compliance with HBN standards. This approach guarantees that the design addresses the specific needs of patients and addresses healthcare inequalities.
Currently underway, the project is poised to achieve a fit-out recognised as best-in-class for delivering patient care.

In addition, the project aims to achieve a very good or excellent BREEAM rating, further underscoring the project’s commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility.

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York College – Institute of Technology Projects

York College

York

Bowman Riley supported York College in the successful application for Government funding to create an Institute of Technology, which led to a series of refurbishment projects.

This Government initiative facilitates high-quality skills training based around existing colleges and universities to offer young people a vocational alternative to the traditional academic route at university.

Under our current framework agreement, we pulled together the combined expertise of our in-house architects and building surveyors to prepare a feasibility report to support the funding application with the wider project team including the cost consultants McLeod & Aitken, structural engineers Adept and mechanical and electrical engineers.

The funding was secured and York College was selected as one of only 12 Institutes of Technology in England.

This funding confirmed the viability of several refurbishment and remodelling schemes across the campus under the Institute of Technology banner introducing modern and emerging technologies to facilitate the teaching of technology-oriented courses.

The refurbishment projects include the remodelling of the library, circulation areas, the plumbing teaching spaces and the media make-up spaces.  The contractor delivering the projects is Morris & Spottiswood.

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The Faculty of Management and Law – University of Bradford

Bowman Riley supported the extensive remodelling of the Bright, Pemberton and Ashfield buildings to become the Faculty of Management and Law, a brand new cutting-edge facility on the University of Bradford’s city campus.

The Faculty of Management and Law 120 staff teach and administer its portfolio of undergraduate, master’s, MBA, and doctoral programmes. The Faculty is highly regarded with accreditations that place the University in an elite group of Business Schools. 

The University of Bradford decided to consolidate and relocate the Faculty of Management & Law from their Emm Lane Campus back to the City Centre Campus split between the existing Bright Building, Ashfield and Pemberton buildings. We provided a feasibility study into the project, specifically looking at the opportunities for energy efficiency, the long-term flexibility of the building with space identified for future expansion of each department, the phasing approach to ensure minimal disruption to the University, the sequencing of relocating existing building occupants, and identifying project risks.

The Pemberton and Ashfield buildings had not been refurbished since the 1980s, and the Bright building, completed in 2009, was to become the University’s focal point for the new Management and Law School.

We provided the roles of architect, project manager, contract administrator, building surveyor and principal designer on a new Faculty, which offers research, learning, exhibition and business incubation space.

The two 1980s buildings were dark and heavily partitioned. Our refurbishment works increased ceiling heights and opened areas with new LED lighting to create a brighter, healthier, more sustainable environment. The result is an interior that offers a contemporary and dynamic place for students enabling various space configurations to support modern learning methods with acoustic ceiling discs to absorb sound. The tech sector inspired the design with exposed services and building fabric, creating an industrial feel offset by a colourful furniture package.

A key design challenge involved creating space for the various practical scenario areas, including a mock courtroom, an innovation hub, the Barclay’s Eagle Lab and the Bloomberg Trading Room.

The mock law courtroom was officially opened by Lady Brenda Hale, president of the highest court in the land, and unveiled in her name.  Lady Hale applauded the new mock courtroom facility aimed at bringing the gravity and drama of the UK’s justice system to life for students and the wider community as a space for potential witnesses to understand the daunting court process.

Now complete, the project has brought The Faculty of Management and Law into the city centre campus by remodelling and refurbishing existing university buildings and making them modern and bright, befitting the prestige of the Schools.

HML Head Office – Skipton

Skipton Building Society

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the award-winning head office building for Home Loan Management Limited (HML), a subsidiary of Skipton Building Society, in Skipton, gateway to the Yorkshire Dales.

The building presents Skipton with a distinctive piece of architecture for the 21st century and won an RICS Pro-Yorkshire Award in the category of Commercial.

The 100,000 ft² building accommodates 850 staff and provides an executive suite and a specialist training centre along with full servicing facilities, storage and plant and an on-site car park with 500 spaces.

Bowman Riley worked closely with the client on space planning to all areas of the building. Numerous options were explored to determine maximum flexibility, which was of prime importance to ensure the future proofing of the building.

The steel frame building was designed to minimise its impact on the surroundings and incorporates energy saving features such as biomass boilers, rainwater harvesting, solar hot water panels, passive chilled beams, extensive solar shading and photovoltaic cells. The development received a Very Good BREEAM rating.

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The Co-operative Group – Across the UK

The Co-operative Group

Across the UK

Bowman Riley has provided consultancy services to The Co-operative Group for over 50 years.

We have supported a host of developments across the UK, including food and non-food retail stores, department stores, petrol stations, funeral homes, car dealerships, warehouses and distribution centres.

Working in collaboration with AECOM, we undertook a feasibility study for a new sustainable design concept for their food retail architectural identity.  A prototype green store was designed that could become the first BREEAM Outstanding supermarket in the country and be adopted across their food retail portfolio in the UK.

Currently, we are supporting The Co-operative on a wide range of retail projects including:

• Estate rationalisation and strategy to maximise the value of their properties through assessing the development potential of existing stores.
• Property surveying and providing updated records of their assets for future remodelling projects from the Orkney Islands to Exeter.
• Producing feasibility studies to assess the development potential of various existing buildings for conversion into convenience stores and if practical, we then take the design of the store from planning to completion.
• Providing internal store planning and refurbishment designs in line with the organisation’s corporate identity.
• Programme management of roll-out projects to support The Co-operative’s store investment programmes.

In 2021, we were awarded the accolade Supplier of the Year at the Co-op Property and Charity Awards.

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King George Hospital – Ilford, London

Noviniti

Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge

Bowman Riley has designed a new two-storey modular building at the King George Hospital in Ilford.

Clad in multi-depth panels in shades of stone and bronze, the new feature building will create a distinct sense of place and arrival at the main hospital entrance juncture. Designed to complement the existing built environment, the new building will add a fresh new layer of modernity to the backdrop of the slightly dated existing hospital buildings.

Located across from the main hospital, the new development will improve wayfinding from the existing car park and main entrance, which is currently confusing and impractical. The scheme includes a new covered walkway to shelter people as they move between the existing hospital and proposed gateway building. Simple and elegant in form, this new walkway will further emphasise the key entrance building and further promote wayfinding.

Providing a physical entrance-way towards the main hospital buildings, the new development will house retail facilities comprising an M&S and WH Smiths on the ground floor. Clerical accommodation will be relocated from the main hospital building to the first floor; releasing much-needed space within the existing hospital for clinical services.

Primary issues revolve around the building’s location and the disruption to ambulance services, drop-off and bus services during the construction period. Further issues centre around the existing horse chestnut tree that had to be retained, along with in-ground services that were unable to be re-routed and the incorporation of a new replacement bus stop.

Modular construction formed the basis of the brief and informed our design from the very start, establishing a design solution composed of efficient and practical module sizes. Constructed off-site to maximise quality and save time on site, the new precision-made steel-framed building will minimise air leakage for improved thermal efficiency, lower running costs, and reduced carbon emissions.

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Evolve Business Community – London

Evolve Watford – A Galliard Company

Watford, London

Bowman Riley prepared a design proposal for Evolve Watford to increase the commercial space with an existing business park in Watford.

Our proposal involves increasing the total number of commercial units from 21 to 37 by introducing a feature central building and infill units around the site.

The feature central building will be constructed using shipping containers to house 10 additional business units with shared WC facilities. The introduction of the shipping containers creates a contemporary industrial aesthetic to give it a unique edge over nearby competing business parks.

The style and colour of the infill units reflect the style of the existing buildings whilst creating a contemporary appearance using a dark grey colour palette with white roller shutter doors.

We have considered the careful phasing of the construction works to minimise disruption to the existing occupiers, who will not need to vacate their premises or cease operation.

Working with the local authority and highways consultants, we used our ingenuity to increase the number of car parking spaces from 43 to 76 without causing traffic congestion. This was achieved by raising the height of the central building to allow for parking beneath. We also added three electric car parking spaces and space for 24 bicycles.

Our proposal enhances and extends the offer of this commercial development to achieve the best result for our client in a thriving area of north London.

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Wm Morrison Supermarket Abergavenny

Wm Morrison

Abergavenny, Wales

Bowman Riley designed the new supermarket in Abergavenny for Wm Morrison following their successful bid to develop the cattle market site in the town centre. Monmouthshire County Council identified this preferred site over an out-of-town location that would drive custom from the centre.

Working collaboratively with our client, we created a new concept store designed to standardise the external appearance of future stores and improve the customer shopping experience. Prior to this project, all Wm Morrison store exteriors were unique to suit their location. The new concept was to create a distinctly modern appearance that could be replicated across new stores, thereby improving brand recognition and introducing cost savings through standardisation.

We were challenged to reduce the cost of the building fabric resulting in a large box with glazing to the front. The glazing played a crucial part in achieving our client’s aim to connect the store visually with the outside environment allowing customers to view the inside from outside and vice versa. This was intended to increase the appeal of the store.

An interior market stall aesthetic was created by breaking up the sales floor with individual stalls to house the in-store bakery, delicatessen, fishmonger and so on. We explored the potential to use modular units that could be slotted into the stores but this proved too costly and a traditional build was chosen.

A key driver of the project was to significantly increase the sales floor area by reducing the back of house. This was achieved by moving the cafe from the storefront and by bringing the sales floor to the front of the building resulting in a large open space, this led to an ability to reduce the back of house area.

The new concept is considered to be a success by Wm Morrison and began to be rolled out across their new build stores before Abergavenny was completed.

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Oakgate House Alterations – Harrogate

Bowman Riley designed the extensive alterations to Oakgate House, a detached Edwardian villa in the highly sought-after Duchy Estate to create a desirable five-bedroom family home.

In the early 20th century when lifestyles were different, the main family rooms were intended to be at the southern side enjoying the sunlight and views of the garden with the kitchen as a functional place where a housekeeper prepared food.

Modern single-storey extensions had created more space on the ground floor but non above. They had also left the house with no clear front door and had hidden the building’s character. We designed a new two-storey extension to replace the modern extensions and the remainder of the house will be stripped back to the brickwork and timber and rebuilt.

The alterations replicate the original Edwardian facade featuring a new visible front door and entrance hall with an additional side muddy boots entrance and cloakroom. The extensive remodelling included relocating the kitchen and dining room to the southern side of the house with patio doors to directly access the garden. Additionally, the original drawing room has been converted into a new large lounge with a south-facing garden room and study. All of the bedrooms have good-sized en-suites, the master bedroom has a new balcony overlooking the garden and the attic bedroom would be an ideal home office.

To help prospective buyers to see the potential of this exclusive family home, the client asked us to provide some interior visualisations for the sales particulars. The colour palette and textures were chosen to reflect the quality and aesthetic that is popular within this style of a young family home. Resulting in a look that feels contemporary, high-end but also welcoming and perfect for a family.

The final result is a beautifully appointed home designed for contemporary family life.

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BJSS Head Office – Leeds

BJSS

Leeds

Bowman Riley was appointed by BJSS, a business and IT consultancy with offices across the UK and in New York, to provide project management and interior design services in support of the relocation of their head office in Leeds.

The client’s existing space was tired and uninspiring. Insufficient meeting space, inadequate staff welfare facilities and poor natural lighting led to the need for BJSS to relocate. BJSS compete for staff in the highly competitive IT sector with numerous technology companies operating from and moving into the north of England. State-of-the-art office spaces are crucial to the recruitment and retention of staff whilst also providing an attractive client interface space.

Having identified No 1 Whitehall Quay as their new office location for a growing team of over 350 staff, BJSS approached a number of fit-out contractors and received variable costs and designs. BJSS identified the need for professional support to manage the fit-out process and brought Bowman Riley on board. We provided an appraisal of the four design schemes and took our client on a journey from brief to tender stage.

We took BJSS to Clerkenwell Design Week to show them the latest trends in contemporary office interiors. We then led 3D design workshops, created a concept design responding client’s detailed and intricate brief. We provided extensive 3D modelling to ensure every detail and space was designed to maximise efficiency and functionality.

A big driver was to create a flexible, reconfigurable social hub for staff, clients and guests on the ground floor overlooking the river. This space was designed to host large-scale events, forums and TED Talks and provide a staff training area.

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The Grand Parade, New Briggate – Leeds

Bowman Riley provided architectural services on three adjacent properties within the Grand Parade along New Briggate in Leeds city centre, within the High Street Heritage Action Zone.

New Briggate, situated in the Grand Quarter Conservation Area, boasts historic buildings and hosts thriving businesses alongside cultural attractions like the Grand Theatre and Opera North headquarters. However, it faced challenges such as traffic congestion, vacant spaces, and building decay. New Briggate has undergone a transformation to become more pedestrian-friendly, with investments made to repair buildings to preserve their historic significance.

We played a key role by preparing grant applications for two buildings, which sought funding for repairing roofs, façades, brickwork, and architectural features. The grant applications were prepared diligently, adhering to strict deadlines and coordinating with Leeds City Council and the Heritage Action Zone team, including Historic England.

For the former Central Hotel, which formerly occupied two buildings, we designed the reinstatement of traditional shop fronts, timber and sash windows, and refurbished vacant upper floors for residential use.  Our involvement focused on exterior improvements on the third property, which had already converted the upper floors into apartments.

Now completed, our contribution to the renovation of crucial buildings along the Grand Parade has played a vital role in revitalising the street, transforming it into an appealing and vibrant city centre destination and bringing urban living to what was previously a neglected part of Leeds.

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Gremat Yacht – Cannes, France

Maplecrest Yachts
Cannes, France

Bowman Riley designed the interiors of a private motor yacht, the Gremat moored in Cannes on the French Riviera.

The Gremat is a 27-metre luxury vessel with sophisticated exterior design and engineering by Paolo Caliari.  Gremat’s interior layout sleeps up to seven guests in three bedrooms and is capable of carrying three crew on board.

Built in 1999 and last refitted in 2017, the yacht needed an interior refresh to update the style for use by the owner as a private yacht and as a charter yacht.  Our aim was to create a modern stylish aesthetic to suit the needs of the yacht owner and to create a relaxed luxury experience for guests with contemporary styling, beautiful furnishings and sumptuous seating.

We provided concept ideas for the interior space, exploring various options and layouts for both the upper deck and galley for discussion with the yacht owner.  The designs were developed alongside our client and a final set of visuals accompany the specification for the soft furnishing and decorative accents to enable the Gremat captain and project manager to implement the designs on-site in France.

A key driver was to maximise the Gremat’s leisure and entertainment facilities to enhance her appeal as a charter yacht for socialising and entertaining.  The galley was reconfigured to offer greater flexibility as the main entertaining space for parties and larger groups to gather.

To create an elegant and contemporary interior, our proposals included lightening the dated mahogany timber to soften the overall interior. This is achieved by wrapping the cabinetry, work surfaces and carcass details, completely transforming the space.

New upholstery fabrics were selected to bring texture whilst ensuring suitability for marine use and commercial entertaining. Contrast piping details compliment the wrapping finishes and bring the scheme together. In addition to this, we selected decorative cushions with a bespoke trim detail to the interior seating and bathing areas to add colour and texture.

Co-op Distribution Centre – Wellingborough

The Co-operative Group
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Bowman Riley provided architecture and the role of principal designer on the refurbishment of a distribution centre formerly occupied by Yusen Logistics to provide a new regional distribution centre for The Co-op to provide extra capacity in their network for supply of goods to their convenience stores across the UK.

We worked on the refurbishment and designed the internal layout of the 330,000ft2 building incorporating new ambient, chill and freezer areas. We were novated across to the contractor and continued to develop the design whilst providing a monitoring role throughout the construction.

Working collaboratively with our client, we made strategic decisions about the most cost-effective upgrades to the 25-year-old facility for its efficient operation. Rooflights were replaced to increase the light in the ambient chamber, a new 110,000ft2 chill and refrigeration zone was constructed within the shell of the existing structure and offices were remodelled to bring them in line with a new open-plan approach to encourage interaction between staff on site.

Externally, we reconfigured the yard layout to increase vehicle capacity and upgraded fuelling facilities with new above-ground fuel storage, which allowed us to increase the fuel points from two to six and maintain the efficient operation of the yard.

The project was delivered in a very tight programme with a limited budget. The first phase was handed over just six months from when vacant possession was granted to enable the Co-op to use the extra capacity for their Easter peak. The entire project was handed over three months later to meet the capacity requirements in the network for the summer months.

Throughout the project, we worked closely with all parties resulting in the successful handover. Vitally important to our client, the project enabled the Co-op to increase the capacity of their distribution network and ensure the efficient delivery of goods to their stores.

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The Judge’s Lodging Hotel – York City Centre

Daniel Thwaites Plc

York (Central Conservation Area)

The Judge’s Lodging is a Grade I listed Georgian townhouse built in 1710 as a private home before becoming the official residence of the Assize Court Judges.

Supporting Daniel Thwaites from the project’s inception, Bowman Riley helped with the due diligence process prior to the hotel’s purchase by preparing designs to liaise with English Heritage, local authority conservation and historic building specialists, York Civic Society and Georgian Society.

Working with the heritage specialists, we designed the redevelopment of the property, which involved re-planning the flow of the building and demolition of 20th century ad-hoc extensions.

Specific challenges involved the co-ordination of demolition and building works without disturbing medieval human skeletal remains in the historic graveyard (in the rear hotel courtyard) or the Roman defences below the front courtyard.

We introduced a new main entrance directly into the bar and restaurant, new first-floor Cask Bar, new kitchen and new build courtyard bedrooms. As part of the atmospheric Cellar Bar, we designed a stunning glass box, where visitors can dine and get a feel of the outside inside and a new sun terrace for al fresco drinks and dining.

Since the relaunch of The Judge’s Lodging Hotel, it has become one of Thwaites’  prestigious Inns of Character, it has also been awarded a 5 star AA Inn Award, Best Small Commercial Building at the LABC Awards and was shortlisted for Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber Awards 2015 in the category of Heritage.

“…thank you for all the hard work that you and the team have put into The Judges’ Lodgings… seeing it complete I have to say that you have done an amazing job of addressing the issues and flow within the building and creating a stunning contrast between the new and old at the rear of the property. We are all absolutely delighted and very proud of what has been achieved by all involved.” – Rick Bailey CEO, Thwaites Brewery

“The Judges Lodging is a magnificent Building of the early 18th C with some exceptionally fine interiors.  Thwaites and their design team are to be warmly congratulated for this very ambitious, wholesale development of the entire site – that combines comprehensive restoration of the historic fabric and interiors with an ingenious and delightful reworking of the rear courtyard – to provide outdoor eating areas and additional bedroom suites.  It is very gratifying to see a important but very vulnerable historic building being given a new lease of life by a commercial enterprise – rather than having to turn for its survival to charity or public funds.” – York Design Awards

”  It’s difficult to believe, looking back to the start of the project, but before Thwaites bought the Judges Lodging, it was a hotel that was struggling to survive.  

Thwaites’ design brief was straight forward, “create the best Inn within York’s historic city centre” and to be fair, they let us have the time we needed to really get to know the building.  Not just it’s structure, with its unique features and twists and turns, but it’s historic significance, set directly between a Roman fortification and the graveyard of pre-Norman St Wilfrid’s Church, with its large quantities of human skeletons to be retained intact.  The entire site was of understandable interest to Historic England, York’s Conservation and Heritage officers, plus the city’s Georgian Society.  There was a lot of enthusiasm to bring this Grade I Listed building back to life, but it needed doing in a measured and controlled manner.

The first stage was to make the building watertight and undertake repairs to the vulnerable structure.  We were then able to explore how we might change the internal circulation of the building, by creating a new main entrance into the bar.  During this period we struck lucky, by finding and then opening up, a previously hidden staircase that linked the two main public floors.

The rear of the building saw the most significant change, with us securing consent to demolish a number of recent extensions and out-buildings, to be replaced by dual level external terraces and five contemporary bedroom suites.  Inside, the building was completely transformed with the restoration of period staircases, timber panelling and the bold use of period colours and vibrant modern fabrics.  All of the dated mechanical and electrical systems were renewed throughout, to ensure full statutory compliance and meet the expectations of a worldwide customer group.

It’s fantastic to see a wonderful building restored and brought right back up to date, commercially earning its keep in a very competitive market place.  It’s a great example of how an historic building can be opened to the public, whether that’s for tea and cakes, or a few nights in the comfort of an antique four-posted bed, with views over York Minster.” 

John Coultas, Director Bowman Riley

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Foodology at One Angel Square – Manchester

The Co-op

Manchester City Centre

Bowman Riley designed an exciting new concept for the Co-op called Foodology at their Manchester head office following our involvement with their boardroom refurbishments.

Behind the scenes of their head office, the Co-op’s in-house chefs create their own-brand food lines in test kitchens. With a mission to excite, innovate and educate, the Co-op decided to open up the food creation side of their operations showcasing the work undertaken to develop and test their products.

Working collaboratively with the Co-op, we designed the project through to completion. Our involvement spanned from initial concept designs to support their business case, through to design reviews and development including the final procurement of the furniture, fit-out and equipment.

We transformed a business lounge into a flexible, contemporary space with an urban market aesthetic that provides vibrant and dynamic areas to test and showcase the Co-op’s food offering.

The heart of the Foodology area is The Kitchen, a large demonstration zone where chefs showcase the latest products, offer cooking lessons and deliver food presentations with perfectly positioned cameras and AV technology for this to be live-streamed into meeting rooms.

The Square is a food-focused event and presentation space set up with market stalls, pop-up food offerings and a fair-trade coffee bar. This area also doubles as an agile working area when needed. Expanding off from the Square are meeting rooms flooded with natural light, perfect for the innovation of new ideas and concepts. The third zone is The Library, which builds on the food-related side of Co-op as well as feeding into the innovation meeting rooms to allow staff to review cookery books, conduct research and generate new ideas.

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Evolve New Business Community – Milton Keynes

Evolve Milton Keynes – A Galliard Group Company

Milton Keynes

Bowman Riley was commissioned to create Evolve Milton Keynes, a new business community, following the success of our first Evolve project in Colchester.

The Evolve concept is to develop business communities complete with lifestyle facilities offering small business units and standalone offices for start-up businesses in response to market demand for affordable workspaces in the South.

Located within Woodlands Business Park of Breckland just 1.5 miles from the centre of Milton Keynes, Evolve has located its second scheme in one of the UK’s fastest-growing cities. The style of the Milton Keynes scheme is contemporary to be in context with the new surrounding commercial buildings.

This out of town business park is adjacent to the ancient woodland of Linford Wood, the development features a green roof, sustaining existing trees along Breckland Road, which has maintained a landscape buffer to the site in consideration of its woodland location.

The intention is to create a sleek high-end version of the Evolve concept using corner features and prominent lifestyle facilities yet to sustain the original concept.

One of the main issues to consider was the steeply sloped site, which led to the decision to allocate units on various levels to embrace the topography.

A key consideration was to maximise the number of units on the site to fit within the Evolve design concept. The result is 28 mixed-size units across five storeys with two stair and lift cores, four car parking bays and a bicycle store for 28 cycles.

Community Library – Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire

Burley Parish Council

Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was commissioned by Burley Parish Council to design and manage the refurbishment of the community library in the village of Burley-in-Wharfedale near Ilkley.  This project was delivered simultaneously with the refurbishment of the Queen’s Hall in the village.

The ownership and management of both the Queen’s Hall and library were transferred to Parish Council from Bradford Metropolitan District Council following local government cutbacks.

The 1970s building was in need of repair and refurbishment to bring it up to modern standards to make it a viable community asset and to future proof its survival. Adjacent to Grange Park and on the edge of a conservation area, a sensitive approach was needed to the refurbishment to ensure the exterior of the building remained in keeping with the surrounding area.

In addition to the library service, the building is well used by the local community and is home to various clubs including a Chess Club, Storytime for under 5s, Local History Group, Knitting Group and Reading Group.

Bowman Riley provided a refurbishment plan consulting with a specialist roofing contractor to repair the leaking roof and with a specialist window contractor to improve the thermal efficiency of the building.

We specified a contemporary interior with a unique carpet design and a modern kitchen.   An automatic door and upgraded WCs improving the accessibility of the library for all users.

Our in-house project manager worked on behalf of the Parish Council to ensure the project was delivered within a tight six-week programme on site and within budget working with the main contractor JP Wild.

Officially opened in August 2019, this project was a real collaboration between our interior designers and building consultancy team and resulted in a successful outcome for the community retaining a much-loved local asset.

The Beverley Arms – East Riding of Yorkshire

Daniel Thwaites

Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the redevelopment of the Grade II listed Georgian Beverley Arms located in a conservation area opposite the impressive 12th-century St Mary’s church in the town centre of Beverley.

The former coaching inn, the Beverley Arms, was built in 1794 with an older core.  In 1967, the property underwent radical alterations, including a new five-storey flat-roofed block.  The struggling 55-bedroom hotel fell into administration in 2016, leaving the property vacant and needing sympathetic renovation.

Daniel Thwaites acquired the property with plans to transform it into a five-star inn as part of its Inns of Character portfolio. The project involved the sympathetic renovation of the building, retaining significant features, including the famous ‘Old Inn Kitchen’ painted by Fredrick William Elwell in 1922 and making the most of the setting adjacent to the church.

Our design balanced the need to improve the spaces’ function whilst respecting the building’s fabric and historic significance. The inappropriate 20th-century extensions were demolished, including an overbearing 1960s block in the courtyard and a conservatory.

We designed a smaller, more sympathetic extension in keeping with the local context. The new building houses courtyard rooms overlooking the outdoor terrace.  The new building allows sunlight to penetrate the external courtyard and dining areas creating appealing spaces for both hotel guests and attracting day visitors and the local community to enjoy dining and drinking.

We transformed The Beverley Arms into an AA Five-Star rated inn with 38 bedrooms with the entire ground floor devoted to great spaces for drinking and dining with a public bar, restaurant and external courtyard.

The development has brought vitality back to this important local landmark, which contributes to the growing success of Beverley’s visitor economy.  The Beverley Arms was named one of the Times newspaper’s Top 10 British Hotels of 2018  and was crowned the winner of the Leisure and Tourism category at the RICS Awards 2019.

Due to the success of the food and beverage, we returned to the hotel in 2022 to enhance the external courtyard by adding glazing and new seating areas.

See The Guardian review of the Beverley Arms.

Images courtesy of Daniel Thwaites.

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Bowes Road Residential Development – Ealing, London

Linden Hill Capital

Ealing, London

Bowman Riley has designed a new apartment building to redevelop and enhance an underused site within a sustainable and accessible residential neighbourhood in Ealing, West London.

Located in Palmer’s Green, the site of the new development was an extremely contentious piece of land with overlooking issues and difficult site access.

Working closely with our client and the planning consultant, we created a bespoke four-storey apartment building that achieved planning consent at appeal. A subsequent planning application led to consent for an additional storey resulting in a five-storey building.

Consent was achieved by producing an innovative tiered design to combat the overlooking issues and reduce the damage to the light quality of the adjacent properties. The strategic positioning of windows helped to meet all design standards and separation distances between the buildings.

We introduced bespoke feature windows to reduce overlooking throughout the building whilst still allowing ample light into habitable rooms. A full-length translucent panel allows natural light into the rooms whilst prohibiting overlooking in or out.

The building comprises a mix of nine one, two and three-bedroom apartments, two of which are duplexes. Several bespoke design features have been incorporated into the scheme including roof lights, undercroft parking, green roofs and photovoltaic panels.

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Willow House – Menston

The Bankhead Group

Menston, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley has designed Willow House, a new five-bedroom detached property on the Main Street of the desirable West Yorkshire village of Menston.

Our design approach has been to create a bespoke new family home that combines Georgian features with a sleek modern twist. The front facade with its long Georgian windows and symmetrical proportions will be built in punched face blackened stone to be in keeping with the existing street scene. Aluminium cladding and zinc at the rear provide a more contemporary aesthetic featuring a frameless glazed box protruding into the back garden.

Willow House will provide a high standard of living with quality finishes and interesting features including a striking entranceway made entirely with smooth-faced ashlar stone and a recessed balcony to the master bedroom.

Located on brownfield land on the site of a former annex building to the original farmhouse, the new property is a narrow slither of land with various restrictions. Our challenge was to create a five bedroom property with driveway and garage ensuring positive views from all habitable rooms.

The placement of the building included working around an agreed zone on the site that the building footprint could not cross. We had to manage window to window distances between the neighboring plot with narrow conditions.

We retained as much of the existing trees and plants on the site as possible, making sure not to interfere with the identified root protection zones whilst providing a generously sized driveway for three cars with turning head and garage.

This commision for Bankhead Group followed the successful completion of Westbourne Drive in Menston.

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Nilorn UK Head Office and Factory – North Yorkshire

Nilorn

Cononley, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed a contemporary commercial unit for developer Candelisa, The Motor Works, as part of a wider mixed-use development to renovate a historic mill complex and six-acre brownfield site in the village of Cononley, North Yorkshire.  Our journey on the project then extended to working for Sutcliffe Construction to build the unit’s shell.

The commercial unit was purchased by, Nilorn, a leading fashion label specialist, who had been leasing office and factory space in the neighbouring town of Keighley.  Our interior design team was commissioned by Nilorn to create a unique contemporary office space and bespoke facilities for the production side of their business.

A Scandinavian-inspired interior concept was partnered with a Yorkshire industrial aesthetic to reflect the company’s Swedish roots and the site’s Yorkshire heritage.

With staff wellbeing and increased efficiency are at the heart of Nilorn’s aspirations, the designs provide spacious, flexible open-plan office space with a layout that has been carefully coordinated to ensure the wellbeing of their staff.  Facilities include high-quality showers and washrooms, cloakrooms, ample storage, an open plan coffee bar and catering standard kitchen for events.

Following an analysis of their existing factory facilities, the new production space was carefully laid out to increase efficiency.  Working closely with our client, we examined the work-flow of the production from printing and packaging to distribution and devised the most efficient layout to reduce distances between tasks.

Now complete, the project was a real collaboration between our architects, interior designers and principal designers, who provided health and safety advice on the interior fit-out.  In addition, we worked closely with the interior fit-out contractor, Ultimate, the quantity surveyor, Shelby and the mechanical and electrical consultants, Novo.

Images courtesy of Ultimate.

Greenholme Mews – West Yorkshire

Chartford Homes

Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley

Bowman Riley has been supporting the redevelopment of Greenholme Mills, a historic West Yorkshire mill site, into a major riverside residential scheme in the highly sought-after village of Burley in Wharfedale.

Greenholme Mills operated as a successful textile mill from 1790 until 1967, and its location next to the River Wharfe made it the largest water-powered mill in England. In recent years, the site had been used for a variety of commercial and industrial purposes but was underused and unsustainable in its existing form.

Developer MMR purchased the site with planning consent for residential development. Bowman Riley made design and layout amendments to maximise the value of the land and achieved planning consent for MMR, who subsequently sold part of the site to Chartford Homes. We then began working for Chartford Homes to alter the design and layout to meet their requirements and space standards whilst continuing to work with MMR on the remainder of the site.

In consideration of highways issues at the site boundary works, we re-laid out the properties. We reduced the number of homes to 24, removing one plot, to create bigger gardens and driveways for the properties. We prepared the construction drawings in line with Chartford Homes’ standards and coordinated with Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s building control team to ensure the efficient progress of the scheme.

The Greenholme Mews development contributes to the supply of homes in the village surrounded by countryside, which this site takes full advantage of with riverside walks on the doorstep. The development comprises 18 four-bedroom townhouses and six one-two bedroom apartments. The properties have been designed to have slightly different features whilst maintaining the same overall aesthetic to unite the development.

See articles about the development in the Insider and the Telegraph & Argus.

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Royal Derby Hospital Temporary Ward Accommodation

Bowman Riley designed a modular single storey adult in-patient ward on the ground floor of the Royal Derby Hospital including a single height link corridor to the Coronary Care building.

The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust had a bed deficit of over 100 acute beds and a significant number of health economy wide challenges. The impact of this is that performance and flow across the hospital is negatively affected by the number of patients who remain in hospital but are medically fit for discharge and should be receiving continuing care outside of a hospital environment.

This new temporary ward block housed 28 acute beds for a period of nine months from completion to provide much needed additional bed capacity whilst an integrated care system is developed. The additional 28 beds supported the Trust in mitigating the challenges associated with the bed deficit and ensure the Trust was able to better respond to winter pressures.

The modular building was delivered to site in multiple sections. Upon arrival on site, the building was 50% complete. Post-installation, the building was ready for occupation within nine weeks. Before the modules arrived on site, the car park was closed three days before temporary ground works took place for 12 days. Ground works were minimal to reduce the disruption to the car park with the modules sat on pad foundations rather than traditional strip foundations.

The modular build approach was designed to reduce both time and disruption on site, more specifically disruption to operations at the Royal Derby Hospital. The unit will be designed in such a way that the rear 15, five-bed ward bays were installed on site first with the remaining 15 bays following three weeks later.

Harrogate Town Football Club Redevelopment

Harrogate Town Football Club

Since 2016, Bowman Riley has been working with Harrogate Town Football Club to significantly redevelop its Wetherby Road CNG Stadium and grounds to support its ambition of securing promotion to the English Football League.

We have provided architecture, project management, contract administration and the role of principal designer to upgrade the player and spectator facilities in phases to aid the club’s continued success and growth.

Harrogate Town needed to expand its facilities to increase spectator capacity from 2,800 to over 5,000 to meet the ground criteria of higher football leagues.  This ambition was realised in 2020 with the introduction of new seated and standing terraces.  Additionally, the plans have involved a new two-storey clubhouse, an office building, improved hospitality areas and a new floodlighting solution.

The first phase of the redevelopment comprised the introduction of three new terraces for spectators and adaptations to their existing terraces to increase capacity.  The second phase was the replacement of the existing family stand with a new main stand including new food outlet, bar area and new toilet and laundry facilities beneath the terrace.  As the new main terrace reached completion in 2020, Harrogate Town achieved its long-term vision of reaching the English Football League for the first time in its history.

Subsequent phases will be a new office building and a new two-storey clubhouse providing modern changing facilities at pitch level in a striking new building.   The first floor of the clubhouse will provide a hospitality space with external elevated terrace seating for 128 spectators overlooking the pitch.  Additionally, we are designing a new face for the club to strengthen its existing presence replacing the existing entrance structure and included improved turnstile access, ground floor ticket area and staff offices.

The final phase will be the redevelopment of the east side of the terrace to replace the existing terrace with additional hospitality areas.

Aspire Apartments – Herschel Street, Slough

Mid Group for Click Properties

Bowman Riley provided architecture and the principal designer role on Aspire Apartments, a major eight-storey residential scheme on a large brownfield site in Slough, one of the UK’s fastest-growing regeneration hotspots.

The 238 high-quality new homes are close to Slough’s Crossrail station and within the town centre where high-density residential development is sought, helping to meet the increasing demand for new homes and contributing towards the ongoing renaissance of the town.

Appointed to develop the designs, we had to comprehensively redesign the scheme to align with Mid Group’s approach to using off-site and modern methods of construction. The development used SFC light gauge steelwork system, which speeds up the construction process and reduces time and waste on site.

The scheme’s design and layout are suited to the site, the asymmetrical design.is sympathetic in terms of scale, appearance, materials, form and use to the surrounding buildings, and creates efficient site use. We adjusted the buildings’ lines to relate to the street geometry and to create amenity space, defensible space and improve the public realm. We designed a scheme of appropriate scale and density with high-quality landscaping and rooftop gardens with views over Windsor Castle.

The first block, completed and comprising 87 apartments, was sold to Pinnacle Homes to provide affordable housing, apartments for social rent and shared ownership. We worked directly with Pinnacle to finalise the designs and finishes to meet customer requirements.

We worked closely with the local police force to create safe and secure buildings achieving Gold Standard of Secured by Design. We took a fabric-first approach with photovoltaic panels on the roof and drainage attenuation as sustainable features. The location is sustainable, close to both Slough town centre and Slough railway station.

Andrew Shepherd, CEO at Mid Group said:

“We are delighted that Bowman Riley has come on board to deliver this prestigious development.  We are confident that their design expertise combined with a strong track record in the delivery of residential schemes will contribute towards the successful completion of this major scheme.”

See the Insider article and Yorkshire Post article on the scheme.

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Brafferton Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Brafferton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire

Caedmon Homes

Bowman Riley has designed a new residential development of 28 homes on a greenfield site in the North Yorkshire village of Brafferton for Caedmon Homes, in partnership with the Evans Property Group.

The scheme comprises six principle house types. Predominantly two storeys with the exception of four maisonettes and a two and a half storey property in the lowest part of the site. Our designs for the development enhance Caedmon Homes standard house types with features like timber windows, oak porches and brick detailing incorporated into the scheme. A new off-site attenuation pond helps deliver a sustainable drainage solution. The properties range from one to five bedrooms, fourteen of which (50%) are classed as affordable homes.

The proposal has been designed to respect the neighbouring properties with traditional proportions and external appearance whilst delivering large open plan layouts responding to market demands. The overall ridge height of the plots on the southern boundary remains respectful of its neighbour.

This project follows on from our successful delivery of the nearby Kirby Hill residential development for Caedmon Homes. Like Kirby Hill, the design effectively reflects the local vernacular, complementing the urban grain and respectful of the surrounding properties. The proposal sits well in this location and contributes to the local community, architecture and economy.

“This is a very exciting development, which will add to the excellent reputation of Brafferton as one of the most sought-after villages in the York and Easingwold areas.”

Paul Brown, director of Caedmon Homes

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Evolve New Business Community – Colchester, Essex

Evolve Colchester – A Galliard Group Company

Colchester, Essex

Bowman Riley was the project architect and interior designer on the creation of Evolve, a vibrant new business community complete with lifestyle facilities on the outskirts of Colchester town centre.

Evolve Colchester offers 90 small business units and five standalone offices designed with start-up businesses in mind. This project forms part of London developer, Galliard Group’s overall plan to build affordable workspace schemes in London and the South East to meet the demand caused by a significant increase in small and medium-sized firms across London and the South East choosing to locate to community-style workspace schemes.

The development has been designed to create a business environment that can accommodate various uses, from start-up businesses to storage and manufacturing. This flexible accommodation allows for the changing property needs of small companies and meets differing demands in the commercial office market.

The accommodation is divided into two different types of units. The western half of the site is occupied by five 95m2 two-storey office buildings with a central atrium. Each unit can accommodate eight office units.

The eastern half of the site is occupied by 90 smaller business units designed to appeal to start-up companies. These are split into two standard sizes (with type variations) ranging from 37.8m2 to 90m2. The units are supported by a central hub comprising a gym, cafe, meeting spaces and a hot desk zone.

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Middletons Hotel – York City Centre

The House of Daniel Thwaites
York, Inside York City Walls

Centred around a picturesque courtyard garden within York’s historic city walls and dating back to 1700s, Middletons Hotel comprises 56 bedrooms spread across eight different buildings – six of which are Grade II and Grade II* listed – together with restaurant and leisure facilities.

Middletons has been operating as a hotel since the 1970s. Daniel Thwaites acquired the property in 2017 and appointed Bowman Riley to support the phased redevelopment of the site. An initial review of the hotel revealed that many of the bedrooms were tired and in need of refurbishment, with aspects of acoustics and fire protection between bedrooms in need of updating.

The design concept at the Middletons Hotel is to celebrate the history of each building whilst adding elements of modern guest experience that people expect from a city centre hotel.  This design plays on the unique characteristics related to the heritage of each part of the site.

The first phase of works started on site in January 2019 following lengthy negotiations with York City Council. It involved the refurbishment of 18 bedrooms within Cromwell House and Sir Joseph Terry Cottages, which comprises two guest suites.  The Grade II 19th Century Cromwell House was originally a sawmill complex, and one of the walls at the far end of The Sawmill restaurant is actually part of an old city jail.  Designed by the architect Walter G. Pentry in 1899, the Grade II Listed Sir Joseph Terry Cottages were former almshouses funded by public subscription in memory of Sir Joseph Terry, former mayor.

The hotel remained in operation throughout the works, but careful coordination between the hotel manager, client and contractor ensured that disruption to guests was kept to a minimum. The bedrooms and guest suites were handed over in April 2019 to the delight of the guests. Bowman Riley also acted as the principal designer during the works to ensure health and safety compliance.

In 2022, we returned to the project to begin designing the second phase of works involving the refurbishment of the Grade II* listed Lady Anne House over two floors with 19 rooms.  This listed building takes its name from Dame Anne Middleton, who was the wife of the Sheriff of York in 1659 and funded the hospital. In 1829, the property was rebuilt and extended.  By 1972 it was nearly derelict when it was purchased and incorporated into the hotel. In the centre of the front is a statue of a woman, which is believed to survive from the original building.  At Lady Anne House, we are designing the refurbishment of the bedrooms, replacing ensuites and adding new secondary glazing and air conditioning along with external works involving resurfacing of footpaths including ramped access and railings .

Further phases at Middletons Hotel will comprise the conversion of function rooms within the Organ Factory into two guest suites, works to Chaplin House, no. 56 Skeldergate and Staff House.

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Hallmark Building/Green Quarter 7 Residential Development – Manchester

Beaumont Morgan

Manchester

Bowman Riley was appointed to deliver the architectural and interior designs on The Hallmark Building, a major residential development at Green Quarter in Manchester, a one million ft2 mixed-use development alongside the River Irk in northern Manchester.

With continued excess demand at Green Quarter, the developer Beaumont Morgan purchased a site with planning already secured to develop a new building entitled The Hallmark Building.

When Bowman Riley became involved in the project, the Hallmark Building had already been designed prior to the 2017 Grenfell tower fire. We were brought on board to work with the concept designs to provide the technical and construction information to deliver the scheme.

Our greatest challenge was to amend the designs to create a safe and secure building following new guidance around building materials and fire safety. This limited the options for the facade of the building and resulted in an amended design.

Additionally, we were involved in providing a detailed package of interior design on the reception and common areas. The interior design for the common areas featured a palette of tonal colours and materials from gold, to marble and timber. We provided a technical package of information involving the creation of a detailed plan and specification for the foyer and reception.

Images courtesy of Beaumont Morgan.

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New Arts Centre – Outwood Grange Academy – Wakefield

Outwood Grange Academy

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the new £6.5 million Sir Michael Wilkins Arts Centre at Outwood Grange Academy to house the departments of drama, dance, music and art.

The new centre features a multi-purpose flexible performance space, galleries and state-of-the-art music recording studios, which used not only for teaching and performing spaces but also allow collaborative working with visiting arts practitioners and community use.

A significant challenge was to design the new building on a well-developed site. We carefully considered the masterplanning of the site and enabling projects to ensure that the new arts centre will not stymie future developments at the school site.

The project had a limited budget, so it was important that we maximised all available space to ensure the best value from the school’s investment.

Outwood Grange Academy is one of the largest secondary schools and sixth forms in England. In recent years, the Academy has seen major redevelopment work improving the grounds, buildings and facilities to accommodate its burgeoning pupil population and update the ageing estate.

Bowman Riley worked with Outwood Grange for over five years providing consultancy services to survey the school estate, undertake access audits and upgrade existing facilities. In 2011, we designed the 2000m² sports hall, gymnasium and fitness suite.

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National Highways Matterport 3D Virtual Tour – Wakefield

National Highways
Wakefield

Bowman Riley provided full interior design service and construction package for National Highways on their new two-storey office building in Wakefield.

The Calder Park office space differs from National Highways other offices in that it will be used as a creative hub for staff. Our brief for the Calder Park office space was to produce a design
that will encourage creativity, collaboration and make staff feel invigorated in the workplace.

A key aspiration is for the office to be designed to WELL standards focusing on the health and wellbeing of the building users. To achieve this, we considered the following key WELL elements of air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal control, sound, materials, mind and community from the very early stages of the project.

The office features a large dramatic double-height reception space that leads into a social space for staff and visitors. It also contains a dedicated media room, bleacher presentation space, breakout spaces, an innovation project hub and a series of meeting rooms. The large office space has a central spine that includes quiet working rooms, small meeting spaces, acoustic booths, a soft seating area and collaborative working zones.

Using the signage and colours associated with National Highways and the roads that they build as inspiration for the interior, we have introduced a chevron pattern as the base of the design for the office areas. The colour palette is bright to create an exciting and energetic workplace.

Biophilic elements have been introduced as part of the aspirations around WELL standards and people-centred design philosophy. To introduce greenery into the space, we included cost-effective wall-mounted frames filled with faux ivy and trailing plants combined with real planting.

Ponderosa Office Fit-Out – Leeds

Ponderosa

Leeds

Bowman Riley was approached by marketing agency, Ponderosa to provide interior design services in support of their relocation from Wharfebank Mills in Otley to Leeds city centre.

Relocating to Leeds, Ponderosa’s objective was to attract and retain high calibre staff with the buzz and convenience of the city. Following our successful completion of the refurbishment of Wharfebank Mills, we were recommended to Ponderosa as best placed to help them create cool and contemporary office interiors.

Built as an Edwardian Sunday school, the building was converted into an assembly hall before becoming a nightclub in the early 21st century. Now a serviced office space with exposed brickwork, we assisted Ponderosa with space planning, office layout and design.

As part of the interior design service, we created an asset library of existing furniture to enable us to accurately and efficiently space plan the new offices. Working closely with the client, we developed the ancillary spaces including meeting, breakout and kitchen spaces.

We developed a detailed design for a multi-purpose space to enable them to host events, hold presentations and create an improved area for breakout activities. Inspired the building’s former function as a nightclub, we created a VIP area vibe with bleacher seating, booths, high-level benches and cafe style seating with a sumptuous feel.

Subsequently, we provided concept design ideas for a breakout area, an informal meeting space and relax zone with a secret crawl reading space.  Space could also double up as an evening networking events space. We demonstrated the multi-functional areas and how the space could be used efficiently to make the most of the available area.

Supported Accommodation for Vulnerable Women – Peckham, London

Bowman Riley was approached by the property industry charity LandAid to assist with the refurbishment of supported accommodation for vulnerable women facing homelessness on a pro-bono basis in Peckham, London for Oasis Community Housing.

The facility is for 16 women providing single rooms, self-contained flats and mother and baby units.

The initial scheme was for a small extension to the original building comprising the refurbishment of the office, communal lounge and communal kitchen. The involvement with the initial contractor diminished and the extension was cancelled. The charity went ahead with an alternative proposal to refurbish the originally intended areas and the communal areas and residents’ rooms.

We supported the charity beyond our original role of principal designer by agreeing and preparing a refurbishment schedule of works, administering a tender analysis and recommending a contractor, coordination, project management and contract administration over the project’s duration. We were involved for a two year period and continued our service throughout the pandemic.

The challenges we encountered concerned the movement of vulnerable residents to stay in hotels or with friends/family during the works, the difficulty of securing a contractor and undertaking the works during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. The successful delivery of the project was facilitated by phasing the works into two stages.

“We are amazed by the tenacity of Bowman Riley to support this project. A big thank you for sticking with us. We really do appreciate the commitment you have shown to this project.”

Hazel Ditchburn, Corporate Relationship Manager, Oasis Community Housing

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TPP Head Office – Leeds

The Phoenix Partnership (TPP)

Horsforth, Leeds

Bowman Riley was commissioned by Leeds based healthcare software developer, The Phoenix Partnership (TPP) to provide full design services on a new head office building to support the company’s significant expansion plans.

TPP has been expanding its operations and recruiting extra staff to bring its team up to 650. The company outgrew its existing offices. On the site of a former car showroom in Horsforth, Leeds, 500 metres from TPP’s existing office, the new headquarters office regenerates an existing brownfield site.

The development is 87,727 ft² over four storeys, providing up to 650 workstations, 18 formal meeting rooms, a number of informal meeting rooms, a dining area to cater for up to 320 staff members at one time, 332 car-parking spaces. The new building has a mill-like appearance at the front, in keeping with the locality and a modern appearance to the rear.

Bowman Riley pulled together a full design team comprising mechanical and electrical engineers, structural engineers and quantity surveyor for the new purpose-built four-storey building.

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Honeywell Distribution Centre – Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Wates Smartspace

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Bowman Riley developed the designs for the fit-out of an existing distribution centre in Ellesmere Port for Honeywell, a global producer and distributor of electrical components.

Honeywell needed to relocate its distribution facility, which was ageing and spread across two different buildings. Moving into the new site consolidates Honeywell’s operations under one roof for increased efficiency.

The project included constructing a new office and meeting room suite within the warehouse building providing a more impressive space to welcome visitors.

Working for Wates Smartspace on a design-and-build basis, we took the tender design from RIBA Stage 4 to completion. We also coordinated with the other design consultants, including the mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers.

By making subtle tweaks to the internal layout, we were able to phase the build to allow the IT communications room to be installed first within the office suite. This enabled Honeywell to occupy the building earlier, which was crucial to their operations and running costs.

We re-designed the loading dock and parking area to Honeywell’s specific operating needs, using the existing site levels to our advantage and saving on costly groundworks and civil engineering. We helped coordinate the new warehouse racking layout within the existing buildings structural frame to make the most efficient use of the space and maximise the amount of storage available.

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Rossett Acre Primary School New Classrooms – Harrogate

Red Kite Learning Trust

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed a new teaching building for Rossett Acre, a successful two-form entry primary school on the south side of Harrogate, part of the Red Kite Learning Trust.

Involved throughout the duration of the project, we initially provided feasibility designs to secure Condition Improvement Funding (CIF) to replace two existing temporary classrooms that had deteriorated beyond economical repair. We then went on to create the concept designs, planning and tender drawings before novation to the contractor, SCS Projects Ltd, to deliver the working drawing package.

The new building accommodates two new classrooms and adjacent WC facilities for children aged 10-11 years old in Year 6 designed to give pupils a sense of independence in preparation for their journey onto secondary school.

The new block needed to be the maximum build size of 152m² for compliance with the funding criteria. Balancing this requirement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA) minimum area sizes and the school’s unique teaching ethos presented its own challenges to create the maximum usable space.

Rossett Acre School wanted the ability to open up the two classrooms to create one larger space to bring the pupils together for collaborative teaching across the year group. We achieved this by locating class bases adjacent each other with a direct link between the two teaching spaces to allow for larger group activities to take place between the year group.

The building design and orientation maximise natural daylight into the teaching spaces from the south elevation while reducing solar heat gain via the projecting roof canopy. Underfloor heating was provided via an air source heat pump.

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Stanhill Court Hotel – Charlwood, Surrey

Rees Mellish

Charlwood, Surrey

Stanhill Court is a four-star Victorian country house hotel set in 35 acres of parkland in Surrey close to Gatwick airport.

Working in collaboration with another architect, our role is to create an enhanced identity for the whole site that preserves the building’s historic uniqueness, yet embraces a contemporary aspect to sustain its future success as a hotel.

Built in 1881 in a Scottish baronial style, the hotel has been substantially refurbished to increase the number of guest bedrooms from 34 to 60 and to introduce a new restaurant offering high-quality cuisine and impeccable service.

The refurbishment of the Victorian building involves the creation of new guest bedrooms on the second floor and improvements to the roof space to make it habitable for additional rooms.  The works are phased to allow the hotel to remain operational.   The style of the new bedrooms exudes opulence and style.

Subsequently, we are designing a new single-storey restaurant building to replace the hotel’s small dining room and restaurant used for functions, which is inadequate in terms of its spatial arrangements, comfort and thermal efficiency.  This is a traditional brick-built structure with a clay tiled roof with a central glazed lantern reflects the style, materials and detailing of the Victorian building.

With views overlooking the gardens, the new restaurant will serve the refurbished hotel and will have separate access to operate independently from the hotel.

The development respects and complements the essence of the parkland setting and the result will be an enhanced identity for the hotel that preserves the building’s historic character.

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Westbourne Drive – Menston, Bradford

Bankhead Group

Bowman Riley has designed a new detached family house on 0.296 acres of land to the rear of 20 Victoria Avenue currently occupied by a garden in Westbourne Drive, Menston.

Spanning over three storeys, the new home will comprise four/five bedrooms with three en-suites. A study and semi-open plan kitchen/lounge area will have a full height exposed pitch roof on the top floor, so that a generous internal head height can be provided whilst also remaining appropriate within the context of its neighbours.  An internal lift provides easy access to all floors.

The proposal takes advantage of the level change across the site by integrating a contemporary plan into the design proposal. The ridge height remains consistent with its neighbours and remains subservient to the original properties on Victoria Avenue.

The design retains the existing established stone wall to front of the property.  The design maximises the views from all bedrooms, with the master bedroom overlooking the Yorkshire countryside. On the first floor, additional amenity space is provided in the form of a roof terrace. A full height south facing curtain wall helps to maximise natural light.  The design has received planning consent.

Priory Meadows Residential Development – Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge

Caedmon Homes

Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed and project managed Priory Meadows, a new residential development in the village of Kirby Hill with views towards the Kilburn White Horse, one of the most famous North Yorkshire landmarks.

Bowman Riley was commissioned by Caedmon Homes to develop a reserved matters planning application in line with the client’s preferred housing mix. Our role was then to design the properties and provide the role of project manager working with the contractor to deliver the scheme.

We retained the essence of the principles established at the outline planning stage whilst increasing the net floor area. We designed a mix of 34 new build traditional properties in various sizes from two-bedroom dormer bungalows and three-bedroom semis to three, four and five-bedroom detached homes.

Designed to blend seamlessly with the local vernacular creating high-quality homes to attract buyers with specifications that exceed the standard volume house types in acknowledgement of the competition in the market from brand-name volume housing providers. Onsite affordable homes have been designed to be indistinguishable from the open market properties.

Contemporary, modern homes in red or buff brick with oak porches have quality designed into every detail. At Priory Meadows there are solid oak doors throughout with brushed chrome door furniture, Roundel kitchens with integrated German manufactured appliances and Porcelanosa bathrooms. Each home has a garden, its own parking or garage, which may be internal or external depending on house type and the entire development is set within carefully considered landscaping.

Images courtesy of Caedmon Homes

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The West Park Hotel – Harrogate

Provenance Inns

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley transformed The West Park Hotel, a former 19th coaching inn located on the Stray, in Harrogate’s Conservation Area into a luxury boutique hotel.

In 2012, Provenance Inns’ purchased the hotel following several years under-performance, due to the unsuitability of the accommodation and facilities.

Bowman Riley was commissioned to evaluate the existing building and design the transformation into a boutique five star hotel.

Our design reflects the client’s philosophy to bring together the principles of the great British inn with good food, friendly service and high quality accommodation. 25 of the bedrooms rooms have been individually designed, (eight executive suites), bar, restaurant and function suite.

Within the constraints of an incredibly tight urban site, we secured planning consent to demolish the rear half of the hotel and design a new four storey structure (over an extensive new basement), comprising new hotel entrance, lounge, kitchen and en-suite bedrooms.

Bowman Riley worked closely with Provenance Inns and the neighbouring property owners to acquire a new private access road to serve the site and provide additional offsite parking for neighbours. In addition to architecture, Bowman Riley provided party wall surveying and CDM coordination.

Image credit – Style Contracts

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Private House Interior Layout and Decoration – Ilkley

Bowman Riley provided architectural and interior layout and design services for this beautiful 1920s house in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. The house was in need of considerable renovation in order to make the interior spaces conducive to modern living and suit the clients lifestyle.

We provided architectural designs for the extension to the rear of the property that facilitated the clients lifestyle and love of entertaining providing them with a lovely open plan living space.

The client wanted to ensure that the essence and character of the period property was retained whilst allowing them to inject the home with their personality and style. We also had the added challenge of integrating their existing furniture, extensive artwork collections and travel mementos within the spaces that they were bringing from their current home. These pieces often created the foundation colour palettes for some of the rooms schemes and have blended beautifully with the new pieces to create a mid-century modern eclectic style.

We worked closely with the client to build the schemes from the spatial layouts, bathroom designs and finishes down to the trim detailing on the cushions.

The end result is a true reflection of the clients bright, welcoming and playful characters. The client took our specifications, drawings and design proposals to source and implement the designs on site, perfectly interpreting the schemes to create a cohesive and beautiful home.

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West Park Hotel Courtyard Conversion – Harrogate

West Park Hotel approached Bowman Riley to convert an underused courtyard into a covered area for al fresco dining and drinking seven years after we originally designed the hotel refurbishment on the Stray in Harrogate’s Conservation Area.

Alfresco dining in the UK has soared in popularity over the past few years, with restaurants and bars opening outdoor spaces to meet demand. West Park decided to enhance their alfresco dining with an improved courtyard space that can be adapted if further Covid related restrictions are introduced.

We created an appealing courtyard garden using natural materials to create trellising that conceal the surrounding walls. Decorative accents like mirrors and lighting enhance the scheme and make the space feel larger. The lighting was designed to create a twinkly garden effect with backlit mirrors that light up the trailing greenery and planter lighting to uplight the topiary planting installed.

The courtyard features fresh teal shades, bespoke heated seating, and a living wall. A retractable roof allows guests to enjoy the sunshine and provides shelter in inclement weather.

We created an exterior space that is an extension of the interior and offers flexibility using a modular system with each unit on castors and weighted using sand to allow for different configurations without compromising on the look and feel of the space.

The courtyard opened in August 2021 with an official launch party.

Albion Place Retail Development – North Yorkshire

Maple Grove Developments

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Designed by Bowman Riley, Albion Place is a new award-winning 46,500 ft² retail development on Skipton High Street and within Skipton’s central Conservation Area. The development reinforces the North Yorkshire market town as a retail destination and is a boost to the local economy.

The development involved the demolition of an unpopular 1960s building to make way for new retail units totalling 4000m² and a 650m² restaurant unit.

In addition, we designed improvements to the public realm including the creation of Museum Yard, a unique space located behind the High Street. This space provides perimeter seating and a space for community events such as exhibitions, stalls and performances.

Designed to be contemporary yet sympathetic to the historic grain of the town centre. Bowman Riley carefully considered the design of Albion Place and its proximity to Skipton’s medieval Castle and Holy Trinity Church both of which are Grade I listed.

The development features natural stone, glazing and slate roofs to reflect the high-quality built environment and to set the standard for future developments in this picturesque town.

95% pre-let prior to opening, Albion Place provides Skipton with larger scale retail units accommodating a mixture of national and local tenants: Next, Pizza Express, Cotswold Outdoors, Pavers Shoes, Cotton Traders, Dawson’s Department Store and Chevin Cycles Otley.

Albion Place was awarded the top prize of ‘Development of the Year 2014’ at the Yorkshire Insider Property Awards.

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Aldenham Road Mixed Use Development – London

Linden Hill Capital Management
Watford, London

Bowman Riley developed designs for a new high-quality mixed-use building in Watford, enhancing the street scene and community.

The project entailed demolishing a commercial showroom and erecting a three-storey building. The ground floor contains a fitness centre, while the upper floors provide nine well-proportioned apartments designed for ample natural light, with accompanying car and cycle parking.

We specified a simple palette of attractive and high-quality materials to blend well with the surrounding context and was detailed carefully to be durable and age gracefully. Landscape improvements were made to enhance the ecological value.

The method of construction used was Thermohouse, an energy-efficient building system featuring insulated concrete walls, panels for floors and roofs, resulting in robust structures with minimal environmental impact.

The building aligns with the Local Development Plan, filling a gap in the street frontage and harmonising with neighbouring structures.

Three years after completion, we achieved planning approval for an additional storey housing two one-bedroom apartments with studies and private terraces.

The vertical extension, using London Stock brick to match the existing building, integrates with the existing Thermohouse system and provides environmental benefits by reducing the impact of two additional apartments within the building footprint and by reducing materials.

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The View Hotel – Folkestone

Rees Mellish

Folkestone, Kent

Bowman Riley provided building and interior design services on the transformation of The Salisbury Hotel, a run-down budget hotel into a 4* high quality boutique hotel rebranded as The View Hotel.

Located on the Leas Promenade in the coastal town of Folkestone, The Salisbury Hotel was a Regency-style 50 bedroom hotel in need of substantial refurbishment.  In recent years, the hotel had fallen into a state of disrepair and was predominantly used by the local authority to place people in need of emergency accommodation.

The project involved the full refurbishment and reconfiguration of the property including the reduction of bedrooms to 44 including family suites, the creation of a new reception area, bar and restaurant.

The Cliffe bar and restaurant was designed as a food and drink destination providing panoramic views of the seafront to attract local patrons and tourists in addition to hotel residents.

With an excellent town centre location and views of the English Channel, the redeveloped hotel provides modern, stylish and comfortable accommodation.  The hotel reopened as The View in time for the peak Summer season. View their website

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Brooklands Residential Development – Weybridge, Surrey

Igloo Developments Ltd,  Weybridge, Surrey

Bowman Riley prepared the detailed design for Brooklands, a luxury new gated residential development in an elevated position within the affluent town of Weybridge in Surrey.

The demolition of an existing pair of semi-detached dwellings and outbuildings made way for the new development located within walking distance of Weybridge railway station.

The 17 new homes contribute towards meeting the shortage of local housing. The housing types and sizes reflect the character of the area and make the most efficient use of the land.

Carefully planned and laid out, the Brooklands development features a three-bedroom detached home to the front of the site and two four-bedroom semi-detached homes to the south of the site. An apartment building containing 12 two-bedroom apartments and two three-bedroom apartments completes the development.

The density of 47 dwellings per hectare promotes the efficient use of the land particularly through the use of basement car parking, which removes much of the hardstanding resulting in an attractive scheme with plenty of greenery.

The buildings feature light and airy interiors, bay windows and French doors opening onto private roof terraces and landscaped gardens.

The development is sustainable with the new homes benefiting from the provision of energy-efficient measures and renewable energy technologies.

The apartments are for sale through agents Curchods, click here for more information.  Image Credit: http://curchods.com.

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Ultimate Interiors Showroom and Offices – North Yorkshire

Ultimate Commercial Office Interiors

Crosshills, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley provided advice on the interior design and fit-out of this purpose-built head office and furniture showroom for fit-out contractor, Ultimate based in the North Yorkshire village of Crosshills.

Collaborating with three other leading interior design companies, our brief was to create a show-piece to demonstrate the products and services Ultimate provide. The concept behind the furniture showroom is to provide a facility for interior designers in the north of England reducing the need to travel to London.

The interior spaces need to be continually reconfigured and plenty of agile space is a must with maximum flexibility to all areas. This will enable Ultimate to showcase as many design ideas and finish options as possible to maximise the opportunity to present Ultimate’s service packages.

We designed flexible meeting spaces suitable for product demonstrations that can be divided into two meeting rooms as required with design details and brand integration across the meeting spaces.

Areas of focus include the entrance lobby to create an impressive first impression with a living or moss wall and the first floor WC to show the design options and fit-out detailing that Ultimate can provide with each WC stall a different design.

Images courtesy of Ultimate.

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Kirk Lane Stables – North Yorkshire

Private client

Eastby, near Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the conversion of a derelict Kirk Lane stables block into a sleek modern home in Eastby just outside of the North Yorkshire town of Skipton.

Our client initially set out to convert Kirk Lane stable block into a high-quality holiday home. Exceeding our client’s expectations, we managed to achieve full planning permission for conversion into a permanent dwelling to vastly increase the value of the property.

The attractive property is clad in burnt larch wood to blend into the rural setting. The use of large metallic stable doors provide cover to lightweight glazing in winter months and reference the agricultural heritage of the building.

Our designs create natural light-filled spaces by a huge roof light in the living room, a glazed Crittall door and Velux windows to all bedrooms. An integrated cycle store in matching materials allows visitors to experience the nearby countryside by bicycle.

The spacious property is well insulated and features a large living room and dining area with a log burning stove and four bedrooms.

Now complete, our clients are delighted with the results and have been able to achieve their ambition of successfully renting the property out on a regular basis as a holiday let. Annie and Alex, our clients said:

“You created such a fabulous home we can now build and move forward. It feels like a breeze… Coming from ideas to reality, you were able to see that vision and design us a beautiful unique house.”

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Kingfield Mews – Sheffield

Pathways Care

Sheffield

Bowman Riley designed the conversion of an existing care home into accommodation for adults with learning difficulties, autism, and mental health issues with challenging behaviour for Pathways Care, a leading provider of specialist residential care, education, assessment, and support services.

Our brief was to design a state-of-the-art development that combines bespoke design with assistive technology. The aim of Kingfield Mews is to increase the independence of the people living there in a person-centred way that meets their individual needs.

The existing care home is a 19th-century building with 1970s -1980s extensions. Our proposals involve converting the original house into a shared home for four residents and four carers, with office and communal spaces designed specifically to meet the residents’ needs.

The 20th-century extensions will be converted into six two-bedroom apartments for people with 24/7 caring needs. One bedroom is for the resident, and the second bedroom is for their carer. The use of advanced technology will enable residents who need their own space to be allowed that space safely, with the opportunity for constant monitoring in the living areas.

To be delivered within a six-month challenging programme, we are producing our designs simultaneously with the contractor working on site, completing demolition and enabling works. We liaised closely with the fire and acoustic consultants, building control and quantity surveyors.

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West Moor Park East – Doncaster

Blue Anchor Leisure

Doncaster

Bowman Riley has masterplanned and designed West Moor Park East, a sustainable new business park in Doncaster owned by Blue Anchor Leisure.

The new development will be an extension to the existing West Moor Park commercial development that currently accommodates Ikea, Next, Fellowes Manufacturing, Anglo Beef Processors and other businesses. The proposals will deliver much-needed jobs to the area quickly, which will be important for the economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Development of the site will also complement public investment in local infrastructure offering excellent transport links.

Working alongside Peacock and Smith, our masterplan includes flexibility for a range of employment units both industrial and commercial to allow existing local businesses to grow and attract major inward investment into Doncaster. The masterplan also features extensive landscaping and planting, trails for exercise and outside seating areas.

Jonathan Moses, a Director of Blue Anchor Leisure, said:

“West Moor Park East will provide a major boost to the local economy, especially in the current uncertain times the whole country faces. Over recent months there has been a big take up of other commercial space that has resulted in an under-supply of space in the Doncaster area.”

Following public consultation with encouraging feedback from the local community, the development has been submitted for outline planning application.

Read more about the development in this press article.

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Pannal House Farm – Harrogate

Private Client

Harrogate

Bowman Riley was commissioned to design a new detached family home on the site of a derelict barn and farmhouse in a picturesque rural setting near Harrogate.

Initially, we examined the possibility of renovating the existing buildings, however, the costs associated with making the buildings structurally safe proved to be prohibitive.

The project now involves the demolition of a derelict barn and farmhouse to make space for a new six-bedroom property with a kitchen, five reception rooms, six bathrooms and a gym. The existing milking parlour will also be developed into garage space with potential for conversion into a swimming pool.

Our brief is to retain the characteristics of the farmhouse and barn but alter the orientation of the new property to make better use of the view over the valley.

This attractive new home has been designed to re-use the stone from the existing buildings and to be in keeping with the rural soundings.

Two designs have been presented to the client for consideration; one traditional in style, one more contemporary. We are currently developing the schemes for the client providing floor plans, visuals and 3D walk-throughs of the two potential options with a view to take one of these forward for further development.

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Providence Quarter Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Candelisa Ltd

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was commissioned by award-winning developer Candelisa to design Providence Quarter, the conversion of a former 1970s office building in the centre of Skipton into private residential apartments.

Formerly the home of HML, a division of Skipton Building Society, the four storey 5500m² residential development helps meet the shortage of homes in this desirable market town with the provision of 39 one and two bedroom apartments.

Permitted development approval was obtained from Craven District Council under new legislation introduced to facilitate the re-use of under-utilised office spaces in urban environments.  This allowed the development to bypass a potentially lengthy and costly planning approval process resulting in a rapid construction period.

Bowman Riley prepared technical drawings suitable for Building Control approval and construction, liaised with the client’s nominated consultants and produced 3D visuals for marketing purposes.  Our design involves replacement windows throughout and the addition of double balconies to the east and west elevations and Juliet balconies to the south elevation.  A feature living wall system above the secondary entrance and a communal roof terrace with spectacular views across the district of Craven.

The amenities provided at the development for the residents include a gym, planned roof garden and one hobby room per apartment on the basement level, under-croft car parking and separate car parking.

Providence Quarter reached the finals at the LABC Building Excellence Awards 2015.

Images courtesy of Candelsa.  To register your interest in the development please email:  sales@candelisa.com.

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Food Court and Trampoline Park – Sunderland

AEW Europe

Sunderland

Bowman Riley was commissioned by The Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland to create a new food court leading to a new leisure destination to enhance the customer experience and increase time spent within the centre.

This project is a joint venture with Sunderland City Council, who own a redundant ice skating rink and leisure centre linked to the shopping centre.

Our brief was to combine two ground floor retail units to form a new food court area for the Bridges and an entrance to the new leisure facility, operated by a trampoline park operator – Flip Out, on the first floor.

The development is planned to be delivered in two phases. Phase 1 includes developing the trampoline park, including ground floor entrance, and two food outlet units. Phase 2 completes the project, installing the remainder of the 7-10 food kiosks.

The development will provide communal food court seating zones dotted through the large circulation space that provides a natural flow around the restaurants encouraging people to interact and sample multiple food offerings.

The food court design combines bespoke cladding, hexagonal panelling, biophilia, lighting and acoustic panels. The internal spaces will be divided by feature perforated walls for each tenant. However, the interiors still allow the whole space to be viewed as one large entity with spaces and smells that flow together as one.

The design themes are standardised for The Bridges food court to enhance the brand of the shopping centre, however, food court tenants have the opportunity to add their own brand identity within cleverly designed zones.

Frances Street Mixed Use Development – Woolwich, London

Bowman Riley designed a five-storey residential building with a convenience store on the lower floors, located on a brownfield site of a former pub in Woolwich, Greenwich, London, for a private developer, P2P Residential.

Situated on a prominent corner, this development makes a bold addition to the street scene. It contributes positively to Woolwich’s ongoing regeneration, spurred by the opening of the Woolwich Arsenal DLR station and the arrival of Crossrail.

The building includes 19 apartments with private balconies, a large communal amenity space, and parking with electric charging points. It was meticulously designed, using form and materials that respond to the local context while enhancing the streetscape with a clean, contemporary look.

Collaboration with the council was essential to creating this new building, which features innovative design and construction methods. We guided our client through the planning process in partnership with the planning consultant. The project meets all the London Plan standards while maximising development potential on a small brownfield site.

The scheme achieves a 100% reduction in carbon emissions through mechanical heat recovery, solar panels, and rainwater harvesting. Additionally, we have planned for electric car charging facilities to meet the rising demand for electric vehicles in the area.

The design maximises natural light in the apartments while preventing overheating and ensuring high air quality in an urban setting. The addition of green roofs provides rainwater attenuation and enhances biodiversity. We have also included a shared amenity garden to encourage community interaction among new residents.

The building is designed to lifetime homes standards, ensuring it meets requirements for inclusivity, accessibility, adaptability, and sustainability.

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Office and Factory Extension – Keighley, West Yorkshire

Gesipa

Keighley, West Yorkshire

Gesipa is a manufacturing company producing threaded fasteners and is part of the SFS Group AG, they have over 8000 employees worldwide.

Gesipa has been based on Dalton Lane in Keighley since 1972. In recent years they have experienced significant growth in turnover and employee numbers. The company employ
local people and work closely with Keighley College and the apprenticeship scheme to develop the skills for future employees.

To facilitate this growth plan, more manufacturing capacity is required in terms of additional floor space. Alternative sites have been considered, but ideally, Gesipa wishes to remain in the Keighley area where there is a long legacy of engineering.

Bowman Riley’s design takes advantage of land to the rear of the present building, where the intention is to build a landmark building of three storeys providing an additional 3,000m2 comprising a ground floor of factory space and two floors of offices, demonstration rooms and technical facilities. This would release 960m2 within the existing building thereby expanding factory capacity by nearly 2,000m2.

Creating a landmark building adjacent to the busy A650 would send a statement to the passing world that GESIPA is an exciting and growing engineering and manufacturing company and that the town of Keighley and the wider Bradford area is a place in which to do business and build success.

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Riviera Restaurant – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was commissioned to design a stylish concept and interior scheme for the Riviera restaurant, bar and outdoor terrace on the canal side in the picturesque Yorkshire
market town of Skipton.

The brief was to provide a design proposal for the interiors and terrace that feels both contemporary and welcoming.

Our proposal features a central island bar that provides a focal point for the space. The design includes casual bar seating, formal restaurant and high seating. The large terrace features
both soft and dining seating to appeal to all customers.

The blues and pinks create a contemporary yet retro colour palette with the lighting accents adding to the elegant detailing of the space. The interior has been designed for both the
daytime and evening trade with a light and bright colour palette, that will translate into the evening with the addition of lighting accents bringing the scheme to life.

By providing visualisations for both the interior spaces and the terrace, the client was able to visualise the interior and move forward with the selected aesthetic.

“WOW. Perfect, just what the chef and I are looking for to make our restaurant dreams a reality… great job. Thank you.” Ben Hodgkinson, Riviera Restaurant

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Milton Keynes University Hospital New Entrance and Retail Building

Catfoss

Milton Keynes

Bowman Riley designed and delivered a new hospital entrance and retail building at Milton Keynes University Hospital, a medium-sized district general hospital.

The building accommodates three retail units to be occupied by Amigo, Costa Coffee and Subway for patients, staff and visitors bringing much-needed revenue into the hospital.

As part of the hospital’s wider redevelopment programme to upgrade the infrastructure and facilities, the new entrance was designed on a former car park.

We worked in partnership with the NHS Trust, Compass Group, Catfoss, Kier Construction and the local authority to deliver the 987m² free-standing single-storey entrance building. The South Westerly facing building has brise soleil to provide shading and links building back into the existing Outpatients, Ear, Nose and Throat, Speech Therapy and Physiotherapy departments.

The modular building was constructed in an offsite controlled environment, which vastly reduced the time spent on-site resulting in less waste material. Constructed with a hot-rolled steel chassis, the fabric of the building offers an engineered solution featuring high levels of fire resistance and thermal efficiency.

Delivered to the site in 19 modular sections, the building was erected in just three days despite the challenge of transporting and installing a 15m long x 4m chassis.

Complex ground conditions included an existing live services tunnel beneath the development. The quick installation time meant that site works were kept to a minimum and air quality conditions were maintained – crucial for a healthcare environment.  The final fit-out was conducted within 12 weeks keeping disruption to the hospital to an absolute minimum.

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Live Work Houses – South London

Elephant and City Limited

Elephant and Castle, South London

Bowman Riley was appointed to undertake the tender and construction package of four live work houses in the Elephant and Castle area of London.

Due to the demolition of existing commercial units and a loss of workspace to this area of London, Southwark Council identified the need for live/work units targeted at the pioneers of home-based working.  Live/work units have sprouted in urban centres across the UK and feature ground floor workspaces to stimulate small business entrepreneurism.

This project involved four live work houses built out of timber frames with external walls built from timber SIPs panels, clad in high quality brick and feature glazed green bricks.
Situated in a tight landlocked urban site, the property was designed to a high standard to emulate a modern warehouse feel with high ceilings. Due to the tight site and workspace area requirements, the building was designed over numerous levels to maximise space.

The buildings benefit from a number of sustainable features including triple glazed timber frame windows and solar PV panels on the roof.

There are a number of external terraced areas for each unit occupiers to enjoy outside space including front elevation balconies.

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Brookfield Garth Residential Development – Harrogate

Stonebridge Homes

Hampsthwaite, Harrogate

Bowman Riley has prepared designs for Brookfield Garth, a new residential development on a vacant plot of land in the North Yorkshire village of Hampsthwaite, five miles from Harrogate for developer Stonebridge Homes.

The site consists of 1.24 hectares of an overgrown grassed field with a public right of way to be retained and a number of trees with preservation orders.

Adjacent to the site is a variety of existing dwellings varying from multi-story family homes to single storey bungalows each uniquely built with various stones, bricks, and renders.

We prepared initial feasibility sketch schemes for a mixture of 36 new 2-3 bedroom semi-detached and 4-5 bedroom detached properties with generous parking allocation and rear gardens. 40 percent affordable housing will be provided in accordance with Harrogate Borough Council’s policy.

The development site has been recently allocated for residential use to help meet the housing land supply for the Harrogate area.

We supported the planning application process by submitting a Design and Access Statement to submission to Harrogate Borough Council, which resulted in outline planning consent. This was then followed by approval of reserved matters.

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Swinton Park Country Club and Spa – near Masham, Ripon, North Yorkshire

RN Wooler & Co

Swinton, near Masham, Ripon in North Yorkshire

The Swinton Estate, one of England’s largest privately owned estates, is set within 20,000 acres, much of which is designated as a Grade II* Registered Historic Park and Garden.

Bowman Riley supported the design delivery on the site of a new country club and destination spa inspired by the stunning countryside in which it lies.

Sitting right in the heart of the estate, adjacent to Grade II listed Swinton Park – a 32-bedroom hotel and cookery school – the design combines both existing estate buildings with new contemporary structures.

The new spa is home to nine treatment rooms, an 18-metre pool, a steam room and sauna, six treatment rooms, three heat experiences, a rasul, wellness pool and full fitness facilities.  Outside there within a secluded spa garden is a herbal sauna and shower, a cedar hot tub plus a 10-metre natural water swimming pool.

The wider estate has been incorporated into the overall offering with the use of produce from the four-acre walled kitchen garden – the largest hotel kitchen garden in the UK – and using the outdoor space for activities such as walking, hiking, running, cycling or outdoor yoga.

Next to the spa, The Terrace restaurant serves dishes by Swinton’s Executive Chef, Simon Crannage. The restaurant, kitchen and lounge are accommodated in a converted and extended joinery shop building, which cleverly brings the outside in with light and airy rooms.  A wood-panelled bar and coffee house adjoins The Terrace, housed in the former powerhouse, with its own courtyard garden. The large terrace garden provides space for alfresco dining.

In 2020, we were subsequently commissioned to design a new laundry building to sit unobtrusively within the estate grounds, which achieved planning consent.

First aired in 2021, the Swinton Estate was featured in the BBC Two TV Series, Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, catch it on BBC iPlayer.

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Wheelwright School Conversion to Residential

MMR Group
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was appointed to deliver the conversion of the former Wheelwright Grammar School into a high-quality residential development in Dewsbury.

The predominately 19th century Wheelwright Campus is a unique and substantial three-storey building that had been extended with a mixture of two and three-storey part-glazed buildings to the side and rear. Previously used for teaching and art facilities, the building contained a mixture of classrooms, libraries and galleries including a passenger lift.

The buildings are located in the Northfields conservation area but are not listed. The buildings were considered ideal for conversion into residential for rent by professionals.

The property occupies a prominent position set back from the main road and approximately one mile from Dewsbury town centre and just over half a mile to the train station in an attractive leafy residential area.

The conversion of the property is currently in the planning process to be transformed into 75 large luxury apartments ranging from 650 – 900ft2. All apartments will have parking spaces, there will be significant landscaping with an on-site gym and seating areas.

Upon completion, the result will be a high-specification apartment complex that retains and restores the existing heritage whilst providing a long-term viable occupancy for this important local landmark.

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Bridgewater Point Residential Development – Salford, Manchester

Beaumont Morgan Developments

Salford, Greater Manchester

Bowman Riley was appointed by developer and contractor, Beaumont Morgan to develop the designs on Bridgewater Point, a major residential development close to Salford’s city centre and a short walk to Manchester’s city centre.

The Bridgewater Point development provides 220 residences divided into 207 apartments and 13 town houses across two buildings.  Building A is five storeys and Building B is seven storeys connected at level one with a podium deck incorporating shared open space and gardens to the town houses.  The upper floors are set back from the main elevation and have a perimeter balcony.

The development was designed to meet the needs of private investors and tenants in Salford’s booming rental market.  This high quality development provides city living for the in-demand residential market in the city, providing a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.

Bridgewater Point features a range amenities including an on-site gym, landscaped communal garden areas, secure parking below the podium deck and bicycle storage.

The build duration is 78 weeks and total cost £20,000,000.

As a result of our successful delivery of Bridgewater Point, Bowman Riley has been awarded two further significant projects by Beaumont Morgan.  Green Quarter, is a 15 storey residential development in Manchester near Victoria Station and Furness Quay, a major apartment scheme in Salford incorporating circa 800 apartments.

Images courtesy of Beaumont Morgan.

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Northcote Luxury Hotel Expansion – Lancashire

Northcote Group

Langho, Blackburn, Lancashire

Northcote Hotel is a renowned boutique luxury country house hotel situated on the edge of the Ribble Valley in the heart of Lancashire.  Bowman Riley supported The Northcote Group with its strategic expansion plans including a first-class bedroom annexe that compliments the existing multi-award-winning and Michelin starred hotel.

The scheme for the annexe, within the grounds of the existing hotel, highlights the Victorian detailing used on the existing hotel and incorporates a grand double-height atrium space to emphasise the sense of arrival at the prestigious development.

The 8 exclusive suites provide a luxurious level of accommodation reflecting the client’s desire to become one of the UKs leading country retreats.

The scheme is laid out by an order of hierarchy incorporating a range of public and private spaces featuring an intimate drinks lounge, gym, residents games area overlooking the grand entrance atrium and cumulates in an oak-beamed loft restaurant with spectacular views over to the Fylde coast.

A proposal to re-landscape the existing grounds will enhance the visitor’s experience of arrival by creating a pathway through the restaurant’s intimate herb garden and orchard.

Since the renovation, the hotel won AA Hotel of the Year 2016/2017.

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Office Relocation – Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

Completed

Bowman Riley supported a global financial administration company with their Dublin office relocation.

Our client’s existing premises were outdated and not in line with employee expectations for a modern working environment. The new offices are located in the heart of Dublin’s technology district offering panoramic views over the Wicklow mountains and excellent transport links.

Our brief was to provide a flexible modern working environment that optimises functionality whilst providing spaces that could be adapted for future usage. Our role involved the project management of the relocation leading a full design team including structural, mechanical and electrical engineers, acoustic consultants, approved inspectors and fire consultants.

The project involved the full strip out of the previous tenant’s fit-out and the installation of the bespoke new fit-out designed to meet our client’s needs. Acoustics was an area of concern, so we added new acoustic features including a suspended ceiling, partitions and new floor and wall finishes with acoustic absorbers. Glazed screens, new mechanical HVAC, lighting, power, data and AV were also installed. Additionally, we managed the fit-out of a bespoke new kitchen, coffee bar, reception and shower room.

Involved from the outset, our interior designers provided designs and space planning in line with our client’s corporate branding and furniture.

The works were completed on time and budget by Graham Interior Fit Out within a very short 10 week construction period. The end results are smart flexible offices with new breakout areas and a multi-functional meeting spaces that help to fulfil the team based ethos of our client and provide an enhanced environment designed to improve staff health and wellbeing.

Images courtesy of Graham Fit Out.

Tingley Mills Residential Development – Leeds

MMR
Morley, Leeds

Bowman Riley designed a new residential development of 22 new houses for the developer, MMR in the grounds of Tingley Mills, a historic mill complex in the Morley area of Leeds.

The 19th-century Tingley Mills had already been converted into luxury apartments for rent before a series of ancillary buildings on the site were demolished to make way for family houses for market sale much needed in the local area.

This new development consists of 22 two, three and four townhouses with integral garages to the larger properties and ample parking spaces with electric charging points and private gardens for each dwelling.

The properties have feature balconies to the rear resembling a north light aesthetic as per the former factory buildings that once stood on the ground. This respects the industrial legacy of the site with a contemporary twist.

The design proposal responds to the mill workers cottage typology with a clean and contemporary aesthetic. The proposal respects and enhances the historic mill buildings on the site and is sensitive to the local context whilst creating a logical conclusion to the residential development of the existing mill.

The development has excellent commuter links just five miles from Leeds and 1.5 miles from the motorway network.

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Caroline House Mixed Use Development – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Candelisa Ltd

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley developed the designs to transform the 19th century Caroline House in Skipton into apartments and a bespoke office space for Award Winning Developer Candelisa.

The three storey 19th century former warehouse building is located in a conservation area in Skipton town centre. Constructed of coursed Yorkshire stone, the building was occupied by The Skipton Building Society until 2010 and had remained vacant ever since.

Bowman Riley worked with the developer, Candelisa to develop the conversion for Caroline House from office to predominantly residential use through changes in Permitted Development law.

This project followed the redevelopment of the adjacent 1970s office building, Providence Quarter, into apartments. The knowledge and experience gained from working on the neighbouring building was applied to Caroline House resulting in a smooth project delivery.

Caroline House was a complex project due to the age and numerous building alterations and extensions. Through selected demolition and the addition of a contemporary rooftop box and large balconies, we designed a scheme for six apartments. The building includes a duplex apartment on the upper floor with office and garage accommodation on the ground floor and basement storage.

The building also provides contemporary office accommodation featuring a bespoke open plan office and entertainment space, meeting rooms and internal car parking.

The overall result is a sensitive and commercially viable reuse of an existing building in a tight town centre locale.

To register your interest in the development please email:  sales@candelisa.com.

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Skipton Baptist Church Extension

Skipton Baptist Church appointed Bowman Riley to deliver the post-planning stages of the renovation and refurbishment of a historic building within the central Skipton conservation area adjacent to the church building.

Built in 1888 as four cottages, the buildings were briefly converted into a doctor’s surgery in 1920 before the heritage asset fell into disuse. In 2015 Skipton Baptist Church purchased the building due to its proximity to the church’s existing site for conversion into a community space for anyone to enjoy and experience a welcoming environment.

Our brief was to create a mix of community-focused facilities on the ground floor and self-contained offices on the first and second floors. This allows the relocation of some functions from the adjoining church.

The first phase is now completed and comprised the ground-floor modifications involving a new side entrance, rear patio area, additional patio doors and roof lights to the rear extension. Internally, we created a new entrance and reception area, a kitchen and serving area, a seating area and lounge; meeting rooms, a prayer room, a crèche, a new lift and stairs; new and extended toilet facilities; and a food bank store.

The first phase of the project has been well received by the church and the wider community, provided much-needed community space in the heart of Skipton and brought a heritage building back into use. A further phase will consist of first and second-floor modifications.

“Just to say a huge thank you… for all your work on this project. I am extremely grateful that both of you have guided us through the design and then the build in such a professional manner and with good humour, making this one of the most stress-free building projects that I’ve worked on in 20 years in the job. As the Clients representative, I have enjoyed this project and it has been a rare pleasure to have had such a cohesive team throughout.”

Martyn Leigh, Building Project Manager, Skipton Baptist Church

White Rose – Leeds

Landsec

Leeds

Bowman Riley has been working at White Rose in Leeds for the past 12 years providing architectural services to refurbish and extend the shopping centre and improve the overall masterplanning of the site.

White Rose has held a secure position within the Leeds economy for over 20 years housing over 100 stores occupying a 76-acre site on the outskirts of Leeds.

Through constant evaluation of customer and retail trends, White Rose has actively evolved to meet the needs of both tenants and the local population.  This ensures White Rose continues to operate as a highly successful commercial venture despite its proximity to the main retail hub of Leeds city centre.

Upper Trading Level Extension

Landsec aspired to increase the food and leisure offer bringing cinema and additional restaurants into White Rose to increase the offer for customers and improve the economic return for tenants.

Alongside feasibility studies for the cinema, we designed a 1,000m² extension at the Upper Trading Level to improve the underused entrance to the shopping centre through the food court.

The new 11m wide mall extension replaced a pedestrian bridge link from the car park into the centre. The new mall provides a large events space, kiosks and seating for three new restaurant units occupied by Prezzo, Handmade Burger Co and Wok & Go.

The facilities along with the new cinema extend the centre’s vibrancy into the evenings and help increase customer dwell time.

Other projects:

• Ongoing feasibilities to redesign and reconfigure units for tenants
• Ongoing feasibility and design work to rejuvenate the public spaces and upgrade WCs
• Secured planning consent for 2,048m² additional retail space and 1,850m² restaurant space.
• Refurbishment of four units on the upper trading level for occupation by Frankie & Benny’s.
• New Costa Coffee
• Refurbishment and reconfiguration units to create a bespoke unit for jeweller, Pandora
• Refurbishment of units to cater for the relocation of Next, River Island and Zara
• Two new units for Smiggle and Tssuti
• Raised the roof level over a 1,262m² retail unit to accommodate the incoming tenant, fashion retailer H&M’s requirement for an increased mezzanine floor height.
• Retail unit amalgamation together with a 368m2 two storey new build extension for WH Smith.
• Two-storey extension and subsequent refurbishment of a unit for JD Sports
• Refurbishment of the on-site bus station car park including two new kiosks and AV timetable display within the mall.

Undertaking projects in a live shopping centre environment led to careful planning and phasing of construction works to minimise disruption to the customer experience and ensure the health and safety of the public.

Images courtesy of White Rose Leeds.

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Evelyn Hall New Church and Residential Development – London

Opes Real Estates

Depford, London Borough of Lewisham

Bowman Riley designed Evelyn Hall, a new residential development with a church, on a tight urban brownfield site in the London Borough of Lewisham.

The new four-storey development replaces a run-down existing single-storey church surrounded by scrubland with a new two-storey church and eight contemporary apartments. The apartments comprise two one-bedroom, five two-bedroom and one three-bedroom apartments together with landscaping and secure cycle parking.

Designed using contemporary clean-cut materials, the development substantially improves the streetscape and positively contributes to the local neighbourhood. The residential building is clad in brick and the church has a stone finish as a clear definition between the two buildings. The fourth storey of the residential building is set-back and clad in grey aluminium panels to reduce the impact of the massing.

Positioning the church (the smaller of the two buildings) on the dominant street corner of the site allows the overall building mass to terrace, increasing in height the further the distance from the road junction.

The front door entrances of three apartments can be accessed directly from the main road to further enhance the residential streetscape.

Using our considerable experience of designing buildings in tight urban settings, we proactively resolved other key challenges on the site concerning a lack of light, privacy and overlooking.

The project has received planning consent.

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New Sandside Lodge – Special Educational Needs School

Seddon Construction

Ulverston, Cumbria

Bowman Riley was appointed by Seddon Construction to design a new school for Sandside Lodge.  The school caters for 80 pupils from 2 – 19 years olds, who have learning difficulties and many have additional and complex needs such as autism, physical disabilities and sensory impairments.

Located in the grounds of the local secondary school, the new school replaces an existing facility that was no longer fit for purpose located adjacent to an industrial estate.

Appointed via the North West Construction Hub framework as the main contractor, Seddon found that the initial design would be significantly over the agreed budget. Seddon explored the possibility of creating a modular school and brought Bowman Riley on board to develop the design. The modular construction route was found to be still too expensive. This resulted in our appointment to completely redesign the school in liaison with the local authority to ensure the design met the agreed budget.

We developed a close relationship with the end-user group of staff, support workers, parents and children through a series of workshops to ensure the design meets their specialist requirements.

Facilities include a medical room designed to HTM standards, hydrotherapy suite, rebound therapy room, gym, soft play, sensory rooms. Externally there is an outdoor woodland area to facilitate forestry skills and sensory gardens.

The project was delivered in time for the start of the new academic year in September 2019.

The development went on to win the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Award at the Constructing Excellence National Awards.

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Major Expansion Project – Harrogate Grammar School

Harrogate Grammar School/Red Kite Learning Trust

Bowman Riley designed a major expansion project at Harrogate Grammar School to increase space following growing demand for pupil places at this high performing academy.

We designed a new building to connect the 1930s school building to a 1960s design block with three classrooms on the first floor and a large atrium below, which forms the new student entrance.  The project means the school can increase the number of places available to 290 annually.

The project infills an external courtyard to reuse space within the footprint of the 1930s building with the new double-height central atrium space providing flexible teaching and exhibition space, with three new general teaching classrooms at first-floor level. This has created naturally light-filled spaces with natural ventilation to create a sustainable environment.

The new spaces improve circulation through the school and provide a new student-focused entrance. Previously students, staff and visitors all had to use the same narrow entrance. A key driver for the project was to improve connections throughout the existing school, therefore, as part of our designs, we reworked the existing floor levels to improve accessibility.

The project began in January 2020 and was completed in the October despite the challenges brought on by the lockdown period as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Headteacher, Neil Renton said:

“We are indebted to the professionalism of the architects’ Bowman Riley and Sewell Construction… From the very start, we were impressed with the entire team. This was a complex build at the very heart of the school that resulted in significant changes to the movement of over 2,000 students around the school site. I am really proud of what has been achieved. The way in which all the teams involved have come together has been a masterclass in collaboration, expert knowledge and providing the very best for children.”

Click here to read an article about this project in the local media.

Photography credit: the Sewell Group: https://sewell-group.co.uk/

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The Chiltern School New Modular Building

Reds10

Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire

Bowman Riley designed a new modular school building at The Chiltern School, a coeducational school for pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Located over two sites in Dunstable and Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, the school accepts pupils aged between 3 and 19 years from all over the central Bedfordshire area. The school was in need of additional classroom space to accommodate growing pupil numbers since its formation in 2012.

Working for modular contractor Reds10 and alongside procurement specialists AMR Consult, we designed a new modular building at the Houghton Regis site. The building was designed to accommodate four classrooms, each with a storage room, central corridor and WC provision.

Manufactured off-site and installed on site over a three week period, the new building was delivered successfully to a high quality and on a fast-track basis during the summer holiday period.

The photograph shows an identical unit installed at Chiltern Primary School.

York College Central Atrium Roof Repairs

York College

York

Following our successful appointment onto the framework at York College, Bowman Riley was commissioned to design, specify and project manage the repair of a leaking glazed atrium situated on the College’s roof.

York College is ranked Yorkshire’s No 1 further education college with first-class facilities constructed within the last 12 years and designed specifically for post-16 students.

The brief on the York College atrium project was challenging as it involved Bowman Riley facilitating a long-term atrium repair system that fell within their £100k budget and could be undertaken during the student’s six-week summer break.

We developed a repair specification that allowed for replacement of failed seals, gaskets and bolts followed by the application of a two-part polyurethane waterproof coating system that carried a 20-year guarantee. The works were undertaken by means of an Easydeck access system, which allowed safe access to the atrium at roof level and was combined with fall arrest and debris netting fixed beneath the atrium to ensure the health and safety of the contractors and the building occupants alike.

Despite occasionally challenging weather conditions, the works were successfully completed on both time and to budget to the full satisfaction of the College.

Aynham Close Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing

Grassington, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed 22 new two and three bedroom affordable homes for Yorkshire Housing on a brownfield site within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The site was occupied by a sheltered accommodation block that closed in 2013, as it was outdated and no longer viable. It was decided to replace the building with a mix of affordable family homes and flats, which would better meet local housing needs.

Working closely with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Bowman Riley successfully managed a complex planning process which included consultation with the ward councilors, the parish council and community. We led public consultation events to gather local residents’ feedback on the design proposals and to encourage local engagement.

The scheme was designed and laid out to blend into the local surroundings with a rural village feel. Carefully consideration was given to the density of the proposed development, which reflects the existing fabric and character of the village. Our design maintained the traditional features of the village whilst maximising the outlook to the south of the Dales countryside.

On a very limited budget, the new homes were designed to a high standard using stone with stone walls and traditional details including stone window heads, cills and artificial slate roofs.

The landscaping was designed to allow glimpses of the homes on the eastern approach to Grassington and to enhance the site’s biodiversity incorporating new planting and trees.

This completed development has improved the supply of affordable housing in the National Park for young people, families and older people for whom market rates are beyond their means, keeping generations of families together and a rural community alive.

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Firth Street Mill Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Candelisa Ltd

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was commissioned to design the conversion of the vacant Firth Street Mill located in Skipton’s conservation area into a residential development for award-winning developer Candelisa.

Firth Mill was built in 1877 during the Industrial Revolution as it lay on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. At this time many mills sprung up in the area including Firth Mill. The mill building previously housed a warehouse, storage and offices but in recent years was largely redundant.

The residential use of the Mill for housing fits in with the surrounding residential houses neighbouring the site. The development enhances the character of the conservation area by restoring the Mill for residential use, retaining the history of the area and bringing it into modern day use.

The development provides 35 one and two bedroom apartments to meet the housing demand in the area. The floor layout for each apartment is bespoke and responds to the existing structure and openings in the Mill building. The design was developed with close attention to the original structure and the existing openings and columns were retained internally as far as possible. The design of the apartments makes use of the existing large windows offering each flat a recessed balcony and maximum daylighting to each apartment.

The appearance of the mill remains largely as before maintaining and upgrading the principal elevations. The elevations retain the original openings, alternating between replacement full height windows and recessed balconies, providing interest and depth to the elevations. Images courtesy of Candelisa.

Firth Street Mill reached the finals of the LABC awards 2018.

Images courtesy of Candelisa and Heidi Marfitt.

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Asda Petrol Filling Station – Blackwood, South Wales

Asda

Blackwood, South Wales

As part of Bowman Riley’s ongoing framework with Asda, we completed a new petrol filling station in the car park of Asda’s superstore in Blackwood.

Bowman Riley undertook the design and principal designer roles on the project working alongside main contractor Premier Group, Dudleys, Adept structural engineers and Project Managers, GPS.

The new petrol filling station houses four pay-at-pump dispensers, two 75,000 litre tanks, canopy, control room, driver controlled delivery unit and totem signage.

The scheme involved the reconfiguration of the car park to accommodate the petrol filling station. The project is situated on an elevated former landfill site with ground gas contamination and challenging structural requirements.

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JB Priestley Library Refurbishment – University of Bradford

University of Bradford

Bradford

Bowman Riley designed and managed the refurbishment of the JB Priestley library under an ongoing framework agreement with the University of Bradford.

Located on the main city campus, the refurbishment of the building forms part of the ongoing restructuring of the library facilities to enhance the student learning experience.

Bowman Riley was pivotal to the success of the project providing project management, building surveying, contract administration, principal designer and interior design services.

Student requests for improved group study areas led to the decision to relocate the University’s IT department to the second floor of the library. This move released space on the lower ground floor for a series of group learning facilities.

The lower ground floor had previously been used for a series of cellular rooms, which made the area feel enclosed and dark. We created a large open-plan light and vibrant learning space by demolishing internal walls and using the existing waffle deck structural concrete ceiling.

The result is an interior that offers a contemporary and dynamic area for students enabling various space configurations to support modern learning methods with acoustic ceiling discs to absorb sound. The design was inspired by the tech sector with exposed services and building fabric creating an industrial feel that is offset by a colourful furniture package.

Opened by Professor Shirley Congdon, Vice-Chancellor of the University, the new facility was completed successfully and has been met with extremely positive feedback from students resulting in the instruction of another phase to create more open plan space within the building.

Royal Stoke University Hospital Acute and Retail

Catfoss and Seddon Construction
Stoke on Trent

Royal Stoke University Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in the country run by the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

The hospital is currently experiencing a severe bed shortage due to a high number of admissions and a large number of acutely unwell patients in the wards. The impact of this is that performance and patient flow across the hospital is negatively affected by the number of post-procedure patients who remain in specialist wards when they could be convalescing in general wards.

Bowman Riley was commissioned to provide designs on a new modular development to increase the capacity of acute beds by a further 110 and create a retail space.

The new development will be located at the front of the main entrance in an area that is currently occupied by landscaping, patient drop-off area, cycle parking (to be relocated) and a freestanding canopy structure. The main entrance of the hospital needs to be open 24/7 resulting in the need for a comprehensive phasing strategy.

An additional challenge is the underground services and sub-level mortuary combined with financial and legal challenges in abutting new building to an existing PFI.

Bowman Riley’s team will be working in close coordination with Trust’s estate’s team and the hospital operators.

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Horace Mills Mixed Use Development – North Yorkshire

Cononley, North Yorkshire

Candelisa

Bowman Riley transformed a traditional 19th-century Horace Mills, a Yorkshire mill building and six-acre brownfield site into a mixed-use development in the North Yorkshire village of Cononley.

Our design retained the historic core of the heritage asset, including the iconic mill chimney. A sympathetic extension was created to double the size of the mill to accommodate circa 50 bespoke apartments with recessed balconies.

The original north light weaving sheds that occupied the site were removed to make way for 46 traditional houses. Each house was individually designed, 40% of which comprise affordable housing.

In addition, the site includes a 15,500ft2 commercial building to the rear of the mill to maintain an element of employment on the site.

The site is adjacent to the railway station, with direct commuter links into Leeds and Bradford and views over the picturesque Aire Valley. As part of the redevelopment, new pedestrian and cycle access links the village to the railway bridge. This provides a route to and from the village centre and rail passengers are able to bypass the often closed level crossing to catch a Leeds or Bradford-bound train.

Historic England said:

“We very much welcome the retention and conversion of the existing mill buildings and consider the design of the proposed extension is a clever and interesting, yet sympathetic, response to its historic context”

Since completion Horace Mills has won two accolades; the LABC Building Excellence Awards 2021 (North & West Yorkshire) for Best High Volume New Housing Development and the Yorkshire Residential Property Awards 2021 for Best Large Development of the Year.

Images courtesy of Candelisa.

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ByHaus Apartments – Greater London

Vernon & Co

West Byfleet, Surrey, Greater London

Bowman Riley designed high specification, eco-friendly ByHaus apartments on three storeys with a retail unit at ground level in a confined central West Byfleet site with easy commuter links to London. On behalf of Sodajo Limited, we assessed the development potential of the confined site adjacent to the railway line within a Conservation Area.

Our design comprises 12 apartments on three storeys with a retail unit at ground level with the footprint of the building covering most of the site with minimal service access.

Bowman Riley assisted in pulling together the design team, working the team together with specialists in acoustics and air tightness to develop the scheme using the BIM software Revit.

This sustainable development is designed with the residential element to achieve Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4. The building will be highly insulated and heating will be provided by air source heat pumps with mechanical ventilation and heat recovery. Careful consideration has been given to acoustics and buildability due to the proximity to the rail line. U values for the building will approach Passivhaus standards and the air permeability target rate is currently set at 1.5m2/hr@50Pa. Solar photovoltaic roof panels will be considered to generate additional income for the client.

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The Bridges – Sunderland

AEW Europe

Sunderland

Bowman Riley has been working at The Bridges shopping centre in the city centre of Sunderland since 2006 providing architectural and interior design services working initially for Landsec and subsequently for AEW Europe after they purchased the site in 2014.

The shopping centre contains over 100 stores and receives 21 million shopping visits in 2012 and provides employment to 2,000 people.

Bowman Riley designed a striking new extension to The Bridges shopping centre in Sunderland city centre as part of a wider £15 million development.

The development’s aim was to enhance the retail experience for The Bridge’s 21 million annual customers by ensuring that the most popular high street brands are located within the shopping centre.

The extension was designed to bring Primark into the shopping centre providing the retailer with larger floor plates not available elsewhere in the city.

Twice the size of their former Sunderland store at 60,000 ft2 arranged over three-storeys, the new development provides Primark with an enhanced retail space.  The new store significantly improves the retail opportunities and boosting the local economy with the creation of 150 jobs for local people.

A bold new High Street West entrance was created through the Primark store to replace two 1960s concrete streets of shops updating the streetscape and creating greater footfall for Primark and the Bridges.

Bowman Riley was involved from the project’s conception through to tender stage for Land Securities and from tender to completion with Morgan Sindall, under a design and build contract. The project achieved a BREEAM rating of Very Good.

Following the success of the development, we were appointed to replicate the design across the shopping centre’s three other entrances.

We also designed a new contemporary Café Nero featuring a 180 degree glazed façade.

New Build Contemporary Home – Yorkshire

Private client

Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was approached to design a new contemporary detached home within the grounds of an existing plot in Yorkshire. The clients brief was very specific in their requirement for a contemporary design that reflected their modern lifestyle.

Following careful analysis of the existing site, Bowman Riley designed a unique contemporary dwelling that both respected the historical features of the existing site while providing modern, open plan living that reflected the client’s aspirations. The accommodation was provided over two storeys with a low profile, overhanging roof that allowed the new house to fit sensitively within its open countryside setting.

A feature cylindrical tower, containing the main circular stair, marked the entrance to the house and represented a modern reinterpretation of the traditional turret found in many of the historic buildings within the surrounding context. To the ground floor, a large double height living area provided views over the open countryside beyond, with a feature double-sided fireplace connecting to the open plan kitchen dinner opposite.

On the first floor, views were again provided from an internal balcony over the main living space and out to the dramatic external landscape. Private masters quarters were provided off to one half of the upper floor with ensuite bathroom, dressing room, and access to an external terrace. A further two double bedrooms and house bathroom completed the first-floor accommodation.

Designed by architect and associate Craig Mewse

Thornhills Garden Suburb Masterplanning – Brighouse, West Yorkshire

Evans Property Group and England Homes

Brighouse, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley developed the masterplan for Thornhills Garden Suburb, a sustainable urban development of circa 2000 new homes in and around the town of Brighouse in Calderdale.

Calderdale needs 16,871 additional dwellings over the period of 2017-2032 to meet the anticipated shortage of homes in the area. The Council has assessed the availability of sites to accommodate this level of growth and concluded that there are insufficient to meet these needs within the existing settlement. The Thornhills site has been put forward for release from the Green Belt to be allocated for residential-led development.

Working alongside planning consultants Quod, we have prepared a masterplan to extend the settlement of Brighouse to make a significant contribution towards the housing needs.

Based on Garden Suburb principles, the site will deliver a high-quality development that is well connected to its surroundings and has a unique sense of place and community.

The houses will be in keeping with local vernacular using local and natural materials interspersed with plenty of natural planting. Key areas of green space and woodland have been retained as well as the creation of a more robust wildlife corridor through the site.

In addition to the new residences, new primary and secondary schools and a new community hub have been proposed to create a sustainable neighbourhood.

Thornhills Garden Suburb will provide much-needed homes, contributing greatly to the local plan as well as creating a new defensible boundary to the green belt.

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New Build Concept Design – London

Private client

London

Bowman Riley prepared a detailed concept design for a new luxury house on a private road in London.

An existing residential property was purchased on a 0.389 of an acre site with the intention of demolishing it to make way for a larger property of up to 7000sqm.

The client requested designs for a large contemporary style residence along with an alternative option for a traditional architectural styled house.

The design process involved research into the high end London residential market focusing on unique architectural properties. The design evolved around a simple palette of materials and finishes whilst maximising the existing plot and the proposed orientation of the building.

Key features of the interior would be a double height galleried entrance hall and landing. Large open plan living, dining and entertaining spaces overlooking the landscaped gardens. An east wing would contain a triple garage with potential guest and staff facilities and utility functions.

We developed a full 3D concept model to generate specific views with which to present to the client within an aspirational brochure format. We developed a look and feel that would provide the high standards for a property of this status and location providing very high levels of quality, finish and appearance.

Hattersley Retail Centre – Greater Manchester

Maple Grove Developments

Hattersley, Greater Manchester

Bowman Riley supported Maple Grove Developments in their bid to Tameside Council to develop a new retail centre in Hattersley, Greater Manchester.  This follows our previous successful projects, Albion Place and No.9 Skipton High Street.

Working closely with Maple Grove, Bowman Riley provided an approach, concept designs and 3D images for the 75,000ft2 retail scheme located on a brownfield site just off the M67 at the junction of Stockport Road and Ashworth Lane. The scheme comprises a mix of units including an anchor store, a drive-through restaurant and retail space.

Our site analysis and concept development focused on links with the recently constructed local community hub and supermarket. This allowed for smaller retail and drive-through food amenities to be located at the focal point of the junction of Stockport Road whilst maintaining the pedestrian scale and opening the retail centre visibility from the highway.

Our proposal offered the best use of the site and was attractive for prospective tenants. Maple Grove was selected by Peak Valley Housing Association and their partners Tameside Council and the Homes and Communities Agency as their preferred developer to take the scheme forward.

Following the success of the bid, Maple Grove Developments appointed Bowman Riley to follow the design through to completion and provide the role of Principal Designer.

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New Asda Supermarket – Tain Scotland

Longcross Construction

Tain, Scottish Highlands

Bowman Riley was appointed by Longcross Construction to provide architectural services for a new build Asda supermarket Tain, Scotland.

The development comprises a café, petrol filling station and car park including charge points for electric vehicles and bicycle facilities.

Delivered on a design and build basis, Longcross selected Bowman Riley as their preferred architect to take the project through to completion using the BIM software Revit.

The 34,000 ft² supermarket is partially timber clad and surrounded by existing boundary stone walls that had to be retained.

The supermarket is the first major food retail offering in the town of Tain and was opened in autumn 2012. The development has created around 90 jobs for local people representing a major long-term boost to the local economy.

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Newsome Vale Independent Living – South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire Housing Association

Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Bowman Riley supported the delivery of Newsome Vale, a new apartment complex specifically designed to provide independent living for older people.

Supported by a £1.87 million grant from the Homes and Communities Agency, Newsome Vale comprises 50 one and two bedroom apartments on three floors with communal gardens and lounge areas.

Following the closure of South Yorkshire Housing’s in-house architects department, Bowman Riley was commissioned to facilitate the completion of the development. At this stage, the project was significantly behind programme and there was an ongoing dispute with the contractor.

Providing a contract administrator role as the client’s agent, we worked closely with the housing association and contractor to resolve the dispute and support the completion of the development. We also undertook the role of principal designer to ensure the completion of the health and safety file prepared by the contractor.

Newsome Vale now offers high-quality apartments for older people that eliminate the usual housing problems like stairs and bathtubs and provides spacious living areas, corridors and bathrooms for easy accessibility. Residents take part in the daily activities ranging from knitting and chair aerobics, to bingo, line dancing and quiz nights.

“The best decision we have made to move into Newsome Vale apartment, it is superb… Newsome vale is a very secure place, which gives the residents peace of mind.”

John (resident 2016)

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Royal Baths II Apartment – Harrogate

David Wilson Homes

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed Royal Baths II  a new apartment building positioned at a key location within the elegant spa town of Harrogate.

The apartment building is comprised of two blocks of 12 apartments, which divide the building into two elements. Two substantial portico entrance areas articulate the buildings at ground level and relate to a formal landscaped garden area raised above the street level.

The contemporary design of this project aims to reflect the traditional materials and proportions of the surrounding buildings and uses the existing levels to conceal the car parking from the street frontage.

The three bedroom apartments are finished to a high standard offering luxurious accommodation. The hallway leads to all the main rooms with the living area enjoying plenty of natural light provided by two sets of double doors which both open onto balconies overlooking the Montpellier Quarter.

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Dales Market Corner and Petrol Filling Station – Harrogate

Private Client

Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire

The Dales Market Corner is a uniquely designed, independent convenience store with a petrol filling station in the heart of the scenic market town of Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, an area of outstanding beauty. On a brownfield site (formerly a car dealership), a Costcutter kiosk was enlarged, rebranded and reopened as a wholly independent convenience store.

This followed the successful first phase of the development; the refurbishment of the petrol filling station and forecourt. Phase 1 involved the refurbishment of the petrol filling station including a new canopy, forecourt alterations and replacement fuel tanks, pumps and lines in conjunction with a specialist petrol filling station contractor. Phase 2 was the partial demolition and extension to the convenience store building to create a circa 300m² footprint (an increase of 200%). The works were planned to be phased to enable the store to continue to trade with minimal disruption.

The store is a uniquely five-sided extension seamlessly integrate into the local vernacular with its use of traditional building materials applied in a contemporary form. From afar, the angular and split-level roof responds to its unique and varied neighbours both in form and height whilst addressing the client’s need for a single storey building. Taking its form from the unusual sized plot, the double-height volume enhances the sense of place and space whilst seamlessly integrating into the original forecourt building. This enabled the store to continue trading throughout and now provides for a logical and considered building. Daylight floods what would otherwise be a typically artificially lit space, thanks to a quirky interpretation of the local dry stone walls and the relationship to contemporary glazing arrangements.

This bespoke development responds specifically to the needs of the local community and makes a positive contribution to the public realm and is a valuable asset to the community, who had to travel as far as Harrogate to buy groceries.

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Hanworth Road Mixed-Use Development, London

Linden Hill Capital Management

Hounslow, London

Bowman Riley has designed a new mixed-use development on an existing brownfield site on Hanworth Road in Houndslow, London for Linden Hill Capital.

On the site of the vacant Duke of York public house, we have designed a new development consisting of two buildings. The first building will feature a community centre on the ground floor and the second building will house a retail unit. In-between both buildings will be a small car park with nine parking spaces. On the upper floors, there will be 16 residential one and two-bedroom apartments.

To ensure the new development fits congruously into the neighbourhood, the on Hanworth Road buildings will be predominantly red brick to respect the streetscape. This clean and contemporary aesthetic responds sensitively to the local area and wider context.

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Lower Street Apartments – London

Eyam Enterprises

Watford, London

Bowman Riley has designed a new five-storey apartment building on Lower Street in Watford, London.

Our brief was to ensure the design and layout of the building maximised the number of residential units whilst maintaining the quality of architecture.

Initially, we prepared a feasibility study and subsequently provided pre-planning advice.  This led to the full design of the building of 28 mixed-size apartments with two stairways and lift cores.

The main design challenge was the proximity to an existing residential building behind the Lower Street development. We carefully considered the design to avoid overlooking issues. The building was designed with louvres to the side windows and the top storey of the building is set back to minimise the impact of the massing.

The design features green amenity space to the front of the building, 28 bicycle spaces in a store, 12 visitor bicycle spaces and only four car parking spaces resulting in a virtually car-free development.

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Palfrey Place Residential Development – South London

Private Client

Lambeth, South London

Bowman Riley prepared the detailed designs on Palfrey Place, four new build high-quality maisonettes in the St Marks conservation area, part of the Oval neighbourhood in the London Borough of Lambeth.

An expanse of glazing provides a contemporary edge to the traditional brickwork ensuring that it sits well within the character of the conservation area, which is predominantly two and three-storey residential buildings.

The extensive glazing and roof lights create stunning light-filled open-plan maisonettes with large windows that frame views over the skyline.

The layout of the interiors was carefully considered to maximise the quality of space and amenity.

The building features internal covered courtyards, balcony space within the walls of the building and a glazed roof winter garden to the rear.

The development was designed to be as energy-efficient as possible. It achieved Code for Sustainable Homes level 4. Sustainable features include the following energy-saving measures: improved u-values, efficient heating, hot water and lighting systems and photovoltaic panels to meet a 20% reduction of carbon emissions from on-site renewable energy generation.

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The Oakwell Centre – Dewsbury and District Hospital

University of Bradford

Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed and managed The Oakwell Centre, a new School of Nursing at the Dewsbury and District Hospital under the framework agreement with the University of Bradford.

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust identified the need to offer a locally based degree programme to attract student nurses that may not otherwise apply to a University nursing course outside of the district. With this in mind, the Trust approached the University to deliver a satellite nursing degree programme at Dewsbury and District Hospital.

The objective was to create an on-site learning facility that will allow for up to 80 trainee nurses to learn whilst gaining practical hospital experience.

The project involved the refurbishment and reconfiguration of a 460m2 flat-roofed building constructed in 1960 that had been used as a training and archive facility and had not been extensively refurbished for forty years.

We undertook a space planning exercise to make sure the spaces met the needs of the users and to created the best use of the available space. We specified and arranged the installation of all finishes and fittings.

The Oakwell Centre was completed within the client’s target timescales in preparation for the intake of students in the new academic year and opened by Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England.

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ASDA Petrol Filling Station – Rhyl, Wales

As part of our ongoing framework agreement with Asda, Bowman Riley was commissioned to take over the design and delivery of a new petrol filling station in Rhyl from another architectural practice.

With only two weeks before start on site, it was critical to appraise the design quickly and produce construction detailed drawings to ensure the smooth delivery of the project.

Sited next to an adjacent to an existing Asda superstore, the new petrol filling station was previously occupied by a single two storey  ommercial building.

The facility is a six pump station with two new 75,000 litre underground storage tanks, canopy, kiosk, dual jet wash bays together with a vacuum/air/water bay.

The scheme involved creating new access, a forecourt, car parking and service bays, drainage, lighting, CCTV and signage totem.

The site is close to the seafront and as such we liaised with Natural Resources Wales to agree the best design solution to protect the tidal ground water table. Working with the structural engineer, a concrete sealed underground space was created to house the fuel tanks. This design solution will further reduce the potential of seawater pollution in the event of a failure of the containment of the tanks.

St John’s Mews Apartments – York

Bowman Riley supported developer Caedmon Homes on the design and delivery of St John’s Mews, a conversion of a 1960s former care home into a new contemporary residential development in heart of York city centre.

The project involved the part demolition and part conversion of the 1960s property into 29 private apartments.

Our role was originally to deliver the technical drawing package and construction of the project. Upon review of the planning approved scheme, we found that several apartments within the roof space did not have sufficient head height and the scheme as a whole was inefficient in its use of space. Additionally, the unit mix was unrepresentative of the local area.

Bowman Riley reworked the design to create a more efficient scheme and replaced plans in the extant planning permission using a Section 73 Application.

St John’s Mews makes the most of the stunning views of York Minster.  The ground-floor apartments feature patio doors opening onto communal gardens and the two-bedroom first-floor apartments have Juliet balconies.  On the top floor, the three-bedroom apartments have floor to ceiling double-glazed picture windows to the gable and living rooms.

Our designs improved the efficiency of the development, which enabled it to move forward to the construction phase with the contractor, Pacy & Wheatley. We also provided the role of principal designer and building surveyor during the construction phase of the project to practical completion.

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Culture Fusion Youth Centre – Bradford City Centre

BAM Construction

Bradford, Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the award-winning Culture Fusion, a state-of-the-art youth centre for Bradford YMCA.  The centre has been designed to provide inspiring learning, creative, training and recreational spaces for the young people of Bradford.

The centre provides 3200m² accommodation for tenants offering services to young people on issues ranging from employment, healthcare, housing to counselling.

The centre includes unique features such as a rooftop performance venue and café with views across the city, an urban meadow and a secret rooftop garden.

Won through competition, Bowman Riley’s design was selected by a panel of young people as their preferred choice. Engagement from the outset with the young advisors set the tone for the collaborative approach taken throughout the design.

The project comprised the transformation of a historic mill building into a vibrant new youth centre by linking it with a new five-storey extension.  The design responds to the historical significance of its former industrial site and provides a striking new building, which significantly contributes to the city centre’s regeneration.

Culture Fusion was awarded the 2012 LABC Building Excellence award in the category of community and achieved BREEAM Excellent at the design stage.

For more information see http://www.culturefusion.org.uk/

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Greenroyd Mill Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing, Jephson North, Barnfield Homes

Sutton in Craven, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the transformation of a 150-year-old derelict textile mill site into a mixture of 94 new homes comprising affordable homes, extra care houses/apartments and private homes.

Work on the scheme was originally started by a private developer, but the project stalled in 2008 due to the economic downturn.  Working with the developer Barnfield Homes and two housing associations, Yorkshire Housing and Jephson Homes, we attracted an investment of £3.7 million from the Homes and Communities Agency to enable the development to complete.

The four-storey development retains the existing structure of the mill.  Many of the mill’s original features were sympathetically incorporated into the design. The building achieved BREEAM Very Good.

The Greenroyd Mill development received a number of accolades including:

• Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative and Partnership Working – Making the Difference in Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2011
• High Commendation – RICS Pro-Yorkshire Awards 2012 for Residential
• Special Commendation – Yorkshire Business Insider Property Awards 2012 in the category of Restoration.

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Festival Park leisure complex – Stoke on Trent

Cromwell Property Group

Stoke on Trent, West Midlands

Bowman Riley is designing a £2.5m refurbishment of an existing Odeon cinema and leisure complex in Festival Park, an out of town retail park in Stoke on Trent.

Originally built in 1998, the existing cinema complex is dated and in need of investment and refurbishment to enable it to respond to changes in customer demand and to compete with a new city centre cinema.  In addition, much of the first floor is currently empty following the closure of the Quasar laser game.

A planning application has been recently submitted to transform the exterior of the building, which will be over-clad to give it a more contemporary appearance.

To occupy the vacant space within the building, the plan is to open three restaurants.  The proposal will ensure the Odeon cinema can operate viably in today’s evolving leisure market.

Valad Property Group subsequently bought another leisure site in Blackpool to be given a similar facelift.

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Brakes Food Wholesalers – Croydon, London

Brakes Bros Ltd

Croydon, London

Bowman Riley was commissioned by Brakes Food Wholesalers, a leading supplier to the foodservice sector in the UK.  We supported their ambitious plans to move into the business to business food market capitalising on a strong brand and distribution network.

Working in partnership with Brakes and the wider design team, we provided architecture and CDM coordination bringing our considerable expertise of designing and master planning developments in the retail sector.

The first project was a refurbishment of an existing warehouse to convert it into a 25,000ft² food market in Croydon. The designs provide a friendly and appealing environment whilst maximising the functionality and efficiency of the development. We were involved in the concept planning of the scheme, store layout and the design of the building envelope including a new customer entrance to present their branding on the first scheme.

We facilitated a quick delivery on a nine week programme to a high standard. We introduced value engineering details to ensure the project was delivered within the target budget. The new food market we delivered has allowed Brakes to start their journey in this new venture. The specific internal layout and design has given Brakes a unique identity differentiating their offering from their competitors’ brands.

Bowman Riley is continuing to work closely with Brakes to develop their standards and specifications, whilst reviewing new sites to assist them in their expansion plans.

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Wm Morrison Supermarkets – Kidderminster

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

Kidderminster, West Midlands

Bowman Riley designed the new Morrisons supermarket in Kidderminster.  The supermarket was the first in the country to be awarded a BREEAM Excellent rating under the 2006 retail scheme, and provided the company with a greenprint for stores of the future.

The redevelopment of the historic former carpet factory includes a new 77,000ft2 (gross) supermarket, the refurbishment and extension of a Grade II Listed office building with a change of use to museum space, an associated 390 car parking spaces and environmental and infrastructure improvements.

Some of the sustainable features include:

• Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems to generate part of the store’s on-site electricity with the waste heat generated used to heat the store
• Heat reclaim from refrigeration equipment is to be used for water heating
• Solar panels on the roof will provide hot water
• Intelligent lighting control systems will minimise artificial lighting needs

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Central House Office Development – Leeds City Centre

Moorgarth Group Ltd

Leeds City Centre

Bowman Riley designed the refurbishment of Central House, a prominent five-storey 1980s brick building in a prime location in Leeds city centre’s business district.

Developer, Moorgarth Properties purchased the building as their new home and identified the need to renovate it to create high-tech offices to showcase their talents and attract high calibre tenants to lease the remaining offices.

Adjacent to a listed building, the 10,435ft² building is classified as an important building of architectural merit.  This influenced the design and led to a careful manipulation of areas to retain the classical order of the façade.

Key features were enhanced with the introduction of striking new contemporary elements including:  balconies and Juliet balconies, a large external entertainment space and new full height windows on the upper floors.  The result is that the building is now flooded with natural light and all floors offering views of the surrounding cityscape.

The building was transformed into Grade A office space and was three quarters occupied soon after completion.  Central House reached the finals of the 2016 British Council of Offices (BCO) Awards and RICS Yorkshire Awards.

“We are delighted with the refurbishment of Central House.  The building has been transformed into a smart light-filled office environment we are proud to show off.”  Philip Whiting, Moorgarth

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Relocation of Hospital Imaging Facilities – MRI Scanners

MW Mechanical

Bowman Riley has been commissioned to provide design, project management and principal designer services on the removal and installation of MRI scanners at Falkirk Hospital and an additional site.

Bowman Riley is working alongside MW Mechanical to facilitate the removal of existing equipment and installation of the MRI scanners.

The main challenge of the project is to safely remove and install the scanners in a live clinical environment.

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University of Bradford Framework

Under a framework agreement, Bowman Riley provides multi-disciplined services as the single supplier for the provision of the University of Bradford’s professional services.

The University of Bradford received its Royal Charter in 1966 but its origins date back to the early 19th century. The University has a diverse and complex estate with many Victorian and 1960s and 1970s buildings. Our support helps the University to get the best out of their assets.

Our team has worked at the University for over nine years successfully delivering over 500 schemes. We understand the multifaceted stakeholders, evolving priorities and objectives and the requirement for flexibility and future proofing.

Our knowledge of the construction forms and the service installations across the estate enables us to respond quickly to the inherent design confinements and challenges such as frame span restrictions, wall construction, floor slab and rebar limitations, vibration issues, access/fire compliance, thermal performance and asbestos. Identifying design considerations from the outset provides greater efficiency for the University.

Our knowledge of the University’s procurement processes, stakeholder sign-off procedures, project board and workbook processes has enabled us to deliver fast-track strategies to ensure the design, programme and financial objectives are achieved. We completed a £500k refurbishment of the Workshop Block following a five-week design and tender period.

Our extensive knowledge of the estate and our team’s expertise and commitment to the University has formed a trusted advisor relationship with the university’s estate team.

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Velodrome Concept – Nationwide

Bowman Riley was appointed to develop a design for a new concept velodrome that had the potential to be rolled out at various locations nationwide.

Riding the increasing wave of cycling popularity we were asked to consider the most efficient and eye-catching way to establish a chain and network of local velodromes that would offer
track cycling to everyone.

Utilising 3D modelling we were able to develop the concept based on an international standard wooden cycling track and forming a warehouse-style envelope that could be branded up as Velo-City. The building would offer cycling clubs, groups and individuals the experience of track cycling with changing facilities, café, bike shop and a large central multi-purpose space for various events.

Bowman Riley presented the concept providing animations and CGI images for the feasibility study being able to interrogate the shape, space and structure that would be required. The project was passed on to explore funding opportunities for our client.

Wythenshawe Hospital New Modular Building

Bowman Riley provided the detailed design for a new 365m2 modular building at Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the University Hospital Southern Manchester NHS Foundation Trust to create a new main hospital entrance.

The building houses a Costa Coffee and M&S Simply Food to provide an upgraded food retail offering at the hospital and bring in much needed additional revenue to the NHS Trust.

The building was constructed beneath an undercroft of an existing tower, which was the original hospital’s main entrance. The existing structural columns were integrated into the new building’s fabric.

A modular solution was ideal for the live hospital environment with the project delivered on site in only 12 weeks.  Site access was very tight resulting in all materials brought in on a gurney through an access corridor between two existing buildings.

Our role was to take the design from planning through to completion. We liaised with the local authority to discharge complex planning conditions and manage the building regulations submission.  We prepared drawings for inclusion within legal documentation including phasing drawings, superstructure, site logistics and fire strategy.  Working collaboratively using the SharePoint software, we shared our documents with the contractors and reviewed by the client.

We provided ongoing support throughout the time on site and reviewed contractor design information and commented for HTM compliance. We also attended the coordination meetings with the NHS Trust.

Oakfold Residential Development – Eastburn, West Yorkshire

Candelisa Limited

Eastburn, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed 13 bespoke three and four-bedroom luxury homes for award-winning developer Candelisa on a one-acre greenfield site in the semi-rural village of Eastburn near Steeton, West Yorkshire.

Candelisa purchased a one-acre greenfield site with full planning consent for 19 new build houses on a steeply sloping site.   It became apparent that the consented scheme had significant obstacles in its deliverability including overhead power lines and maximum road gradients.

The development needed to be carefully re-planned in consideration of the site constraints, the need to minimise excavation and expense and not exceed the maximum permissible road gradient for highways standards.

The topography was modelled in the BIM software, Revit, which enabled our designers to re-work the scheme.  Site sections were cross-checked and floor levels adjusted to suit.  In this way, the site cut and fill was calculated prior to planning submission resulting in valuable cost information at an early stage.  3D street visualisations helped communicate the relationship of the new homes to existing houses and the hillside in context.

Responding specifically to the plot orientation and topography, 13 bespoke three and four-bedroom houses were designed using split levels.  The designs maximised light and space and provided spectacular views over the open Aire Valley countryside.   Exciting and innovative internal spaces were created using double height volumes and maximising long distance views from first floor Juliet balconies to master bedrooms and living areas.

Local vernacular features such as stone quoins and natural random coursed stone contribute to enhancing the desirability of the development.  Additional features include bat boxes and electric car sockets in garages.

Images courtesy of Candelisa.  For further information on the development please click here.

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Reid House Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing

Low Demesne, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was commissioned to design Reid House, a new residential development for Yorkshire Housing within the Yorkshire Dales village of Ingleton.

The site was occupied by a 30 year old elderly accommodation block surrounded by grassed areas, which Yorkshire Housing considered no longer fit for modern-day living. The elderly accommodation block was demolished to make way for the new residential scheme.

The new development comprises of eight two bedroom houses, four three bedroom houses and eight assisted living flats, all with associated in curtilage parking provisions.

The project is set to achieve Secured by Design and Code for Sustainable Homes level III, which Bowman Riley is undertaking on behalf of Yorkshire Housing.

Cavendish Pavilion – Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire

Devonshire Hotels and Restaurants

Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale,  Yorkshire Dales

Bowman Riley designed and project managed the major refurbishment of the Cavendish Pavilion, a historic tourist attraction in the heart of The Bolton Abbey Estate in the Yorkshire Dales, which was completed in Spring 2012.

The Pavilion is set within a conservation area and areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, including an ancient woodland (mainly oak) and the length of the River Wharfe known as The Strid.

Originally built in 1898 to serve tea and cakes to the thousands of visitors who arrived by train, The Pavilion resembles a Victorian style station building.

Refurbished in the 1980s, the Cavendish Pavilion needed to be upgraded and renovated to meet the needs of modern visitors.

The refurbishment works comprised the removal of low height exterior sleeper walls, which had acted as a barrier to custom and separated the venue from its environment. Internally, new glazing for the doors and windows was installed to increase natural lighting, new café servery to upgrade and modernise the facility and refurbished WCs.

The Pavilion was reopened by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in May 2012 in time for the summer tourist season and was Highly Commended in the Tourism & Leisure category at the Pro-Yorkshire RICS Awards 2013.

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The Red House Luxury Retirement Village – Ripon

Barnardo Developments Limited

Ripon, North Yorkshire (Ripon Conservation Area)

Bowman Riley provided architecture and the role of principal designer on the redevelopment of The Red House, an Edwardian property set within a conservation area and a protected landscape in Ripon.

Derelict for many years, the Red House was built in 1905 as a private residence before it became a Barnardo’s children’s home in the 1940s. The scheme comprised the refurbishment of the historic building and new build elements. The significant alterations to the original building had to remain in keeping with the character and sympathetic to the history of the site.

In consultation with the local community, we helped secure planning consent to transform the site into a retirement community of 59 properties. Delivered in two phases, the development provides one and two-bedroom private homes comprising apartments, cottages and two-storey houses. The Red House building was refurbished and extended to accommodate a range of communal facilities, including lounges, a bar, a library, a restaurant, consulting suite, a hair salon and a gym. The existing lodge, stable block and cottage were refurbished and extended to form apartments and cottage accommodation.

Working with an arboriculturist, we decided which trees remained on site, and this dictated the masterplan for the site layout and levels and new build elements. The landscaping preserved the protected trees and woodland zones, and further planting complemented and supplemented the mature landscape. A particular challenge was to design and install footings that could adequately contend with the rare local gypsum geology.

“Bowman Riley achieved an extremely successful outcome for a detailed planning submission… against a very difficult background both politically and in planning terms… They achieved maximum density to maintain the viability of the scheme and undertook extensive public and officer consultation to gain support for the scheme.”

Jim Pegg, Barnardo’s Developments Ltd.

Images credit RN Wooler and The Red House.

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Ice Cream Factory Extension and Refurbishment – Cwmbran, Wales

Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream

Cwmbran, Wales

Bowman Riley designed the alterations and extension to an existing factory in Wales to create a new manufacturing facility for Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream.

Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream had been operating out of Cononley in North Yorkshire for 20 years.  However, the factory premises were located on a flood plain and had been damaged several times when the River Aire burst its banks. This led to the decision to relocate the manufacturing facility and join forces with Welsh ice cream manufacturer, Thayers in a new state of the art factory.

Involved from the outset, Bowman Riley helped our client find their new site in Cwmbran, near Newport on the site of a former Panasonic factory that was no longer suitable due to changes in technology.

We designed the factory refurbishment and extension to meet our client’s specific needs. The greatest challenge involved the installation of kilometres of drains and pipework needed due to the regular washing down of equipment. Working alongside a drainage engineer, we supported the installation of a vast specialist drainage system.

As the factory needed to be a sterile environment, we replaced the entire floor with specialist tiles, which can be easily replaced as needed. Parts of the factory were converted from regular temperature to super cold, which needed insulation to walls and flooring.

We designed a new retail area to the front of the factory to sell to the public and a new visitor centre that was a fully glazed with a gantry running through the building.

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Wm Morrison Supermarkets – Across the UK

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

Across the UK

Bowman Riley has been working for Wm Morrison Supermarkets for 25 years. It is testament to our ability to adapt, innovate and strive to break new grounds in terms of project delivery efficiency, cost savings and sustainability that we are retained as framework architects.

Projects for Wm Morrison:

• Project leaders for new supermarkets
• Designers on large scale extensions
• Store conversions following Morrison’s acquisition of Safeway, Somerfield and Netto stores.
• Managing complex refurbishment programmes including Store of the Future
• Monitoring shell developments prior to the full service for the fit-out
• Creating the manual for the design of petrol filling stations for all framework architects to follow.

Achievements

• Kidderminster became the first BREEAM Excellent supermarket in the UK.
• Morrison’s first fast track store at Minehead under their first Design & Build contract.
• Fastest new build store in Littlehampton working closely with the contractor to reduce programme.
• On the Newport supermarket, we saved 30% of the contract sum (£2.8m).

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Craven Court Shopping Centre – North Yorkshire

Private Client

Skipton Town Centre, North Yorkshire

Craven Court Shopping Centre is situated just off the main High Street in the centre of Skipton, a bustling market town on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

The shopping centre was originally developed and expanded from a 16th century theatre. The development of this enclosed shopping centre was completed in 1988 and is based on a Victorian theme with wrought iron work and glass roof. The original stone walls are partly listed and provide a traditional backdrop to the shopping experience.

Craven Court is home to 28 stores from national names such as Laura Ashley, Wallis, and H. Samuel’s to small independent retailers.

Bowman Riley was commissioned to provide feasibility schemes for the reconfiguration and extensions to the shopping centre.  The brief was to create a method of enticing shoppers from Otley Street into Craven Court through integrating the external street scene into the existing units.

Sunlight analysis was undertaken to position the external seating area in the most suitable locations. The design created an avenue that linked the new facilities to the existing High Street whilst maintaining the composition and aesthetics of the conservation area status.

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Wm Morrison Supermarket Fresh Format Programme – Across the UK

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

UK (England, Scotland and Wales)

As part of our framework agreement with Wm Morrison Supermarkets, Bowman Riley has been instrumental in the successful delivery of Morrisons Fresh Format programme.

The Store of the Future programme transforms existing stores into a contemporary shopping space, focusing on a wide-ranging, premium fresh food offer, yet still delivering Morrisons’ reputation for good value. These new style stores offer up to 450 different lines of fresh produce including an array of exotic fruits and vegetables.

To date we have delivered 65 projects to upgrade and re-brand Morrison’s properties under their ‘Fresh Format’ roll-out to fast track 3, 6 and 12 week programmes throughout the North of England and Scotland. Our design and project management role involved the successful management of night working to avoid disruption of the operations to the retail environment.

Concurrently as lead architect, we prepared dilapidation reports and organisation of maintenance works. On this programme, we developed the standards and guidelines manual for the other framework architects and contractors.

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Toronto Square Office Development – Leeds City Centre

Highcross Strategic Advisers

Leeds City Centre, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the award-winning Toronto Square, the extension and full refurbishment of an existing five storey building in the heart of Leeds’ professional core. The BREEAM Excellent rated building provides 82,649 ft² of Grade A office accommodation.

This £10m Toronto Square redevelopment won the Estates Gazette Green Office Development 2009.

The project involved the demolition of the existing fifth floor mansard roof level and the construction of three new glazed upper levels with views of Leeds’ skyline and a rear full height extension. The additional floors, along with an extension to the secure courtyard, provided extra floor space at every level.

Toronto Square was carefully designed with corporate occupiers in mind providing high quality accommodation. Over 30% of the scheme is newly constructed office space. A key part of the scheme was the relocation of the building’s main entrance to front Toronto Street and the central landscaped square which provides a welcome for staff and visitors.

Sustainability and environmental considerations were paramount in the scheme’s design with local and recyclable materials used throughout. All timber came from sustainable supplies / forests. Cycle racks, showers and changing facilities are also provided. The development achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating.

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Saltney Retail Park – Chester

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

Saltney, Chester

Bowman Riley was involved in the refurbishment of an existing building to create an attractive new retail space, Saltney Retail Park in Chester, on the site of a former Wm Morrisons Supermarket.

The site in Saltney had become redundant after Morrisons vacated its premises in 2005 before opening a new store on the High Street in 2010. Go Outdoors transformed the refurbished unit to create a £1.5 million outdoor superstore store boasting a climbing wall, interactive fishing simulator and café. The Go Outdoors superstore opened in April 2012 the centrepiece of the proposed Saltney Retail Park.In addition, Bowman Riley designed five retail units totalling 45,000ft², which were submitted for planning approval. Flintshire Council is currently considering the application by the supermarket giant to create this additional floor space.

In addition Bowman Riley designed five retail units totalling 45,000ft², which were submitted for planning approval. Flintshire Council is currently considering the application by the supermarket giant to create this additional floor space.

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Skipton Building Society Atrium – North Yorkshire

Skipton Building Society

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed a spectacular double-height Atrium for Skipton Building Society; an imaginative reinterpretation of an underused outdoor courtyard surrounded by 13 new meeting rooms, hot desk/breakout zones and gallery zones. The programme also took in existing ground and first-floor corridors together with ancillary areas.

Bowman Riley has been working with Skipton Building Society for 17 years to support the rapid growth of their business to enable them to remain operating in their hometown of Skipton, crucial for jobs and the local economy.

The Society’s headquarters opened in 1991 with a £10 million 97,000 ft² extension designed by Bowman Riley in 2000 in a conservation area close to the town centre.  Today, the building today provides office space for 2,000 staff.

In recent years, extra space was needed as a result of changes to office environments, working patterns, legislation and IT. The need for a greater provision of meeting, breakout and collaborative spaces was identified to create a dynamic environment.

Our team was faced with the challenge of finding additional space within the existing site.  A number of locations were considered following assessment of the site; the best was the underused external courtyard within the centre of the building. This offered advantages over other parts of the site: including containment within the building’s footprint and no visual impact on the conservation area.

The courtyard was enclosed with a lightweight aluminium roof, raised above the existing roof line on a series of pre-fabricated long span exposed steel trusses that expressed the architectonic nature of the structure while expressing the double height volume of the space below.  A clerestory band of high-level curtain wall glazing and a series of large roof lights allowed the continued entry of natural light while simultaneously providing an innovate solution to the natural ventilation strategy of the newly created Atrium.

The project was delivered ahead of the pre-planned launch significantly under the £2 million budget at £1.6 million.

In 2017, Skipton Building Society officially launched The Atrium.  It has now been transformed into an indoor multi-functional space to promote staff collaboration and enhanced working practices.

Skipton Building Society’s Atrium was a finalist at the Mixology North 2017 awards.

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Derriford Hospital Modular M&S Store – Devon

Catfoss

Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon

Bowman Riley designed a new modular M&S store at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, a large teaching hospital serving Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall.

We worked together with the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, M&S, Catfoss, Wates Construction and the local authority to deliver the 158m² (1700ft²) freestanding single storey retail unit occupied by M&S Simply Food adjacent the main hospital entrance.

The unit was designed with prominent graphics on the roadside frontage to add visual appeal and colour at the entrance.  Clear glass was used at the corner to avoid pedestrian conflict due to reduced visibility.

Constructed with a hot-rolled steel chassis, the walls to the new unit are insulated cavity walls constructed from timber with external cladding to hide the modulation joints.

The unit was constructed within a controlled environment, which vastly reduced the time spent on site and provided less material waste.

The building was delivered to site in seven modular sections and erected in just seven hours.  The quick installation time meant that site works were kept to a minimum and normal air quality conditions were maintained – crucial for a healthcare environment.  Final fit-out was conducted within 10 working days keeping disruption on site to a minimum.

The quality control was such that the building fully met the expectations of the contractor and was handed over with no snagging required.

The store opened on programme and ready for trade as planned offering a new on-site retail facility for hospital patients, staff and visitors.   The retail facility is currently exceeding predicted sales targets.

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Roughaw Close Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed a new building comprising eight two-bedroom apartments at Roughaw Close to provide supported living accommodation for older people in a picturesque location the banks of the Leeds to Liverpool canal in the market town of Skipton.

The new development offers high-quality homes for local people in the Craven area, which has a shortage of affordable homes.

The development at Roughaw Close saw the demolition of an existing building that was inadequate to meet the needs of older residents and the raising of the site level as a flood risk prevention measure. 

The new timber frame building retained the stone characteristics typical throughout Skipton but also incorporated modern features including rain screen cladding and rendered elevations.  Situated in a desirable canal-side location, the development provides garden space for the residents of the property to enjoy in relative privacy.

Adjacent to a larger complex that satisfies a wide range of accommodation requirements for older people, the new building was designed to be fully accessible with internal spaces accommodating users with limited mobility and wheelchair users. 

A subsequent development of 12 two-bedroom apartments to mirror the first phase building providing supported living accommodation was completed.  The new building provides residents with two mobility scooters.

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Southlands Retirement Apartments – Roundhay, Leeds

Bowman Riley designed the reconfiguration of 19 nursing bedrooms within Southlands, an existing residential community for older people into eight luxury independent living apartments in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay.

Located in a conservation area, Southlands is a substantial period property that was built between 1893 and 1908. It was purchased by William Hemingway of Hemingway Brewery in 1912. From 1936, Hemingway’s daughter Ivy resided in the property with her husband, Captain Hugh Bowman, who was in the Yorkshire Regiment and was awarded the military cross during the 1st World War.

Southlands is a collection of self-contained retirement apartments that allow older people to lead independent lives and run their own homes without the worries of maintaining them. They also have the reassurance of round-the-clock care and support on-site. The one—and two-bedroom homes were created in direct response to demand for additional self-contained apartments on the site, which already contained 23 apartments.

Our work included redesigning the interior of the building to remove the staircase to additional areas of the apartments. This led to the need for a new sprinkler system.

The apartments were carefully designed to reflect the residents’ needs and mobility demands, enabling them to live independently. Each apartment showcased a unique character, with many featuring large windows offering views of the landscaped gardens. Due to the poor condition of the existing windows, 61 windows were replaced.

Grafton Road Extra Care Development – Staffordshire

Sanctuary Housing Association

Grafton Road, Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Bowman Riley designed an extra care housing development at Grafton Road for local people with learning disabilities and additional physical or sensory impairment, currently living in inappropriate hospital accommodation. The site was selected following consultation with carers and relatives to ensure satisfactory amenity, convenience and access.

The 1380m² development accommodates two clusters of eight self-contained one bedroom flats together with ancillary accommodation commensurate with the 24 hour support the residents need.

As the residents have mobility problems, the requirement was for a single storey building with a layout is as compact as possible while allowing generous circulation areas. The internal spaces of the building are designed specifically to address the needs of users with limited mobility and are fully accessible to wheelchair users.

The scale of the single storey residential building raised significant design issues. To address these, the apparent bulk of the roof was mitigated using of a hipped roof form with varying ridge heights. Gable features with largely glazed elevations denote the communal spaces within the development and relieve the horizontal nature of the scheme.

There is potential for the scheme of this type to attract anti-social behaviour. To protect residents, the entrances and communal open spaces are located to minimise overlooking from passersby.

Laurel Croft – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing

Embsay, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the complete remodelling of Laurel Croft, a 1970s sheltered housing scheme located in the North Yorkshire village of Embsay. After 40 years, the property was no longer a desirable place to live and under-occupied. The building had an inefficient layout and did not provide the level of facilities expected by today’s living standards such as en-suites and communal areas.

Yorkshire Housing needed to transform the existing building into modern independent living accommodation for older people. Unfortunately, the funding to demolish and rebuild a new purpose-built development was not available. Yorkshire Housing could, however, use its maintenance budget to refurbish the property substantially.

We led a consultation process with existing tenants, their families, the housing provider, the local community, and the parish council to determine the design brief and maximise the limited budget.

We created 21 self-contained one—and two-bedroom apartments specifically designed to meet the independent living needs of older people. Each apartment provides a compact and easy-to-maintain home with a living room, bedroom, wet room, WC, and fitted kitchen.

The development now provides a communal lounge in which to meet neighbours, friends and family and a beautiful conservatory.

The project involved the initial design and formal planning submission through to the completion of the works on site. The existing building was brought in line with current housing codes and standards.

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The Chocolate Works Mixed Use Development – York

Henry Boot Developments

Bowman Riley masterplanned York’s historic Terry’s Bishopthorpe Factory, creating The Chocolate Works, a vibrant new neighbourhood that won a Game Changer Award at the Yorkshire Property Awards.

Constructed in 1927, Terry’s chocolate factory became an iconic part of the York skyline and was a significant local employer. The site includes five Grade II listed 1920s Art Deco buildings: the Clock Tower and Boiler House, Fruit and Nut store, Headquarters, Time Office and Main Factory.

The factory was the heart of Terry’s operations until Kraft Foods acquired it in the 1990s, and operations moved to Europe. The factory closed in 2005, leaving the buildings vacant English Heritage added five listed buildings to its at-risk Register.

Henry Boot Developments purchased the site in 2013, tasking us with masterplanning a sustainable new neighbourhood. Though the previous owner had secured planning, it didn’t meet the evolving needs of the local population and was heavily weighted toward office and retail.

After reassessing the market and engaging with local people, we focused the masterplan on addressing significant residential demand driven by population growth and an ageing population. We created a masterplan that allowed HBD to adopt a phased approach to the site over several years.

We undertook feasibility studies for developments on the site including a hotel, offices, convenience store and medical centre.  We also provided principal designer services to support the health and safety of the development.

The development now delivers 163 apartments and a commercial unit within the Factory; The Clock Tower now houses 21 apartments within the Clock Tower; a dementia care village within the Headquarters building; a new build 40-bedroom Acquired Brain Injury hospital.  In addition, the iconic clock was restored, and a museum was created within the clock tower, The Liquor Store hosts a café, dentist, and offices with new streets, squares, green spaces, children’s play areas, and a Peace Garden connect the site to nearby districts.

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Christians Against Poverty Office Hub – Bradford

Christians Against Poverty

Bradford

Bowman Riley supported the charity, Christian’s Against Poverty to redesign and refurbish the lower ground floor into flexible staff accommodation within their Bradford head office.

Home to over 300 staff, Jubilee Mill is a large Victorian mill building. Accommodating over 120 people, the current break-out space had become tired, uninspiring and inefficient. Our role was to evaluate the current space and develop a brief with the client to give the break-out space a complete facelift.

We created a flexible multi-functional space that could be used for collaborative working, socialising, seminars and events. Using 3D modelling, we presented a live walk-through presentation showing the redesign concept to engage with staff representatives.

The scheme breaks up the open plan space into distinct zones through the use of colour and furniture. We introduced features such as a focal bar area, picnic area and large flexible auditorium. All of the furniture except the bar is removable to offer maximum flexibility.

Our design involved the removal of the suspended ceiling to lift the room height and offer a vastly improved appearance with modern LED lighting to illuminate the space. The building’s features and exposed brickwork continue through in the new design to create an industrial aesthetic referencing the building’s history.

“I just wanted to express my personal thanks and also that of all our staff, who are now using the new breakout space. It really is a great addition to our offices, the staff love it and it has already changed the culture here with breakfast clubs and meetings, as well as both buildings combining as one to meet, socialise and discuss work.  Thanks for the vision and for making it a reality.”

Simon Clarke, Christians Against Poverty

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Leeds College of Art Concept

Leeds College

Bowman Riley was invited to submit design proposals for a new teaching building for the Leeds College of Art. With it’s campus close to capacity, the college needed new accommodation to grow to meet the ongoing demand for student places.

Our proposals offered an architecturally distinctive design to create new contemporary face for the college.

The design for the new four-storey building features a dynamic, light filled multi-height circulation space.  A special events space for displays, performances and socialising draws people through the building designed as a sculptural composition that reflects the college’s art based curriculum and a dynamic cladding of LED displays to give the building a dynamic street frontage.

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The Great Hall, James Graham Building – Leeds Beckett University

Leeds

Bowman Riley successfully designed and delivered a £1.3 million refurbishment of The Great Hall within the landmark James Graham Building as part of the wider refurbishment of the Headingley Campus.

Built in 1912 as a purpose built training college, the Grade II James Graham Building is a large three storey redbrick building designed in the renaissance style presiding over three acres of parkland.

Bowman Riley designed the restoration of The Great Hall from the campus library back to its original purpose as a large flexible space.

The project entailed the removal and subsequent relocation of the campus library. The new library facility was designed to a smaller footprint with greatly improved functionality.

The restored Great Hall now seats 200 people for formal dinners and accommodates 350 for receptions and exhibitions. Our designs retained and restored the period features including the wood-paneling and grand windows whilst introducing state-of-the-art AV technologies.

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Abergavenny Library – South Wales

Monmouthshire County Council

Abergavenny, South Wales

Bowman Riley designed a new library in Abergavenny to bring together the library functions and other council services, tourist information and coffee shop to create a community hub.

The existing library housed in the 1906 Carnegie building no longer meets the needs of the community, as it is unable to accommodate the stock levels and activities required.

The building forms part of a mixed-use development in the centre of the town on the existing cattle market site alongside a new Wm Morrison Supermarket. Bowman Riley was commissioned to design both the library and supermarket with a focus on enhancing the urban grain of the town and improving connectivity to other parts of Abergavenny.

To support the development of the brief and design, we visited new comparable libraries to incorporate best practice and consulted with various user groups including library and council staff and representatives from community groups.

The new 1000m² building will provide multi-use, open plan and adaptable spaces alongside archive and research functions. Features include enhanced IT provision to enable new technology and electronic learning tools and improvements the library’s operations with self-service book lending and an interactive video wall.

The building is designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent and an energy performance A rating with at least 15% of the energy requirements provided by renewable or low/zero carbon solutions using Photovoltaics, air source heat pumps and natural ventilation.

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New Science Building – Harrogate Grammar School

Harrogate Grammar School

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed a new science building for Harrogate Grammar School, an independent academy trust, with over 1,850 students including over 550 in the Sixth Form.

Science is a key area of the curriculum and the creation of first-class facilities help further students’ enthusiasm for the subject.  The new building replaced a crumbling 1950s science block that was built at a time of austerity to a much lower standard than the original 1930s stone and brick school.

Harrogate Grammar School received £1 million funding from the Education Funding Agency to create the new science facilities.  The funding was received in the April and the new building was needed by September in time for the start of the new academic year.

Bowman Riley proposed a modular building to enable the new facility to be delivered on a fast track basis with erection off-site to minimise disruption to the operations of the school.

The design features a striking entrance and contemporary facade that are juxtaposed between the classically detailed existing building to create a prominent addition to the campus.

The building houses four new laboratories and a preparation room with a new link corridor on the ground floor level to the existing school building to reduce congestion at the busiest area of the school.

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Modular M&S Store at Whipps Cross Hospital – Waltham Forest, London

Catfoss

Waltham Forest, London

Bowman Riley designed a modular 200m2 retail unit to be occupied by M&S Simply Food store at Whipps Cross Hospital in Waltham Forest, London.

Based on the success of previous M&S retail units on hospital sites in Plymouth and Derriford, we worked with leading modular manufacturer, Catfoss to deliver the new retail unit to offer increased food and beverage options for patients, staff and visitors.  The new facility also brings much needed additional revenue to the hospital.

Our brief was to support the project through the process of conception to installation. We submitted the Planning application and liaised with the planners to gain approval for the scheme before initiating discussions with the approved building regulation inspector. We co-ordinated plans with Barts Health NHS Trust officials and M&S, on behalf of the modular manufacturer.

Adjacent to the maternity ward, it was crucial for the construction works to be considerate of the live hospital environment during the short on-site phase. The works were completed on time and minimised disruption to the operations of the hospital.

Photographs courtesy of Catfoss.

Brodrick Building Office Refurbishment – Leeds City Centre

Moorgarth

Leeds city centre

Bowman Riley provided the interior design on existing office accommodation within the Grade II listed Brodrick Building located directly to the north of Millennium Square in Leeds city centre.

Built in 1864, the three-storey building was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, a leading Victorian architect, who transformed Leeds city centre with the design of the Town Hall, Corn Exchange and City Museum.

Renovated in 1988, the building interior needed a full facelift of the upper office floors to attract prospective commercial tenants.

Our design concept involved defurbishing the interiors by transforming the space based on the exposure and enhancement of the building’s original features rather than a standard refurbishment, which tends to add features such as additional walls and suspended ceilings.

We revealed the features of the building that had been covered up during its life as standard office configuration. Existing timber beams and Victorian brickwork were exposed and sand blasted to create dramatic interior spaces. Exposed services were installed with galvanised metal finishes to complete the industrial aesthetic and create visual features throughout the spaces.

New flooring and kitchens were added to provide an overall unique office space in a central location for prospective tenants.

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Deansfield Court Extra Care Facility – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing

Malton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed Deansfield Court for Yorkshire Housing, a modern extra care residential facility that replaced a long-standing care home designed to respond to older people’s changing needs.

Aimed at those with health issues that make independent living more difficult but who do not need full residential care, this was a new concept for Yorkshire Housing to offer more support than sheltered housing but still allow residents to live independently.

Yorkshire Housing took over the residential care facility and adjacent housing stock from North Yorkshire County Council. Bowman Riley liaised with both parties to facilitate the transaction and to ensure that the new residential facility met the aspirations of the housing provider and its residents.

Deansfield Court provides 50 self-contained apartments with a communal lounge, restaurant, internet café, hair salon, therapy room, library and shop.  The accommodation improved the levels of care and self-sufficiency for the residents.  Five of the units were designed for wheelchair users and the building can accommodate power-assisted wheelchairs and buggies on all three floors.

Yorkshire Housing was keen to explore the alternative methods of design and construction on this development. As a result, the building was designed using timber-framed panel systems.

Ten years after completion and Deansfield Court has a waiting list proving the success and popularity of this extra care scheme.  Danny Watson, Scheme manager, Yorkshire Housing said:

“It’s a popular scheme and we’re sending out applications forms every day to people who are interested.  And I try to ensure that anybody who rings up can come and have a look around because it’s a selling point for them to see how lovely the building is.”

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Deansfield Court and Briarwood Court Residential Development – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Housing

Malton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley created Deansfield Court, extra care development for Yorkshire Housing designed to respond to older people’s changing needs.

The development is aimed at those with health issues that make independent living more difficult but who do not need full residential care.  This was a new concept for Yorkshire Housing to offer more support than sheltered housing but still allow residents to live independently.

Deansfield Court provides 50 self-contained apartments with a communal lounge, restaurant, internet café, hair salon, therapy room, library and shop.  The accommodation improved the levels of care and self-sufficiency for the residents.

Ten years after completion and Deansfield Court has a waiting list proving the success and popularity of this extra care scheme.  Danny Watson, Scheme manager, Yorkshire Housing said:

“It’s a popular scheme and we’re sending out applications forms every day to people who are interested.  And I try to ensure that anybody who rings up can come and have a look around because it’s a selling point for them to see how lovely the building is.”

Set against a backdrop of a lack of available brownfield land in the rural Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, the construction of Deansfield Court was made possible by a strategic land swap.  We liaised with Yorkshire Housing and Ryedale Council to arrange for Deansfield Court to replace a council-owned care home that was no longer fit for purpose on an alternative site in the town and the 0.5-hectare site of the former care home was used to develop a new affordable housing scheme.

Following the completion of Deansfield Court, we designed Briarwood Court, 22 two and three-bedroom new affordable homes with a playground and communal gardens to meet the needs of local families.  The sustainable features include solar panels, photovoltaic panels and water attenuation. Bowman Riley provided the Code for Sustainable Homes assessment and the development successfully achieved Level IV. The scheme also achieved Secured by Design.

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Poplar Residential Development – Huddersfield

Yorkshire Housing

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed the £5 million Poplar development, a complex of 52 stone and render-built one and two bedroom apartments on a brownfield site in the Moldgreen area of Huddersfield.

The project received part funding from the Homes & Communities Agency and was supported by Kirklees Council as part of a drive to offer more affordable accommodation.

Making a significant contribution to the regeneration of the area, the development provides high-quality, affordable accommodation with open plan layouts and modern fittings on three and four storeys with south facing Juliet balconies, lifts to the four storey units and good transport links to the town centre.

Built on the site of early 20th century derelict tenement housing that had been vacant since the 1970s, the development has breathed new life into an area, which had become notorious for anti-social and criminal activity.

The first phase of the development, providing 37 apartments, proved popular with tenants and the need to create additional similar homes led to the development of an additional 15 apartments.

The development features solar panels to pre-heat hot water and efficient insulation to retain heat and combat noise pollution and controlled vehicle and pedestrian access. Designed to comply with currents standards and codes, The Poplar development achieved Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3, Robust Details and Secured by Design accreditation.

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YMCA Temporary Housing – Islington, London

City YMCA London

Islington, London

Won through an architectural competition, Bowman Riley designed an innovative solution to the shortage of hostel accommodation in London through the use of converted shipping containers named Project Acorn.

City YMCA London was unable to renew the lease for its existing central London accommodation. This resulted in the need to provide alternative accommodation for 120 short-term tenants, typically students for a two year period whilst permanent accommodation is created.

Working in partnership with the YMCA, Bowman Riley assisted in the selection of a vacant brownfield site that could accommodate a temporary housing scheme for a two year period, whilst a permanent building is created.

The unusual feature about this housing scheme is that the homes are built out of converted steel shipping containers.

Extensive discussions took place with the end user representatives and modular construction specialists to achieve a warm, safe and pleasant living environment. Bowman Riley designed clusters of ten single person homes with shared kitchens to meet the needs of the user group.

The YMCA has commissioned a prototype to be manufactured in advance of the full order.

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Railway Terrace Residential Development – Wakefield

Yorkshire Housing

Normanton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley designed 16 new affordable homes on Railway Terrace situated in Normanton town centre adjacent to the railway station.

Normanton is a town within the city of Wakefield famed for its railway and mining heritage. Having suffered a decline in the years following the miners’ strike in the mid-1980s, Normanton has today become a growing commuter suburb of the Leeds City Region, favoured for its relatively low-cost housing and excellent transport links.

The Railway Terrace perimeter development provides two and three bedroom detached and semi-detached family homes each with two car parking spaces and rear gardens on land that had been vacant for 20 years following the demolition of a housing estate.

The attractive development makes a significant contribution to the local housing market and to the regeneration of the town.

Designed with sustainability and security in mind, Railway Terrace achieved Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and Secured by Design accreditation.

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Urban DNA Shipping Containers – Leeds

Urban DNA

Bowman Riley was commissioned by Urban DNA to produce a concept scheme and designs for the conversion, refurbishment and re-design of former shipping containers into modern, open plan office spaces.

The concept entitled Urban Studio was to produce rentable office spaces that could be quickly and efficiently manufactured and fitted out off-site resulting in minimal on site construction time. The Urban Studios concept delivers a modern office space in a fraction of the time it would take to construct a traditional building.

The design for the Urban Studios provides modular, stackable pods with the opportunity to expand the space over time either upwards or horizontally by linking additional containers together to create further space.

The focus was to provide sustainable designs incorporating modern eco-friendly technologies including: green roofs, wind turbines on the roof, rainwater harvesting and solar panels. Bowman Riley designed the conversion of a shipping container into a pavilion for the Great Yorkshire Show. The pavilion was designed as a marketing suite to launch the Urban Studio concept to potential clients.

For Holbeck Urban Village in Leeds city centre, we designed the transformation of a shipping container into a multi-purpose pod to promote the regeneration of the Holbeck area as a new quarter for the city and to showcase the Urban Studio concept.

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Queensgate Market and the Piazza Shopping Centre – Huddersfield

CBRE

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Bowman Riley was appointed to undertake a feasibility study on the Queensgate Market Hall and the adjacent Piazza Shopping Centre in Huddersfield town centre.

The entrances to the Queensgate Market and exterior of the Piazza Shopping Centre were dated and in need of a refresh to continue to attract shoppers. The site is located adjacent to existing listed Town Hall and Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery buildings and as such our proposals need to be sympathetic to its neighbours.

The 1968-70 Queensgate Market Hall is a Grade II listed building. The market is architecturally unique made from reinforced concrete building partly clad in Elland Edge stone and innovative glazed ceramic panels by sculptor Fritz Steller. The roof is made up of 21 columns supporting asymmetrical hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell umbrellas.

We undertook a feasibility study to upgrade all existing entrances to the thriving market hall. The focus of our design proposals was to improve accessibility to all users at the front of the bui0lding. Additionally, we improved connectivity to a new development at the rear to encourage greater footfall.

On the adjacent Piazza, we prepared a full planning application for external façade alterations and internal retail unit layout rationalisation. Our designs involved the upgrade of the façades to unify the retailers’ shop fronts and entrances to form a contemporary outdoor shopping centre. We introduced localised canopies over the shop entrances for each retailer to individually brand.

The overall objective of the project was to create a contemporary retail experience with improved entrances and exteriors for better accessibility and increased footfall.

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Skipton Town Hall Refurbishment – North Yorkshire

Craven District Council

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Bowman Riley provided strategic master planning on the Skipton Town Hall complex of buildings located on the High Street . The Grade II listed Town Hall was built in 1862 and today is home to Craven Museum & Gallery, Tourist Information and Skipton Concert Hall.

Working closely with Craven District Council, the masterplan was developed into a series of phased projects that could be delivered according to the client’s programme and allocation of funding.

On the first phase of the strategic masterplan, Bowman Riley provided full architectural design, project management, CDM coordination and cost advice from inception to completion. Phase One created a striking contemporary extension providing a new accessible entrance to the side and reinstated the original entrance to the front, replaced the public facilities, created a commercial unit on the ground floor to let and refurbished office spaces.

The demolition of an existing building close to a busy public highway required coordination with the local highways authority, the contractor and the client team and resulted in public safety at all times.

Careful planning between the contractor and the client team enabled the works to be undertaken while parliamentary elections were taking place within the building.

Now complete, the Skipton Town Hall project has restored the building as a key civic asset by providing an active frontage and vibrant street scene. The project sees the sustainable re-use of a public building improving the public realm and community facilities, whilst also providing a source of revenue from the refurbished lettable space.

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Ministry of Defence Residential Upgrades – Across the UK

Ministry of Defense

MOD Eastern Command North London to Scotland

Working in partnership with Bramall Construction DHE, Bowman Riley was commissioned to revamp £22 million of Ministry of Defence (MOD) properties in their Eastern Command under a major improvement programme over a three year period.  The MOD needed to upgrade 1,200 of their existing housing properties for armed forces personnel to meet current Building Regulation standards. The works comprised external and internal refurbishment of the properties,

The MOD needed to upgrade 1,200 of their existing housing properties for armed forces personnel to meet current Building Regulation standards. The works comprised external and internal refurbishment of the properties, repairs and extensions.  Under a design and build contract, our role involved surveying military bases, undertaking estate stock condition surveys, developing a scope of work within a limited budget, developing the

Under a design and build contract, our role involved surveying military bases, undertaking estate stock condition surveys, developing a scope of work within a limited budget, developing the programme of refurbishment works and designing the refurbishments and extensions as required.  The commission involved working highly secure environments and our staff were all security checked.The projects were undertaken to coincide with military

The projects were undertaken to coincide with military operations, so that the properties would be vacant when the works were undertaken. The projects were carefully phased and carried out on a fast track basis to meet the needs of the MOD. The first two projects we delivered at RAF Luffenham and RAF Wittering were fast track schemes with pre-construction phase completed in under four weeks on an intensive design and build basis.As part of our collaborative arrangement with Bramall, we were tasked with continuously improving our efficiency and speed on subsequent projects. We successfully achieved the efficiency targets by streamlining our drawing packages and refining the scope of works. The site based projects were delivered using the latest mobile technology to enable our team to work effectively remotely. Under separate contracts, Bowman Riley designed a new sports

As part of our collaborative arrangement with Bramall, we were tasked with continuously improving our efficiency and speed on subsequent projects. We successfully achieved the efficiency targets by streamlining our drawing packages and refining the scope of works. The site based projects were delivered using the latest mobile technology to enable our team to work effectively remotely.

Under separate contracts, Bowman Riley designed a new sports centre and bowling alley at RAF Menwith Hill in Harrogate and a childcare centre at Imphal Barracks in York.