COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP @ SALTLEY
Client: Our Lady of the Rosary Church
Location: Birmingham
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP @ SALTLEY
The aim of this development was to draw together some of the beneficiaries of ecclesiastical-based contracts within the construction industry to create a partnership project. By drawing on particular areas of expertise, services and products, DHA Architects were able to ...
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BOUNDARIES @ ASHCROFT
Client: Mental Healthcare Trust
Location: Birmingham
BOUNDARIES @ ASHCROFT
DHA Architects were appointed to to deliver a scheme of replacement secure boundary treatments to this psychiatric intensive care unit in Birmingham.
The brief was very specific in its requirement for areas of 3.2 and 5.2m high anti-climb ...
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GETTING OUT OF A CORNER @ LONDON ROAD
Client: County to County Property Group
Location: Cheltenham
GETTING OUT OF A CORNER @ LONDON ROAD
DHA Architects have transformed this awkward corner plot and created 2 luxury 5 bedroom detached dwellings in the place of one dilapidated 1970's house.
The project required a creative engineering solution to ensure the adjacent highway at higher level received adequate ...
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NEIGHBOURLY LOVE @ LONDON ROAD
Client: County To County Group
Location: Cheltenham
NEIGHBOURLY LOVE @ LONDON ROAD
DHA Architects have worked with County To County on 2 neighbouring buildings on London Road, Cheltenham, to re-vitalise and create a variety of residential dwellings.
First, the practice undertook a full refurbishment of a 4 storey Georgian townhouse + basement to ...
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RE-CONFIGURATION @ PREMIER WASTE
Client: PWM
Location: Birmingham
RE-CONFIGURATION @ PREMIER WASTE
DHA Architects were engaged by a recycling company to re-configure their existing waste transfer station, which occupied a .6Ha site to the north of Birmingham city centre.
An existing recently-completed waste transfer building was extended, whilst a storage and maintenance ...
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FUTURE ENERGY @ THE FORGE
Client: PGM
Location: Kidderminster
FUTURE ENERGY @ THE FORGE
DHA Architects have been working on a project to construct a new energy and resource centre on part of The Forge site in Kidderminster.
The practice worked alongside an extensive design team to develop designs which met the brief of ...
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DESIGNING BIG @ THE FORGE
Client: PGWM
Location: Kidderminster
DESIGNING BIG @ THE FORGE
DHA were appointed to undertake a change-of-use, refurbishment and extension of this existing disused warehouse facility to create a new state-of-the-art die-casting plant for an international engineering firm.
Close liaison with the client, end user and Local Authority was required to ...
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SEN @ MAYFIELD SCHOOL
Client: HML School
Location: Birmingham
SEN @ MAYFIELD SCHOOL
DHA Architects were appointed to assist with the design of a new sensory room in the PMLD department at Mayfield School.
The brief called for a number of connected spaces which included a changing room, physiotherapy area, feeding bay and soft ...
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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT @ HML SCHOOL
Client: HML School
Location: Birmingham
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT @ HML SCHOOL
The school has identified issues with managing the flow of pupils in the morning and afternoon peak times as the existing staircase was not sufficient to meet capacity.
In response, DHA carried out a complete assessment of all the existing ...
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NEW SCIENCE LAB @ HML SCHOOL
Client: HML School
Location: Birmingham
NEW SCIENCE LAB @ HML SCHOOL
DHA have delivered a retro-fit bespoke science room installation for the school to provide an enhanced in-the-round teaching environment within the existing science block.
The spaces were first modelled using CGI software to give the school the benefit of being able ...
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LUNCH TIME @ WAVERLEY SCHOOL
Client: FM
Location: Birmingham
LUNCH TIME @ WAVERLEY SCHOOL
DHA Architects were appointed to review the existing lunch servery provision at Waverley School and propose a new kitchen servery point within the existing primary school dining hall.
The proposal comprised the conversion and extension of an existing store room ...
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RE-MODELLING @ LORDSWOOD MEDICAL
Client: Lordswood House Medical Practice
Location: Birmingham
RE-MODELLING @ LORDSWOOD MEDICAL
DHA Architects were appointed to convert the existing small offices into a large single open plan administrative area. The conversion included the relocation of the existing prescription booth, staff kitchenette and toilet facilities.
The practice prepared a number of early ...
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NEW BUILD @ ST JOSEPH'S HOME
Client: The Little Sisters of the Poor
Location: Manchester
NEW BUILD @ ST JOSEPH'S HOME
In association with a separate set of phased refurbishment works at the same home, DHA Architects have delivered a new 3 storey care wing to provide 18 new nursing care bedrooms, ancillary spaces such as assisted bathrooms, sluices, storage areas ...
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REFURBISHMENT @ ST JOSEPH'S HOME
Client: The Little Sisters of The Poor
Location: Manchester
REFURBISHMENT @ ST JOSEPH'S HOME
DHA Architects were commissioned in 2015 to undertake a long-term refurbishment programme of this 1980's care home to improve the quality of nursing care provision in line with Care Quality Commission requirements. The primary aim of the refurbishment works is ...
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INFILLING @ WAVERLEY SCHOOL
Client: FM
Location: Birmingahm
INFILLING @ WAVERLEY SCHOOL
DHA Architects worked on behalf of the school to convert a series of existing recessed balcony spaces into additional classrooms to include new IT and Science teaching spaces.
The existing balconies were part of the environmental design of the original ...
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EXTENDING @ MEADOWCROFT
Client: Mental Heathcare Trust
Location: Birmingham
EXTENDING @ MEADOWCROFT
The Meadowcroft facility is a medium security psychiatric intensive care unit located in Birmingham. The existing building was not purpose-built for this use, however, and DHA Architects were appointed by the Trust to provide a new extension to house a seclusion ...
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NEW BUILD @ ST AUGUSTINE'S HOME
Client: The Sisters Hospiteller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Location: London
NEW BUILD @ ST AUGUSTINE'S HOME
DHA Architects have obtained planning approval for the redevelopment of this existing care home site to create a new 60 bed care home with associated convent and landscaped gardens alongside a new 50 unit residential scheme.
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PURE BATHONIAN @ BLOOMFIELD PARK
Client: Hawkfield Homes
Location: Bath
PURE BATHONIAN @ BLOOMFIELD PARK
DHA worked with Hawkfield Homes to deliver this deceptively complex development of 7 apartments and a townhouse on a tricky site on the outskirts of Bath.
The project involved the demolition of a large existing 1950's property on a plot within Bath's Conservation ...
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EXPANSION @ THE INHEDGE, DUDLEY
Client: Waldrons Solicitors
Location: Dudley
EXPANSION @ THE INHEDGE, DUDLEY
DHA were appointed to expand Waldron's existing office space into a neighbouring building and carry out a refurbishment of the staff and client-facing areas of the premesis.
Working with a tight budget, we were able to fulfill the clients aims of ...
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REFRESH @ ST NICHOLAS CHURCH
Client: St Nicholas Church, Archdiocese of Birmingham
Location: Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield
REFRESH @ ST NICHOLAS CHURCH
DHA Architects were appointed to oversee the restoration of the principle elevations of this 1950s romanesque style church.
This involved brickwork cleaning and re-pointing, new stone parapets and a stone apex cross.
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NEW BUILD @ THE CROSS HANDS
Client: Hawkfield Homes
Location: Alveston
NEW BUILD @ THE CROSS HANDS
DHA Architects worked with developer, Hawkfield Homes, to transform a derelict public house on a large corner plot into four high quality detached houses.
An awkward topography ultimately lent itself to the creation of split-level floor plans for two of ...
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SENSITIVE ADDITION @ AMPNEY CRUCIS
Client: Private
Location: Ampney Crucis
SENSITIVE ADDITION @ AMPNEY CRUCIS
DHA Architects obtained planning and building regulations consent for a private client to extend and alter to the existing house within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Assistance with tendering and construction was also provided with the works involving ...
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NEW BUILD @ BISHOPSWORTH
Client: Hawkfield Homes
Location: Bishopsworth, Bristol
NEW BUILD @ BISHOPSWORTH
This project saw the redevelopment of an old police station site on a prominent, elevated corner in a Conservation Area to create 8 semi-detached family homes.
The layout of the site and the design of the houses carefully responds to ...
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NEW BUILD @ HOMELANDS
Client: County to County Property Group
Location: Bishop's Cleeve
NEW BUILD @ HOMELANDS
DHA Architects were appointed to take on an extant planning approval for 3 commercial units as part of a larger residential village extension scheme.
The practice has worked closely with the developer and prospective tenants to amend the approved scheme ...
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APPEAL SUCCESS @ KEYNSHAM
Client: Hawkfield Homes
Location: Keynsham
APPEAL SUCCESS @ KEYNSHAM
DHA Architects have obtained planning approval at appeal for a scheme of 26 apartments on the site of a former police station in Keynsham.
The scheme proposed 2 separate blocks: one sited on a prominant gap site within the town's Conservation Area ...
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SCHOOL FEASIBILITIES
Client: ENGIE
Location: HML and Waverley Schools, Birmingham
SCHOOL FEASIBILITIES
DHA Architects have been working closely with ENGIE, Waverley and HML Schools in Birmingham to understand the feasibility of a number of projects, ranging from new change of use of individual spaces through to whole-building optimisation studies into how the school utilises the space they ...
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CHANGE OF USE @ GREAT CORNBOW
Client: Ruskin Properties
Location: Halesowen
CHANGE OF USE @ GREAT CORNBOW
DHA Architects were appointed to obtain planning and listed building consent to create 14 self-contained apartments and ground floor retain space within this row of early 20th Century buildings, one of which being the former council house.
The proposal also ...
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INDOOR PLAY @ HML
Client: ENGIE UK
Location: Holte, Mayfield and Lozells School, Birmingham
INDOOR PLAY @ HML
DHA Architects have so far obtained planning approval and tender prices for 2 projects at this school to increase the provision of indoor activity and soft play spaces.
Due to the location of the two spaces and the impact they ...
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CONSERVATION @ THE ROUND TOWER
Client: GL50 Properties Ltd
Location: Siddington
CONSERVATION @ THE ROUND TOWER
DHA Architects were commissioned to assist with completing the detailed design of this unusual conversion and extension to a Grade II listed Victorian folly in the Cotswolds.
The project comprised the change of use of the existing building and the ...
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CONVERSION @ NORTON BARNS
Client: Central and County
Location: Norton, Gloucestershire
CONVERSION @ NORTON BARNS
DHA Architects converted the existing wareshouses on this challenging reclamation yard site into 9 new family houses, set around a shared courtyard with the construction of 4 additional semi-detached cottages to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3.
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NEW BUILD APARTMENTS @ CLEVEDON
Client: Hawkfield Homes
Location: Clevedon
NEW BUILD APARTMENTS @ CLEVEDON
DHA Architects were commissioned to obtain planning approval and assist with the construction of a new-build block of 9 apartments on the site of a former police station.
The design follows the Victorian and Edwardian townhouse architecture of the immediate ...
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NEW BUILD @ QUEDGELEY
Client: County to County Property Group
Location: Quedgeley, Gloucester
NEW BUILD @ QUEDGELEY
DHA Architects obtained planning approval for the construction of 10 family houses within a new cul-de-sac development off one of the main routes into Gloucester.
The houses were constructed using a timber frame with masonry outer walls, combining the benefits ...
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URBAN COTTAGES @ STATON STREET
Client: County to County Property Group
Location: Cheltenham
URBAN COTTAGES @ STATON STREET
DHA Architects have successfully created 2 detached houses on a narrow strip of land in Cheltenham's Central Conservation Area.
A traditional one and a half storey architectural form and material palette was used for the main house, articulated with traditional ...
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REFURBISHMENT @ ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Client: Archdiocese of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
REFURBISHMENT @ ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
St Michael's Church is the centre of the Polish Catholic community in Birmingham. The current building was constructed in a Neoclassical Doric style in 1802, however, refurbishment works in the 1960's had largely covered over the features of interest.
It ...
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REFURB + RE-USE @ TRINITY
Client: Trinity Centre
Location: Birmingham
REFURB + RE-USE @ TRINITY
This project involved obtaining planning consent for the change of use of a former Grade II Listed church in Birmingham city centre.
Alongside this, consent was achieved for an apartment block on adjacent land.
The proposed works included the opening ...
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NEW BUILD @ ST ANNE'S CHAPEL
Client: The Little Sisters of The Poor
Location: London
NEW BUILD @ ST ANNE'S CHAPEL
Constructed as part of the St Anne's Home development, the associated Chapel gives prominence to the Christian mission of The Little Sisters.
The building is embranced by the sweeping architectural forms of the main care home building to signify ...
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COMMUNITY INTEGRATION @ ST LUKE'S
Client: St Luke and St Peter's Parish
Location: Portsmouth
COMMUNITY INTEGRATION @ ST LUKE'S
DHA Architects were appointed to carry out a feasibility study to unlock the potential of this Grade II Listed Church. The key aspirations of the project were:
- To create greater visibility of the Church within the wider urban setting
- To ...
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CONVERSION @ POWELL STREET STUDIOS
Client: DHA Architects
Location: Birmingham
CONVERSION @ POWELL STREET STUDIOS
The practice undertook the conversion of this existing industrial unit in order to create purpose-built office and meeting room space for the expanding practice.
The existing steel portal frame was retained and exposed to express the original construction of ...
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NEW BUILD SAINSBURY'S LOCAL
Client: County to County Property Group
Location: Cheltenham
NEW BUILD SAINSBURY'S LOCAL
Through close collaboration between DHA Architects, the client, end user and local planning authority, this disused petrol station site has been transformed into a striking Sainsbury's Local store.
High quality natural stone and intricate brick detailing coupled with a striking ...
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NEW BUILD NURSERY @ WOLVERHAMPTON
Client: ABC Nursery
Location: Wolverhampton
NEW BUILD NURSERY @ WOLVERHAMPTON
DHA Architects were commissioned to obtain planning approval for a 120-place nursery with associated external spaces on an overgrown site on the edge of a business park in Wolverhampton.
The design provided 8 no. ground floor Ofsted standard childcare rooms ...
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INFILLING @ GLOUCESTER DOCKS
Client: County to County Property Group
Location: Gloucester
INFILLING @ GLOUCESTER DOCKS
DHA Architects were appointed to develop a residential scheme which comprised the change-of-use of 2 existing late 19th Century townhouses alongside a new-build apartment block on a vacant parcel of land within the Conservation Area behind Southgate Street which fronted ...
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