Back to Warners Fields....
A river runs through.....
In 1767 Henry Bradford, wishing to develop his property but faced with a reluctance to build on land that, at the bottom of the hill, cut through the Rea’s flood plain, advertised...
“To be given gratis, some free land pleasantly situated for building on, in Bradford Street, Deritend, to any person that will build upon the said land and carry on a considerable trade there”
Set around the banks of a re-naturalised River Rea, Warners Fields will be a new green neighbourhood for business and homes to sit cheek by jowl in the Moseley st area of Birmingham. A public realm of nature and making....
Team
Client : Dandara Living
Architect : Howells
CoLA : Arcadis
House of Guinness
In the boots of brewers.....
“It is unusual for a drink to mean so much to so many, but Guinness has become far more than a brand. It has become a symbol for Ireland: an icon of heritage for people all over the world. St James’s Gate has over 260 years of history, and so, we have a unique responsibility to ensure that when that famous gate opens, it opens to a place synonymous with good times and memorable experiences.”
The Guinness Quarter is a world class, modern, and dynamic urban neighbourhood on the site of the St. James’s Gate brewery in Dublin.
Our mixed-use masterplan opens the gates to the city, letting people and nature flood in. Repurposing the unique heritage while encouraging a new, collaborative community of residents, visitors and innovators.
Team
Client : Ballymore
Architect : Faulkner Browns
CoLA : BSLA
the isle of palms
Goodluck Hope
The area has had an almost continuous link with shipping with records of ships being unloaded here as early as 1297. The construction of the docks cut the area off from the rest of Poplar and until Ballymore built the ‘red bridge’ over Bow Creek there was only one way in and out, which led to the area being known as London’s “lost village”.
Completed in June 2017, the marketing suite, housed in one of the few remaining buildings, has been conceived as a narrative journey that reveals itself as a sequence of spaces from palm grove to covered courtyard, ending in a dramatic panoramic view of the Thames.
Team
Client : Ballymore
Architect : HAL
CoLA : Alys Francis
Linear Park London
Embassy Gardens + Nine Elms
The park is envisioned as a critical connector and people-magnet for the new Embassy Gardens housing development by the Ballymore Group. The kilometer-long green space is located at the center of this new development, which is a part of the larger Nine Elms development headed by the Ballymore Group and masterplanned by London architect Sir Terry Farrell.
A new public London green: a fusion of enclosed garden squares, open green commons and majestic tree-lined streets.
Team
Client : Ballymore
CoLA : Tom Wilkes-Rios
return to Lyle Park....
‘Out of the strong came forth sweetness’
While Mr Tate of Tate and Lyle is famous for giving a gallery to the country, rather less known is the generosity of the other half of the company – which is manifest in a public park donated by Sir Leonard Lyle.
Lyle’s Golden syrup - Can there be anything else that sums up British baking as much as Lyle’s Golden Syrup?
A landscape made - a new nature made or mixed upon it. Could this nature carry the mark of being made and not grown? How do we reveal the making? Ingredients : Forest, Field, River, Court, Garden, Hill, Playground
Team
Client : Ballymore
Architect : Howells
CoLA : Arcadis