Northumberland National Park Authority’s The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre at Once Brewed has been shortlisted for a prestigious national RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute) Award in the Excellence in Planning for Heritage and Culture category. The Sill opened to the public on July 29th and has since received acclaim from many of the 96,000… Full Article >
Newcastle-based architects, JDDK Ltd, were double winners at the prestigious Lord Mayor’s Design Awards held on 30 January, winning both the Accessibility and Refurbishment categories with their schemes providing supported housing at Welbeck Close in Walker for Karbon Homes and the conversion of NBS’s Old Post Office in Newcastle. The Welbeck Close housing in Walker… Full Article >
Construction work has begun at Houghton Le Spring on an innovative housing scheme designed especially for older residents. Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association (DAMHA) is working with its development partner, Karbon Homes, to build 19, two bedroom bungalows on Abbey Drive overlooking Sunniside Methodist Church in a £2.7m scheme the design of which is by… Full Article >
Newcastle-based architecture practice, JDDK Architects, have signed an agreement with Desco and Fairhurst consulting engineers to form a new design partnership, DFJ Designs, purely for work for Rutherford Estates, the subsidiary of Proton Partners International, the company bringing high-energy proton beam therapy to the UK. The three companies have already worked closely together for Proton… Full Article >
Newcastle-based architects, JDDK Ltd, have been inspiring pupils and giving them an insight into the world of architecture at St Teresa’s School in Heaton through the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Architecture Ambassadors programme. Designed to inspire a passion for architecture in the next generation, the programme has involved JDDK’s Principal Architect, Alison Thornton-Sykes,… Full Article >
