Projects
Peel Entertainment – Skipton
Bowman Riley delivered a full interior design package for Peel Entertainment, creating a modern, dynamic office that supports their growing business needs.
With a desire for a more central location in Skipton, our client wanted to provide their design-led creative team with a work environment that fosters agile and hybrid working while offering the amenities that inspire collaboration and creativity. The space had to be engaging, with a strong focus on community, culture, and flexibility.
Peel Entertainment envisioned an adaptable layout, including meeting rooms for conference calls and versatile entertainment areas for events. This layout offers a range of environments—from quiet spaces to vibrant, collaborative zones – empowering staff to choose the setting that suits their work.
Our concept aimed to inject drama and energy into the space. The entrance experience was designed to be both striking and inviting, with agile lighting that evokes movement and vitality. The layout combined various furniture styles, offering flexible seating and desk arrangements to suit diverse work needs.
Drawing on mid-century loft aesthetics, we incorporated timber accents for natural warmth, complemented by linen and rich green tones for elegance. Black accents, smart lighting, and plush velvet details added a touch of glamour.
Additionally, the office boasts a canal-side exterior area, which will be further developed to provide a relaxing outdoor work option during the warmer months, enhancing the space’s overall appeal.
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Butterfield Studios – Bradford
Bowman Riley was commissioned by Stainforth Construction to design an interior concept for the remodel of Butterfield Studios in Shipley, Bradford, creating a space plan solution and a detailed 3D model to showcase the scheme.
Faced with challenges in letting the first-floor space, we were tasked with transforming a dated cellular office space and designing a contemporary and attractive collection of four- to six-person office studios that appeal to the SME and start-up markets.
The areas of focus in this refurbishment were improving the first impression as potential tenants visit the building, creating an attractive centrepiece for the community, and producing a welcoming social area for tenants.
Throughout this project, we worked closely with Stainforth Construction, supporting the construction phase and ensuring that the concept was carefully delivered. We advised on the loose furniture package and orchestrated the furniture, fit-out, and equipment (FF&E) throughout.
Our scheme at Butterfield Studios involved upgrading the interior decoration and adding wall, floor, and ceiling finishes, resulting in an industrial aesthetic and an appealing environment.
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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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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 Sportsshoes.com’s origin, ethos, people and products. The playful concept is based on Sportsshoes.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 an 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 Sportsshoes.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.
North York Moors National Park New Headquarters
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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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 their 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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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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National Highways Office – Leeds
Bowman Riley created an agile working environment for National Highways Leeds city centre office following our involvement in the successful fit-out of their Wakefield hub.
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.
We provided a flexible town hall space with moveable walls that can be configured in different ways.
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 engineers to ensure a sustainable project approach. This was achieved by reusing 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.
Barristers Chambers – Leeds
Bowman Riley elevated Parklane Plowden Chambers’ interiors in Leeds into a sophisticated, functional, and inviting environment that reflected their reputation for excellence.
We reorganised their four-storey premises to create a modern, flexible environment that supports remote hearings and hybrid working. Key features include a barristers’ lounge, agile workspaces, case rooms, phone booths, eight meeting rooms, two boardrooms, and a south-facing roof terrace with a bar. To optimise storage, we introduced a mobile shelving system.
The refurbishment aligns with Parklane Plowden’s aspirations, supporting their expansion strategy. James Murphy, head of chambers, said:
“This investment shows our commitment to enhancing our reputation as a vibrant, progressive chambers.”
Following this success, we also designed the interior fit-out of a Newcastle barristers’ chambers in Grade II listed Portland House, creating a functional, welcoming space that enhances client experience and productivity. The layout of the compact space in Newcastle improved the client experience, creating areas that are welcoming, comfortable, and conducive to confidential consultations.
Read about this project in the media in the Business Insider, Business Desk and BD Daily News.
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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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BJSS Office Refurbishment – Glasgow
Bowman Riley created a bespoke and tailored office fit-out 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, including contract administration, project management and principal designer duties.
Our brief was to fashion the office to better suit their remote Scotland team by providing space suitable for individual task working and team collaboration. In addition, BJSS needed a space to facilitate hosting events and meetings. In line with the previous BJSS office refurbishments, retaining a sense of locality in the design was important whilst incorporating their strong brand identity.
The rich industrial history of Glasgow inspired our interior design concept. 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.
The office layout reflects a modern and agile approach, focusing on a hybrid, collaborative environment rather than traditional desks. We developed a technical package and specifications to provide comprehensive cost estimates for contractors. This included details for finishes, lighting, graphics, marketing proposals, and furniture.
Working collaboratively with the entire project team and with BJSS, the work was coordinated and managed from project inception to successful conclusion.
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National Highways Office – Wakefield
Bowman Riley delivered a complete interior design and construction package for National Highways’ vibrant two-storey office in Wakefield.
What sets the Calder Park office apart from other National Highways locations is its role as a dynamic creative hub. Our challenge was to create a space to inspire creativity, foster collaboration, and energise employees. A major focus was designing the office to meet WELL standards, ensuring the health and wellbeing of everyone who uses it.
The office features a striking double-height reception area that opens up to a vibrant social zone for both staff and visitors. Highlights include a dedicated media room, a bleacher-style presentation space, informal breakout areas, an innovation hub, and a variety of flexible meeting rooms. The spacious office includes quiet working rooms, meeting spaces, acoustic booths, a cosy seating area, and collaborative work zones.
To bring National Highways’ identity into the design, we drew inspiration from the colours and signage tied to the roads they manage. A chevron pattern serves as the design’s foundation, while a bold, bright colour scheme energizes the space. We also incorporated biophilic elements, introducing greenery throughout the office with cost-effective wall-mounted faux ivy frames and a mix of natural plants, adding a refreshing touch to the work environment.
The success of this project led to the interior design of the fit-out of their Leeds office relocation bringing the same interior concepts and solutions, high levels of specification and performance.
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HML Head Office – Skipton
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 for 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.
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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Co-op Distribution Centre – Wellingborough
The Co-operative Group
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Bowman Riley provided architecture and the role of the principal designer on the refurbishment of a distribution centre formerly occupied by Yusen Logistics to supply a new regional distribution centre for The Co-op which would provide extra capacity in their network for the 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 while 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, and a new 110,000ft2 chill and refrigeration zone was constructed within the shell of the existing structure. 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 within 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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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 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. This space 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.
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.
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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.
To learn more about this development and what it offers, visit the website.
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.
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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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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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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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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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.
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.
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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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Central House Office Development – Leeds City Centre
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
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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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.
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.
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.
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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East Village Developments – East London
Bowman Riley developed the designs for two new buildings in the East Village, Stratford.
This area of East London was designed as athletes accommodation of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and since then has been transformed into a vibrant new residential neighbourhood with nearly 6,000 residents, shops and commercial buildings.
The first development we were involved in was a marketing and management building created to promote the redevelopment of the East Village to potential buyers. We subsequently developed the designs on a circa 35,000 ft² new commercial building to accommodate a convenience store, fitness centre, café, restaurant and bar to provide new amenities for the residents of the apartments.
The design for the buildings complements the East Village development style reinforcing the existing street frontages and following the principles of generous public realm and open space bounded within clear and defined building plots.
The development will provide key facilities for the residents of the East Village helping to create a new sustainable community in East London with excellent public transport links into the city and beyond.
Airmesh Head Office – Jammu, India
Airmesh Communications Ltd
Bari Brahmana, Jammu, India
Bowman Riley was commissioned to provide the concept designs for a new landmark 100,000 ft² head office building in Jammu, India for mobile communications company, Airmesh.
The client’s aspiration is for an iconic building to reflect the young, energetic, progressive nature of their business with high-quality landscaping with car parking in an undercroft basement.
The restricted site has limitations, particularly with boundary set-back distances. Our solution is an eight-storey building that steps down to five storeys and incorporates terraces to be used for VIP areas and recreational facilities.
The site incorporates a satellite antennae farm and high-security entrance technology.
Sustainability is high on the client’s agenda. Sustainable features to be considered include solar shading, stack-induced natural ventilation during temperate months, ground-cooling, use of thermal mass and night cooling.
The design of the new head office building follows Bowman Riley’s successful completion of the layout and interiors for their existing office refurbishment in Kashmir, India.
National Cycling Centre – Manchester
Bowman Riley was selected by a British professional cycling team to redesign the interior of their current head office at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester.
The client’s existing head office located within the Manchester Velodrome was constructed for the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and was in need of a refresh to reflect their stylish, dynamic brand and continued success in international cycling. Bowman Riley surveyed the existing office spaces and provided rapid 3D modelling followed by various options to reconfigure and refurbish the existing space.
Our design solution provided efficient and flexible workspaces with increased amounts of storage, independent office pods and unique features to increase the capacity and enhance the experience for our client’s staff and cyclists.
The project was programmed to take place in the winter of 2014 when the client vacated the office for their winter training camp in the Mediterranean. This enabled the team to move back in to their refurbished premises in 2015 without disruption to their operations.
The enhanced workspace provides our client with the high quality premises to continue to successfully operate in the international cycling circuit.
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Cawingredients Soft Drinks Factory – North Yorkshire
Cawingredients Ltd
Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire
For more than a decade, Bowman Riley has helped soft drinks manufacturer, Cawingredients, to construct one of the most technologically advanced soft drink facilities in the country.
We continue to assist with the overall masterplanning of the site, with its evolving flagship factory to produce carbonated soft drinks, supplying major UK customers.
At the outset, we supported Cawingredients in identifying a suitable site (minimum 25 acres) for their new factory with excellent transport links to ensure that the company would not outgrow their premises once operations expanded. We assessed the viability of a number of potential sites before a plot alongside the A1 was identified.
We designed 240,000 ft2 of purpose-built factory space, which accommodates multiple bottling and canning lines. Supporting the production facility is 213,000 ft2 of warehousing space, plus 23,000 ft2 of office and laboratory space.
We have also assisted Cawingredients with strategic land purchases. This work has created a new site entrance for all vehicular traffic, additional development land, a new car park (to facilitate ongoing expansion), plus a new bespoke trade effluent plant. All of which has now secured planning consent.
Construction work has commenced on the latest phase of development, which is a 100,000ft2 warehouse with packaging robots, seven new HGV docking stations, extensive HGV parking and turning areas, plus surface water attenuation infrastructure.
Homes and Communities Agency and Department for Communities Master Planning
Bowman Riley was commissioned to provide master planning and feasibility services on behalf of the Homes and Communities Agency, Department for Communities and Local Government and Walsall Council to examine the development potential of sites across Walsall and Wolverhampton as part of the Government’s Enterprise Zone Initiative.
We produced detailed site plans for seven of the areas identified by the Council; all of which had difficult and limiting factors such as services easements, contamination or unstable ground. Phoenix 10, the largest of the sites, is reported to be the most contaminated site in Europe and without the Enterprise Zone, funding would never be commercially viable for industrial redevelopment.
Working alongside DTZ, the sites were evaluated and a range of industrial units from large scale distribution warehouses to bespoke innovate hybrid commercial/office units were proposed. The intention is to maximise developable area within the Enterprise Zone boundaries to take advantage of the maximum funding contribution.
We were able to provide quick turn-around response times for drawing production and amendments to facilitate the delivery of clear and concise strategies, which benefitted the wider team in their respective roles.
Abraham Moon Design Office – Leeds
Abraham Moon & Sons Ltd
Guiseley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Abraham Moon & Sons is a weaving manufacturer located in Yorkshire, the traditional home of the English cloth mills. The manufacturer had outgrown their premises and needed to expand to retain their location and modernise working methods. Bowman Riley was commissioned to provide architecture, interior design, contract administration and CDMC to extend the factory by 45,000 ft2 bringing all machinery into one location in an open plan space.
Considering the site’s adjacency to a railway line, we communicated with Network Rail to ensure the factory and railway line were kept safe throughout construction.
Following the successful completion of the extension, we designed the refurbishment of a redundant first floor space within the mill into a dynamic design office and showroom.
Over 70% of the cloth produced by the factory is exported to America and Asia with clients visiting the factory from overseas to source traditional tweeds and cloths. The existing design studio was unable to handle large client meetings with no facility to display the fabrics.
The brief involved forming a new entrance with vertical circulation providing direct access to staff and visitors. A state-of-the-art heating and cooling system was required to convert the factory space into a comfortable office and showroom. Historic features were retained and the whole space was sandblasted exposing the original brickwork and stone details.
Located within a conservation area, the mill was fully operational during the construction. The design pays respect to the local vernacular and the site planning and logistics were carefully considered to deliver a traditional appearance with modern facilities.
Haddocks Farm – York
Sir Ken Morrison/Myton Hall Farms
Myton on Swale, North Yorkshire
Sir Ken Morrison purchased a series of derelict farm buildings with 1000 acres of land to create a new livestock farm (Haddocks Farm) based on the concept of the model farm, an 18th – 19th century experimental farm, which demonstrated improvements in agricultural techniques, efficiency and building layout.
Bowman Riley prepared a development strategy and designed the state of art farming facility Working in close collaboration with our client to realise his ambitions of creating a best practice farm that can operate to maximum efficiency whilst adhering to the highest environmental and RSPCA welfare standards.
Haddocks has become the third largest livestock farm in the country.
Typically farms grow organically on an ad-hoc basis, however, our client wanted to create an exemplar facility from scratch designed to meet best practice farming methods. We carefully master planned a series of 186,000ft² agricultural buildings. The buildings were delivered in four phases including cattle buildings, grain store, silage store, machinery shed, lambing shed, largest straw barn in Britain, ancillary buildings and 132,000ft² of service yard.
The careful layout of the facilities combined with the most up to date technology has resulted in a controlled environment that allows the livestock to thrive, minimises the risk of infections and maximises the efficiency of the farm.
DX New Distribution Hub – South Staffordshire
DX Network Services
Essington, South Staffordshire
Bowman Riley was commissioned by DX Network Services to provide architectural services on Project Verne, a new distribution hub for their operations in South Staffordshire.
Project Verne is located on a 43 acre site of a former brickworks up until 1978 before it was subject to open cast operations.
The development comprises a new 36,720sqm distribution hub incorporating a load hall with loading dock facilities, ancillary office space to accommodate logistics operational support facilities and head office functions.
In addition, there will be an external open sided covered loading area incorporating an onsite recycle centre for processing packaging waste and workshop facilities to provide maintenance to the vehicle fleet and associated refuelling facilities.
Externally the development includes 303 car parking spaces, new site access for HGV vehicles and service yard with associated gatehouse to control entry.
The project also provides enhanced landscaping to the site including formal landscaped frontage and car park areas, earth mounding, woodland screening to the areas surrounding the service yard and the introduction of detention/retention wetlands connected via swale ditches.
Timothy Taylor Transport Hub – Keighley
Timothy Taylor
Keighley, Bradford
Since 1858, Timothy Taylor has been producing award-winning Yorkshire beers and ales from its base in Keighley using spring water that wells up from deep under the Pennines. By 2007, the site had become too small and cramped for Timothy Taylor’s expanding operations. A new four-acre site was purchased across from the brewery, formerly the home of WASK Engineering.
Bowman Riley was commissioned to survey the site and design a new transport depot. We were involved in the demolition of the old factory buildings and designing fit-for-purpose, large modern warehouses and sheds whilst still leaving plenty of room for further expansion. This work included creating a refuelling depot, fuel tank storage, and hops store, as well as sinking a borehole to provide further spring water for the site. The new transport depot provides the brewer with an efficient vehicle distribution centre for its refrigerated lorries, which enables them to deliver twice the volume of beer than was previously possible and frees up their existing site of vehicles. This allows Timothy Taylor to respond far quicker and more efficiently to their customer base.
The design included ample vehicular and bicycle parking and disabled and public transport access. The site redevelopment has proved attractive to TransDev, a public transport operator that leases land, bringing Timothy Taylor additional revenue. Landscape design enhanced the area’s appearance and maintained an adjacent millpond and its surroundings as a haven for wildlife.