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Swindon’s first very sheltered housing scheme achieves planning

Latest News: Swindon’s first very sheltered housing scheme achieves planning

A new Quattro designed building for Housing 21, which will provide 49 flats for over 55’s with care needs and a day centre, has been granted planning permission by Swindon Borough Council following extensive consultation. A former older persons home has been demolished to make way for the new development which will see the steeply sloping site more intensively develo...Read the full story

New Primary School for Quedgley Urban Village gets underway

New Primary School for Quedgley Urban Village gets underway

The steel frame has now been erected for Kingsway School and the building is on target to open in the next academic year. Quattro have subsequently been chosen to design a community centre, pavilion and bowling green for the new village.

Supported flats for deaf adults is opened

Supported flats for deaf adults is opened

Buckley Court was officially opened on 9th November 2007. It is Bristol's first residential scheme for deaf adults who want to live independently but who still require some supervision before being able to manage in the wider community.

Housing Associations recognize design expertise

Housing Associations recognize design expertise

We are pleased to announce that Quattro have been formally accepted onto the Spectrum/West Mercia and Bromford Housing Group framework contracts. The practice has already carried out schemes in Cheltenham for BHG and we look forward to building on our relationship with this important client group over the next four years.

Shop front improvements begin on Bristol’s showcase bus route

Shop front improvements begin on Bristol’s showcase bus route

The first of a rolling programme of improvements to shop fronts on one of Bristol’s main access routes has been completed. A local independent optician on Church Road has taken advantage of a grant from Bristol East Side Traders and Quattro’s architectural services to give his premises an impressive facelift.

kingswAY PRIMARY SCHOOL

kingswAY PRIMARY SCHOOL

A Sod cutting ceremony took place on the site of the proposed primary school at Kingsway Gloucester on Friday 9th November. Pictured are the newly appointed Governors of the school and the County Councillor for the area, Jackie Hall.
Quattro designed the school for QUVL (Quedgley Urban Village Ltd) and provided the working drawings and technical support for Spell...Read the full story

COLEFORD COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE

COLEFORD COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE

We have been recently commissioned to design an exciting new multi-use building in the heart of the Forest of Dean. The building will achieve a sustainability BREEAM rating of excellent and will incorporate locally sourced materials. The flagship building will provide a new commu...Read the full story

REDEVELOPMENT OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN HOUSES, CHELTENHAM

REDEVELOPMENT OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN HOUSES, CHELTENHAM

The 37, recently completed 2, 3 and 4 bedroomed houses were designed and constructed to EcoHomes excellent standard, full lifetime homes and laid out to home zone principles. The majority of homes were for rent but a significant number were also for shared ownership and outright sale. The redevelopment of the hard to let 12 storey blocks followed extensive consultatio...Read the full story

BENHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHELTENHAM

BENHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHELTENHAM

The substantial remodelling of 6 classrooms in a 1960’s primary school prioritised the enlargement of classrooms, improving daylighting and generally upgrading the inadequate accommodation to bring it up to current standards. New IT suites, library areas, interactive white boards and external play areas were included in the modernisation.

GRANGE CHILDRENS CENTRE, GLOUCESTER

GRANGE CHILDRENS CENTRE, GLOUCESTER

A £600,000 extension to a busy and rapidly developing primary school. The extension includes a training kitchen, health services, nursery and cafe. The building has been designed to very high levels of energy efficiency.

JOHN F EVANS PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED INTO QUATTRO

JOHN F EVANS PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED INTO QUATTRO

On the 1st September local Gloucester based architects John F Evans Partnership were incorporated within Quattro Design Architects Ltd.

John F Evans Partnership has a long and successful history of schemes throughout Gloucestershire; they are currently completing a state of the art imaging centre for the Cobalt Appeal Fund Unit in Cheltenham and are working...Read the full story

ROYAL VISIT TO HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

ROYAL VISIT TO HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

The queen was impressed with one of Quattro’s buildings when she made a visit to the For All Healthy Living Centre in Weston Super Mare. Her interest in the project underlines the important work being undertaken by Quattro’s vibrant and energetic community projects in the region. Project architect Alex Hutchinson was on hand to explain the intricate technical details ...Read the full story

COMPETITION WIN

COMPETITION WIN

Quattro are delighted to have been selected by Bristol Zoo for their ambitious National Wildlife Conservation Park project at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol. This prestigeous commission has been won through stiff nationwide competition.

Design Advisor to PFI Housing

Design Advisor to PFI Housing

Quattro has been selected as Design Advisor for West Wiltshire District Council's PFI housing project. As advisor Quattro will be ensuring that good design is high on the agenda for selecting a PFI partner. Quattro will also prepare planning submission for a number of sites that will form part of the project.

Education Naturally

Education Naturally

Quattro have been appointed by West Berkshire Council to overhaul and extend the Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, set in a beautiful Lake side location near Newbury. The council were impressed by Quattro's expertise in environmental design and we can look forward to the development of an impressive green project on this site.

Wellspring Healthy Living Centre wins civic society environmental award

Wellspring Healthy Living Centre wins civic society environmental award

Wellspring Healthy Living Centre has been given a Civic Society Environmental Award showing recognition for this truly excellent project. The judges were particularly impressed by the creativity of the public art which had sprung from local people; they were also impressed by the extent that local people had been involved at every stage in the design of the building.