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Centralofts, Waterloo Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The conversion of an Art Deco warehouse in the centre of Newcastle to provide apartments above office use at ground level. See also interiors.

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Forth Banks was developed in conjunction with the Hanover Mill development for Mandale Commercial Ltd, providing the required parking provision for both schemes.  In addition to the 215 parking spaces provided over 12 half levels (six floors) extending from basement level, four further floors of offices are provided above, benefiting from views over the Quayside to the East and up the Tyne Gorge to the West.

A 15 story tower is provided at the junction of Forth Banks with Skinnerburn Road, comprising 12 floors of residential apartments (37 Units) over 3  floors of offices in a cylindrical plan form benefitting from unrivalled views up and down the Tyne.

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This scheme comprises 35 one and two bedroom apartments for a local developer.  The building occupies a prominent site to the east of the city centre overlooking the River Tyne to the south and Ouseburn to the west.

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River Quarter, Sunderland

The Sunderland River Quarter project has two independent clients.  The ground and first floors provide a varied mix of restaurants and bars whilst the upper floors, between 2 and 5 storeys above, are private apartments arranged around a landscaped courtyard.

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Hanover Mill, Newcastle upon Tyne

The Bonded Warehouse on Newcastle Quayside was severely damaged by a number of fires over a decade before work finally commenced on its conversion into Hanover Mill.

The Structural design and method of construction had to be revisited several times during the period Napper Architects have been involved with the project, due to collapse and subsequent necessary demolition. The remaining sections of the listed warehouse have been converted to provide 48 apartments, with a contemporary styled extension of the same scale providing a further 86 units. Off site parking has been provided in a second phase of development on Forth Banks taking the total development cost to £30 Million.

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Mowbray Apartments, Sunderland

This conversion of the Mowbray Park Hotel in Sunderland, situated adjacent to the popular Winter Gardens, will provide a unique collection of 31 apartments and a ground floor restaurant within this prosperous area of the city.

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Stella South, Gateshead

The master planning of this 16 hectare area, on the south side of the river Tyne, was the first stage in the regeneration of the brownfield site of the former Stella South Power Station.  This new 500 home housing development breathes new life back into an otherwise neglected and historically important area.

The scheme whilst being responsive to existing site constraints, maximises development potential taking on board the latest best practice guidance documentation and  'By Design' principles.

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Central Park, Darlington

Napper Architects have been responsible for the detailed masterplan of this new mixed use development in central Darlington, on a 75 acre site. The scheme will be developed by Commercial Estates Group (CEG), Keepmoat and Yuill Homes. The consortium and their design team led by Napper were successful in winning the bid for the site ahead of three other rival consortia. With an overall investment of £200 million the park will include 600 homes (Including ECO houses), including the creation of a series of modern new house types.

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Hebburn, South Tyneside

As lead design consultants Napper Architects were responsible for the masterplan and detailed design proposals for the 20 acre (8 ha) town centre site in Hebburn, South Tyneside. The consortium led by Tesco has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the £40m reshaping of a Tyneside town centre. The new development will include a 4000 sq m Tesco supermarket on stilts, 200 new homes for Gentoo and Bellway, including 50 affordable units. In addition it will include community facilities with a new library and a customer service centre, a conference or gallery facility and a café. In addition it will comprise of new units for smaller businesses, parking for shoppers and workers, a pedestrian route linking the shops to the houses and a sustainable landscape strategy that ties the two elements together.

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Wellesley, Blyth