The stations redevelopment  provides a new, modern facility capable of offering passengers an improved, efficient service and addresses future rail transport needs for the area. Working with Mott MacDonald, D5 Architects completed RIBA Stage 3 / GRIP Stage 4 for Worcestershire County Council in development of tender documents. D5 continued to work with Mott MacDonald for RIBA Stage 4-6 / GRIP 5-8 for the Principal Contractor, Buckingham's.

The stations opening has been covered in the Express and Star news paper.

The new black zinc clad structure will feature a large glazed corner and fully glazed junction between existing and new.

The development will provide 13 one and two bedroom apartments and town house including reconstruction of historic brass foundry facades and new contemporary contextual corner building. The new application is associated with a wider 100 dwelling development of the surrounding site, also designed by D5 Architects under a previous Full Planning Approval.

The project involves a mixed use redevelopment of the site with part 3, 4 & 5 storey buildings and refurbishment of Heaton House, which dates back to the Jewellery Quarters pre-industrial age. The whole development will provide 57 dwellings including, 4-bed, 3-bed, 2-bed and 1-bed apartments and houses, plus 4,316sq.ft of commercial floor space for A1, A2, B1(a) and/or D1 uses.

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D5 Architects are further delighted to have received their second Full Planning Approval today, with permission granted for a Purpose Built Student Accommodation development in the University of Birmingham heartland of Selly Oak. The development has made the most efficient use of the site by working with a 2-storey fall in topography from the front to back of the site with a 3-storey street facing elevation that steps and follows the streets natural topography, with two further lower ground levels under leading on to two 3-storey rear wings. The efficient and well proportioned accommodation will provide 178-bedrooms in a mix of cluster halls and studios with generous social spaces including, lounge, gym and cinema plus landscaped external social spaces.

The project involves the demolition of existing buildings and erection of a new part three and part four storey mixed-use development. Our proposal will create 13,230sqft of flexible commercial floor space for retail, office, restaurant, health centre or clinic uses. The commercial accommodation will have individual street entrances and street facing accommodation. Upper floors will accessed via a central courtyard and will accommodate 27 one and two bedroom apartments and duplex’s with private roof top terraces.

A group of staff enjoyed a night of curling round the corner from our office at The Floodgate, followed by pizza at DigBrew. Great night out in Digbeth!

The photo is of the upper floor bedroom in one of the schemes duplex’s. The ceiling will take the form of the roof, making it a great space to be in.

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The apartment was designed for our client Elevate Property Group . It now features interior styling by Chris Brookes commissioned by the apartments new owner and is available for rent on Rightmove through James Laurence estate agents.

Our office Friday morning start the day meeting took a more playful turn last week with great fun and healthy competition in games of an Architectural pop-Quiz, Articulate and paper airplanes!

Office night out with great food at Rico Libre Tapas her in Digbeth followed by bowling fun Lane 7 in The Cube.

D5 Partner Martin Rennie enjoyed an afternoon with RLF's Birmingham office at this years British Council for Offices (BCO) Midlands Awards 2019 Great. It was great to see our hosts RLF take a win with the Cornerblock scheme and congratulations also due to regular co-consultant WSP for their winning own office scheme in The Mailbox.

D5’ers Joe Bowman and Chris Maloney spoke at Birmingham School of Art and Design’s ‘BIM in Birmingham’ event today at Birmingham City University with a presentation about D5’s broad approach to BIM and the wider benefits the technology offers our clients both creatively and technically.

Since joining D5, David has demonstrated a passion and commitment to his work with a natural leadership style. He will now go on to lead his team in diverse project sectors including residential, commercial, transportation and education projects.

Submission of the new development has been reported in the Birmingham Post. To read more, click on the following link.

The new build project creates all new Male, Female, PRM and Baby Change facilities.

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Passing the course also provides Saiman with RIBA Part III exemption and he can now register with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) as a qualified Architect. Saiman has worked very  hard for the course, resulting in not only a Pass, but a Commendation for his efforts. Well done Saiman!

Huge £82m expansion plans at Coventry railway station will press ahead after they were approved by the council’s planning committee on Thursday (15/11/2018).

Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration Councillor Jim O’Boyle said the plans would ensure Coventry had a train station “fit for purpose” ahead of taking over the City of Culture title in 2021.

“This is a significant investment,” he said at the meeting.

The station opened in 1962 and in that time there has been no real investment to the station.

“Passenger numbers have tripled since 2003 and now we are talking about 7.4 million passengers coming through a year," he said.

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The building represents a £40m investment for Boeing in their first manufacturing facility in Europe. The striking purpose built facility designed by D5 will manufacture parts for all future 737 & 767 aircraft.