Unbuilt Brum will be an exploration of the city’s unbuilt history that highlights lost projects that form a potential alternative to the built environment we inhabit today, and which celebrates the creativity of the city’s architectural and engineering designers.

As a collaborative exhibition, the evening will feature a talk from guest speak Mike Dring of Birmingham Modernist Society and Birmingham and Five Counties Architectural Association, who will also be providing content for the exhibition. Additionally, an open call for submissions, will provide a platform for Birmingham practices and practitioners to exhibit their unbuilt projects.

There are no limitations on the type, scale or budget of the project; the only two conditions being that it must have once been a live commission that now has no prospect of future construction, and you must be satisfied that you or your company own the copyright to have the images displayed for the evening. All submissions should be sent to info@d5architects.net and should contain the following:

- Confirmation of copyright ownership.

- Company or individual name.

- Project name.

- Project year.

- A selection of project images.

Set within the context of W R Headley’s 1960’s Grade 2 listed station, the new footbridge and canopies will provide an additional step free route between the station’s 4 platforms.  Located to the north of the station, the footbridge will also provide a direct connection to the proposed future Station Building and Multi Storey Car Park. Collectively these developments form part of the Coventry Station masterplan- an £82 million package of works that anticipates the stations continued expansion as the fastest growing station outside of London.

The project forms part of a wider redevelopment plan of Coventry Station to include a new additional station building, footbridge, multi-storey car park, bus interchange and associated public realm works. More information about this project can be viewed by following this link.

To celebrate the start new recruits Nidhi Shah and Hannah Davies to the D5 team, we had an office night out to Digbeth's own Ghetto Golf. Once the serious (!) sporting activity was over, we headed to Dig Brew Co Brewery + Taproom, also in Digbeth, for some great wood fired pizza and local beers.

D5 Architects are delighted to have been awarded Cyber Essentials certification, a world-leading assurance mechanism to demonstrate to our clients and other stakeholders that the most important basic cyber security controls have been implemented. The scheme provides five security controls that, according to the UK government, could prevent “around 80% of cyber attacks”.

• Secure configuration
• Firewalls
• Access controls
• Patch management
• Malware protection

D5 Architects passed the requirements of certification, following assessment by IT Governance.

Just a week until BIM in Birmingham - Two days of BIM from RIBA, archeducate & BCUPressOffice . Join us in Birmingham on the 25 Jan.

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D5 Architects have obtained Full Planning Permission for a roof top extension to Kimberley House in Leicester city centre. D5 have designed the extension to accommodate 8 dwellings including two 2-bed  and six 1-bed units. Prior to the roof top extension D5 obtained Planning Permission for conversion of the existing building from Office and Educational uses to Residential use via both Permitted Development and Full Planning Permission means.

D5 will now mobilise a design team to progress RIBA Stage 4 Technical Design for tender and construction.

The proposed facility will support Boeing’s European GoldCare customers. Utilised by more than 60 airline customers around the world, GoldCare is a flexible set of fleet engineering, materials and maintenance services tailored for airlines and managed by Boeing.  The facility will also add engineering capacity at Gatwick to support airlines as the airport continues its growth in both short and long-haul services.

The Sheffield facility is part of Boeing’s broader plan to grow in-house production of selective technologies. The Boeing Sheffield team will manufacture key actuation systems with improved productivity, enhanced production efficiency and reduced costs while maintaining quality. Boeing Fabrication's Portland facility in Gresham, Oregon, U.S.A., will also produce actuators and assemble actuation systems for these models as a new work statement. Actuation systems move the flaps on the trailing edge of an aeroplane wing to provide extra lift at low speeds during take-off and landing

The renovation project of a Grade 2 listed property near Henley-in-Arden continues to prove popular in property website Houzz, with the house recently featuring in an article about homes in the country.

The article on Houzz can be read here and more information about the project can be found here.

The project for Complex Development Projects (CDP) received praise from the Planning Committee including  Cllr Dr Barry Henley who stated that the proposal was “excellent…a very good design” and particularly remarked on how the proposal successfully created a development of differing building types appropriate for the Jewellery Quarter location. Cllr Gareth Moore echoed his comments. There were 13 Councillors at the planning committee and when it came to vote, 12 voted in favour of the application, 1 abstained and there were no votes against the project.

The approved project includes 30 residential properties which have all be designed to exceed minimum space standards and provide a variety of layout and accommodation types to differentiate the development from others in the area. The majority of units are at least 2-bed with a number of 3-bed and duplex units featuring private terraces into the central courtyards.

Ian Harrabin, a director of CDP, said he hoped work would start early next year and would take approximately 12 months.

He said: “We see this as a very valuable addition to the Jewellery Quarter, and offering something different.

“This part of the Quarter is currently undergoing substantial regeneration with several schemes underway, but there are not many offering the size of accommodation we are creating and it is important to have a mix in the area.

“The market is strong with a high level of local interest but there is also considerable activity from buyers and investors from outside the area who see the unique character of the Jewellery Quarter along with the potential, part of which is being fired by the arrival of HS2.”

Read the projects feature in the Birmingham Post here.

Following 3 years working and studying part time, Marina has successfully completed the post graduate course at BCU's School of Architecture and Design, also qualifying her with RIBA Part 2. Marina now plans to proceed directly with the next stage of her Architectural education and will enrol on the Post Graduate Diploma in Architectural Practice, also at BCU to qualify her with RIBA Part 3 enabling her to register as an Architect.

But rather than sending the car to a reclamation or dismantlers yard, we made enquiries to local colleges, where students undertake Car Mechanics courses, to see if they would be interested in accepting the car as a donation.

“We would be absolutely delighted” states Stephanie Jones, Assistant Faculty Head - Motor Vehicle, South & City College Birmingham, “it is donations like these that bring courses to life and enables students to work and learn how to carry out mechanics in a safe controlled environment”.

D5 are very happy to have been able to help a local college.

The new curtain walled enclosed accommodation provides lounge space for five new departure gates, serving transfer busses to remote aircraft stands at the airport. Passengers will make their way to the lounge from the main Departure Level of the airport via a new lift and stair also completed for the project.

In addition to the departure accommodation, the new development includes arrivals facilities in form of a new separate steel and glass stair and escalator to take arriving passengers from transfer busses up to the airports main Arrivals Level and through to inbound security and baggage reclaim.

D5's new apartment building in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter has received Full Planning Permission under delegated powers. For more project information please follow this link.

Dezeens unofficial Brexit passport design competition received over 200 entries from 34 different countries. The youngest entrant was 12 years old and the oldest was 83. Most submissions were from architects and designers but there were also entries from non-designers, students, retired people and unemployed people. Nine designs, including Hannah Perry's most impressed the judges. The winner will be announcement on the 11th April.

The office to residential conversion for Elevate Property Group is now complete, with only one apartment remaining available, contact Knight Frank Birmingham for details.

For more project info follow this link.

Located in Birmingham's historic Gun Quarter conservation area, Honduras Wharf is a contemporary new build development of ninety-nine apartments including seventy-two 1-bed apartments (43-51sqm), twenty-four 2-bed apartments (57-93sqm) and three 3-bed penthouse apartments (93-103sqm) with generous roof top terraces. The project being developed by Elevate Property Group is due for completion Spring 2017.

Further project information and images here.

Following a lengthy design development and planning phase, last night Warrington Borough Council Planning Committee voted 8-1 in favour of the proposed project which includes a new club house, tennis courts, 3G pitch, residential redevelopment of the clubs old clubhouse and development of some new private residential properties.

We now look forward to developing the Technical Design stage of this project for construction on site.

The Birmingham based building for Reynaers includes a large showroom, warehouse and office facilities for the Belgian firm, who manufacture and distribute aluminium window products.