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The vision for the Iron Line is to sensitively transform the coastal lagoon of Hodbarrow, a lakeland peninsula on the Cumbrian coast into a nationally significant visitor attraction; uniting art, heritage and ecology. Millom and Haverigg were invited to bid for a share of the Government\u2019s \u00a33.6 billion Towns Fund in 2019. Working alongside Copeland Borough Council, the Millom Town Deal Board secured an offer of \u00a320 million from the fund for projects it identified as local priorities, the Iron Line project was fortunate to be one of those.\u00a0 In 2021, Gagarin Studio, alongside landscape architects Layer,\u00a0 won the project […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n Cowshed Studio, Keighley<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
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The project for composer Matthew Bourne sees the creation of a new recording studio by replacing a tumbledown garage with a micro piece of architecture that responds to the context in which it\u2019s located. Sometime in 2019, Mary Ann Hobbs tweeted about a track she\u2019s playing on BBC 6music. An expansive ambient electronica piece by composer Matthew Bourne called \u2018Keighley\u2019An incongruous name for such a spacious piece and tweets were sent along those lines. Matthew replied explaining it was inspired by the view from his studio, of the landscape that surrounds the town. Made perfect sense \u2013 a response to […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n The Meadows, York<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
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Back in 2020 an email dropped into our inbox, with the heading \u2026\u201dA Gallery for Living\u201d — a new enquiry from clients in York. As you can imagine, we were instantly on board.\u00a0 3 years later; a house purchased, pulled apart, remodelled and stitched back together. The project includes a new kitchen extension, external series of verandas, studio, thermal upgrades, renewable forms of heating, replacement glazing and new openings that all \u00a0allow new views to the mature garden and along the backbone of the house, connecting spaces with light and frame. The interior is calm, warm and simple with furniture […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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The barns and drystone walls of the Yorkshire Dales are a fundamental part of the character of this landscape and the project for Bank Barn, demonstrates what is achievable in preventing their decline. In line with the aims of the Field Barn Project, Bank Barn is a high quality, sustainable solution for the reuse of these buildings. Strategically, the approach allows the host building to show off it\u2019s beautiful coat, whilst the interior works hard, spatially and sustainably. Internally a dynamic series of spaces carefully carve out light and view, avoiding the typical issue of dark spots within this type […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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This property has been completely refurbished and extended to provide a stunning family home in Leeds. The design approach was to restore key elements of the historic building, with contemporary new additions that reflect the context and proportions of the Victorian villa. The house was re-orientated around a new cobbled courtyard, green-roofed loggia and entrance with high-level, glazed lanterns that bring lots of light and drama into the interior spaces. The stairwell was remodelled with double height spaces providing an elegant route through the heart of the house with long views and visual connections, including from a beautiful bedroom suite […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n A Community Space at St Berts<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
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The project for St Berts involves the modest redevelopment of a small, modern church in the borough of Halton, Nr Runcorn. The project focus is on improved accessibility, a more welcoming entrance, improved flexible community spaces to include kitchen and cafe, training and counselling spaces. This is a project that has emerged through substantial community collaboration with a wide variety of organisations to deliver significant improvements to the building, keeping hold of an ambitious vision that can be delivered within a tight budget. \u00a0The design reflects the aesthetic of modern church architecture; is open, calm and simple, connecting previous introverted […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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Weavers Terrace provide high-quality modern homes set within a stunning village and heritage setting. \u00a0The terrace forms the first phase of the redevelopment site;\u00a0Gagarin having worked closely with Clay Developments to complete the project.\u00a0 The homes are robustly detailed and super-insulated for the exposed, hillside setting whilst making the most of the context by connecting and framing the stunning views and landscape beyond. Each home is designed with a\u00a0generous arrangement of domestic spaces that are both flexible and light-filled. The Terrace replaces a former weavers shed which was originally on the site, establishing a new courtyard between the listed mill […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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The house at Pecket Well sees the remodel and extension of a 17th century pennine farmhouse, creating a modern, comfortable and sustainable family home. The house has been fully remodelled with improved thermal performance of the whole building, \u00a0renewable forms of heating and power, along with joinery and fit-out elements that reflect the modern, rural aesthetic.\u00a0 The extension provides a picture window with a 360′ view of the stunning landscape in which it’s located and a wonderful space in which to experience all the weathers of the Calder Valley.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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The Pennine farmhouse is a Grade 2 listed property on the edge of the hilltop village of Heptonstall in the Calder Valley. It’s made up of a string of buildings, cottage, barn ancillary building which stagger down the terrain toward a large garden and impressive views. The owners used only a small part of the property, the barn being used infrequently as it was a large cold space to inhabit permanently. The brief was to decant life to the south, garden end of the property, bringing the ancillary building and barn into better use and enabling better connection to the […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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Orangebox Young People\u2019s Centre was built in Halifax for Square Chapel Centre for the Arts and funded by the Myplace BIG Scheme. The centre links to the Grade 1 listed Piece Hall and sees the conversion and extension of two Victorian buildings, originally built to store fruit and veg. The completed extension includes a wide variety of facilities for young people, including a dance studio, recording studio, climbing wall, rehearsal rooms, advice and counselling support, roof level skate park and roof garden. The design navigates the complex levels dictated by the topography and variety of existing buildings whilst forming new […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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Gagarin Studio and DP Squared Engineers, working with The Landscape Agency have completed a new bridge at RHS Garden Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire. The Thaliana Bridge spans over the Queen Mother Lake at the south end of the gardens creating improved access, new routes and new views to and from the bridge across the water. New lakeside gardens are proposed by The Landscape Agency and an existing bank of trees will be strengthened to provide a more effective buffer to the adjacent road noise. The bridge design is inspired by the pioneering research of Dr Rachel Leech and her genome […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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One of our favourite contextual projects perched on the edge of the moors above Old Town, Hebden Bridge. The listed house, remodel and extension provides for a multi-generational family and the design allows everyone enough space and flexibility to be as together or independent as they want. The extension aims to frame the stunning Pennine setting whilst referencing the mullioned \u2018weavers cottage windows\u2019 of the main house and the ‘green roof’ blending beautifully with the moorland in which it’s located.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>","max_pages":3}