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A former Leeds church is to be reimagined to create a new ‘people’s palace for poetry’ spearheaded by the Poet laureate, Simon Armitage. Gagarin Studio have supported the steering group from the early days, to identify a suitable site and undertaken a feasibility for the repurposed Trinity St Davids on Woodhouse Lane, in Leeds. The brief to create an accessible, transformative building that celebrates all things poetry, has been a wonderful project to develop. The National Poetry Centre will welcome people from all ages and backgrounds and provide spaces and resources for people to meet, share, perform,read, borrow, create, dine […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n Millom Iron Line International Competition Win<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
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We are delighted to announce that Gagarin Studio alongside landscape architects, Layer Studio, \u00a0have won the competition to sensitively develop the beautiful coastal Iron Line at Millom, Cumbria into a recreational attraction that unites ecology, heritage and culture. The Jury Panel included representatives from the Millom Town Board, the RSPB and Copeland Borough Council, supported by independent technical expertise from Jolyon Brewis of Grimshaw; Kate Bailey, Trustee of the Landscape Institute and a member of the NW Design Review Panel; and Aldo Rinaldi the project’s Art Curator.\u00a0 A total of 21 landscape and architectural teams entered the international competition to […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n Gagarin appointed for Arvon’s Yorkshire Writing House<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
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We\u2019re delighted to be working with Arvon\u00a0to undertake an ambitious reworking of their\u00a0Yorkshire Writing House, Lumb Bank near Hebden Bridge. The ambition is to reposition Lumb Bank as an engine house for creative writing development in the north of England.\u00a0 The house, which once belonged to Ted Hughes, was described by novelist Louise Doughty as \u2018the most inspiring place imaginable for writers\u2019. The project approach will need to pragmatically resolve some key challenges within the buildings and setting whilst ensuring the character of place is preserved and enhanced. We read the initial brief and immediately thought it was a perfect […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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IOU Theatre are an established International arts organisation who have relocated into Victoria Mill at the Dean Clough Complex. The phased project creates a new permanent gallery and exhibition space within Dean Clough; housing the IOU archive and a changing exhibition programme, as well as a large scale IOU Studio and offices for the company. Our approach has been to maximise the budget by developing inserted elements that are offset from the texture and history of the building fabric; to express the volume and height of the setting and to introduce new contemporary elements, thereby improving comfort, connectivity and accessibility; […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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A number of new developments are occurring to and around the Grade 1 Listed Piece Hall in Halifax. We developed ideas to form a new entrance into the Industrial Museum to connect with a new planned pedestrian route into the Piece Hall and new library. The museum had been closed for some considerable time but with the formation of a new trust and a group of knowledgable and passionate volunteers there was a desire to get the building and it’s fascinating contents back open again for the public to enjoy. The first phase of this, was to support the trust […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n Orangebox Young People’s Centre<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t
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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>","max_pages":1}