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careyjones, in conjunction with their Clients Berkeley / Crosby, were awarded the commission to master plan Clarence Dock after being selected the outright competition winner. The bid was thoroughly researched and analysed in order to create a genuine mixed use development. The site signifies the resurgence of this area of Leeds City Centre.

careyjones commenced work on the project in 1997, and have designed each individual plot and building. The site, based around the restored Clarence Dock, will provide a suitable setting for the Royal Armouries Museum; thus re-enforcing the site as a destination point for both visitors and residents of the City.

careyjones have obtained an outline planning approval for 110,000 sq m (1,200,000 sq ft) on the site; and are presently working on the detail design of hotels, offices, residential and leisure facilities. The first phase has been finished and the remaining will be completed by 2006. Team work and collaborative effort has typified this project. careyjones have worked very closely with both their clients, Berkeley / Crosby and Leeds City Council, to create a world class mixed use development with a high content of public space.

careyjones architects designed the ‘new building’ element of the No 1 Dock Street development by Wilson Connolly. There are 51 apartments within a six storey block, which completes one side of a garden space partly contained by the existing buildings. The building is set within a Conservation Area, with surrounding Listed Buildings.

The building responds to the Nineteenth Century converted warehouses which line this section of the River Aire. Faceted elevations follow both the bend in the river and the curve of Navigation Walk, allowing the building to fit the site within a unified expression.

The sandstone ashlar cladding is given texture and scale through alternative course depths and shadow joints. Bespoke iroko timber framed windows add a further layer of depth and warmth to the elevations. Within the site a new court is formed between the new and existing buildings. Car parking is subtly located beneath the decked garden space.

The East Bank scheme is set to further regenerate the east of Leeds city centre that is currently under utilized, delivering 2990 sq m (32,000 sq ft) of commercial space together with residential development.

The residential element of the scheme comprises 181 one and two bedroom apartments and four penthouses. There will also be 255 parking spaces incorporating both surface and decked parking for residents use. Both new and enhanced areas of open space will also be included in the scheme.

It is anticipated that work will commence on site in the summer of 2006.

This massive regeneration project is located on a four acre island site surrounded by the main arterial routes into the city, is near to the river Eire and is set to completely transform the east side of Leeds.

Construction of “The Gateway” mixed development scheme in Leeds
city centre. The contract comprises 249 residential apartments, a 215-bed
hotel, retail and commercial space together with underground car parking.
Shepherd was also awarded a £2.3m fi t-out for the Accor hotel, which
was completed in February 2007.

Phase 1 was constructed with ‘Continuous Flight Auger’ piling from 11
to 14 metres deep, then a basement slab followed by concrete retaining
walls. This was then followed with concrete slip forming techniques
for the stair and lift cores and post tensioned concrete slabs to the
upper fl oors. The process has proved quicker than traditional methods,
reducing the overall cycle time and it is estimated to have reduced slab
construction time by around 30%.

Phase 2 of the contract comprises of 2 levels of car parking that covers
almost the entire footprint of the project, offi ces at ground level and 303
residential apartments in two linked blocks; each including open atrium
space with a tented roof structure.

During our ongoing commitments to working with local communities
around our projects and having made a fi rm pledge to The Haven
Breast Cancer Counselling Centre, Shepherd is working collectively with
a number of our suppliers, consultants and sub-contractors, to deliver a
new unit for the charity, with as little fi nancial burden to them as possible.

The £22 million Leeds Nuffield Hospital is one of the most technically advanced independent hospital in Europe. It provides 15,420 sq m (165,000 sq ft) of patient focused in and out patient accommodation. careyjones worked closely with Nuffield Hospitals over a four year period, from initial site viability appraisal though Planning Consent, User Group liaison, tender and construction. In addition to our role as the Contractor’s architect, careyjones architects provided an ongoing monitoring of quality, technical and design issues on behalf of Nuffield Hospitals. The hospital officially opened in May 2003.

The tight brownfield site, adjacent to the Leeds General Infirmary, posed a number of constraints. The result is an unusual hospital design of a single linear building with accommodation arranged from 9 -11 storeys in height, with a contemporary glazed atrium forming the main entrance. Two levels of basement parking are also provided, operated within a ‘managed car park’ strategy, similar to that of high-end city hotels.

Accommodation comprises:

• 35 out patient consulting rooms
• 80 in patient en-suite ward bedrooms
• Six operating theatres
• Eight bed ITU / HDU
• Diagnostic Imaging, including MRI and CT scanning
• Endoscopy
• Physiotherapy
• Pathology
• TSSU
• Restaurant, seminar and administration functions
• 110 basement car parking spaces

The design brief was particularly complex due to the leading edge equipment that has been installed. Apart from the latest MRI and CT scanning facilities and AV linked theatres, the Leeds Nuffield Hospital operates the first fully voice activated operating theatre in the UK. The Stryker theatre system enables surgeonsto control a wide range of operating theatre activities by voice whilst carrying out keyhole (minimally invasive) surgery. The system also provides technology that allows surgeons to communicate and view surgical procedures across the world providing real time information.

careyjones has sought to harness the therapeutic properties of colour usage in the development of a bespoke interior design scheme that is uniquely appropriate to each of the Hospital’s departments. Artwork and sculptures commissioned by Nuffield Hospitals play a particularly important role both inside and outside the building.

Princes’ Exchange is one of the most striking recent additions to the Cityscape of Leeds. As part of a larger scheme which includes the restoration of the listed Art Deco North Concourse of Leeds City Station, the creation of a new waterside piazza, and a large multi-storey car park, the 10,000 sq m (107,000 sq ft) office has provided the Leeds Headquarters for DLA, the National Legal Practice.

careyjones architects has a long standing relationship with Teesland Development Co Ltd, and the two companies have worked closely together on a range of large scale commercial developments in many locations throughout Britain.

With Teesland’s joint venture partners, Railtrack, careyjones architects designed and delivered this scheme which has made one of the most significant contributions to the regeneration of the centre of Leeds, and the redevelopment of the riverside as the new ‘west end’ business district of the city.

Princess Exchange won the BCO Award for the Best Office Building in the North of England 2001. This has become a signature of careyjones architects’ architecture, where superb lighting enhances the high quality design.

Princes Exchange is a landmark in Leeds that is located next to the River Aire and the railway station, and can be seen when you arrive in the City by train.

careyjones initially worked on the creation of the street scene of Victoria Quarter in 1992. The development refurbished some of the finest street frontages in the city of Leeds, forming a covered arcade leading to the historic County Arcade.

careyjones once again worked for the centres subsequent owners, Highstone Estates, undertaking a series of design studies for the next stage of the continued commercial development of the Grade I and Grade II listed centre.

Wellington Place is a 7ha site in the west end commercial district of Leeds on the site of the former Central Station.

Wellington Place will provide in excess of 2.7Million Sq ft of both commercial and residential accommodation around a sequence of three major new public spaces which link the riverside with the city centre. The public spaces will be formed around the historic relics of a railway lifting tower and a section of viaduct, with the option to create a new cultural building fronting the river.The site massing will provide for a dramatic new series of building forms that respond to the existing fabric, environmental conditions and the hierarchy of surrounding streets.

This is a joint masterplan team of Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects, Carey Jones and Martha Schwartz