Happy Christmas from Evans Vettori!

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A picture is worth a thousand words...

The finished images of R&K Jepson Funeral Directors arrived today. Photographed by Tristan Poyser, the images look great, especially at dusk with the lights on!

Entrance

Coldwell Street elevation

Glazed link

Chapel of Rest
Wirksworth Funeral Directors (photographed by Tristan Poyser)

Also, some slightly less professional photos of the finished Ashgate Croft Independent Living Unit taken from our visit last week. Obviously there's a bit to finish off on the external works which is now waiting for some nicer weather next spring, but the building is being well used and enjoyed by the school.

Entrance

Porch

Kitchen and living room

External view
Ashgate Croft ILU, Chesterfield

Grand cake cutting

Working drawings for the house at Fritchley are almost completed now. We've been refining the detail of the fireplace for the woodburning stove this week. One option below shows the fireplace is in white brickwork, with simple openings made with precast concrete elements. The fireplace sits on a cantilevered shelf with space below to store logs. Outside, a similar recess provides an external log store and the brickwork steps back as a shelf for the final glulam beam that supports the green roof above. Following a chat with the client, there's a little more work to do on the design, but hopefully its getting close!

This morning, Andy and Rob attended the Official Opening of the Rosehill School in Nottingham. Pupils, parents, Governors, and many of those involved in the building of the new school were invited. Andy Sloan gave an emotional speech about the school, thanking all involved. Evans Vettori were thanked for working closely with the school to understand the needs of both the staff and pupils. Following a performance by the school choir the official opening cake was cut, and guided tours were given around the school.

Councillor David Mellen and Andy Sloan,
Headteacher, at the Rosehill School Opening

Early Christmas presents!

This week we were delighted to hear that two more of our projects have received awards!

The Clay Cross Regeneration Framework that we mentioned in our post on the 7th October has been awarded a Commendation at the Landscape Institute Awards in the category of Local Landscape Planning. We are really pleased for MAXIM Urban Design, who we worked with on the project and hope that the project plays a positive role in the future development of the town.

Also, the Rosehill Special School that was completed in the summer has been awarded a Commendation by the Nottingham Civic Society for the reconstruction of the school. It's great that the design has had a positive impact on the city as well as the pupils and staff at the school and we're looking forward to the official opening next week!

In the office this week we have been working on some new images of the Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, to support a funding bid for the project. We hope some more images like this will do the trick - fingers crossed!

Square Chapel Centre for the Arts - Entrance Foyer view

In a design workshop session we developed this scheme for a master bedroom extension to an existing stone house. The extension is proposed as a bold concrete box that cantilevers over a garage to the rear and provides a master bedroom suite with private terrace overlooking the main garden and courtyard.

House extension sketch model

And here’s one we prepared earlier...

The development model for the Olde English hotel block has now been completed. The copper detailing has been added, and copper box penthouse apartments complete the rooftop. We're now working this back into construction drawings for the project.

Olde English residential/retail block, Matlock

On site in Nottingham, the Nethergate School extension is coming out of the ground with brickwork commencing around the steel structure that forms the School Assembly Hall.

Inside the existing building that is being refurbished, the old changing rooms have been knocked through and opened up to the corridor to form a new library. The space is looking great, and new larger windows that will open to the entrance courtyard will flood the space with light.

New Library space being constructed at Nethergate School

Finally we were really pleased to hear last week that a project we have been working on for the last 8 years has finally received approval to proceed to construction! This project is for the extension of St. Joseph's Church in Derby to provide a community hall and ancillary accommodation that works alongside the existing church facilities. After receiving planning approval to some amendments 2 years ago, we are now looking forward to starting working drawings and helping to get the project built. The concept for the project is the creation of a large window taking in the view over Derby, and then to put a building behind it.

St Josephs Church as existing and with proposed extension