MRT have now broken ground on site for this large, 9100 sqft, contemporary detached house for a private client including annex accommodation. The design which features an exciting plan form and is being built with quarter bonded brickwork, satin pastel feature panels, render, slate roofing, and high quality glazing systems. The project has an anticipated 18 month build programme.
MRT have been working closely with Birmingham City Council to design a new development of 9 flats in the highly desirable location of Moseley, Birmingham. The new building will replace an existing dwelling and stand as a pavilion in a parkland setting, with clean rendered lines and inset panels of grey brick to accentuate the horizontal proportions of the structure.
Following a recent committee meeting, BCC have recommended the application for approval.
Porton House is a prominent building along the Birmingham Road in Stratford-upon-Avon which has recently been refurbished. Jones and Hunt Ltd were the client and MRT were the architects, Lead Designers and Principal Designer for the scheme with ROC Associates as the Project Manager and Iris Construction the Main Contractors.
The first floor was originally office accommodation and ‘Prior Approval’ was granted for a Change of Use to residential (Permitted Development for Change of Use currently until May 2019). The building has a new lease of life with all the apartments having been let by Tim Cox Associates at an average rent of £1100 per month and the ground floor continues to be used for retail and automotive services.
Simon Marson is attending the National LABC Building Excellence Awards in London on the 28th of November where Holly Hill, one of our contemporary replacement dwellings, is being put forward as a contender for the Best Individual New Home Award. The house has already been successful in the local and regional heats.
Nicola Baldwin shares her thoughts on MRT’s recent involvement refurbishing the Bear Pit Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon:
As both an Associate of MRT Architects and and Associate Artist of The Bear Pit Theatre, I was delighted to bring these associations together and assist David Taylor in the design of the new dressing rooms and backstage areas at The Bear Pit, to the rear of the United Reformed Church, Rother Street, Stratford, funded mostly by a generous grant from the Stratford Town Trust.
It was useful to have a personal working knowledge of how the existing areas had been utilized to date and what was needed to improve that working situation. For example:- The Bear Pit now has a much needed storage area for costumes and props on a mezzanine created in the existing dressing room. We were also able to create two further adjoining dressing rooms and a WC in the former Kitchen. The drafty windows have been replaced and new radiators installed – so no more freezing winters to endure! A new kitchen area has been created in the backstage area where hot beverages can be prepared and scenic paint brushes washed.
The opening of these new areas was officially performed in front of an invited audience of Bear Pit Associates and friends by the Stratford Town Trust Deputy Chairman Carol Taylor and presided over by Simon Allen the Chairman of The Bear Pit and David Mears the Artistic Director of The Bear Pit (recently seen performing to great acclaim, in the role of ‘Bottom’ in the RSC’s Dream Sixteen production of “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream”).