Towards A Self-Build Guild?

Architects Newcastle Upon Tyne

All
News
Events
Press
Tweets
Teaching
Housing

Towards A Self-Build Guild?

News, Events, Press

September 27, 2016/James

We’re very excited to have been longlisted(!) for the National Custom & Self Build Association Self Build Starter Home competition. Our proposal took a deviant approach to the brief, proposing a ‘Self-Build-Guild’. The Guild is an organisation to support and enable self-build for people with little or no upfront...

HarperPerry selected for Coastival 2017

News, Events

September 8, 2016/James

Harper Perry have been selected to feature at the Coastival Festival 2017. The annual winter festival held in Scarborough bring the town to life during the dark nights of February with a programme of art, performance and music. HarperPerry will be featuing a mobile installation to portal visitor into...

Hatton Showcase – Designs for a touring pavilion

News, Events

July 31, 2016/James

Showcase: Designs for a Touring Pavilion We have appointed to work with the Hatton Gallery as part of their work to deliver a new demountable pavilion for Newcastle and Gateshead to showcase the Hatton Gallery. The new structure aims to maintain the profile of the Hatton whilst it is...

Westerdale starts on site

News

June 2, 2016/James

Westerdale went on site last week with demolition work complete and foundations being poured within a week. The frame and structure should be complete by late August with wildflower green roof being installed shortly after. Phase 1 included structural reworking of the 18th century cottage, internal insulation throughout and...

“They need to give us the land”

News, Events

June 2, 2016/James

Last week saw the launch of Protohome down in the Ouseburn Valley in Byker. A research project by the artist Julia Hesslop, the project has developed a participatory social housing model through live self-build project down in the Ouseburn. Julia has developed the project with Crisis and Tyne Housing...

Hatton Gallery Commission

News, Press

May 4, 2016/James

HarperPerry are excited to announce that we have been selected from a competitive bid to partner with the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle to deliver a new installation in collaboration with a selected artist. The Hatton Gallery has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England to develop...

Thoughts on LILAC

LILAC co-housing Leeds straw-bale SIPS Modcell

News

March 18, 2016/James

Last month we joined a team of volunteer residents and twenty or so interested people from across the UK to talk about funding and financial models in housing. Perhaps not everyone’s idea of fun weekend, but we had a blast. This was at LILAC (Low Impact Living and Affordable...

The Envelope Show – Newcastle

the-envelope-show-drawing-back-of-envelope-westerdale-refurbishment-section

the-envelope-show-drawing-back-of-envelope-westerdale-stair-section

News

March 18, 2016/James

Harper Perry have been involved in the envelope show, a project run by Northern Architecture to support a regional initiative called drawing? which examines and celebrates drawing across the disciplines of art, design, science, technology and engineering. You can read more about the project at Drawing NE which is...