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| | Earth & Environment, University of Leeds |
| | University of Leeds Chancellor Melvyn Bragg opened the new Earth and environment building designed by Farrell & Clark on Friday 30th April. The £23million facility provides facilities for research to allow them to tackle global environmental challenges such as climate change, energy, water and sustainable development. Recent research includes predicting the impact of the Eyjafjöll volcano in Iceland. Photograph by Simon & Simon |  |
| | Huddersfield University Business School |
| | Pictured are the Lord Lieutenant Dr Ingrid Roscoe, Partners David Standhaven and Nick Cooper.The University of Huddersfield welcomed the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe to their campus on 14th April 2010 to complete the ‘topping out’ ceremony for the new £16m Business School building designed by Farrell & Clark. Nick Cooper, Partner said: “Its very satisfying to see the level of enthusiasm with which the Client is anticipating the delivery of this new building. Even with 9 weeks until completion reactions have been very positive from all quarters” The building is set to be ready for students in September 2010 |  |
| Planning Consent |
| | Planning consent has now been received for a new flagship entrance and reception for Welmec on the University of Leeds campus, as well as providing laboratory and office accommodation for 40 academics and 200 doctoral engineering researchers, research facilities will focus on two Category 2 laboratories. In support of the research elements, there will be high quality office space, seminar rooms and doctoral training rooms for PhD students. |  |
| | New DFS Store opens in Inverness - February 2010 |
A new 20,000 sq fr DFS furniture store has just opened in Inverness, Scotland and stands prominently next to the main arterial route into the centre of Inverness. The store designed by Farrell & Clark is seen as a flagship store at the head of DFS's expansion into scotland. This is the 5th store for DFS in Scotland and there furthest North. The store was built in Just 26 weeks at a cost of £1.8m |  |
New Partners |
On 1st November 2009, Associates Nick Cooper in Leeds, Ed Griffin and Gabriel McAtarsney in London were welcomed as new Partners (Members) of the LLP. The existing members welcome them and look forward to the contribution they will make to the future management strength and growth of the Practice. | |
Waitrose, Colchester |
Opened 17th September 2009
The scheme is the complete refurbishment and amendment to a former Do-It-All unit on Ipswich Road, close to the centre of Colchester. Farrell & Clark were involved in liaising with the shell developer architects in amending the refurbishment design to meet Waitrose requirements. Farrell & Clark also worked directly for Waitrose on their £4m fitting-out works. The Sales area is 24,600 sq ft and includes a Customer Café. The fitting-out works were completed in a 13 week contract period. RG Carter Projects were the Contractors. |  |
Presentation by the Hull Civic Society in May 2009 |
The Logistics Institute at Hull University Business School, designed by Farrell & Clark, has been presented with a ‘Good Mark’ certificate by the Hull Civic Society in May 2009. It was presented for “the visual impact of this impressive campus scheme contributes vibrancy to this unique learning environment”. |  |
Leeds Architecture Awards 2008 |
A degree of presence and careful attention to detail”.
The £16m Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building, University of Leeds, designed by Farrell & Clark has been presented with an ‘Award for New Building’ in The Leeds Architecture Awards 2008.
With it’s curving walls and six storey glass atrium, the Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building provides a clear point of arrival for students and visitors. The iconic building features low-energy temperature controls, natural ventilation and solar shading.
All of the short listed entries in the Leeds Awards for Architecture were visited by a panel of 11 experts, led by Keith Bradley, winner of last year’s Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize.
He said the Ziff building had achieved “a degree of presence” despite occupying an awkward narrow site beside the powerful Parkinson Building. “Complex building forms such as this need careful attention to detail, which this has evidently had”, he added. |  |
Best New Office Building |
“Early Christmas Present”
EH Booth & Co Central Offices, Preston, designed by Farrell & Clark have won the Award for ‘Best New Office Building’ and the ‘Overall Royal Town Planning Institute North West Region and WYG Planning Achievement Award’ for 2009, the presentation ceremony is to take place on 4th December 2009.
Booths are a very long established family company who are food store operators. They have stores in Lancashire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Cheshire. They stand for quality in all aspects of their business including their approach to planning and design. They have been the recipients of many design awards in the past including in recent times their stores in Kirkby Lonsdale, also designed by Farrell & Clark and Kendal. |  |
Mersey Observatory | |
Sitting on the threshold between man and nature, the Sky Pier provides experiences of shelter and exposure, views of nature and industry and images of strength and lightness. |   |
The University of Leeds | |
The Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building is currently half way through construction at the University of Leeds western Campus. The six storey concrete frame is practically complete with the external envelope following on rapidly behind. |  |
A Meeting of Minds | |
Two eye-catching sculptures were installed outside the new Logistics Institute at the University of Hull today. The large heads, each measuring 1.75 metres in height, were created by Joe Hillier and commissioned by the University to reflect the ambition, vision and mission of the Institute. | 
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Tree Planting | |
On Tuesday 26th June a tree planting ceremony was held at the new Waitrose site in Cheadle Hulme. |  |
Jamaica Street | |
Construction has commenced on a £10 million city centre block in the heart of Glasgow’s retail area. |  |
