ADP’s New Primary School Opens
ADP is pleased to announce that the new Cringleford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is now open. The £6.6m building will eventually accommodate 420 pupil places and provide a 26 place...
View ArticleADP Projects Open Their Doors
Two ADP projects are allowing visitors to get up close and personal this September. As part of Oxford Open Doors 2013 on 14th and 15th September 2013, a series of events are planned at Oxford Castle,...
View ArticleADP Wins British Business Group Award
ADP is delighted to announce that we have won the British Business Group (BBG) Award for Most Innovative UK Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Selling to India.The award, which was presented to ADP...
View ArticleJames Middleton-Stewart (1959 - 2013)
With great sadness, ADP has to report that James Middleton-Stewart, one of its equity partners, has died from cancer at the age of 54.James joined ADP in 1985, and became a partner in 1997. He had a...
View ArticleBuilding Top 200 Consultants 2013
The Building Top 200 Consultants survey for 2013 has been revealed and we are pleased to announce that ADP has risen to 23rd in the Top Architects list. Last year we were placed at number 25. ADP also...
View ArticleCringleford Primary School's Official Opening
On Friday 4th October, Cringleford Primary School held a special assembly attended by the Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham James, to celebrate completion of the new school.The new £6.6m...
View ArticleLister Macmillan Cancer Centre Starts on Site
On Tuesday 8th October a turf-cutting ceremony was held at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage to mark the start of work on the new £3m cancer centre. Cancer patient, Tracey Oliver, cut the first piece of...
View ArticleGazelle STEM Centre Opens
The new Gazelle STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) centre at Barking and Dagenham College was officially opened by TV presenter Carol Vorderman last week. The new £4m building,...
View ArticleADP Library Design Wins Prestigious Award
Augustine House Library and Student Services Centre at Canterbury Christ Church University has won the prestigious Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Library Design Award....
View ArticleOutpatients Reception Scoops Award
ADP is delighted to announce that the new Outpatients Reception and associated works at Salford Royal has won a Building Better Healthcare award. The project was selected from 170 entries by leading...
View ArticleEducation Estates: Improving the UK’s education facilities
This brand new conference comprises a two day exhibition and conference, bringing together governors, education practitioners, and estates managers from the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors with...
View ArticleArtwork Fetches Top Price at Charity Auction
We are delighted that artwork by ADP's Chair, Roger FitzGerald, received the top price at a charitable auction last night."Brick Lane" a mixed media piece depicting the famous area of London, received...
View ArticleResults from our BIM mini survey
We have recently returned from the inaugural Education Estates, a two day exhibition and conference, bringing together governors, education practitioners, and estates managers from the primary,...
View ArticleThe Forum Southend-on-Sea wins design award
ADP is delighted to announce that the recently completed landmark building, The Forum, has won Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s Design Award for excellence in local development. The Forum development...
View ArticleADP Project is Regional Award Finalist
We are delighted to announce that Cringleford Primary School in Norwich is a regional finalist in the 2014 Civic Trust Awards. The project is one of 134 regional finalists being considered by the...
View ArticleCommendation for The Forum
The Forum in Southend-on-Sea has been Highly Commended in the latest Placemaking Awards, held at the British Museum in London earlier this week.The Forum, designed by ADP and providing a modern...
View ArticleExceptional Library Design
The Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) support and promote excellence in academic libraries across the UK. ADP’s Augustine House, the landmark Library and Student Services...
View ArticleSarah Beeny inspired by The Forum
A TV crew from Red House Productions set up in The Forum last week to film the lighting in the building for an episode of Channel 4’s ‘Double your House for Half your Money’. The programme is hosted...
View ArticleCringleford Primary School Receives Commendation
We are pleased to announce that Cringleford CE VA Primary School in Norwich, received a commendation at the Civic Trust Awards Ceremony on Saturday.The judges commented; ‘Sitting on a typical school...
View ArticleThemes in Library Design
ADP has just returned from the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Library Design Awards and Showcase. There were presentations on exemplary designs of a range of recent...
View Article'Concrete Elegance' Talk at The Building Centre
Practice chairman Roger FitzGerald gave a 40 minute lecture to a capacity audience at London’s Building Centre this week, showcasing the use of insitu and precast concrete in The Forum project at...
View ArticleThe Forum Shortlisted for More Awards
We are pleased to announce that ADP’s The Forum in Southend has been shortlisted for a RIBA East Award. The regional winners will be announced on 10th April. RIBA has been giving out awards since 1966...
View ArticleADP Joins Campaign to Save Didcot Power Station Cooling Towers
ADP joined local campaigners to design an alternative proposal to save the cooling towers at Didcot Power Station from demolition, creating a new leisure attraction. The plan, which initially makes use...
View ArticleADP Designed Dementia Ward Opens
A new dementia ward, designed by ADP, was opened last week by the founder of Glastonbury Festival. Michael Eavis visited Yeovil District Hospital to cut the ribbon on the £350,000 development, which...
View ArticleA Forum for Higher Education Design
ADP is exhibiting again at this year’s Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) conference, which is being held at University of Roehampton from Monday 14th April until Wednesday 16th...
View ArticleADP Project Wins Local Building Excellence Award
ADP’s recent project at St. Anthony’s Girls' Catholic Academy in Sunderland has won a Local Building Excellence Award 2014 for Best Educational Building. The awards support quality, innovation and...
View ArticleThe Independent Schools Bursars Association Conference 2014
ADP is exhibiting again at this year’s Independent Schools' Bursars Association (ISBA) conference, which is being held at the Harrogate International Centre from Wednesday 7th to Thursday 8th May. The...
View ArticleAylesbury Opportunities Centre Official Opening
The new Aylesbury Opportunities Centre, designed by ADP, was officially opened last week by the Rt. Hon. Earl Howe. It is the first and largest of five opportunities centres to be delivered for...
View Article7 studios 7 days 900km
Teams from ADP are getting in shape for a 900km studio-to-studio cycle ride to raise money for Marudyan UK - a charity set up to fund the provision of education facilities for children in rural...
View ArticleADP Project is Constructing Excellence Regional Finalist
UTC Reading has been selected as a finalist in the London and South East Constructing Excellence Awards 2014. The building, which was constructed by Kier, is shortlisted in the Project of the Year...
View ArticleStudio to Studio Bike Ride: Halfway stage!
Teams from ADP’s UK studios are halfway through the 900km between Sherborne and Newcastle, via London, Oxford, Birmingham and Manchester. The team have seen some major sights on their way and have...
View ArticleADP TEAM COMPLETE STUDIO TO STUDIO BIKE RIDE!
The team cycling between ADP’s UK studios have completed their long journey in 7 days as planned. They have cycled 900km between Sherborne and Newcastle, via London, Oxford, Birmingham and Manchester....
View ArticleFundraising Target Exceeded
We are delighted to announce that our charity bike ride has raised over £17,000 for Marudyan UK, exceeding our target of £15,000. At the end of May cyclists travelled between ADP’s UK studios,...
View ArticleUTC Oxfordshire Gets the Go Ahead
Planning approval has just been granted for an £11m University Technical College in Didcot. The new building, which will be located on Great Western Park, is being delivered by ADP and Kier. The...
View ArticleADP Project Featuring on Channel 4 Tonight
On Channel 4 at 8pm tonight (Wednesday 6th August) ADP project The Forum will feature on TV programme 'Double your House for Half the Money'.The programme makers filmed the lighting effects at The...
View ArticleView from the North Bank
For the third year running ADP Chair Roger FitzGerald has created a piece of artwork to be auctioned for Article 25, a charity that designs buildings for some of the world’s most vulnerable...
View ArticleADP completes contemporary extension to Grade II listed chapel
After being used as a library for more than thirty years, the Grade II listed Old Chapel at St John’s School in Leatherhead has been restored and extended to provide a multi-use space for the school...
View ArticleInterior design at the The Forum shortlisted for an award
We are pleased to announce that The Forum has been shortlisted for a FX Magazine Interior Design Award in the Public Sector category. The FX Awards recognise the very best of interior design from all...
View ArticleFundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support
Fresh coffee and homemade cakes were on offer at ADP’s Oxford and Birmingham studios last week as part of the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning fundraising event. The annual event asks people...
View ArticleHealthcare Estates Conference
ADP is attending and presenting at this year’s IHEEM Healthcare Estates Conference, held at Manchester Central on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th October. The event combines the prestigious IHEEM Annual...
View ArticleADP is Recruiting
ADP is looking for talented and highly motivated Project Architects with 2-5 years post-qualification experience in our Newcastle and Sherborne studios, and Part II Architectural Assistants to join our...
View ArticlePlanning Approved for New Innovation Centre
ADP has won planning approval for a new Innovation Centre at the British Antarctic Survey site in Cambridge, the first project to be commissioned in a masterplanning exercise for the whole estate....
View ArticlePainting by Roger FitzGerald auctioned for Article 25
Partner and ADP Chairman Roger FitzGerald was among 100 of the UK’s leading architects, artists and designers whose paintings were auctioned at Article 25’s annual ‘10 x 10 Drawing the City London’...
View ArticleADP Chairman, Roger FitzGerald, comments on BIM in the AJ's supplement 'The...
Roger discussed the benefits BIM brings, and the opportunity it has created for architects. He highlights how ADP has responded by forming a new company with engineers KJ Tait and AKS Ward called...
View ArticleTHE FORUM IS COMMENDED
We are pleased to announce that The Forum in Southend-on-Sea received a Commendation at the Civic Trust Awards last week. The 2015 awards were held at The Swan at Shakespeare’s Globe in London on...
View ArticleMasterplanning Article Published in the ISBA's Spring Edition of The Bursar's...
Partner and ADP Chairman Roger FitzGerald highlights in The ISBA’s The Bursar’s Review how time and effort spent pre-planning will enhance the reputation of the school and bring long-term strategic...
View ArticleMacmillan Cancer Support and Information Centre Gets the Go Ahead
ADP has secured planning permission for a new £2.8m Cancer Support and Information Centre funded by Macmillan Cancer Support for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, which will be based at the Royal Cornwall...
View ArticleADP appointed to develop masterplans for the University of Cyprus in Nicosia
ADP has competed against practices from Europe, America and Canada to win the commission.Over the next three years ADP will be developing the plans to assist the University in achieving its ambitions...
View ArticleBuckingham Opportunities Centre Officially Opens
The new Buckingham Opportunities Centre was officially opened by Councillor Patricia Birchley last week. It forms part of Buckinghamshire County Council’s new model of care, which consolidates their...
View ArticleClay Farm Community Centre Starts on Site
Corde, a new joint venture company consisting of architects ADP, services engineers KJ Tait and structural engineers AKS Ward, is delivering a new £8.2m mixed-use community centre. The new centre,...
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