FINE architecture is a Chartered Architectural Practice that specialises in innovative elegant contemporary design with experience of both new-build and refurbishment projects for modern and historic buildings. Projects range from a Savile Row Barbershop to a Field covered House, from new brown-field houses to listed Eaton Square properties, and from a Windmill Renovation to an Astronomical Observatory conversion.


We are actively seeking interesting new projects and would be delighted to hear from you...

 
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National Cricket Academy, Loughborough University
£ 3.9m. Completed 2003 by David Morley Architects
RIBA East Midlands Award 2004.

This award winning building is the largest bespoke cricket training centre in the world. At one end of the hall is a three storey pavilion with balconies, galleries and terraces having views to both indoor and outdoor cricket. The design facilitates special requirements for disabled sports persons with state-of-the-art coaching, training and re-habilitation equipment. Timothy Crum was the Project Architect with special responsibilities managing and co-ordinating the information from the other consultants and specialist subcontractors, including the bespoke Hawk-Eye camera training system. The project was successfully delivered on budget and on programme for the opening by HRH the Queen and the building was awarded the RIBA East Midlands Award 2004.

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Regents Park Multi Sports Hub
£ 3.0m Completed 2005 by David Morley Architects
Opened by HRH Prince Charles

This new multi-sport hub is located at the centre of gravity of the sports facilities in Regents Park. A circular cluster of changing rooms is partly set into the ground and surrounded by a gentle grass slope. On top of this "mound" a transparent circular community and club room exploits the 360° panoramic views across the surrounding sports pitches and the whole composition reinforces John Nash's tradition of buildings as "ornaments" in the park. The design incorporates disabled facilities for both staff and visitors and flexible changing rooms that economically double up as classrooms and lecture theatres. Timothy Crum worked on the project Masterplan and Interior Architectural elements and helped to deliver the project successfully with an accelerated programme for the official opening by HRH Prince Charles and C Parker-Bowles.

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 St James Centre at St. James Church, S. Bucks
£2.9m Completed 2006 by David Morley Architects
Design Architect. Workstages A-D, K-L.

This cultural building incorporates a multi-use and flexible performance space that seats up to 500 people and provides catering facilities, a crèche, meeting rooms and office facilities over two floors. The building incorporates ground breaking environmental design and uses a thermal mass rock store labyrinth below the main space to provide naturally cooled air into the main auditorium space.
/ Barbican Centre Refurbishment
£ 0.4m. Completed 2004 by David Morley Architects
Project Architect. RIBA Workstages A-L

This renovation of the listed Balcony Restaurant at the Barbican Centre required careful adaptation of the existing building to co-ordinate both the major overhaul of services to the entire catering portion of the building as well as the smaller sensitive refurbishment of the restaurant itself. The design was developed using the latest requirements for providing disabled access to the balconies to introduce elevated and protected dining spaces. Listed features needed to be carefully retained and offset by the insertion of bespoke natural oak, leather and glass fittings that were elegantly offset by the integrated lighting.
/ Cricket Pavillion, Sutton
£0.4m Completed 2004 by David Morley Architects
Project Architect. Workstages C-L

This new-build Special Needs Cricket Pavilion was delivered under an accelerated time schedule to meet the client's timeframe and in order to be shown on Granada Televisions "With a little help from my friends" show featuring Phil Tuffnel. Planning Permission and Building Control were granted within only four weeks of appointment! The building caters especially for children with learning and physical difficulties and is the only social club building in South London with such full wheelchair accessibility to all areas for changing, served and serving. The careful planning of the facility also enabled a greater level of accessibility than required by current regulations whilst enabling costs savings for the client.

/ Office Refurbishment, Camden
£ 0.3m Completed 2006 by David Morley Architects
Project Architect. Workstages A-K

This refurbishment for award winning Services Engineers, Max Fordham LLP, involved breaking new ground in integrated Environmental Design within an existing building. This listed Victorian 22m diameter old piano factory building required careful space planning to marry the competing requirements of a modern office with a sensitive refurbishment whilst retaining a non-hierarchical and transparent internal arrangement. The resultant design uses environmentally sustainable products to create a refurbishment system that can also be re-used within standard rectangular office buildings. Artificial lighting, acoustic treatment, and daylighting are combined into an integrated fitout system.
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