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Aberdeen Asset Managers Lothbury Investment Management The aim of the MCa team is to use its skills and Acorn Care Loughborough College Marchini Curran Associates is an expertise to create unique and contemporary designs African Inland Mission LSP Developments award-winning, RIBA chartered exceeding the requirements of any brief, offering architectural, interior design and master planning Aquascutum Manor House School practice of highly committed Arup McCarthy & Stone services to the public, private and voluntary sectors. Assura Group architects and interior designers MCa has designed highly successful projects Barchester Healthcare Mind providing innovative architectural BNP Paribas Muji in diverse market sectors including retail, leisure, education and commercial as well as large Bovis Homes North West Leicestershire District Council design solutions. scale master planning, regeneration, office and Bowmer & Kirkland Nottingham City Council residential buildings. British Land Nottingham Community Housing Carlsberg Association MCa designs are based on an informed use of Christchurch Court Nottingham Regeneration technology and materials combining a commitment CMS Cepcor Osaka Gas to the spirit of the new, and with an awareness Citigroup Park Plaza Hotels of context. Conygar Investments Reading Borough Council Co-operative Society Renault MCa considers that client liaison is vital, and believes Close Brothers Private Equity Resolution Land that combining quality design and rigorous analysis of Danescroft Rockspring Asset Management concepts is key to the success of this growing team. Daventry District Council Royal School for the Deaf David Wilson Homes Savills Driving Standards Agency SPX Solutions Environment Agency Study Inn Erewash Borough Council Tabio Experian Frontier Estates Thames Gateway Development Corporation Hanover Property Trust Tuntum Housing Association Henry Boot Developments The Prince of Wales Foundation Henry Davidson Developments University or Glasgow HFL Research Laboratories University of Nottingham Homeserve University of Lincoln KBC Asset Management Volkswagen Audi Group Keir Homes Wahaca Restaurants Kent and Curwen Watford Borough Council Leicester Housing Association Westleigh Developments Lincolnshire County Council Westfield Shopping Towns London Thames Gateway DC Wilson Bowden Developments WORK 04/05

When it comes to designing work CMS Cepcor Headquarters / Leicestershire Driving Standards Agency / Nottingham The new low energy head office is designed for natural space, MCa know the best ways ventilation and will accommodate administration, research to unlock attractive environments and development. The building programme also includes a new training workshop, repair facilities and distribution where people really enjoy working. centre as well as an external overhead crane and improvements to on-site logistics.

Driving Standards Agency / Nottingham By rejuvenating a former department store, MCa has created a modern office environment by creating a new atrium, allowing light and ventilation into the heart of the deep plan building. The final design has been intelligently integrated into the unusual features of the building.

Brayford Wharf / Lincoln The comprehensive refurbishment and extension of the 1970’s building created a contemporary office environment with low-energy mixed-mode ventilation. The works included improvements of the external envelope, a new reception area and additional office accommodation on the top floor.

Carlsberg Bottling Plant / Northampton The new bottling facility is situated adjacent to the iconic 1973 Carlsberg Brewery. The design acknowledges the importance of the existing landmark and retains

the prominence of the geometric gable ends at this Brayford Wharf / Lincoln Carlsberg Bottling Plant / Northampton gateway location.

CMS Cepcor Headquarters / Leicestershire RELAX 06/07

MCa believes that it is more Bureau Bar / Jordanstown Starbucks / University of Nottingham The rebranded interior reflects the new focus on casual important than ever to create dining and benefits from the spectacular views out over original and forward looking the Lough as well as improved access to the raised terrace and a private entertainment area. design solutions when working on restaurants, leisure schemes and Starbucks / University of Nottingham The new Starbucks cafe is located on the Jubilee hotels, both in the boutique and Campus at the University of Nottingham. The glazed budget markets. volume of the café is framed by a brick plinth under a floating roof which overhangs the entrance elevation at an angle and rests on an exposed feature column.

Cocoa Beach / Brazil The master plan for this new beach resort of 167 acres at Belmonte, Bahia on the Discovery Coast of Brazil incorporates 620 individual plots for self-build villas, as well as a boutique resort hotel, beach club and sports centre.

Bureau Bar / Jordanstown Cocoa Beach / Brazil CARE 08/09

MCa are working on a variety MIND Day Care Centre / Daventry Huthwaite Surgery / Nottinghamshire MIND is the National Association for Mental Health and is of healthcare projects – with a the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. steadily aging population buildings MCa are designing their new Day Centre for up to 20 clients in close consultation with the Centre’s staff. that assist in the care of people are gaining ever more importance Huthwaite Medical Centre / Nottinghamshire The new primary care facility for Huthwaite Surgery and in society. attached pharmacy will provide clinical consulting space for GPs, nurses and associated support services. The prominent southwest corner has been articulated with render and glazing and contains the main signage zone.

Bluebell Park Care Home / Derby The care home for Clients; Barchester forms an integral part of the new neighbourhood centre at Chellaston, south of Derby. The design of the care home combines bespoke floor plans with a contemporary appearance that complements the adjacent residential and retail buildings on the site.

Bluebell Park Care Home / Derby

MIND Day Care Centre / Daventry LEARN 10/11

MCa has a proven track record Library Plus / Daventry EMCAT Campus / Nottingham The new library and public square will form a key part of in devising inventive designs for Daventry’s town centre expansion and provide state of training and education centres. the art library and community facilities to meet the town’s expansion needs for the next 15 years. Modern in form The award-winning team prides and function the building will use materials in keeping with itself on thinking through the its historic setting and frame views of the local landmarks Holy Cross Spire and Moot Hall. creation of the building - through to how people will use it. EMCAT Campus / Nottingham Marchini Curran Associates prepared the master plan for the expansion of the East Midlands Centre for Automotive Training site on the Ruddington Fields Business Park outside Nottingham, now part of South Nottingham College. Two iconic buildings were added to form a coherent campus - the Renault facilities with a striking triangular roof and the circular building for VW Audi, both housing teaching and workshop spaces.

Aerospace Research Centre / University of Nottingham The extension to the Aerospace Research Centre at the University of Nottingham consists of a new research workshop and associated offices for academic staff. The project was part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the building has achieved a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating. Aerospace Research Centre / University of Nottingham Elite Athletes Performance Centre / Loughborough

Elite Athletes Performance Centre / Loughborough The new flagship sports centre for Loughborough College is located in a refurbished Victorian Villa known as The Gables, a prominent local landmark. Teaching and lounge areas for athletes are located on the ground floor with bespoke twin bedrooms on the upper floors combined with facilities for outreach projects by community groups.

Library Plus / Daventry LIVE 12/13

MCa makes homes that people White Flats / Loughborough College Ross Walk / Leicester The redevelopment of an existing Hall of Residence will really want to live in, whether it’s a provide 70 en-suite bedrooms in clusters of 5 and 6 town house with garden views or rooms. Sizes and configurations of the rooms vary to promote choice and the ability to accommodate disabled an apartment in an urban setting. students. The timber framed structure is super-insulated and uses a combined heat and power plant to facilitate low running costs.

Ross Walk / Leicester The 72 townhouses are the second part of the BUSM Works redevelopment in the Abbey Meadows regeneration area in Leicester. The contemporary terraces are arranged in two legible urban blocks along a tree lined avenue, complimented by a variety of play and amenity spaces.

Parkland Villas / Ashby-de-la-Zouch Five bespoke parkland villas in the grand tradition have been designed to achieve level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The three storey, strikingly contemporary houses will benefit from stunning park views across the Bath Grounds towards the Grade 2* listed Royal Hotel. The development of the houses forms form part of the wider regeneration proposal for the Bath Grounds.

Parkland Villas / Ashby-de-la-Zouch

White Flats / Loughborough College REVIVE 14/15

With the wider picture in mind, Mulberry Place / Daventry Bath Grounds Regeneration / Ashby-de-la-Zouch MCa has designed a mixed-use development combining MCa’s skill in master planning new shopping streets and new civic facilities. This will means it is helping to regenerate, provide a complementary shopping environment to the existing High Street fit for the expansion of Daventry over rejuvenate and expand cities and the next 15 years. towns all over the UK and abroad. Bath Grounds Regeneration / Ashby-de-la-Zouch The highly sensitive mixed use regeneration project incorporates renewal of Ashby’s historic Bath Grounds and the refurbishment of the Grade 2* listed Royal Hotel. The proposals include new commercial development comprising three new restaurants and a leisure unit as well as new pavilions for the cricket and bowls clubs who currently use the park

Upper Parliament Street / Nottingham In the heart of the city centre conservation area the former Co-operative department store has been retained, refurbished and significantly altered to house a large scale casino, open plan office accommodation together with other leisure and retail units. High quality penthouses complete the scheme, an award-winning regeneration project in the city centre.

Mulberry Place / Daventry The Axis / Nottingham SHOPPING 16/17

MCa has the skill and knowledge Clarendon Centre / Oxford Marks and Spencers / Nottingham The Clarendon Shopping Centre in Oxford is being to ensure that shopping schemes transformed with an extension that allows the creation of meet the competing needs of a new large format store in previously redundant upper floors, together with upgrades to mall areas and the retailer and customer. With a public realm around the Shoe Lane entrance. variety of big name brand clients, Marks and Spencer / Nottingham MCa understands working with The new department store has been designed to provide international designer names with a landmark building on a key entry point to Nottingham city centre. The ground floor is predominantly glazed, the ambitious plans. upper two floors predominantly solid and ordered by full height metal fins with two fully glazed corners giving views back to Nottingham Castle and towards the approach from Nottingham station.

Alan House / Clumber Street, Nottingham Marchini Curran Associates have designed refurbishment options for Alan House, located on Long Row and Clumber Street, the busiest junction of Nottingham’s retail core. The proposals incorporate relocating circulation and service core to increase the size and improve the layout of the existing floor plates and illustrate a comprehensive over cladding of the main elevations.

Clarence Street / Kingston upon Thames The re-development of the site creates an up-to-date Alan House / Clumber Street, Nottingham Clarence Street / Kingston upon Thames retail accommodation over three floors and has been designed to maintain maximum flexibility for future adaptation. The proposed building generates 12% of the predicted energy use on-site through photovoltaic panels fixed to the roof and the rear elevation.

Clarendon Centre / Oxford NEW ADDRESS

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