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Martin
Horwood, MP to
Launch New Offices
Martin
Horwood, MP for Cheltenham, has confirmed he will
officially open Heath Avery's new Cheltenham offices
on Friday 5th December 2008.
It
will be an action-packed day as the morning will
see the Opening followed by the starting of Heath
Avery's 30th Birthday celebrations (1979-2009)
~ and a good excuse to kick-start the festive
season.
Heath Avery will also be unveiling their Guide to Sustainability in Schools which is the first of a number of pragmatic expert guides to assist those with financial and FM responsibility to cut through the confusing information and identify what they can do to reduce their energy and waste costs and ‘green-up’ their organisations. Heath Avery is now offering Sustainability Audits as part of a suite of consulting services to provide qualified advice and guidance on both existing building stock and new build considerations.
The formal proceedings on the 5th, will be followed by a mid-day invitation-only opportunity for key clients and suppliers to visit the offices and see what the team has delivered to date and some of the exciting schemes in the pipeline.
There will be an Open Day from 2pm-4.30pm where anyone is welcome to drop in and join us for a Birthday/Christmas drink and nibbles.
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| August 2008 |
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Heath
Avery Architects
Appoints Managing Director
Heath Avery Architects has announced the appointment
of Sarah Daly in the new role of managing director.
Sarah has been a retained consultant and non-executive
director for the past three years, advising on strategy
and repositioning the company into focus sectors
of care, education, workspaces and residential.
Sarah is a Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Marketing who ran her own
business consultancy for 21 years and has won
many major national and international awards.
In the past eight years, she has been primarily
working with companies in the regeneration and
property development sector – with a special
interest in integrating sustainable strategies.
She also has extensive experience in developing
growth and profitability in fee-based practices.
“I have got to know the Heath Avery
team really well over the past three years,”
said Sarah. “They are superb architects
and are working on some cutting-edge schemes.
They have a very strong reputation and it’s
my job to manage and grow the business to achieve
its true potential, allowing the designers and
technologists to concentrate on what they do best.
I am delighted to have this opportunity.”
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| June 2008 |
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Heath
Avery Creates State of the
Art Care Complex
Heath
Avery Architects has received final
consent on a £13m Birmingham-based
Care Complex which has proved quite
..... well, complex to resolve!
The process included detailed discussions
with many different parties - including
two public consultations.
The 97 independent-living apartments
offer extra-care accommodation together
with a village hall, which doubles
as activity rooms, well-being rooms,
a shop, hairdresser, quiet room/library,
cafeteria and dining room. |
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| June 2008 |
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New
Home for Heath Avery Architects
The team is vacating its two offices,
at 3 & 6 Bath Mews, for a larger,
open-plan environment just around the
corner. Westmoreland House on Bath Road
is also occupied by Winston’s
Wish and The Jelf Group and offers great
flexibility for current and future needs.
Heath Avery is launching a new branding,
with a dynamic new website, to coincide
with the move and position the practice
firmly in its focus sectors of Care,
Education, Specialist Residential and
Workspaces.
"Despite
the doom and gloom in the building sector,
we have had a superb start to 2008 with
a strong order book for the year,"
said David Heath, founding director
of the practice. "We are actively
seeking additional talent, both architects
and technicians. Our new space will
provide the optimum working environment."
Heath Avery is also advertising for
a managing director to lead the company
through this growth phase, so the architects
can concentrate on delivery of the projects
and client care. |
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| February 2008 |
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Heath Avery
Flying into 2008
Heath Avery Architects is enjoying a
flying start to 2008 with a bulging
order book, despite the economic doom
and gloom in the media. In the first
three weeks of 2008 alone, the Cheltenham
practice secured the equivalent of a
third of its annual sales target.
New clients include Bovis Homes, The
Manhattan Loft Company and some significant
private clients. New instructions have
also been received from existing clients
Shrewsbury School, Wycliffe College
and Satnam Planning Services. |
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| December 2007 |
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Dean Close School
Looks to the Future
Heath Avery Architects has been undertaking
various projects for Dean Close School
since 2003, including the £1.5m
refurbishment and extension of Tower
House, a boarding house which was officially
opened by Gary Lineker and Mike Teague
in 2005.
Recently, however, Heath Avery has been
invited by Dean Close to undertake a
full site evaluation for their Stategic
Development Plan to facilitate planning
for future projects with a view to achieving
best value from the building stock on
the Cheltenham campus. Dean Close is
a co-educational day and boarding school
from 3+ to 18 years. |
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| June 2007 |
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Cotswold Care
- Launch of Eco-Centre
There was a touch of Hollywood glamour
in Minchinhampton recently as Heath
Avery's Charles Cox and Kevin Truss
turned out for the sod-cutting ceremony
at Cotswold Care Hospice. Bond girl
Fiona Fullerton was not to be outdone
however, and braved the showers to officially
launch the building of the new facility
which is due for completion in April
2008 at a cost of just over £2m
- thanks to lottery funding. HRH Prince
of Wales is a patron of Cotswold Care
and is a regular visitor to events at
the centre.
The 1200sq m building is a specially-designed
day centre where terminally ill patients
can enjoy a variety of therapies, treatments
and educational activities.
The highly sustainable design features
rainwater harvesting, solar-heated water,
high levels of insulation and the use
of recycled materials wherever possible.
Heath Avery Architects, who have extensive
experience in the care sector, are working
in conjunction with Speller Metcalfe
as main contractor. |
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| April 2007 |
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Heath
Avery Wins Civic Award for Eco House
Charles Cox, director at Heath
Avery Architects, was recently delighted
to collect a Cheltenham Civic Award
for the design of Southernwood for clients
Ben & Wendy Tuxworth.
Ben is Director of Communications at
Forum for the Future, the UK's leading
sustainable development organisation.
Formed by Jonathon Porritt, FFTF works
with the private and public sector to
drive forward the sustainable agenda.
The fact that a leading environmentalist
chose Heath Avery to design his home
is indeed testament to the firm's green
credentials. |
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| February 2007 |
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Richard Pate
School
Arts and Sciences Extension
Work has now started on constructing
this exciting new centre of excellence
for the Richard Pate prep school.
The conceptual design of the building
reflects the aspirations of the school
in providing the very best facility
for teaching arts, sciences and languages
within a clean, contemporary envelope,
which has its own visual identity. The
light and airy spaces created by the
wave form roof and curtain walling are
naturally ventilated, and have been
thermally modelled to ensure optimum
comfort conditions.
Work started on site in May 2006 and
completion of the project is expected
in November 2006, at an approximate
cost of £700,000. |
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