Celebrating a Successful Year and Promotions to Kickstart 2023

Danielle benefits the practice with extensive experience spanning 15 years in the Construction Industry. She has designed and delivered award-winning projects across a range of sectors, including Residential, Healthcare, Cultural and Education schemes, and manages a team delivering both new-build and refurbishment projects.

Danielle aims to continue to bring a creative and methodical approach to design in her new role as associate director at GNA. She is a strong believer that architecture should improve the quality of life and wellbeing of all and has developed a particular specialism in inclusive design and dementia-friendly spaces.

Nick has been recognised within the practice for his meticulous approach to each design project. He has acquired over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry across a wide range of projects and sectors which he seeks to bring with him in guiding his team at GNA as associate director.

Nick thrives upon providing innovative strategies whilst working on challenging technical design briefs, ensuring client’s expectations are met and exceeded. He has built a portfolio of experience across all design stages and complexity levels, including healthcare, Residential and Industrial. He is now leading the way in advocating his strategy and methods of working across the practice of which this promotion reinforces this.

Having worked at Glancy Nicholls Architects since the age of 15, Jennifer started working full-time for GNA in August 2010 after graduating from the Manchester School of Architecture. Since that time Jennifer has become a key member of the practice who has worked on numerous large-scale projects, primarily in the residential and care sectors, designing and working on their successful delivery. She has built up a number of key client relationships with developers and in county authorities over the years.

Jennifer has recently been involved in designing the extra care scheme within the Perry Barr Regeneration project and is currently involved with several key commissions moving forward. Her promotion to associate strengthens the GNA team and supports the practice as we embark on prospective projects in 2023 and beyond.

See below a number of key projects the GNA team have been working on in 2022 and a snapshot of some of the project development and collaboration that will continue in the coming year.

Thank you to our clients, colleagues and friends for their continued support, we wish you all a successful and prosperous new year.

Perry Barr Extra Care Village

A Lasting Legacy of the Birmingham 2022 Games

Plot 6, one of the largest plots at the Perry Barr Residential Scheme in Birmingham, is near completion. The eight-storey mixed-use building will provide 268 residential apartments for the extra care market, as well as commercial units. The build also includes courtyard parking a large courtyard garden and additional rooftop gardens for its residents. The scheme forms part of the wider regeneration in the north west of the city, which includes improved leisure and community facilities along with upgraded transport infrastructure, a lasting legacy of the Birmingham 2022 games.

Mason Hall Student Amenity Hub

Completed in summer 2022, and designed for the University of Birmingham to complement their nearby Mason Halls Student Residences, the building provides a local much needed, launderette for students on campus.

A sustainable and low energy facility, the building provides a fully accessible, thermally efficient environment with ecological design features built into the façade to provide shelter for the local wildlife.

The space also provided key facilities and social space for athletes at the Birmingham 2022 Games during their stay at The Vale in Birmingham.

Bennerley Fields Dementia Care Centre

With views across the Erewash Canal, and the magnificent grade 2* listed Bennerley Viaduct, Bennerley Fields is phase 1 of a new Integrated masterplan scheme for Derbyshire County Council. Phase 1 delivers a Specialist Residential Care centre, community facilities and inclusive amenities, a 40-bed specialist care wing and 65 extra-care apartments with supporting accommodation, located around an internal courtyard and generous gardens.

Kenilworth Secondary School

Fantastic progress has been made on site at the new Kenilworth Secondary School, in collaboration with contractor Morgan Sindall. The scheme is a key part of the town’s expansion and combines three separate school sites into one, forming one of the largest schools in Warwickshire and providing 2,400 pupil places. The £45 million development is due to open for the 2023 academic year.

Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester

Works on site at the new Medical School campus building for University of Worcester is nearing completion, an environment suitable for a wide range of learning spaces. Providing approximately 4000sqm of space for teaching and learning with a capacity of 500 students and staff, the building will be a fully accessible environment. All learning spaces are visually and physically connected, and the new central atrium floods the heart of building with natural daylight. The interior design of this space reflects a calm environment, promoting wellbeing for its users and brings the medical students together in one space.

South Central Tower, Essex Street

Great progress being made by Wates Construction on South Central Tower, at the corner of Essex Street and Bristol Street. The 30 storey tower will deliver 166 high quality inner-city apartments along with internal and external residential amenity spaces.