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CIAC – Riverside One at Middlehaven

Winter 2010 saw the completion of a complex and challenging element of the first sugar cube on the edge of the Middlehaven Dock. What will be the first of 10 new building “Sugar Cubes”, CIAC saw the completion of a full storey height transfer structure that will enable FAT’s vision of a floating building over…

City Beautiful

York New City Beautiful; Towards an Economic Vision is about to be formally unveiled at the Theatre Royal, York. This is a commission Stockley have recently completed which creates a strategy for growth in the amazing historical City of York. This Vision is founded on engineering principles that aim to allow the City to develop…

Martin joins new Transport Commission

Martin Stockley has agreed to join a new Transport Commission being set up by Bath and North East Somerset Council. The commission will provide advice to the Council on how its transport strategy should integrate across a range of development plans, like the Public Realm and Movement Strategy. The commission will be chaired by local resident and Transport for…

Liverpool Lime Street

Liverpool Lime Street station now has a new main entrance, underground transport interchange and public space. Completed in the summer of 2010 and engineered by Stockley, the project has attracted much praise from city residents and visitors for creating a world-class space in front of the station. Working with Glenn Howells Architects, the scheme demolished…

Chips building

Chips is an iconic nine storey mixed-use building in the New Islington Millennium Community in Manchester, completed in 2009. Engineered by Stockley for Urban Splash, it has 142 apartments with commercial units at ground floor level, and a basement car park. It is undoubtedly one of our most technically challenging projects with three storey deep…

Studio news

It has been a busy few months for CABE and the Affiliated Design Review Panels having to respond to the Government’s challenges on localism and funding cuts. This is far from resolved but it is clear that design review is highly valued by those local authorities and local communities who have used the service. It…

Hello world!

Well it has been a pretty disruptive summer following the election of the coalition government and the ensuing uncertainty and funding (or lack of funding) chaos. There seem to be some indications of the industry trying to revive itself but there is precious little evidence of any assistance from the new government, which for the…