Mixed Use Development Church Street Brighton

Set in the North Laine Conservation Area of Brighton, this mixed use development utilises the tight urban grain of the area and sloping site to create a design that knits into the context. Incorporating a private landscaped courtyard the scheme comprises nine townhouses together with retail outlets and small office units above an underground car park. The project demonstrates how contemporary buildings can blend into historic environments through the careful use of contextual materials and respect for the scale of surrounding buildings. The result is a truly sustainable development that will repair the urban fabric and enhance the conservation area.

H10 Hotel Waterloo Road London

Located at a prominent junction on the Waterloo Road in London, the new H10 hotel rises up to 13 storeys, providing 177 rooms, a restaurant, bar, health spa and conference centre. Clad in a dark german brick with windows set in varying positions to articulate the facade, the building with its sparkling, white interior is an essay in subtle sophistication. The project has already won a number of prestigious awards, including the RIBA Regional Award and the New London Architecture Award.

Office Conversion Horsham

Sensitively blending modern design with an historic building, this recently completed project won an award from the Horsham Society.  They recognised it, in their words, for its ‘restoration of original features, the addition of sympathetic new ones and a sensational interior design.’

New Private House Brighton

With beautiful views of both the sea and the South Downs National Park, this new house takes full advantage of its unique setting and south facing slope. The design utilises the slope to place the main living rooms on the first floor which together with an indoor swimming pool and family room create a sheltered courtyard that is protected from the prevailing winds. The bedrooms on the floor above give level access to terraces and sedum roofs which lead directly onto the garden to the rear. The whole building has been designed to address the needs of a young family, embrace all the encompassing views whilst creating a stunning new family home.

Mount Barbary Gibraltar

Perched on a steeply sloping site high on the Rock of Gibraltar, Mount Barbary was formerly the official residence of the Senior Army Officer on the Rock. The original client brief was to refurbish and extend the existing, already extensive 1950’s property, but upon closer inspection the decision was made to demolish and re-build taking advantage of improved thermal performance and adding some additional accommodation. The new design embraces the stunning views the location offers while still maintaining the essence of the original property and gardens as requested by the client and the planners. Contract Value: £4M.

Groom Place Belgravia London

The property was an existing three storey house that was an infill within a central London mews. This meant that multiple Party Wall Awards were required prior to commencing work as well as approvals from Grosvenor Estates. The project called for all internal walls, floors and roof to be stripped out, a basement to be added and then all the floors replaced along with a new roof. Through this process, greater storey heights were created within the same roof level. The brief called for the interior to be open plan with as much natural light as possible. This has been achieved through careful design to create an exciting space that links all floors with a stunning, open tread, cantilevered staircase. Contract Value: £750,000.

The Crowborough Centre

Work commenced in February on The Crowborough Centre at Pine Grove, Crowborough. The finished building will house a 300 seat Main Hall and Stage, 3 Meeting Rooms, a Dance Studio, a Cafe Area and associated facilities. Morgan Carn Partnership are Architect & Lead consultant supported my McConvilles (QS & CDM), PJR Design Services (M&E), VKHP (Str. Eng.), & Anderson Acoustics. The client is the Crowborough Community Association 2010. Contract Value: £2.5M.

Precision Park Sittingbourne

New 6,000 sqm high specification offices, laboratories and distribution warehouse for Hamdongate Developments Ltd. Work began on site in October 2010 and is expected to finish in January 2012. Contract Value £5.5M.

Cardinal Newman Catholic College Brighton

The new Food and Technology Centre was designed in close collaboration with the Design and Technology Department. Particular emphasis was placed on improved accessibility to IT and CAD/CAM for students, with ‘team’ teaching for the teachers. The teaching spaces are light and spacious with cross flow ventilation and easy access to all services for future flexibility and variations in the curriculum. There is particular emphasis on students’ work or showing product design for analysis and discussion. The building has been designed to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ with solar heated water, PV solar cells and educational tools to allow students to be aware of the energy saving features of the building. Watch a video of the construction on the the Cardinal Newman YouTube channel. Contract Value: £2.4M.

World Trade Center Gibraltar

Morgan Carn have been appointed as architects for the prestigious new World Trade Center in Gibraltar due to open in 2012. The development comprises 15,000sqm of highly serviced modern offices facilities with an integral multi storey car park. The Center is poised to meet the growing demand for office space as Gibraltar continues it’s remarkable transformation into a major international finance centre. In Gibraltar development land is at a premium and the challenge for Morgan Carn Partnership has been to optimise the net lettable space on the available footprint.

Fiveways Play Group and Children’s Centre

On November 12th, the new Fiveways Play Group and Children’s Centre opened. A fast track project both designed and managed by Morgan Carn for Brighton and Hove City Council in close consultation with the end users. Designed with a matrix of innovative and sustainable technologies including highly insulated and air tight structural wall and roof panels, energy monitoring, natural ventilation, underfloor heating, green roof, landscaping designed to enhance biodiversity and provision for the future installation of solar thermal and photovoltaic panels when funds are available.

Sovereign House Tonbridge

Morgan Carn Partnership designed a mixed use scheme for Art Estates allowing flexibility for either 136 one, two and three bed apartments and 3200sqm of commercial space, or 196 apartments and 200sqm of commercial space. A hybrid application was submitted to ensure the early regeneration of this important town centre site and was approved by planning committee on 25th November.

New Model Country House at Twineham Grange Farm

Morgan Carn have won an exceptional planning consent for a stunning contemporary New Model Country House. Set on 4 acres of former farmland with views to the South Downs, the house has echoes of Mies Van der Rohe’s brick country house of 1923 and the prairie style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Hugging the ground and melding seamlessly with the landscape the 10,500 square foot, 6 bedroom home with it’s integral swimming pool, gym and staff quarters will have the very lightest environmental touch. The curved sedum roof, very high levels of insulation, ground source heat pump, solar panels, photovoltaic cells and composting reed beds ensure that it will easily achieve Code 5 under the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

The Bishop of Arundel and Brighton The Right Reverend Kieran Conry recently opened the new hall at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, and commented on the fantastic acoustic qualities of the space. The design also includes a new reception office, school kitchen, library specialist music room and staff facilities. The key to the success of the project was the careful planning of the works to allow for the continuing functioning of the school whilst major refurbishment was carried out.