Click the link below to see a very complete record of site progress of the Boho 5 office development,
Middlesbrough, as documented by a very enthusiastic writer on Skyscraper City!
www.skyscrapercity.com
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Monday, 16 February 2015
Thursday, 22 May 2014
DIY Streets for the Ouseburn
Today's xsite is Nita...
DIY Streets is an initiative by Sustrans that provides funding for communities who want to improve their local streets, with an emphasis on sustainable travel such as cycling, walking and public transport. xsite are helping facilitate DIY streets scheme for the Ouseburn Valley, alongside the Ouseburn Futures group. Newcastle City Council Highways department are also involved in the process, in order to ensure that any initiatives work in tandem with the Council’s own schemes for the valley. As a business based in the valley and general Ouseburn fans we’re delighted to be part of this process.
DIY Streets is an initiative by Sustrans that provides funding for communities who want to improve their local streets, with an emphasis on sustainable travel such as cycling, walking and public transport. xsite are helping facilitate DIY streets scheme for the Ouseburn Valley, alongside the Ouseburn Futures group. Newcastle City Council Highways department are also involved in the process, in order to ensure that any initiatives work in tandem with the Council’s own schemes for the valley. As a business based in the valley and general Ouseburn fans we’re delighted to be part of this process.
An initial workshop at Ernest and a survey of over 100
people and businesses in the area was conducted to determine what issues were
most pressing and which streets most in need of improvement. From this there
was a broad consensus that Lime Street, Stepney Bank, Stepney Road and
Shieldfield Lane would be the most appropriate streets for a pilot DIY Streets
scheme. Further open workshops to discuss these streets were advertised to
local businesses via a flyer drop and social media.
xsite led 2 workshops with interested parties at the
Ouseburn Farm on 19th and 21st of May this week, to
establish a brief for the DIY Streets works. These consisted of a walk around
the streets with the group followed by discussion in groups around plans of the
streets with ideas and priorities noted.
There were loads of great ideas put forward at the
workshops. xsite now have the task of distilling this into some design
proposals for further consultation around mid June. For more information visit
the Ouseburn Futures website at http://ouseburnfutures.org.uk/
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Arborescent
Today's xsite is Neringa...
Last Saturday xsite were braving the wilderness.
The Arborescent project lead by the talented Ed Carter
promised 3 unique musical performances in an extraordinary setting – Kielder
forest. xsite were asked to compose one of the graphic scores – a visual
piece of music that was yet to be invented by musicians playing glass
percussion instruments, a tuba and a trumpet.
In our piece, we asked the audience to take part by wandering
into the forest and reading the symbols left on trees to be deciphered
according to one’s own reason. Such conscious meandering made for a strange
exhibition of sound where music, sometimes resembling a distant sound of a wild
predator, travelled closer and further as if trying to influence one’s reason.
The sound was moving and the venue was uncanny.
We couldn’t have asked for a more enjoyable cultural weekend
out in nature and judging from great comments after the event – the
participants felt the same.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
We're recruiting again!
Today's xsite is Anna...
We are currently looking to recruit Architects, Architectural Assistants and Architectural Technologists for our Newcastle studio.
We have an excellent crop of work in prospect and we will need good, self motivated experience with sound technical skills, good organisation and a healthy dash of creative flair.
Please email your CV to Tim Bailey tim@xsitearchitecture.co.uk explaining both what you can offer us and what we can offer you. There isn't a closing date so the sooner you contact us the better as we are looking for the right people to start as soon as possible.
We are currently looking to recruit Architects, Architectural Assistants and Architectural Technologists for our Newcastle studio.
We have an excellent crop of work in prospect and we will need good, self motivated experience with sound technical skills, good organisation and a healthy dash of creative flair.
Please email your CV to Tim Bailey tim@xsitearchitecture.co.uk explaining both what you can offer us and what we can offer you. There isn't a closing date so the sooner you contact us the better as we are looking for the right people to start as soon as possible.
Friday, 4 April 2014
DATbar Newcastle
Today's xsite is Adrian...
Launched last month DATBAR is the latest in a series of
projects xsite have completed for the De Giorgi family stretching back more
than 10 years now and including some of the best loved venues in Newcastle. A
craft beer / pizza / burger joint sat in the ground floor of the grade 1 listed
Theatre Royal building, the interior is a collaboration with the super talented
boys at Dirty Hands co www.dirtyhandsco.com
. Formerly Pasqualinos restaurant, the fit out set about providing a physical
separation from the Theatre itself and a strong new identity focused on the
food and beer and driven by Dirty Hands’ signature graphic work and
illustration applied to a Vintage Industrial backdrop. Go get a beer, share a
burger and take a look.
Work starts at the Tyneside Cinema
Today's xsite is Anna...
Work has begun at the Tyneside Cinema on a new project to create an intimate 40-seater digital video art gallery and cinema, as well as a vibrant new bar café that fronts onto Pilgrim Street. The new bar will incorporate an area for customers to enjoy a drink and food in cabaret-style seating while watching films.
The bar currently on the third floor will no longer be needed, leaving room for a multi-function space that will be used to host film and video gallery installation pieces during the day, while offering a fourth screen at night.
Work has begun at the Tyneside Cinema on a new project to create an intimate 40-seater digital video art gallery and cinema, as well as a vibrant new bar café that fronts onto Pilgrim Street. The new bar will incorporate an area for customers to enjoy a drink and food in cabaret-style seating while watching films.
The bar currently on the third floor will no longer be needed, leaving room for a multi-function space that will be used to host film and video gallery installation pieces during the day, while offering a fourth screen at night.
Monday, 20 January 2014
Digital City _ Stockton
Today's xsite is Anna...
We've just had photos back from Jill Tate of our refurbishment of a former Quaker Meeting House in Stockton. The building now offers 620sqm of new networking and office space along with fold down hot desks and fold out slim offices. See more on our website.
We've just had photos back from Jill Tate of our refurbishment of a former Quaker Meeting House in Stockton. The building now offers 620sqm of new networking and office space along with fold down hot desks and fold out slim offices. See more on our website.
Monday, 5 August 2013
Ainsley Street Student Accommodation On Site
Today's xsite is Nita...
The design takes its cues from traditional brick buildings in Durham, featuring pitched roofs, brick corbelling and vertically proportioned windows. The buildings are formed around two landscaped courtyards, which face onto the surrounding Flass Vale woodland.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Student Housing nearing completion
Today's xsite is Mal...
‘Elvet Studios’, the first of 2 student housing projects in
Durham for developers Connislow, is nearing completion.
The scheme, comprising 112 self-contained studio flats (each
with their own kitchen and bathroom) is clad in local brown brick, off-white
render and larch. The accommodation will be open to students for the new
term in September. Views out over playing fields and across The
Wear are stunning!
Monday, 13 May 2013
This Weekend...
Today's xsite is Anna...
Fancy a cocktail down the arcade?
This weekend our new venue Ouse Street Arts Club will be transformed into a retro games arcade with a bar, cocktails from Ouseburn Coffee Company, music, food from Riley's Fish Shack, ping pong and leaderboards... Come down and have a go!
Fancy a cocktail down the arcade?
This weekend our new venue Ouse Street Arts Club will be transformed into a retro games arcade with a bar, cocktails from Ouseburn Coffee Company, music, food from Riley's Fish Shack, ping pong and leaderboards... Come down and have a go!
Ouse Street,
Newcastle, NE1 2PF
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The Late Shows
Today's xsite is Anna...
This year's Late Shows is just around the corner and we have some exciting plans a foot... We're transforming Ouse Street Arts Club into a 'Bar-cade'...
Visit our weekend amusement arcade, set up with games, new and old to watch and play over the course of the Late Shows. Our shipping container event space in the heart of Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley will host this ‘Bar-cade’ for one weekend only; somewhere between a Social Club and a seaside amusement arcade, while away the evening with games, music, drinks...
Can you make it onto the Leader Board or get lucky in The Meat Raffle? Come down and say hi on the 17th and 18th May 7-11pm both evenings.
www.thelateshows.org.uk
ousestreetartsclub.wordpress.com
This year's Late Shows is just around the corner and we have some exciting plans a foot... We're transforming Ouse Street Arts Club into a 'Bar-cade'...
Visit our weekend amusement arcade, set up with games, new and old to watch and play over the course of the Late Shows. Our shipping container event space in the heart of Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley will host this ‘Bar-cade’ for one weekend only; somewhere between a Social Club and a seaside amusement arcade, while away the evening with games, music, drinks...
Can you make it onto the Leader Board or get lucky in The Meat Raffle? Come down and say hi on the 17th and 18th May 7-11pm both evenings.
www.thelateshows.org.uk
ousestreetartsclub.wordpress.com
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Victory in BIM Competition!
Today's xsite is Robin...
xsite were recently victorious in the Design and BIM
competition North East Byker as part of the Summers Inman Team. This one day
event involved five teams preparing fictional proposals for a Community Hub at
the City Stadium, Byker.
Each team featured a full design group including
Architects, Structural Engineers, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Project
Managers, Cost Consultants and Contractors, as well as specialist advice on BIM
software and data sharing systems.
Proposals were prepared in an intense collaborative
environment using BIM (Building Information Modelling) software and using the
tools available to coordinate and output a broad set of information about the
design, structure, services, clash detection, costing, construction process and
lifecycle costing.
Starting with a simple sketch design, our team developed a
detailed model which included a full structural design, mechanical services, detailed
costings and construction animation. Seven iterations of the model were
prepared up to the 5pm deadline, and visualisations were prepared from the
system to describe the proposals.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
In Praise of Shadows
Today's xsite is Anna...
We are very pleased to be involved with Nicola Singh and her upcoming project In Praise of Shadows, taking place on the 18th April. Set in the beautiful Charlton Bonds building on Waterloo Street, it is a performance that explores the way we interact with, create and are affected by the architecture of our cities. Tickets are now on sale and you can read more about the project below. Hopefully see you there!
Thursday 18th April, Charlton Bonds, 18 Waterloo Street, Newcastle, NE1 4DE
Tickets: £8.50 includes limited edition print
Book Here
In Praise of Shadows invites an audience to explore how architectural sites can shape, and be captured by sound.
In a building in Newcastle’s city centre that has been empty for almost 8 years, a meter-diameter hole has been cut out between two floors. An entirely acoustic performance of experimental music will take place across this hole, with the audience seated on the ground floor and performers on the first.
Some of the UK’s most well-respected and exciting musicians will perform strings, brass, woodwind and percussion alongside choral and solo vocals, exploring the full range of sonic possibilities of this altered space. Musicians include Rhodri Davies, Paul Dunmall, Chris Greive, Impossibility Knox (Gwilly Edmondez and Greta Buitkute), Mark Sanders, Nicola Singh and Sue Tompkins. Following the performances, Tim Bailey, partner at xsite architecture, will expand upon ideas of acoustics and their space in architectural practice in a brief lecture.
In Praise of Shadows is first in a series of ambitious new projects by Nicola Singh that explore the ways in which we interact with, create and are affected by the architecture of our cities. In Praise of Shadows is commissioned by Wunderbar and produced in partnership with xsite architecture.
We are very pleased to be involved with Nicola Singh and her upcoming project In Praise of Shadows, taking place on the 18th April. Set in the beautiful Charlton Bonds building on Waterloo Street, it is a performance that explores the way we interact with, create and are affected by the architecture of our cities. Tickets are now on sale and you can read more about the project below. Hopefully see you there!
Thursday 18th April, Charlton Bonds, 18 Waterloo Street, Newcastle, NE1 4DE
Tickets: £8.50 includes limited edition print
Book Here
In Praise of Shadows invites an audience to explore how architectural sites can shape, and be captured by sound.
In a building in Newcastle’s city centre that has been empty for almost 8 years, a meter-diameter hole has been cut out between two floors. An entirely acoustic performance of experimental music will take place across this hole, with the audience seated on the ground floor and performers on the first.
Some of the UK’s most well-respected and exciting musicians will perform strings, brass, woodwind and percussion alongside choral and solo vocals, exploring the full range of sonic possibilities of this altered space. Musicians include Rhodri Davies, Paul Dunmall, Chris Greive, Impossibility Knox (Gwilly Edmondez and Greta Buitkute), Mark Sanders, Nicola Singh and Sue Tompkins. Following the performances, Tim Bailey, partner at xsite architecture, will expand upon ideas of acoustics and their space in architectural practice in a brief lecture.
In Praise of Shadows is first in a series of ambitious new projects by Nicola Singh that explore the ways in which we interact with, create and are affected by the architecture of our cities. In Praise of Shadows is commissioned by Wunderbar and produced in partnership with xsite architecture.
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