Ouseburn Festival - This weekend

Today's xsite is Anna...

This weekend sees the return of the Ouseburn Festival to the valley. There is loads going on all weekend, we will have our events space Ouse Street Arts Club open all day Sunday for coffee and cocktails from the Ouseburn Coffee Company, and the rest of Ouse Street will be packed with food and drink stalls from 11am - 5pm. Come along and feast on street food, bbq, pies, pickles, wines, cakes, veg, bread, cheese and loads more...

Elsewhere in the valley on the Sunday there are rides, boat trips, duck races, parades, tours, exhibitions, markets stalls, face painting and loads more...

Brasserie Hudson Quay completed

Today's xsite is Robin... 

Our latest restaurant and cafe project has just been completed. Located in Middlesbrough’s Middlehaven district adjacent to the Riverside Stadium, Brasserie Hudson Quay offers all day high-quality food and drink for up to 100 seats.

The Brasserie will be open from 6th July with bookings available to be taken now: Visit http://www.brasseriehudsonquay.com/ to make a reservation.

From the website:

“Brasserie Hudson Quay has been designed to recall the Grand European Cafes of France, Spain and Italy, providing a unique dining experience in a luxurious yet contemporary setting.

The style and ambience is distinctly European, providing an experience normally reserved for capital cities. In this respect, the Brasserie is exceptional and unique to the Greater Teesside area. Opening until late into the evening, the Brasserie is a destination venue offering a complete evening out, where customers can look out over the waters of Middlehaven inlet, chat with friends and relax against a background of chilled lounge music.

Based primarily on Classical French, Spanish and Italian cooking, Brasserie Hudson Quay offers a combination of style which predominates throughout Europe's Grand Cafes and Brasseries, where the most popular dishes from all of the countries have merged.”

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!  

Newcastle University Exhibition

Today's xsite is Louise...

Newcastle university - Architecture, Planning & Landscape, held their annual exhibition on Friday 14th June. An event enjoyed by many, showcased the culminating years work and research of the students. Held within the department, the venue allowed the work to be displayed in a variety of exciting ways.

 

 

'Snug' Pop Up Sewing Cafe

Today's xsite is Anna...

This weekend sees the next exciting event at our new venue Ouse Street Arts Club. 'Snug' Pop Up Sewing Cafe will be running all weekend serving up cake and coffee alongside sewing workshops each day. Pop along and have a look or book onto one of their classes via the details below...

facebook.com/snugsew

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!

Ouse Street, Newcastle, NE1 2PF

Palace Hub Micro Offices

Today's xsite is Nita...

A side project fitting out one of the larger office at the Palace Hub has just been completed. The Micro Offices are designed with start up businesses in mind- each office is big enough for 1-2 people. Companies letting a micro office can have an affordable address at the Hub with similar companies as neighbours, moving into the bigger offices as their businesses grow. The Micro Offices have their own break out spaces and meeting areas, formed by the spaces between the offices.

The panels forming the fitout were largely prefabricated in the factory then assembled on site. They consist of a timber frame clad alternatively with timber battens, birch faced ply and corrugated polycarbonate.

We are thrilled with how they’ve turned out and look forward to seeing them fully furnished and occupied.

Photography by Andrew Hogg

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

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Victory in BCO Awards!

Today's xsite is Robin...

The Fabrick Office project was last night victorious in the BCO North Awards: Best Fit Out of Workplace. Everyone involved is delighted, and it is great to get official recognition for what we think is a great scheme!

Apparently the rivals included Media City, ITV, Northern Rail, Manchester Airport & 1 Angel Sq, so pretty impressive competition!

The scheme will automatically go forward for the National Awards.

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.