News archive(04-07)
2007 ArticlesThe Times supports Treehouse
19 December 2007
This year’s Times Christmas Appeal is raising money for TreeHouse national charity for autism education. View article
Award celebrates caring design
13 December 2007
The Ty Olwen Specialist Palliative Care Hospice has been granted a ‘commendation for best interior’ at the Swansea Lord Mayor’s Design Awards 2007. View article
MENCAP trust in specialist knowledge
29 November 2007
Nightingale Associates has been appointed by MENCAP to provide design consultancy for its three residential colleges based at Pengwern in North Wales, Dilston in Northumberland and Lufton in Yeovil, Somerset. View article
Eagle Bridge Health & Well Being Centre, Crewe
19 November 2007
This brand new Primary Care centre is located in the heart of Crewe’s regeneration area. Purpose built, the 22 GP facility provides a one-stop health centre for a local community of 36,000. View article
The question of international design qualityn
13 November 2007
The 8th of November saw the International Academy for Design and Health hold the Design Quality Standards UK Global Summit. View article
Shaping futures at the AoC Annual Conference
13 November 2007
A must-attend event for those in the Further Education sector, the AoC Annual Conference 2007 is being held at the International Convention Centre Birmingham from Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 November. View article
Heart and Chest Hospital wins design award
13 November 2007
The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has achieved ‘Highly Commended’ in the category of Best Hospital Design 2007. View article
Duke of Gloucester opens Cancer Care Centre in Margate
04 October 2007
The Duke of Gloucester today opened the new Viking Day Unit a £1.1m cancer care centre at QEQM Hospital in Margate, the product of 12 years of fundraising on the part of staff and patients, exceeding NHS best practice guidelines, a showcase for sustainable design in healthcare. View article
Planning Permission granted for the massive redevelopment of Watford based College
27 September 2007
The £63million redevelopment of West Herts College has been given the green light by Watford’s planning committee. View article
Nightingale Associates Education presence now equals Healthcare
24 July 2007
Due to its exceptional growth in the Further Education sector, Nightingale Associates has reached a watershed point in its development, receiving half of its income from education projects. View article
Peterborough Hospital reaches Financial Close
04 July 2007
Financial close has been reached on one of the largest NHS projects ever undertaken, the £335 million Peterborough Hospitals PFI. View article
National Star College given Planning Permission
03 July 2007
The redevelopment of a leading national specialist college has been granted planning permission from Cotswold District Council. View article
Groundbreaking Mental Health Unit wins award
13 June 2007
The Nightingale Associates designed East London Personality Disorder Unit has been awarded the Gold Green Apple Award for enhancing our built environment and architectural heritage. View article
Frog Lane Health Centre opened by MP Andy Burnham
21 May 2007
Health Minister Andy Burnham opened the unique Frog Lane Health Centre in Wigan on the 18th May. View article
St Peter's Health & Leisure Centre, Burnley: Project of the Year
11 May 2007
Burnley Integrated Health and Leisure Centre (LIFT) scooped the ‘Project of the Year’ award at the RICS North West Awards on the 10th May, at New Century Hall in Manchester. View article
Tony Blair opens Platt Bridge Health Centre in Wigan
19 April 2007
Prime Minister Tony Blair has officially opened the new Platt Bridge Health Centre in Wigan. View article
Nightingale Associates makes planning application for £62m Colchester Institute
16 March 2007
Nightingale Associates has made a planning application for the £62 million redevelopment of Colchester Institute, which will help the college provide state of the art purpose built Further Education and Higher Education facilities. View article
Nightingale Associates plans £38m redevelopment of West Herts College
16 March 2007
Nightingale Associates has made a planning application for the £38 million strategic redevelopment of West Herts College. View article
Head office of Nightingale Associates relocates
26 February 2007
Nightingale Associates, the specialist healthcare and education architectural practice, has moved its Harwell office from The Cherry Barn on the High Street into the newly refurbished Prince’s Manor Barn, on Reading Road, Harwell, Oxon OX11 0LU. View article
Croydon Vocational Tower gets green light
16 February 2007
Nightingale Associates has secured planning permission for a 29 storey mixed use development tower in central Croydon for Croydon College. View article
A milestone for Medicover in Poland
15 January 2007
Monday 8 January 2007 saw the application for the building permit being submitted for the Medicover hospital development in Warsaw, Poland. This stage in the process represents one of the most important milestones for the project. View article
Students complete first semester at the Fashion Retail Academy
09 January 2007
The first students at the Fashion Retail Academy have just completed their opening semester, marking the success of this unique project. View article
Singleton Day Surgery Unit receives commendation
01 December 2006
Nightingale Associates received a commendation at the Lord Mayor Design Awards in Swansea, recognising the exceptional work on the Singleton Day Surgery Unit. View article
Nightingale appointed to design new research complex
21 November 2006
The council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) has appointed Nightingale Associates as Architect and Lead Consultant for a new research complex at its Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. View article
Success at the 2006 Building Better Healthcare Awards
03 November 2006
We are very pleased to announce that we have won the Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Healthcare Environment with the Milton Keynes Walk-In Centre (pictured above), designed in our Brighton Office. This was presented to us at the 2006 Building Better Healthcare Awards, held at the Hilton London Metropole. View article
BRAHM LIFT project announcement
16 October 2006
NNightingale Associates -as part of the Eric Wright Group team - have been selected as preferred bidder for the Bolton, Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton LIFT project. View article
Mike Nightingale guests on Radio 4 debate
01 August 2006
Mike Nightingale, Chairman of Nightingale Associates, joined a debate on modern hospital design on Radio 4’s You and Yours this morning. View article
First two projects to be procured through the new Designed for Life, All Wales Framework
18 July 2006
Along with our Supply Chain Partner, contractor HBG, Nightingale Associates have been appointed for the first two healthcare projects to be procured and delivered through the All Wales Framework: Designed for Life. View article
Nightingale rises through the AJ100 rankings
04 May 2006
Nightingale Associates has been named as the largest architectural practice in the Midlands and the joint third largest in the UK by the number of qualified architects in the annual AJ100, published by the Architect’s Journal. View article
Designed for Life, £1.2bn Wales Construction Framework
07 April 2006
As a member of the HBG UK team, Nightingale Associates as sole architect has been selected to go forward onto the 'Designed for Life' - Wales Construction Procurement Framework for NHS capital projects. View article
Awards success for PMS Plymouth
11 May 2005
The Peninsula Medical School project in Plymouth, designed by Nightingale Associates, was awarded the Building of the Year 2004 accolade last night, in the third Michelmores / Western Morning news Annual Commercial Property Awards. View article
Promotions in Liverpool
03 May 2005
It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the promotion of two Directors from our Liverpool office to Executive Directors. View article
Management restructure at Nightingale Associates
01 April 2005
Richard Harrington will become Nightingales Chief Executive from 1st April this year, as the firm grows to some 300-strong. View article
£300m Peterborough PFI winners announced
01 March 2005
Nightingale Associates is the architect within the Progress Health Multiplex consortium, selected to build Peterborough's new £300 million integrated care centre, mental health unit and hospital. View article
New Liverpool office opens
11 November 2004
Architects Nightingale Associates have strengthened their presence in the north west of England with the acquisition of Liverpool-based architectural practice Derek Hicks and Thew, announced on November 11. View article
New office in Cape Town opens
11 July 2004
NArchitects Nightingale Associates opened their first international office in Cape Town, South Africa on July 1. View article
Exeter office opened
11 June 2004
Architects Nightingale Associates have opened a new office in Exeter. The company now operates from six offices in the UK, with another shortly to be launched in South Africa. View article
Major design award won by Nightingale Associates
31 May 2004
King's College Hospital's Golden Jubilee Wing, designed by Nightingale Associates, was judged best designed project at the 2004 Private Public Finance Awards – a major accolade for a hospital, which won across all sectors. View article
Nightingale now UK's sixth largest architectural practice
02 April 2004
Nightingale Associates has risen to sixth place in a survey of architectural practices in the UK. View article
Birmingham New Hospitals PFI won
17 February 2004
Nightingale Associates have been appointed to design a major new mental health project for Birmingham. View article
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