News archive (08-10)
2011 ArticlesDowns School Science Centre wins planning approval
21 December 2011
Nightingale Associates and Kier to provide a contemporary science building. View article
Liverpool Studio moves to new premises
20 December 2011
After 10 years at The Observatory, the Liverpool Studio has moved to new offices. The team is now based at: The Plaza, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ. View article
Nightingale completes ‘Designed for Life’ community hospital in Wales
06 December 2011
Nightingale Associates has completed Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr, a 233 bed hospital in South Wales. View article
Term Starts at New BSF School in Tower Hamlets
26 September 2011
Nightingale Associates has just finished a £2.6 million refurbishment and extension of a SEN secondary school in one of London’s most deprived boroughs, Tower Hamlets. View article
Nightingale shortlisted for three Building Better Healthcare awards
12 August 2011
Nightingale Associates has been shorlisted for three BBH awards for Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan. View article
Nightingale Associates’ design for International Private Hospital is revealed
25 July 2011
The KPJ International Specialist Hospital in Johor Bahru, Malaysia will provide high quality medical care in luxury accommodation. View article
Nightingale and Kier complete new special needs facility
20 June 2011
New facility provides a flexible, practical and welcoming environment for children with Special Educational Needs. View article
St. Ann’s Hospital Wins Planning Permission
14 June 2011
Nightingale Associates upgrades historic mental health hospital. View article
Nightingale’s design for University research centre
wins planning permission
28 March 2011
Nightingale Associates’ £30 million project for Cardiff University has been granted planning permission by Cardiff Council. The prestigious new building is the architect’s largest project for the University to date. View article
Hospital’s next stage is in ‘site’
03 March 2011
Demolition is now complete in preparation for the New South Glasgow Hospital build. View article
First ProCure21+ hospital to be designed by Nightingale Associates
18 February 2011
Nightingale Associates, as part of a Kier led supply chain has won a commission involving the refurbishment of part of Rotherham Hospital. This is the practice’s first project awarded through ProCure21+ which was launched in October last year. View article
Peterborough City Hospital Opens
13 December 2010
The recently completed NHS hospital is now open to provide high quality diagnostics, treatment and care as part of a progressive healthcare campus. View article
Nightingale shortlisted for Papworth Hospital
16 November 2010
Three consortia; Nightingale Associates/Bouygues, HOK/Skanska and Avanti/Laing have been shortlisted to design the new Papworth Hospital. View article
Nightingale completes the first single-bed hospital in the UK
01 November 2010
Named after the founder of the NHS, Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is the first publicly-funded new build hospital in the country to provide 100% single bedroom accommodation. View article
National Training Award recognition for eco-architect
13 October 2010
Green Architect wins award for South East. View article
Building Schools for the Future project in Blackpool gets go-ahead
16 August 2010
Nightingale’s scheme for St Mary’s Catholic College and Christ the King Catholic Primary school in Blackpool was given the go-ahead after a Government review of its education capital expenditure commitments under the Building Schools for The Future (BSF) programme. View article
IBI Group completes the acquisition of Nightingale Associates from Tribal Group
02 August 2010
Canadian based international firm IBI Group has completed the acquisition of Nightingale Associates as part of its international growth strategy. View article
Castle School for SEN pupils secures planning permission
28 July 2010
Last year, Kier Moss and Nightingale Associates won a design competition to improve the accommodation of the Castle School Post-16 facility for West Berkshire Council. The project has now taken a significant step forward after securing planning permission and started on site. View article
Plans submitted for new Cockermouth community hospital
20 July 2010
A planning application for Cockermouth's new community hospital has been submitted to Allerdale Borough Council. View article
Topping out ceremony for new Oxford research facility
22 June 2010
Completion of main construction stage for Nightingale Associates and Make’s Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute marked by topping out ceremony. View article
Nightingale Associates scoops two Green Apple awards
15 June 2010
Nightingale Associates win a National Gold and National Silver award at the Green Apple 2010 awards. View article
Nightingale speaks about healthcare design excellence in China
03 June 2010
Mike Nightingale was one of eight speakers at an international healthcare symposium based in Beijing. View article
Education 10 puts psychological wellbeing at centre of design
01 June 2010
Nightingale Associates, a leading architectural practice specialising in health, education and science buildings for the public sector, led a special education design seminar at this year’s GovNet Education 10 conference. View article
Nightingale Associates speaks on patient environment in Australia
11 May 2010
Nightingale Associates lend healthcare expertise to Design & Health Australasia symposium. View article
It's a WRAP
04 May 2010
Nightingale Associates has just signed up to the Designing out Waste and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). View article
Nightingale Associates shortlisted for five awards
21 April 2010
The results are in… from LIFT to Green Apple, Nightingale Associates has been shortlisted for a total of five awards. View article
Sensory learning environment research project gets underway
13 April 2010
Nightingale Associates’ research project to explore the impact of sensory design in optimal learning environments has begun. View article
BedPod launched to address patient dignity
23 March 2010
The BedPod, created by Nightingale Associates, Billings Jackson Design and SAS International, is being shown for the first time at the Design Council today. View article
Princess Elizabeth Hospital opening ceremony for new clinical block
15 March 2010
Nightingale Associates’ new clinical block for Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Guernsey has been officially opened. View article
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda becomes fully operational
08 March 2010
NNightingale Associates’ new hospital in the Rhondda Valley provides a clinical facility for the local community. View article
Nightingale speaks on hospital planning flexibility in Milan
18 February 2010
Mike Nightingale represented Nightingale Associates and the International Academy for Design and Health at the International Conference on Hospital Planning Flexibility staged by the University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) on 5th February 2010. View article
New research complex officially handed over
01 February 2010
Nightingale Associates’ new building known as the ‘Research Complex at Harwell’ at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire has been officially handed over. View article
Nightingale Associates scoops Building Better Healthcare award
16 November 2009
Nightingale Associates received the Patient Environment Class Award for Best Interior Design at the Building Better Healthcare Awards. View article
Nightingale Associates wins £840m ‘super hospital’ contract
06 November 2009
Practice defies recession with largest ever win in redevelopment of Glasgow’s Southern General hospital. View article
International women’s enterprise centre in Liverpool secures planning permission
03 November 2009
Earlier this year, Nightingale Associates secured a contract to design the £5m Women’s International Centre for Economic Development (WICED), to be situated in Liverpool’s city centre. The project has now taken a significant step forward after Liverpool City Council approved the plans. View article
HRH Princess Alexandra opens new health and social care centre
27 October 2009
Nightingale Associates’ new Teddington Health and Social Care Centre receives royal seal of approval. View article
Choreographing the learning environment
15 October 2009
At this year’s Primary Capital Action event, Nightingale Associates took centre stage to explain the theory of sensory learning and to introduce a potentially ground-breaking primary school experiment. View article
Bournemouth Executive Business Centre receives official opening
13 October 2009
Nightingale Associates’ Bournemouth University (BU) Executive Business Centre has been officially opened by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and Chancellor-Designate of BU. View article
Design awards turn to Nightingale Associates for timber
30 September 2009
Two of Nightingale Associates’ projects featuring timber have been shortlisted for a UK construction and design accolade. View article
Presenting Sense Sensitive Design in Australia
30 September 2009
Nightingale Associates’ founder, Mike Nightingale, gave a presentation on the practice’s innovative research into sensory design to new audiences in Australia last week. View article
Nightingale Architect reflects best architectural design in Wales
22 September 2009
Architect, Richard Golledge’s “protective” buildings have been recognised as best in Wales for the Reflecting Wales 09:09 exhibition. View article
First images of £5m International Women's Enterprise Centre in Liverpool
01 September 2009
Earlier this year, Nightingale Associates secured a contract to design the £5m Women’s International Centre for Economic Development (WICED), to be situated in Liverpool’s city centre. View article
Nightingale Associates shortlisted for four Building Better Healthcare Awards
25 August 2009
Leading practice nominated in several categories. View article
Striking Welsh hospital internationally recognised for sustainability
20 July 2009
At this year’s Primary Capital Action event, Nightingale Associates took centre stage to explain the theory of sensory learning and to introduce a potentially ground-breaking primary school experiment. View article
Nightingale Associates complete pioneering new scientific research centre
08 July 2009
Practice continues to establish itself as a leader in the science field with opening of ‘old meets new’ central London research centre. View article
Nightingale Associates selected for £750m OGC framework
17 June 2009
Nightingale Associates, as part of the Faithful & Gould-led team, has been selected for inclusion on the four year, £750 million Office of Government and Commerce (OGC) Buying Solutions Framework. View article
Nightingale Architects makes a stand at SAFHE
29 May 2009
Fast-growing practice shows benefit of international influence at biennial event. View article
Nightingale Associates appointed architects for £5m International Women’s Enterprise Centre in Liverpool
26 May 2009
Liverpool’s £5m Women’s International Centre for Economic Development (WICED) moved a step closer today as award-winning architects Nightingale Associates were appointed to design a bespoke building. View article
Second phase of £335million ‘super hospital’ to be unveiled
12 May 2009
Important milestone for major PFI hospital in Peterborough, as new City Care Centre and Cavell Centre are completed. View article
Nightingale Associates shortlisted for design award in Wales
02 May 2009
It has been a good week for Nightingale Associates's Renal & Cardiac Unit in Carmarthen. The £4m unit, part of West Wales General Hospital, has not only been shortlisted for a RIBA design award, but it will also be receiving a certificate from the Carmarthen Civic Society, which has identified it as 'an enhancement to the local environment'. View article
Breightmet wins award for 'Building Excellence'
01 May 2009
Nightingale Associates’ Breightmet Health Centre has been announced the winner of the Best Healthcare Building category in the 2009 LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Awards. View article
Nightingale Associates’ South African subsidiary to design Lighthouse on Africa’s southern-most tip
03 April 2009
The Cape Town-based practice wins a design competition for the Agulhas Lighthouse Development. View article
Nightingale Associates win £150m contract to design Edinburgh Children's Hospital
02 April 2009
Leading practice builds reputation in Scotland with second major framework win. View article
Nightingale awarded two school projects through BSF scheme
15 October 2009
Leading education practice gains £17m of work, including specialist SEN school. View article
Nightingale soars in science sector with appointment to MRC framework
03 February 2009
Leading science practice to benefit from £682m framework. View article
New Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit due to open
20 January 2009
A state-of-the art new unit for children, designed by architects, Nightingale Associates, will soon be open to the public. View article
Nightingale Associates win the first Frameworks Scotland project
14 January 2009
£120 million 100% single-bedroom hospital is first under new NHS Framework. View article
Landmark college development plans to go ahead
12 January 2009
Planning permission has been approved for the £90 million redevelopment of Guildford College’s Stoke Park Campus, designed by leading education architects, Nightingale Associates. View article
Multi-Million Pound Primary Care Centre Completed
08 December 2008
Nightingale Associates’ Rochdale office has handed over the Radcliffe Primary Care Centre. The new building, situated near the town centre, has now opened. View article
Landmark college redevelopment to go ahead
05 December 2008
Leading architect’s design for £79 million college development gets green light. View article
First phase of major college development completes
01 December 2008
Leading public sector architect practice, Nightingale Associates, has completed the first phase of a large-scale refurbishment of educational establishment, the Colchester Institute. View article
RIBA President speaks at Nightingale event
01 December 2008
Nightingale Associates’ Senior Directors enjoyed a presentation from RIBA president, Sunand Prasad, at their quarterly Senior Directors Forum last week. View article
Nightingale Associates wins at the Building Better Healthcare Awards
14 November 2008
Leading practice scoops Best Project Team and Best Interior Project. View article
100‰ Single bedroom hospital to be built in South Wales
16 November 2009
Nightingale Associates is to design the second hospital to receive full business case approval under the Designed for Life: Building for Wales procurement framework, for Gwent NHS Trust. View article
New proposals for Sense Sensitive Design in UK primary schools to be revealed today
09 October 2008
Sense Sensitive Design in schools “could transform primary learning”, says top researcher. View article
Nightingale Associates shortlisted for four Building Better Healthcare Awards
22 September 2008
Nightingale Associates are competing in the Best Interior Product category, in which it has one entry, Best Project Team in which it also has one entry, and Best Interior Design category, in which it has two. View article
Sustainability and technological innovation at state of the art new college
18 September 2008
Redcar and Cleveland College have officially opened their groundbreaking 12,000m2 new premises, designed by leading public sector architects, Nightingale Associates. View article
Nightingale Associates completes £3 million Critical Care Unit for Plymouth hospital
17 September 2008
Leading public sector architect practice, Nightingale Associates, has completed a £3m Critical Care Unit, which has now opened to the public. View article
Nightingale Associates spreads its wings in South Africa
22 August 2008
Nightingale Architects (SA) Pty Ltd opened for business today in Cape Town, offering a unique new architectural service to the South African public and private sectors. View article
Alan Johnson opens Nightingale Associates ground-breaking Liverpool development
20 August 2008
Nightingale Associates’ revolutionary redevelopment at Liverpool’s Broadgreen Hospital and the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has been officially opened by Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson. View article
Nightingale's largest Mental Health Project opens to critical acclaim
10 July 2008
Nightingale Associates confirmed their position as leading mental health architects with the opening of the prestigious £70 million hospital development for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT). View article
Victory at the Health Investor Awards
02 July 2008
Nightingale Associates has won the Property category of the Health Investor Awards. View article
Debating schools of the future
24 June 2008
Nightingale Associates spurred a healthy debate on the future of school design last week, when a small group of experts in the fields of education, design and IT gathered at our offices in Newman Street for an afternoon of ‘topical discussion’. View article
A Green Apple for the Viking Day Unit
11 June 2008
The Viking Day Unit designed by our Brighton office picked up a South Region Bronze Award at the International Green Apple Awards 2008 last week. View article
RIBA praises Fashion Retail Academy
01 May 2008
The Nightingale designed Fashion Retail Academy has been recognised at the RIBA and Learning and Skills Council Awards, achieving ‘highly commended’ for design excellence. View article
Mignot Memorial Hospital opens to patients
08 April 2008
The recently completed Mignot Memorial Hospital on Alderney has been officially opened by the Rev. Arthur Mignot and Deputy Peter Roffey, the Guernsey Minister for Health. View article
A Royal Occasion for Accrington
27 March 2008
Accrington Pals Primary Health Care Centre was opened by Prince Edward earlier this month, as he toured East Lancashire to visit local regeneration ventures. View article
Horses for Courses
10 March 2008
The University of Liverpool has appointed Nightingale Associates to masterplan and fully design its new centre for Equine Colic Research. View article
Strengthening the heart of Carmarthen
15 February 2008
Nightingale Cardiff has recently completed an award winning £6m Renal and Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit at West Wales General Hospital. View article
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