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Leonard Design Architects are pleased to announce that we are signatories to the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge. This framework from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has been developed to encourage and support practices to reduce carbon emissions from their buildings to be net zero by 2030. The built environment is responsible for around […]

Last month we teamed up with BOXRAW founder Ben Amanna, who launched a series of boxing exercises over 5 weeks to teach us all the tips, tricks and training routines to get us all engaged with boxing. Each Thursday our team at Leonard Design joined Ben at 8am via Zoom for a shadow boxing workout. […]

Tuesday 09 March 2021 @ 10:00am – 11:00am GMT The past few years have seen enormous changes to the operation and running of care environments across the UK. Pandemic aside, the design of care environments requires updating so that they can respond to the changing socio–economic profile of the country, as well as the demand for better quality individual–led solutions.   In the Latest Re:Think debate, we will explore what […]

At Leonard Design Architects we firmly believe in the social benefits of exercise and more importantly team exercise. To combat those January/Post-Christmas and now lockdown blues we have launched two initiatives to get everyone happy and healthy in 2021. 21% Running Challenge The first initiative is our 21% Running Challenge through the Leonard Design Architects […]

Tuesday 26 January 2021 @ 10:00am – 11:00am GMT With what will soon be 12 months of international lockdowns and social distancing measures, many industries have been irrevocably affected. None more so than travel. Many countries have closed boarders to almost all international travellers for at least some of the last year and the general […]

Set on the banks of the River Trent and opposite Trent Bridge cricket ground, Waterside Apartments is a large-scale residential development that is setting a new benchmark for waterside living in Nottingham. The recently completed development compromises of 121 luxury Apartments, all with views of the river. The development is part refurbishment and part New build. […]

Plans to convert the former The Grove Pub in Nottingham into social housing have been submitted. The historic pub on Castle Boulevard in the city has been empty for years. Now a joint venture between Bmor and Carlton Street Trading could see it converted and extended to create 27 one-and two-bedroom social housing apartments for […]

Wednesday 25 November 2020 @ 10:00am – 11:00am GMT     As one of the 3 key elements to survival, food plays a vital role in our lives and has proven to be a safe investment even during a global pandemic, but how will this success translate to the buildings from which it’s sold? The […]

Tuesday 03 November 2020 @ 10:00am – 11:00am GMT   The continued growth of online retailing, combined with the effects of the global pandemic have highlighted the ever-growing impact this way of consuming goods will have on our future masterplans. In our latest re:think discussion, we will explore the potential impacts and solutions to this issue. […]

For the latest in our Re:Think discussion series, we wanted to consider the question: Can schools be profitable real estate? Not from a purely design perspective, but how can we as architects, masterplanners, developers and investors, reconsider the way schools are included in developments to actually create value rather than be seen as a cost. We […]