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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 […]

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 […]

Our Dementia Design Specialist, Becky Smith, interviewed on Cartwright Communication’s second episode of ‘CC Live’, sharing her experience in creating and delivering the best possible environments for care. Last month our dementia design specialist at Leonard Design, Becky Smith, interviewed on Cartwright Communication’s second episode of CC Live. CC Live is a series of webisodes to […]

Demolition woks will soon be completed at Blocks B & C of the Sheffield Heart of the City II masterplan. With some piling works already underway the new development is progressing well on site. Walking past the historic Victorian façade on Pinstone Street it is evident there are works underway. However, the magnitude of the […]