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Accrington Public Realm
Hardscape Products Ltd
Six unique benches made with several Artscape processes have been installed outside Accrington town hall. The bespoke designs recount Accrington’s rich and proud history, paying a special tribute to the Accrington Pals, Accrington Stanley FC and the area’s role in the Industrial Revolution.
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Hardscape Products Ltd
The new £250 million Alder Hey Children’s Hospital at Aintree, near Liverpool was completely rebuilt on neighbouring Springfield Park to integrate both hospital and park environments for the therapeutic benefit of the children requiring treatment. As Europe’s first hospital in a park, the outdoor space played a significant role in the development of the project. Hardscape worked in close partnership with contractors Laing O’Rourke and architects BDP to advise and supply a variety of coloured paving materials for the entire outside areas, designed to offer patients and visitors with a warm and welcoming space.
Anfield Forever
Hardscape Products Ltd
Hardscape is constantly improving and developing its offering for stonework at sports stadia. Teaming up with Your Tribute Ltd, hundreds of etched plaques and dedications have been created and sent to the European football fortress – Anfield.
Angel Field, Liverpool
Hardscape Products Ltd
Creative Campus is Angel Field, a magnificent 21st century Renaissance garden. Built-in 2010, as the final stage of the redevelopment of the campus, the garden features fountains, a performance amphitheatre, an angel statue and beautiful reflective spaces and has become an oasis in the heart of the city.
Ashington Leisure Centre
Hardscape Products Ltd
The Ashington Leisure Centre is a community and leisure facility that sets a high benchmark and precedent for design excellence, marking the beginning of a regeneration for the town centre. Externally the building stands with civic pride facing the town centre. The scale of the large volumes: the triple height entrance foyer and pool elevation are fenestrated with tall glazed panels bringing elegance and emphasis to the entrance area.
Birmingham New Street Station
Hardscape Products Ltd
Significant investment in redeveloping the station has turned it into a magnificent 21st century transport hub. The redeveloped Birmingham New Street station opened its doors to passengers in September 2015, marking the end of a five-year redevelopment programme.
BLACKBURN CATHEDRAL QUARTER – VIBRANT OPEN SPACES IN THE TOWN CENTRE
Hardscape Products Ltd
Blackburn’s new Cathedral Quarter is the result of a £34 million regeneration project, which has transformed the town centre’s cathedral area.
The development had created a new vibrant mixed-use quarter including public areas and gardens that link the Cathedral directly with a new Cathedral Square, featuring offices, restaurants and a hotel.
Blavatnik School of Government
Hardscape Products Ltd
Since its official opening back in May 2016, the Blavatnik School of Government building has become one of the most vibrant departments of the University of Oxford. HRH The Duke of Cambridge himself attended the official opening, marking the significance of this new and innovative structure. Designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, who also worked on the extension at Tate Modern art gallery in London, the award-winning building is beautifully landscaped with Hardscape’s Royal Coffee granite paving – a fitting tribute to a future King!
BLUE PETER GOLD BADGE WALK OF FAME REVEALED – FEATURING DAVID BECKHAM, GARY BARLOW AND OTHER FAMOUS FACES
Hardscape Products Ltd
Blue Peter has unveiled a special Gold Badge Walk to mark the show’s 60th anniversary. The children’s television programme reached the milestone in October 2018 with the first programme being broadcast on 16th October 1958. A host of events have been planned to celebrate this milestone over the next 12 months.
Starting things off was the ‘Gold Badge Walk’, a path to honour some of the well-known names who have received the special accolade.
Bremner Square, Leeds
Hardscape Products Ltd
Remembering Scotland’s little big man, Billy Bremner, amongst others, the new monument has been designed to celebrate the history of Leeds Utd FC – its players, managers and most importantly supporters from far and wide.
Brighton Seafront
Hardscape Products Ltd
This incredible project came about through the Brighton Seafront Strategic Design Initiative, the aim of which was to regenerate The West Pier at Brighton seafront through an integrated development plan and strategy.
Broomielaw, Glasgow
Hardscape Products Ltd
Broomielaw is a major thoroughfare in the City of Glasgow, UK. It runs adjacent to the River Clyde, on its North Bank through the International Financial Services District. Clyde Waterfront is a strategic partnership comprising the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow City, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire Councils.
Cable Cars, Greenwich
Hardscape Products Ltd
Commuting by cable car has come to the UK as a River Thames crossing with a difference opened to the public on 28th June 2012. The Emirates Air Line, a £44 million cable car system spanning the Thames in London, was officially launched by London mayor Boris Johnson. The cable cars will whisk passengers almost 300ft above the river between Greenwich, by the 02 Arena in south London, and the Royal Docks, by the ExCel exhibition centre to the north.
Centenary Square
Hardscape Products Ltd
One of Birmingham’s flagship public spaces was officially opened to reveal its new design in a special ceremony on the 3rd July 2019. Centenary Square’s new look was unveiled nearly five years after Birmingham City Council, with RIBA, launched an international design competition, to redesign one of the city’s biggest squares, which attracted 185 entries from more than 30 countries. Its completion fulfils the organiser’s aspiration to create ‘a world class space and popular destination’.
Chain Street, Bradford
Hardscape Products Ltd
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Housing) commissioned landscape architects re-form of Leeds in 2013 to develop designs for an urban linear park which would ultimately form part of a multi-million-pound redevelopment of a rundown Bradford neighbourhood.
Chatham Military Square
Hardscape Products Ltd
The vision for the Chatham Public Realm was to create an area with a strong sense of place, well connected, and easily accessed to be enjoyed by all. To achieve this, iconic features were used to form wayfinding and anchor points, as well as small scale landmarks within the town centre. This allowed users to feel safe and secure whilst visiting the town centre.
Chester Business Quarter
Hardscape Products Ltd
Designed to boost Chester’s business economy and set a precedent for investment throughout the city, the public space outside Chester Railway Station was supplied with Neland Gala Waterstruck clay pavers marking a gateway to the city’s £100 million Central Business Quarter.
CITY OF CULTURE 2017 – HULL CELEBRATES WITH NEW PUBLIC REALM
Hardscape Products Ltd
The transformation of Hull City Centre gave an opportunity to change how people and businesses use the city and this was represented by a huge investment by Hull City Council. It included fourteen streets and four public squares connecting the train station in the west to the old town and docks in the east.
COLWYN BAY WATERFRONT: PHASE 2 COMPLETE
Hardscape Products Ltd
The Colwyn Bay Waterfront Project, a key part of the Baylife Regeneration programme, has seen major investment into the redevelopment of the town’s seafront, safeguarding the town and its infrastructure from the threat of the sea and predicted climate change for years to come. The project extends over a 2.3 mile length of promenade from Rhos Jetty in Rhos on Sea, eastwards to Beach Road, Old Colwyn.
Connswater Greenway
Hardscape Products Ltd
Twelve years ago leaders in the East Belfast community, principle among them Sammy Douglas, then Chair of East Belfast Partnership, had a vision of a walking/cycle/nature way that would link some of the public parks of East Belfast by following the watercourse of the Connswater and Loop Rivers from the Cregagh Glen down to the Connswater’s entry to Belfast Lough.
Cunard Building
Hardscape Products Ltd
Saturday 2nd July 2016 marked the Centenary celebrations of the famous Cunard building in Liverpool – one of the city’s world–famous Three Graces. To bring the Cunard company’s legacy to life, the Hardscape team was commissioned by BCA Landscape in collaboration with design agency Smiling Wolf to craft an epic 50-metre granite stone seat.
Deansgate Metrolink
Hardscape Products Ltd
Almost four years on we look back at a distinctive Manchester tram stop within a landscaped park setting that boasts a ‘living wall’ of plants and wildflowers surrounded by extensive landscaping, offering a calm and peaceful environment for passengers who are waiting for the tram.
Deptford Market
Hardscape Products Ltd
Client: The Deptford Project
Architect: Farrer Huxley Associates
Contractor: Bower Contracting
Discovery Museum, Newcastle
Hardscape Products Ltd
The area outside the Discovery Museum, Newcastle has been transformed with striking new paving supplied by Hardscape and referred to as the Challenger Plaza – a new outdoor space that now plays host to a range of museum events and activities and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Hazel Stephenson in September 2016.
Donegal & The City Quays
Hardscape Products Ltd
A £675,000 investment has seen a Belfast car park transformed into an exciting new ‘eco space’ for the public. Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland unveiled the space which sits directly on top of the Donegall Quay underground car park. The space is designed to form a new social area for locals to relax beside the River Lagan. It is a mix of grassy areas and seated spaces.
Downham Market
Hardscape Products Ltd
Hardscape made a return visit earlier in 2017 to a market town in the Fens, Norfolk, with a long history believed to date back to the Saxon Period. One of the oldest market towns in Norfolk (it was granted a market charter as early as 1050), Downham Market stands on the banks of the river Great Ouse and its name translates as ‘settlement on a hill’, with its hilltop location rising above the surrounding fens.
Drift Park
Hardscape Products Ltd
This multi award winning seafront park was inspired by the meeting of coastal processes and the interventions used to control them and celebrates the fascinating heritage of Rhyl in the form of a ‘beachcombing’ artwork experience.
Eberle Street
Hardscape Products Ltd
As part of a major makeover, Eberle Street, Liverpool has been revamped with a unique paving and lighting scheme that pays homage to the mythical Emerald City of the Wizard of Oz, Yellow Brick Road and Judy Garland.
Elk Mill
Hardscape Products Ltd
Hardscape has helped bring local history to life working with Vector Design Landscape Architects and sculptor Emma Hunter as part of the Elk Mill Shopping Park redevelopment project in Oldham.
The landscape architects were commissioned by owners, British Land, to create a scheme marking the legacy of Elk Mill – Oldham’s last working cotton mill, which originally started production in 1928 as the largest in the UK.
EXTRA TIME AT THE SIR BOBBY ROBSON MEMORIAL GARDEN
Hardscape Products Ltd
It’s been over six years now since the garden celebrating the life and times of former England manager Sir Bobby Robson officially opened back in May 2011.
The memorial, which was produced by north-east-born sculptor Graeme Mitcheson, sits close to NUFC, home of the club Sir Bobby supported as a boy and managed for five years between 1999 and 2004.
Flemingate, Beverley
Hardscape Products Ltd
Hardscape provided advice and technical guidance to Vector Design Concepts who in turn specified Hardscape’s hard landscaping materials for a £120million council-approved retail development to transform an unoccupied site in Beverley, East Yorkshire, into a modern shopping environment.
Goose Green, Altrincham
Hardscape Products Ltd
Trafford’s Mayor and Mayoress also attended to formally re–open the new-look square. Councillor Michael Young, Altrincham Forward board member, added: “Goose Green is the first completed area of Phase 1 of the public realm work in Altrincham and we have been delighted with the positive response to the improvements from both businesses and the public. The new pedestrian-friendly layout was designed with the aim of accommodating more community events within the square, and it is great to see Al
GRADE I LISTED PIECE HALL GETS THE ULTIMATE HARDSCAPE MAKEOVER
Hardscape Products Ltd
As part of a £19million conservation scheme, The Piece Hall has undergone a major transformation to revive the cultural, commercial and civic centre. Dating back to 1779, The Piece Hall was originally built to support the trading of ‘pieces’ of cloth. The historic site is one of the last remaining examples of eighteenth century architecture of its kind.
Great Howard Street Bridge
Hardscape Products Ltd
The first stages of Liverpool City Council’s £32million development project to improve Great Howard Street (A565), which links Liverpool and Sefton, are now well underway. As part of the scheme, a new abutment has been constructed to create a visually spectacular design feature for the new gateway to Liverpool, reflecting the city’s rich legacy.
HARDSCAPE HELPS RESTORE SCOTTISH NATIONAL TREASURE – CULZEAN CASTLE
Hardscape Products Ltd
Culzean Castle has long been a major attraction for tourists venturing south of Glasgow into Ayrshire, where it welcomes almost a quarter of a million people every year. Over the last few years the Natural Trust felt the Castle’s visitor centre and car park was in need of a revamp to accommodate the increasing number of visitors.
HMS Caroline and Pump House
Hardscape Products Ltd
The biggest regeneration project undertaken in recent years in the Titanic Quarter, namely the £20 million restoration of Belfast’s Alexandra Dock, Pump House and surrounding HMS Caroline areas was formally opened in March 2018.
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