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Hoskins Architects, delivered by BAM Construction on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Parkhead Health & Social Care and Community Hub
Parkhead Hub is the largest primary care facility in the Country supporting the North East locality of Glasgow by improving local access to health, social care and community-based services. The design offers a robust, yet warm material pallet with high quality materials complemented by generous areas of soft landscaping. This will be NHS GGC’s first net zero in operation facility and will support a wide range of health and community services within a bright, welcoming and modern environment. Through the construction period the project has delivered over £19.5M in social value and supported a number of local community projects.
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Paper Igloo
Abhainn: Sustainable living in a connected community
A rare community of three contemporary, low-energy homes nestled within a larger urban area, Abhainn provides a peaceful retreat from bustling city life. Proof that urban living can be both beautiful and radically sustainable.
Built on a Brownfield site, this cohesive cluster is Passivhaus certified, ensuring exceptional thermal comfort and minimal energy use, while also delivering low embodied carbon.
Crisp geometric forms are balanced by warm, tactile materials like weathered timber and slate. The adaptable, multigenerational spaces of the interiors are anchored by a spectacular light-filled green core. Abhainn embodies a new model for sustainable urban living – one where architecture and sustainability are inseparable.
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O'Donnell Brown
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre is an ambitious, environmentally progressive retrofit of the New Farm Loch Community Centre in Kilmarnock, creating a future-proofed facility for Take A Bow, a charitable organisation specialising in performing arts, community, and youth development.
Take A Bow Development Trust acquired the 1970’s community centre from East Ayrshire Council through an asset transfer and secured £2.4m of public funding to transform and safe guard the building through a number of environmental and operational improvements. Key improvements include a new changing room extension, a new entrance colonnade, improvements to the building fabric, and reconfiguration of the reception and bar area.
