Putting the heart back into communities to create spaces where people can thrive…

Warehouse retrofit, North Shields

North Shields, Fish Quay Status: Planning approved

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Status: Planning secured, pending construction

Message Enterprise Centre, Manchester

The Message Enterprise Centre A dilapidated existing building is stripped back and the structure used to house a new creative social enterprise centre, creating an incubator for training, mentoring and helping otherwise struggling individuals ret

Manchester Status: completed

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Sharston, Manchester

Status: completed

YMCA Cafe, North Tyneside

YMCA New entrance, reception and cafe Following the successful refurbishment of the main heart of the facilities at the YMCA North Tyneside, GCA Ltd were appointed to create a new entrance, reception and cafe in a run down and vacant part of the

North Shields, Tyne & Wear

Status: completed

Awards: Longlisted for RIBAJ MacEwen award 2018

Shortlisted for RIBA North East Regional award 2018

YMCA Health & Wellbeing Centre, North Tyneside

YMCA North Tyneside This project is a story of turning a run-down building into an open community using a painfully tight budget in a creative way. North Shields appears to be an unwelcoming place, with visible signs of deprivation. But the comm

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North Shields, Tyne & Wear

Status: completed

Awards: Longlisted for RIBAJ MacEwen awards 2018

Shortlisted for RIBA North East Regional award 2018

Bangladeshi Multicultural Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Newcastle Bangladeshi Association Multicultural Centre Following extensive consultation with more than 300 members of the Bangladeshi community, Grace Choi Architecture carried out an in depth analysis of context, brief development and the study

Elswick, Newcastle Status: feasibility

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Elswick, Newcastle

Status: feasibility

St John’s Methodist Church, Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear Status: Planning approved

St John’s Methodist Church A redundant space facing the street front is proposed to be transformed into a visible, welcoming entrance to a church which is actively part of the community. A simple refined solution overcomes issues of accessibility

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Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear

Status: planning secured

Re-F-use, Social Enterprise, Chester-le-Street

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Chester-Le Street, County Durham

Status: phase 1 completed. Phase 2 completed

Refuge for Women, Gateshead

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Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

Status: Phase 1 completed. Phase 2 planning secured.

Family Homes, Ensenada, Mexico

House Build, Ensenada Mexico with M10

Ensenada, Mexico

Status: completed, with M10: a North East based charity training young people to make a difference

Newcastle Building Society, North Shields

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North Shields, Tyne & Wear

Status: completed