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Report commissioned by the Arts Advisory Group, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Arts Council of England

Project files contain records relating to projects which received an award from the RSA Art for Architecture scheme. Each file includes a grant application form and notification letter; correspondence, notes and reports detailing project progress; images in various formats; press information, publications and other sundry items regarding the artist(s), architects or other built environment professionals and their work. In some project files, one or more of the aforementioned items are missing due to loss. Additional images have been archived separately. Project No. 1 is the first project to receive a grant under the scheme, each project thereafter has been given the successive number. Publication grants are numbered separately, and will be recognised by the suffix (Pub) after the project number. Project No. 1 (Pub) is the first publication to receive a grant under the scheme. Project completion dates indicate the completion of the design stage and the artist's involvement in conjunction with the RSA Art for Architecture scheme.\n\nOne image from each project has been attached if such an image exists.

Michael Brennand-Wood was appointed to the design team working on the new Braintree Tabor County High School and Braintree Leisure Centre, Essex. The architect for the project was Ian Fraser from Essex County Council. Brennan-Wood designed decorative flooring and textiles for a foyer and identified a number of other areas within the buildings where the work of artists and craftspeople might be incorporated. This led to the commissioning of a variety of artworks and an artist residency at the school. Client: Essex County Council. Award value £15,000 (sole grant made in the pilot year 1989/90).\n\n

Ian Hunter was commissioned by Rossendale Borough Council and the Bacup and Stacksteads Estate Management Board to consult and carry out work on this improvement scheme for a local housing estate. The project incorporated features and benches sculpted in stone and wall, pavement and bench carvings. Ian Hunter worked in close collaboration with landscape architect Nick Bishop, faciliting the integral involvement of local residents and school children, enabling their individual expression in the proposed works. Client: Rossendale Borough Council. Award value £2,275.\n

Tom Wood was selected through an open competition to collaborate with Allen Todd Architects on the refurbishment of the bar area of the Square Chapel in Halifax. The Square Chapel has been repaired and restored incorporating innovative contemporary design and is an important arts venue in the town centre. Client: Square Chapel Building Trust. Award value £4,500.

Jyl Friggens and Graham Robertson worked with architect Max Brewer to incorporate architectural features including ceramic ridge tiles and a decorative balustrade for the Fish Quay design centre. A row of dilapidated buildings was refurbished to create the centre which is now a venue for local artists and craftspeople. Art and architecture have combined to reawaken a sense of place, inspiring interest and creating opportunities for the community, the arts and other business development. Client: Fish Quay Design Centre. Award value £2,320.

Peter Fink worked on this new school complex with architets Plincke Leaman & Browning. The design of the school reflects the open and flexible atmosphere in which the learning process takes place. Fink undertook conceptual exploration which led to specific detailed designs incorporating art into the physical fabric of the buildings and surrounding landscape. Client: West Sussex County Council. Award value £4,500.

Steve Field worked with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Architects Department on this visitor centre. Field consulted with the design team to consider the overall form of the building, detailed components such as the entrance and light fittings and the surrounding landscape, including seating. Client: Dudley Metropolitan Borough. Award value £3,000.

Wendy Ramshaw worked with architect Richard MacCormac of MacCormac Jamieson Prichard to design a metal gate to be sited in an existing medieval wall at St John's College. To achieve the large scale, Ramshaw worked with the Richard Quinnell Rowhurst Forge. The gate has created a special meeting place and a significant point of transition between the ordered symmetry of the new Canterbury Quadrangle and the romantic chaos of the Fellows' garden. Client: St John's College. Award value £3,000.

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Nina Edge and Jeremy Waygood were appointed to produce designs for this new school in Cardiff by holding participatory workshops with the children, staff and other members of the school community. Edge and Waygood collaborated with South Glamorgan County Council's architects on the treatment of perimeters, entrances, elevations and planting. The school project was completed in 1995. Although designs were completed and fees paid, the artist's ideas were not incorporated into the building. Client: Mount Stuart Primary School. Award value £4,000.

Danny Lane worked in collaboration with Middlesbrough Borough Council Architects Department to devise a sculptural work which was incorporated into the central public space within this new complex in Cleveland. Lane created a functional screen and noise barrier which allows light to pass through, in keeping with the overall style, fabric, location and aspect of the building. The project was completed in 1994. Client: Teesside Training Enterprise Council. Award value £2,000.

Jill Randall worked with Hyndburn Borough Council Technical Services on designs for the main street of the small town of Rishton, including street furnishings, landscaped areas, pedestrian guard rails and gable ends. Randall completed her input in June 1995, however, the designs were not realised. Client: Hyndburn Borough Borough Council. Award value £750.

Martin Richman worked with architect Ray Perry of Faulks Perry Culley & Rech on this new £78m waste-to-energy plant outside Birmingham. Richman proposed and related the materials, lighting and colours to the form and function of the plant to create a new landmark, transforming the huge scale and functional mass. The building is visible at night by drivers on the nearby busy A45 linking Coventry to Birmingham, as well as from the air. The project was completed in 1997. Client: Birwelco Ltd (Tyseley Waste Disposal, Birmingham). Award value £10,000.

Ian Hamilton Finlan and Peter Randall-Page worked with Page & Park architects to create a new public space in the centre of Edinburgh, as part of the transformation of the Royal Mile. Artists and architect created a tranquil pedestrian area which evokes contrasting aspects of the history of Edinburgh. The project was completed in 1996. Client: The Royal Mile Team, Lothian Regional Council. Award value £7,500.

Sean Branagan collaborated with Peter Meacock architects on the design of a new community/village hall in Farrington Gurney in Avon. The design team considered the scale and form of the building within its surroundings and its internal structural and spatial relationships, holding public meetings with local residents to discuss views and share ideas. The project was completed in 1995, slightly altered from the initial design proposals. Client: Farrington Gurney New Hall Project Development Committee. Award value £5,000.