Brian Fell collaborated with The Landscape Practice on the design of the external and internal spaces at Dean Clough Industrial Park, a development formed with the regeneration of disused Victorian mill buildings. Fell worked on the design of a range of functional items including seating, tree grilles and lighting to enhance the unique character of the development. Client: Dean Clough Industrial Park Ltd. Award value £4,500.
Tess Jaray played a major part in the re-design of all the pedestrian areas in the city centre surrounding Wakefield Cathedral. Working with Wakefield Metropolitan District Council's Transportation and Engineering Department at design concept stage, Jaray produced a new floorscape, seating, lighting columns, bins and planters. The result is a zone in which superb design and the highest quality materials have been combined to create excellent new public spaces for residents and visitors to the city. Client: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Award value £4,000.
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.
Graeme Willson worked with architect Nicholas Rank at St John's Church in Manchester. The building was radically reordered, incorporating a remodelled worship area in the nave of the church as a new centre of focus. Willson produced two paintings and two stained glass windows, and worked closely with Rank to select materials, fabrics and lighting designs to be introduced into the church building. Client: St John's Church. Award value £4,000.
Alan Evans, Richard Kindersley, Lilley Lee, Jim Partridge, Louise Slater and Sally Greaves-Lord worked with Southampton City Council Architects Department to integrate a range of artworks in the refurbishment of the City Art Gallery and County Library. These included the cafe and lift interiors, gallery shutter housings, signage, seating, glass fittings and a brick wall carving. Client: Southampton City Council. Award value £10,000.
Colin Wilbourne worked with Tyne and Wear Development Corporation to produce permanently-sited sculptures and features on Sunderland's riverside, including the pier, walkways and public buildings. During his period as artist in residence, Willbourne consulted with the local community who were keen to retain a sense of attachment to the area. He also identified opportunities for further work by himself and other artists/craftspeople. Client: Tyne & Wear Development Corporation. Award value £4,000.
David Pearl. working with architects Colwyn Foulkes & Partners, produced designs for a large contemporary stained glass scheme for this aids hospice in Brighton. Pearl states 'Properly used stained glass become inseparable from the intentions and the fabric of the architecture....' Regretfully, due to financial constraints, the designs were not implemented. Client: West Sussex County Council. Award value £4,500.
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.
Veena Stephenson worked with Bauman Pickles on the refurbishment of Unity Housing Association's premises in the Chapeltown area of Leeds. Unity Housing Association is a member of the Federation of Black Housing Associations and were keen to commission a black artist to work on a design venture integral to the overall refurbishment. Unity and architect Irena Bauman approached Public Arts to commission the artist. Client: Unity Housing Association. Award value £2,000.
Janet Lubinska worked with architects The Design Practice and the design group of the Queen's Theatre on the conversion of the 18th Century Queen Street Chapel to a 450 seat theatre and arts centre for Huddersfield. The collaboration resulted in a large scale artwork for the new Lawrence Batley Theatre, in addition to designs for features and details in the foyer and circulatory areas of the building. Client: The Lawrence Batley Theatre. Award value £5,000.
Di England and Alan Rossiter from Free Form Arts Trust worked with architect Max Brewer on the construction of a hydrotherapy play pool as an extension of the Equal Play Adventure Park in Hackney, London. England and Rossiter produced designs for wall decorations, pool mosaics and colour treatments to all interior surfaces to facilitate use of the pool space by children and young people with disability. Young people, staff and family users of the centre were involved in the creation of the mosaics for the pool. Client: Equal Play Adventure Park. Award value £3,000.
Jeff Bell designed and considered locations for architectural glass in the refurbishment of Ipswich Central Library. Bell worked with Suffolk Council Architects Department on designs to make glass a key feature of the buildng. Client: Suffolk County Council. Award value £4,000.
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.
Ray Smith identified opportunities for specially-created works of art and craft for the new Dawlish Leisure Centre in Devon. Working with John Dann and Graham Hughes of Teignbridge District Council Architects Department, Smith was able to incorporate his ideas into the fabric of the biulding in an integrated an unobtrusive fashion. He designed a work of 'floating' figures within the brickwork, a wall sculpture in the bar area as well as interior and exterior signs. Client: Teignbridge District Council. Award value £4,000.
Andrea Blum, Dorothy Cross and John Nottingham worked with architects Michael Hopkins & Partners to develop proposals for key sites within the building and landscape programme. This project is part of the Public Art Plan and Strategy prepared by the Public Art Development Trust for the Inland Revenue for their new centre at Castle Meadows in Nottingham. Client: Inland Revenue Nottingham. Award value £4,000.
Martin Donlin and Edward Cronshaw created decorative screens and windows for this school in Liversedge, West Yorkshire. Donlin and Cronshaw worked with Geoff Fox of Kirklees Design Practice department in close liaison with the school's management and prospective pupils. Client: Spen Valley High School. Award value £5,000.
Alexander Beleschenko worked with architect Frei Otto to develop the site of this 15th century church in Bristol. The church was was bombed in The Blitz in 1940 and the ruins are now a listed memorial, surrounded by Castle Park. The intervention was carefully planned, in discussion with the public and the city council. Beleschenko and Otto created designs for a coloured glass canopy within the centre of the church, to open up the tower area as an information and viewing point. Client: Bristol City Council Leisure Services Department. Award value £5,000.
Chinks Grylls designed signage and a range of artwork projects in this new school building in Taunton, Somerset. Client: Bishop's Fox Community School. Award value £2,000.
Maggie Howarth collaborated with Fletcher Joseph landscape architects on the design of a courtyard at this hospital in Brotton, Cleveland. Howarth produced designs for a mosaic pool and surrounding landscaping, to enhance the environment for patients, staff and visitors. Client: South Tees Community and Mental Health NHS Trust. Award value £3,000.
Andy Hazell and Lucy Casson collaborated with Sustrans on the design of lighting for Foss Island Linear Nature Park, a 4.7km traffic-free path through the city of York. Foss Island is a former railway route made good for walkers and cyclists. This project provided an opportunity for Hazell and Casson to produce sculptured lighting in sympathy with the local surroundings and to provide a safe environment after dark. Client: Sustrans Railway Path and Cycle Route Construction Charity. Award value £4,000.