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266 Glossop Road awarded yet again!
The Sinclair Building in Sheffield has been chosen as only one of six buildings to be awarded a prestigious Building For Life Award. For more information please visit www.buildingforlife.org .

i-Bar and The Park Hotel were both finalists in FX International Interior Design Awards 2008. For more information please visit www.fxdesignawards.com.

Award winning property developer Urban Splash has appointed Project Orange for the design of a new building at New Islington.
The team was appointed following a competition with three other architects and will now be responsible for overseeing the design of the 'bookend' building at New Islington, Manchester's Millennium Community.The building will be situated adjacent to Tutti Frutti, a self build residential scheme at New Islington. It will comprise a mix of ground floor leisure space as well as family homes on the upper floors, introducing a completely new concept in housing.

Site progress has reached a seminal moment on the Field Street project in Kings Cross. The 'scales' of the copper cladding have commenced installation and the first sense of the buildings external character can now be realized...

Decadence and luxury in Bangalore as the i-bar officially opens its doors. Expect tradition blending with urban modernity as you retreat into a unique concoction of shadows, textures and colours...

Yorkshire Building of the Year Local recognition for Project Orange's black brick Sinclair Building (Sheffield) as it scoops RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Award 2007!

Interior Architect of the Year Award Project Orange won Building Design Magazine's prestigious Interior Architect of the Year award on November 1st 2007. The judges said the work was "eclectic but highly sophisticated and beautifuly balanced" and that the work was "a joy to the eye".

Awards for Sleeper 2007 Project Orange was awarded Best Interior Design for Hotel, Bar and Nightclub or Lounge on November 14th for The Gunroom at Eynsham Hall wth its mix of contemporary and restored classic. Here, the fully restored original oak panelling provides the backdrop for Chesterfield sofas and classic tub chairs upholstered in canary yellow leather and pop art inspired fabrics. The graphics by Studio Myerscough complete the transformation.

Cemetery Road, Sheffield: Planning permission has been granted for this new-build mixed use scheme on the fringes of the local conservation area. Located adjacent to the Sheffield General Cemetery, this high-density project (9 townhouses and 3 commercial units topped by 6 apartments and a penthouse) takes advantage of the site to privilege privacy and provide generous external space - balconies and roof terraces supplement the courtyard garden above a shared semi-basement car park.

Visit Orange Cottage, Lavenham, Suffolk This newly completed stand-alone house has recently been featured in a number of key publications including; RIBA Journal, the Saturday Telegraph and is on the front cover of Grand Designs magazine (June 2007). It will also be open for tours during architecture week. Date: 22.06.07. For booking details visit www.architectureweek.co.uk/event.asp?eventURN=3388

RIBA award for 266 Glossop Road, Sheffield
Project Orange's first major building has scooped a prestigious RIBA award. The iconic building, wrapped in jet-black machined bricks, is a mixed use development of twenty two apartments, two self contained office units and two retail units.

Opening of Park Hotel, Navi-Mumbai, India
The latest instalment from the Park Hotel group has opened in New Mumbai. Project Orange designed both the envelope for the building and all the interiors. The concept mixes traditional Indian patterns and textures with clean lines and sensuous forms. The hotel comprises of 80 bedrooms, a restaurant, a coffee shop, banqueting facilities and a pool zone.
"The result is a visual delight: a play of textures, and clean profiles; simplicity blends with the ornate".
The Independent – April 2007 – Hotel of the Week