P+HS strengthens board

The first 10 terraced houses and eight maisonettes in The Maxim at Vaux will be ready to occupy in early 2027. 

Works are progressing on the grade two-listed 16 Barrington Street in South Shields, with the Victorian landmark set to provide office accommodation and form a gateway to the new South Tyneside College and South Shields Marine School campus once complete.

Robertson has finished the £9m refurbishment of Newcastle’s city centre indoor arcade, with the 190-year old building fully open for business.

The UK’s renewed focus on new towns is prompting fresh debate about how to create places that thrive for generations. At a panel session hosted by Place North, industry leaders were tasked with a thought experiment: how would they design a settlement from scratch?

Blocwork and government property agency Platform 4 have applied to build 514 BTR apartments, a 650-space MSCP, and the conversion of 19 railway arches into commercial space on Network Rail’s disused yard site near the train station in Newcastle. 

Ahead of its scheduled opening later this year, Classic Masonry has completed a series of nine paddlestone walls that form the entrance to the park, which will cover 34 acres of parkland and 13 acres of river on both sides of the Wear as part of the mammoth Riverside Sunderland regeneration scheme. 

Gateshead Council has backed the Newcastle-based architect’s proposals for Baltic Gardens, a community-focused outdoor space to be created on brownfield land directly adjacent to the gallery.

The global infrastructure consultancy has been appointed to assess both technical aspects and potential economic growth opportunities around reopening the 21 miles of disused rail, long on the wish list of civic leaders.

The TV architect has applied to convert 176 Hush Street West into Home of Books, a cultural bookshop, café, and event space, with an apartment on the upper floors.