30 July 2010 Latest Phase of Restoration of Llay Miners Institute The refurbishment of the south elevation to the Llay Miners Welfare Institute has been completed and successfully handed over to the Trustees.  This is the 4th Stage of a rolling programme of refurbishment for this fine Grade 2 Listed Building, built in 1929 and the last Miners Institute in North Wales still open.  For details and pictures, please click here.
18 July 2010 AGa ´Girlies` raise £1,335 for Cancer Research Ainsley Gommon Architects ´Girlies`, Leonie Wainwright, Sarah Davies, Rachel Williams, Raquel Feliciano, succesfully completed the 5K charity run ´Race for Life` in Liverpool's Sefton Park and, in so doing, raised £1,335 for Cancer Research.  For details and pictures, please click here.
23 June 2010 Maplewood officially opened for Moorlands Housing The Deputy Lord Mayor of Macclesfield, Cllr Roger West officially opened the town's flagship £3m Maplewood development at a special ceremony last week.  The project was developed by Moorlands Housing, part of the Harvest Housing Group.  For more about the project and this award, please click here.
14 June 2010 Green Apple Award for Learning Pathway Centre At a ceremony at the Tower of London, Ainsley Gommon Architects collected a Green Apple Award for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage for the new Learning Pathway Centre at Deeside College.  For details and pictures click here.
3 June 2010 'people+place' exhibition on tour Ainsley Gommon Architects' exhibition ‘Architecture 1979 – 2009 : People and Place’ is on tour and opened at the Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport on 2 June 2010..  For details and pictures click here.
14 May 2010 Glyntaff Revisited On 14 May 2010, Ainsley Gommon staff members revisited Glyntaff Farm Estate, Pontypridd for the Glyntaff Tenants & Residents Association's (GTRA's) celebration of 30 years of achievements on the estate and 21 years since Glyntaff’s Estate Transfer and improvement works started.  For details and pictures click here.
21 April 2010 Rachel passes her Part 3 in Professional Practice Congratulations to Rachel Clegg on passing her RIBA Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice. Rachel has been undertaking her professional practice experience at Ainsley Gommon Architects and studying hard for her examination. We are delighted with her success. Well done Rachel!
March 2010 Four Projects Win Building Excellence Awards At this year’s LABC Cymru Awards Ainsley Gommon Architects were successful in winning no less than four regional awards for building excellence.  Not only did our scheme of 32 new homes for Charter Housing Association in Newport, South Wales win an award, but three projects won affordable housing awards in Flintshire, Denbighshire and Wrexham.  Gorwel Newydd for Pennaf Housing, a 60 bed Extra Care scheme in Rhyl, won the category of Best Affordable Scheme in North Wales..  For details and pictures of all 4 projects here.
January 2010 Maplewood development completed ahead of schedule The Maplewood scheme started on site January 2009 and was completed January 2010, well ahead of schedule. The contract ran very smoothly, with targets being met ahead of program and we, the client and contractor are very pleased with the result.  The project consists of 12no. houses and 29no. apartments, which have been developed by Moorlands Housing Association with the contractor Cruden Construction.  The project is designed for the Code for Sustainable Homes level 3, using timber frame construction.  For details and pictures click here.
18 November 2009 Ainsley Gommon Architects Celebrate Thirty Years Ainsley Gommon Architects celebrated 30 years in practice at an event held on 17 November 2009 at ‘milkandsugar’ in Liverpool.  Attended by over 100 guests the event also marked the formal opening of their exhibition ‘Architecture 1979 – 2009 : People and Place’.  For details and pictures click here.
05 November 2009 Follow the Ainsley Gommon Story on our Blog Ainsley Gommon Architects are celebrating 30 years in practice and to mark this acheivement, we are holding an exhibition at 'milkandsugar', Wood Street, Liverpool from 16 November to 23 December 2009.  We are also writing an account of the establishment and development of the practice at  our blog.
11 September 2009 David Ainsley Retires Ainsley Gommon Architects staff and their families, gathered in Birkenhead on 11 September to wish David Ainsley well as he retires from directorship of the practice. David was a founding partner of Innes Wilkin Ainsley Gommon in 1979, which later became Ainsley Gommon Wood, before we incorporated as the present Ainsley Gommon Architects. We are celebrating these 30 years of achievement and looking forward to the next 30, in an exhibition at 'milkandsugar', Wood Street, Liverpool from 16 November to 23 December 2009.
17 July 2009 Official Opening of Gorwel Newydd Extra Care, Rhyl Gorwel Newydd, Rhyl was officially opened by the Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan, First Minister for Wales on 17th July 2009.  For more details of the project here.
2 July 2009 Fairtrade fundraiser for Liverpool Habitat for Humanity Ainsley Gommon hosted a Fairtrade Tea & Coffee Morning on 2 July 2009 to support local charity, Liverpool Habitat for Humanity and are grateful for the clients and friends that joined us on their way to work and helped us raise £180 in very short space of time.  For more details  here.
9 March 2009 ISO 14001 Accreditation Ainsley Gommon Architects has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation for our Environmental Management Systems.  We believe in having our own good environmental house keeping standards in place, before advising clients on the significance of adopting sustainable practice and designing for climate change.  To read more here.
30 January 2009 Environmental Policy Updated We have developed our Environmental Management System, while working towards ISO 14001 accreditation.  In the process, we have updated our Environmental Policy and you can see the new version here.
12 December 2008 Conversion of Textile Mill, Holywell Flintshire County Council recently celebrated completion of the first phase of the Holywell Townscape Heritage Initiative to restore several heritage sites in the town.  Phase two is well advanced, including the restoration and conversion of the former Textile Mill to a Community Arts and Craft Centre.  For details click here.
21 November 2008 Another Win for Historic Birkenhead Park Birkenhead Park Restoration, featuring Ainsley Gommon's Pavilion Visitor Centre, won "Best Park Project over £1 million" in the Horticulture Week Landscape and Amenity Awards. For more details please click here.
14 November 2008 Plaza Community Cinema Turns on the Lights The Plaza Community Cinema in Crosby turned on its new lights on Tuesday evening 11th November 2008 to mark completion of a Lottery funded facelift project. For more details please click here.
10 November 2008 Innovation Award for Habitat for Humanity Our Liverpool Habitat for Humanity project has just won another award in the 2008 Housebuilding Innovation Awards.  For more about the project and this award, please click here.
17 October 2008 ‘Crossing Place’ exhibition starts 5 November 2008 As part of our contribution to Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture, Ainsley Gommon is pleased to be sponsoring, with Culture Ireland, an exhibition of paintings by Liverpool born artist, Wendy Dison.  For more about the exhibition entitled 'Crossing Place', please click here.
3 October 2008 European Capital of Culture : LAS Awards As part of Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture programme, Liverpool Architectural Society has organised a celebration of the best buildings completed over the last three years and Birkenhead Park Pavilion has been shortlisted.  To read more, please click here. For details and pictures of the Birkenhead Park Pavilion visit our project page. To read about the Awards on the Liverpool Architectural Society website, click on the logo opposite (opens new window).
30 September 2008 Jump Ship Rat U-51 Launched A Liverpool European Capital of Culture commission, Jump Ship Rat's U-51 boat was launched on the Albert Dock at the weekend.  U-51 is a 40 metre long mobile floating waterfall and you can see it at Liverpool Albert and Salthouse at weekend afternoons and Thursday evenings until the end of October 2008.  To see a video of its first outing, please click here.
15 September 2008 Refurbishment of Listed Orangery, Swansea University The Orangery at the Grade 2 Listed Singleton Abbey had been closed for health and safety reasons following the discovery of asbestos, but has now been refurbished and brought back into use as a welcoming student admissions office fo the University.  To read more about this project, please click here. For details of other restoration projects please visit our restoration projects page.
14 April 2008 New Bridge Link Handed over to School A new bridge link to connect two wings of existing accommodation at this school for children with special needs at West Kirby, Wirral.  The snaking route, angled structure and abstract glazing arrangement combine to provide interest for users of the bridge. For details of the project and more pictures, please click here.
14 April 2008 And the winner is ... We were delighted to receive two awards at the Liverpool Daily Post 2008 Property Awards dinner on the evening of Friday 11 April 2008. For photos of the occasion and links to details of the winning projects, please click here.
19 March 2008 Official Opening of Pennaf Offices The new offices for Pennaf Housing Group were officially opened on 19 March 2008 by the Right Reverend John Davies, Bishop of St. Asaph.  The offices were procured under a Design & Build contract with North Wales based developer Anwyl Construction.  For details and images of the project...click here.
17 March 2008 Finalists revealed for Daily Post 2008 Property Awards The finalists for the Liverpool Daily Post 2008 Property Awards have been announced. "We’re delighted with response", say judges... ...and so are Ainsley Gommon Architects, because out of 21 shortlisted projects, we are architects for 3. For more details of our shortlisted projects, please  click here.
5 March 2008 Planning Consent for Maplewood Ainsley Gommon have been working for Moorlands Housing through the Frontis Framework, with SDA Consulting, Atkinson Peck and GB Building Solutions, on proposals to redevelop the site of an existing sheltered housing project, Maplewood Court in Macclesfield.  Planning Consent was granted on 3rd March 2008.  For details and images of the project...click here.
29 February 2008 Satisfied Clients Each year we commission an independent survey, so that we can judge how satisfied our clients are with our work. This year the survey indicated an overall level of customer satisfaction of 86%, which our agents classify as a Gold Award. Read what our clients had to say here.
25 February 2008 David Ainsley registered as RIBA Client Design Advisor Director, David Ainsley has been selected for inclusion in the RIBA register of accredited Client Design Advisors.  For more information on this new service, please click here.
For older news items please visit our news archives for 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2001-02

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