Bridge Centre

The brief for The Bridge Centre was to design a building that is open and accessible to the community with architecture that is honest and contemporary.

There is a large welcome area with café opening immediately off it to provide a space where people can meet. There are two large reception room and multi-purpose spaces which can be sub-divided for greater flexibility. Children’s rooms are flexible and easily accessible to safe external play areas.

The 1000 seater auditorium is used as a commercial venue as well as community groups and the large kitchen can cater for 250 people.

New Gateley Smithers Purslow appointment to head up East Anglia region

Gateley Smithers Purslow (GSP), the multi-disciplinary surveying, engineering and architecture practice arm of professional services group, Gateley, has appointed Tim Neaves as regional manager to head up its East Anglia operation. Tim, a chartered building surveyor, joins the practice with more than 25 years of experience in the built environment. He has spent the last…