Architects named on Lake District housing competition

Firth Architects has opened an office in Windermere as part of the firm’s plan to expand further into the Lake District.

The owners of the Golden Fleece near Brampton in Cumbria have released new imagery of how the premises will look following a year-long rebuild.

The Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam & Stories is due to open this weekend, following a £20m development by Lakeland Arts and architect Carmody Groarke.

A new home for Workington's rugby league and non-league football teams has moved forward with Iceni Projects submitting an application to develop the 8,000-capacity Stadium for West Cumbria.

Acting as administrator, Duff & Phelps has reached a landmark in the development of the Backbarrow Ironworks site in the Lake District into 43 homes.

Thomas Armstrong Construction has been formally appointed to deliver a £5m deployment centre for Cumbria Police.

The process of procuring a contractor for the £19m redevelopment of the Sands Centre is set to begin, after a reappraisal and reworking of the proposals which were first mooted in 2009.

The University of Cumbria has chosen a team of 17 consultants and architects to help deliver construction works across its estate worth around £1.5m per year.

Masterplanner Gillespies, transport planner WYG, and Lambert Smith Hampton have been appointed to work up proposals for a 10,000-home Garden Village south of Carlisle.