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Holder Mathias has been at the forefront of designing UK resort and holiday developments since the 1990s. The last decade, with the after-effects of the credit crunch, saw the popularisation of the ‘stay-cation’ and more recently this combined with a raised awareness of the environmental impact of jetting abroad on holiday, ...

Holder Mathias Architects has been given the go-ahead with Cardiff based developer Rightacres for its designs for the Cardiff Transport Interchange, a mixed-use development in the heart of the Welsh capital. The project is being funded by Legal & General and is being delivered by construction company ISG. The mixed-use project ...

Holder Mathias are delighted to announce that this year they have ranked 40 in Building Magazine's Top 50 Architects and 91 in the Top 150 Consultants.

When the anchor supermarket moved out of the centre of a Sussex town it triggered a transition to leisure, which had to be carefully handled, finds Josephine Smit. Download case study article here or view online here    

Councillors on Neath Port Talbot Council’s planning committee unanimously supported the application. The new development will involve eight new retail units and a first floor unit with retail, restaurant or leisure use. It will provide a wide range of benefits for the town centre including a much-needed additional quality retail floor ...

The first phase of refurbishing the Outlet Village, Braintree has been approved, this includes a new footpath linking to the nearby train station. It is hoped the improvements will attract more shoppers to the outlet and new retailers to the area. Landsec took over the shopping village in May 2017, becoming the ...

The Planning Committee approved the plans for the go ahead 7 to 1 in favour of the scheme. The Interchange will provide a 14-stand bus station – to sit below a 249-space car park and 305 rental flats – as well as a separate six-storey office block in the centre ...

Chris has been with the practice for 15 years and worked on major developments for clients including Crest Nicholson, British Land, Forest Holidays, Dukelease, McArthurGlen and U+I. Alongside a significant contribution to managing the London studio, Chris has supervised the practice’s migration to BIM. Chris has experience of delivering complex and ...

A £40m resort in Whitby, North Yorkshire, has been given the go-ahead by Scarborough Borough Council. The Raithwaite Bay Resort, designed by Holder Mathias, is being developed by Yorkshire Ventures.It will include 71 holiday cottages, 82 holiday apartments, 37 forest lodges, as well as a restaurant and welcome hub spread over ...

Holder Mathias has completed work on a 136 student ‘studio’ bedroom development called “Livin” at 21-27 City Road in the centre of Cardiff. In support of the regeneration of this important student area, the Livin scheme has been designed as a simple, yet eye-catching addition to the diverse and eclectic ...

Developer Barola Properties has been granted planning permission to redevelop the former Custom House and York Hotel in Cardiff city centre into a £20m 20-storey Premier Inn Hotel. Designed by Holder Mathias Architects, the hotel will include 248-bedrooms and a “Bar & Block” and restaurant. The ongoing regeneration of Cardiff has ...

Bellegarde Designer Outlet, a scheme Holder Mathias worked on from 2008, has been relaunched by Neinver under a new name: Alpes The Style Outlets. It was unveiled at the Outlet Summit which took place at MAPIC last week. Neinver said it expects to open Alpes The Style Outlets, the developer’s second ...

Holder Mathias are very delighted to announce that they have been recognised in Building Magazine's Top 50 Architects and Top 150 Consultants. They ranked 32 in the Top 50 Architects and 98 in the Top 150 Consultants.

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Terry Morley, partner at Holder Mathias. He says: “In introducing this new leisure offer to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, we are looking to improve the vibrancy and attractiveness of the town centre as a destination through the day and evening for locals and tourists alike. “Fairacre’s development will ...

Fairacre Property has been granted planning permission for a landmark town centre development in Haverfordwest, Wales, to be designed by Holder Mathias Architects. The planning application, originally submitted in November 2016, received unanimous council support and will result in the delivery of four restaurants/shops at ground floor level with a five-screen ...

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch featured in Building Magazine is by Terry Morley, partner at Holder Mathias Architects. He says: “This is a sketch section through a proposed new four-storey townhouse on Curo’s Mulberry Park development in Bath. The drawing was produced to illustrate a more unusual vertical arrangement where living, kitchen ...

Work starts on £12m new-build residential scheme in Kent Developer Investin PLC has started construction work on a new-build development in Ashford, Kent. Designed by Holder Mathias Architects, the 'Vista' residential scheme will be built on either side of the former Charter House, completing the 352-unit residential mixed-use development and transforming ...

Holder Mathias appointed to design major residential town centre scheme in Camberley Holder Mathias Architects has been appointed by Surrey Heath Borough Council to design two residential schemes in Camberley. Led by the council's development partner, Berkeley Homes, the redevelopment of Ashwood House and Pembroke House will support the regeneration of ...

An interesting article on the Workplace with some excellent feedback on Swansea's Urban Village in this month's edition of the RIBA Journal Click here to read the article...    

Green light for £35m mixed-use development in Horsham A joint venture between Reef Estates and Arcus-PCD has been granted planning consent by Horsham District Council to redevelop Piries Place in Horsham Town Centre and create a high-quality, mixed-use scheme that will regenerate the local area and boost the local economy through ...