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The 10th of September 2018 saw the reopening of the Atlas Women's Centre in Lisburn on Bachelors Walk after extensive alteration and refurbishment and an additional 2nd floor. Tate Stevenson Architects Ltd have taken the building from Planning to Completion. The money provided for the project was awarded by Space & Place, from the £15 million Big Lottery funded capital grants programme which seeks to connect people and communities together by making use of underused or diffic

The client required an open plan kitchen, dining and lounge area overlooking the rear garden. This entailed removing the exiting block walls between the dining room, kitchen and utility room in the existing house. Alterations to the layout closed up the lounge entrance into the old dining room making this a self contained room with an entrance off the hall. New openings into the open plan space also came off the hall bringing arrival into the middle of the room. This same axi

Works are now complete at the Hillsborough meeting House on Park Street for the Lisburn Society of Friends, a little gem of a building built in mid 19 century with its own garden and graveyard. It has now been fully restored to its former use as a meeting house for its owners and as a wider community facility, with the John Hewitt Society using it as a festival venue at the end of April 2018. https://www.johnhewittsociety.org/events/ The listed building, hidden behind a high

The 15th of January 2018 saw the signing of the contract for the Atlas Womens Centre in Lisburn. The money provided for the project was awarded by the Space & Place, a £15 million Big Lottery funded capital grants programme which seeks to connect people and communities together by making use of underused or difficult space. The works comprises a new zinc clad extension to the upper floor of the current premises which will provide additional teaching space, stores and a sensor

An architectural feasibility study investigates and evaluates the potential of a site or building. It clearly sets out a brief history of the site, its overall condition and significance, as well as the constraints and opportunities. We have undertaken many such studies and we believe that this is due to the quality of our work. This quality results from; • Years of collective experience • A thorough, considered, logical and focused approach • Care taken to unders

Today, the 15 of January 2018 saw the signing of the contract for the Atlas Womens Centre in Lisburn. The money provided for the project was awarded by the Space & Place programme, a £15million Big Lottery funded capital grants programme which seeks to connect people and communities together by making use of underused or difficult space. Representatives from Altas Womens Centre and Derryleckagh Contracts Ltd, the main contractor for the project were present at the signing wit

Great news this week, after working through a challenging planning process the project to extend and refurbish the Atlas Women’s centre in Lisburn will finally commence on site early in the new year. Derryleckagh Contracts Ltd have been selected as the main contractor to provide a roof top extension for additional training facilities and provide a much need outdoor play area for the existing crèche. The project will be on site for 6 months and Atlas will resume their service

Restoration work to the listed Mount Merrion church is nearing an end with the final repairs to the Bell Tower completed this week, which is being overseen by Tate Stevenson Architects in this unique church conservation project. Additional steel supports were required to the structure supporting the decorative Cross Finial located at the top of the bell tower. A resin based water proofing system was installed within the open bell chamber to prevent water permeating down throu

Tate Stevenson Architects are due to start the restoration and refurbishment of the listed Mount Merrion Parish Church in Belfast shortly. The church was designed by Dennis O'Donoghue Hanna and built and consecrated in March 1953. Work originally started in April 1955. We will post up reports on how the project is progressing. The above photos show the degradation of the original Glulam columns. The glue used to hold the layers of timber have been affected by exposure to the