Directory: ARCHITECTURE

 
     _ARCHITECTS

::  Hulme Upright Manning.  Based at Festival Park, Stoke.  One of their projects was the £1.2m renovation of the Burslem School of Art.  They also kindly sponsor Keele's annual Three Counties Open Photography show.

   The Harrison Wood Partnership.  Based in Longton, Stoke.

   Forshaw Greaves.  Based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

   Sammons Architectural.  Based in Leek.

     _{LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS}

::  Wardell Armstrong - major Landscape Architecture consultancy, based at Newcastle-under-Lyme.  Consultancy services in landscape design.

::  FFC Landscape Architects.

     _{UNUSUAL STRUCTURES & ENVIRONMENTS}

::  Broxap - based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Provides specialist services to architects: design and installation of street furniture; custom-designed bicycle sheds; specialist ornate metalwork (eg bandstands, large gates, etc.).

::  Alsecco - designs creative facades for buildings.

::  Dane Valley Coppice Crafts Group - the Group makes giant outdoor wicker structures, among other woodland crafts.  Based at Brereton Country Park & Alsager.

::  Varimark - hand-made markings for making school playgrounds more creative. Based in Biddulph.

::  HMS - specialist craftsmen, making custom-designed wooden staircases.

::  Painted Worlds - specialist in murals for interior spaces.

 Architectural Metalwork. Based in Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent.

     _{SPECIALIST ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHERS}

::  Robert Such — a Stoke-on-Trent -based architectural photographer and journalist.

     _{ORGANISATIONS}

::  Urban Vision North Staffordshire - new Architecture Centre based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Launched in September 2004, with £100k of funding from CABE.

::   RIBA North West

 North Staffordshire Urban Design Forum. Project which will aim to raise awareness of the need for high-quality urban design & architecture.

 North Staffordshire Society of Architects (NSSA).  E-mail via the Chairman, Philip Wootton, at Hulme Upright Manning.

 Staffordshire Historic Buildings Trust.

::  The Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatres Trust.

::  Foundation for Architecture.

::  Small Practice Architects Network.