Healthy pipeline of projects fuels expansion at architects practice

brown + company, established by Neil Brown and his team of commercial architects, has enjoyed a successful start after working on landmark projects.

The York-based firm is now working with major national practice Leach Rhodes Walker.

brown + company has grown since its launch, with Neil Brown joined by a team of senior architects including Rob Miller, Emma Croyle, Toby Harling and Stephen Clewes.

Ongoing projects and a strong pipeline of work has seen the team grow to 12 employees with further recruitment planned.

The partnership with Leach Rhodes Walker enables brown + company to draw upon the expertise, support and resources of the firm’s 90-strong team in Manchester and London.

brown + company is responsible for several of York’s most recognised developments, including the creation of a new contemporary aparthotel in Micklegate, currently under construction, and Coney Street Riverside, a regeneration project in the city for property specialist Helmsley Group.

Coney Street Riverside’s masterplan will see the creation of mixed-use retail, leisure, commercial and residential space, a riverside walkway and the establishment of significant green and accessible public realm on the banks of the River Ouse.

The brown + company team is also working on redevelopment of 8 St Paul’s Street in Leeds, a new spa at the Hotham Hall Estate, a new masterplan for St Peter’s School in York, the creation of an aparthotel at 23 Piccadilly in York’s Central Historic Core Conservation area, an aparthotel on York’s Parliament Street and the development of new housing on The Mount, York.

In Exeter the company is launching a 762-bed purpose-built student accommodation/co-living development for global real estate company Greystar, and plans are underway for a new hotel to launch at Manchester Airport.

John Bradley, of Leach Rhodes Walker, said: “We have known Neil for a long time, in fact he began his career here at Leach Rhodes Walker in the late 1990s.

“Neil is a talented architect and a good friend, and we’re happy to work with him and his growing team.

“The brown + company team have historically worked on some of the most complex and strategic design projects in the UK and internationally, with particular expertise across commercial and heritage environments.”

Neil Brown added: “Our team has long been passionate about delivering commercial design projects that can fit seamlessly in both heritage and commercial spaces, and doing this in a collaborative way that delivers the very best results for our clients and partners.

“It’s this way of delivering architecture that was the inspiration behind brown + company, which brings together the creativity of our highly experienced team of senior architects now with the backing of our well established and respected partners Leach Rhodes Walker.

“We have great clients doing some fantastic schemes, giving us an opportunity to do work that makes us proud.”

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