Case study for hotel and leisure development Park Farm Hotel & Leisure Centre has developed over a thirty year period from a family farm guest house to one of the most significant hotel, leisure and conference facilities in Norfolk. Michael Spicer, Architect, has been involved in a number of extension, alteration and new build projects …
Category Archive: Commercial Projects
Commercial Office Building
Case study for office building The brief required a state-of-the art office Headquarters building for the regional base of a large European packaging manufacturer. The setting is a former air-base in rural Norfolk and the land available for development and additional car parking away from the main manufacturing buildings necessitated further encroachment into open countryside. …
Police Station
Case study for emergency services – New police station West Norwich Operational Deployment Base (ODB) in Earlham provides enhanced facilities for a wider range of police services extending from the city centre to the University based on a single site. Design and delivery was led by Michael Spicer whilst a Principal with NPS. The new building …
Jubilee Fire Station
Case Study for Emergency Services – New Fire Station The new Jubilee Fire Station at Carrow, situated off Martineau Lane, replaced the 1930s Bethel Street Station in the centre of Norwich to complete a strategic rationalization with three stations around the ring road. A contemporary design, led by Michael Spicer at NPS, attached to a former …
Norwich Bus Station
Case study for Norwich Bus Station Completed in 2005 to a design by Michael Spicer whilst a principal architect at NPS Property Consultants Ltd. It replaces dilapidated and outdated buildings with a modern interchange and travel centre providing a new gateway for the City of Norwich. It has won numerous prestigious awards for both design …