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5 December 2020 – Plans submitted for Downlands Park

Plans have been submitted by Architects Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt for Downlands Park in West Sussex, a Victorian care home which will be redeveloped into a 'campus for later living' for Eden Retirement Living. The original Victorian villa was built in 1876 and later converted into a school during the 1900s before becoming a ...

2nd December 2020 – Elmstead Place, Colchester

Elmstead Place in Colchester has now been handed over by the contractor Osborne, who were also the developer and operator.  Ubu provided the landscape design for the scheme which is located opposite the University of Essex campus. This 138 bed student accommodation scheme is a mix of townhouses and studio flats and ...

17 November 2020 – Construction starts on site for Hanborough School extension

Work has now started on site at Hanborough Manor School in Long Hanborough, Oxford on a new state-of-the-art £3 million extension and refurbishment. Ubu have provided the landscape design for the project, with Collado Collins as the Architect and the build is being carried out by Morgan Sindall Construction. It has been ...

11 November 2020 – Redesign of town pump ‘Cornhill’ site, Dorchester town centre

Proposals have been put in place which will see the historic Cornhill site, known locally as the town pump area, redeveloped with a new public seating area. The redesign could also include water features, sculptures and lighting to create atmosphere and a place for people to meet during the day and evening.This redevelopment ...

18 October 2020 – Folding House wins Award!

Folding House has won Large House of the Year in the British Homes Awards 2020! This stunning contempory home overlooking the river Avon was designed by ARDesign Studio and has Ubu designed landscape. Folding House was designed to minimise the impact on the location and surrounding scenery by embedding the house ...

9th October 2020 – Planning Permission granted for Southern Grove Lodge

Planning permission has now been granted for Southern Grove Lodge in London's Mile End.  The development in the Tower Hamlets Conservation Area was designed by ArchitecturePLB and with Ubu landscape.  The site comprises of two buildings, a Victorian former workhouse constructed c1872 and a 1980s 4 storey office ...

18 September 2020 – Plans submitted for Gorse Ride

Plans have now been submitted for Gorse Ride, a low energy housing development in Wokingham. Ubu were appointed by Wokingham Housing Ltd ( a subsidiary of Wokingham Council) as part of a team led by Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt, to develop a regeneration masterplan for Gorse Ride, a post war housing estate. Originally built as ...