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Home Inscape History Historic Context Accessible Places Commercial & Industrial Arts Education Retail, Travel & Leisure Housing Health Sustainable Solutions Project News Contact Us Find Us Shop Diana Porter Jewellery	Workstation design, (computer image) Aardman Animations Commercial and industrial The practice has extensive experience of designing for the workplace. - from the award winning refurbishment of a grade II listed early Victorian builder's offices to the design of modern business facilities and work places. We can find and assess development sites, prepare the brief, obtain planning and other approvals, prepare detailed design documentation, obtain tenders or negotiated contracts and administer the contract to completion. In the industrial sector, our experience is greatest in designing for specific needs. We enjoy the challenge of working with unusual and different situations. This calls for close collaboration with the client to assess space and environmental requirements. We can assist with space planning - from a single workstation to major plant and machinery installations. To this end, the use of CAD has enhanced the working process, allowing us quickly to assess alternative layouts, and where necessary provide detailed furniture layouts and visualisations.
Competition entry Cleopatra's Kiosk	Cleopatra's kiosk, London Competition entry based on the dimensions for the original transportation cylinder for Cleopatra's needle. A light reflecting metallic shell located under the Jubilee bridge below Hungerford bridge on the Thames Embankment
Production Studios Aardman Animations	Major film production studios - Aardman Animations Gas Ferry Road - Inscape were responsible for the original conversion of the banana warehouse in Gas Ferry Road, Bristol into Aardman's principle film studios, followed by a rolling programme of alterations and improvements. Proposals for a major expansion of these premises were taken to contract stage when a scale change required far larger studios, leading to the conversion of a large existing industrial unit completed in a negotiated partnership with management contractors, within tight cost limits on a £1.1million budget, and on time in 20 weeks.
Hobbs House	*Hobbs House Bakery* - Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Conversion works completed currently trading with a turnover far exceeding expectations
Workshop Diana Porter Jewellery Shop Diana Porter Jewellery links: dianaporter.co.uk aardman.com hobbshousebakery.co.uk	*Workshop and Studio in central Bristol* - Tucked away in a back lane, the converted former stables provide comfortable and discreet accommodation for Diana Porter;a leading jewellery designer and her team of makers. Natural light and a sense of space are important components in this robustly detailed workspace. Diana Porter's range of jewellery can also be seen at www.dianaporter.co.uk Following the successful completion of this conversion, Inscape were invited to design the interior of Diana Porter's new shop in Cotham. Now replaced by her larger premises and workshops in Park Street. This new location is within one of the major shopping areas in central Bristol. See also Arts or Leisure for restaurants and recording studios