Ollier Smurthwaite
@OS_Architects
Ollier Smurthwaite Architects is an award-winning Manchester based practice.
The heat and condition of the greens resulted in some high scores at the OSA golf day. A trip to Stockport’s legendary Foodie Friday in the old town made up for it. @stopinstockport @i_am_stockport @OneStockport




The upper floors are complete and residents have moved in at our St. Mary’s Gate scheme in Stockport’s old town. More photos to follow. @OneStockport @stopinstockport @createstreets




We’re thrilled to have one of our schemes shortlisted in the National Housing Design Awards. Grange Road in Bowdon is an infill housing scheme on a sloping site build to passivhaus. @TraffordCouncil @altrinchamtoday @PassivhausTrust




When you get the design, detail and product right it’s reflected in the desirability and saleability of the scheme. 60% sold within the 1st week on site. @createstreets @stopinstockport instagram.com/p/DGQqThJIZI5/…
Demolition and site clearance is now complete at Overbanks in Stockport. Continuing our work to regenerate Stockport’s old town. We are retaining & converting the original building built as a wholesale grocers in 1900. @stopinstockport @StockportMBC @CIVIC_SQUARE



Work has started on site at Albion House. The scheme is a reinterpretation of the Albion Hotel demolished in the 1960s and will provide new apartments above ground floor retail @stopinstockport @StockportMBC @createstreets




We recently submitted a scheme for 27 apartments in a conservation area in Stockport. All apartments are dual aspect with winter gardens and look onto a communal garden space. @stopinstockport @createstreets @archi_tradition @My_Stockport


Some before and after photos of our scheme to bring back a vacant building on the high street in Sale with apartments above ground floor retail all sold off plan. @CIVIC_SQUARE @SAVEtoReuse @createstreets




Work has started on site for our scheme of 14 houses, a farm shop and co-work space in Henbury. Designed around a farmstead concept and taking design references from the local agricultural vernacular @livingstreets @CIVIC_SQUARE @createstreets @archi_tradition



We are preparing a planning submission for a new build apartment scheme in Manchester’s historic Knoll Mill area. Home to surviving brick built warehouses and latterly a hub for creatives. @e_architect @CharlestonArchi @createstreets

Some finished photos of the duplex penthouses at Slate Wharf. A double height top lit lobby and folded steel stair lead to roof top living space and terrace. Detailed to compliment the sites industrial history and setting creating a quiet and calm oasis with views of the canal




We recently received planning approval for a mixed use scheme of apartments above ground floor retail on Stockport Road, Levenshulme. @createstreets @CIVIC_SQUARE @lovelevenshulme


We recently received planning for our apartment and townhouse scheme in Hyde. We’re putting back the original street pattern from 1890 of small street facing blocks. @createstreets @archi_tradition




The weather was good last week for the Annual OSA triathlon of Crown Green Bowls, Table Tennis & Darts. Thanks as always to @TheAlbertClub


We’ve submitted planning for 66 homes in Burnage, Manchester. The homes are inspired by Burnage Garden Village designed by J. Homer Hargreaves in 1910. Garden villages were designed to give people a better quality of life & connection to nature @mhclg @VicctorianChad @Cobylefko



We were pleased to recently receive planning approval for an urban infill scheme for 4 new family houses around a central courtyard. They replace a surface car park with much needed sensitively designed contextual new homes. @CIVIC_SQUARE @createstreets @altrinchamtoday



We enjoyed hosting students from Sheffield school of architecture last week. We presented and explained the design approach to our St George’s masterplan in Manchester and then took them on a tour of the completed buildings @SSoA_news



Roof structure nearly complete on our Daisy Bank Park scheme in Manchester for 72 new homes. 80% sold off plan. Final remaining homes to be released soon. @ManchesterMill @prshedyt @AboutMcr




We submitted planning last month for an urban infill scheme in Longsight S. Manchester. The scheme includes 20 four bed houses with generous gardens and in curtilage parking. @AboutMcr @CIVIC_SQUARE



