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Bryant Priest Newman Architects is an award winning British architectural practice, founded in 1996 by Mark Bryant, Larry Priest and Richard Newman.
Practice History & Notable Works:

In 1996, Larry Priest and Mark Bryant (then trading as Bryant + Priest) formed a partnership with Richard Newman. The three directors are all graduates of Birmingham School of Architecture. The practice started trading from a small office in Bearwood, a few miles from Birmingham City Centre. Since then, the company has steadily grown and now occupies 3 Mary Street, a former workshop in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter converted into offices by the practice in 2006.

In the early days of the practice’s history, Bryant Priest Newman (BPN) were highly regarded for loft developments in Birmingham, some of the first of their kind in the city. In 2000, BPN was one of 6 practices invited to develop their ideas for Living In the City, an international competition organised by The Architecture Foundation. Their work, In The Living City, was published and exhibited at the Design Museum as a result.

A major turning point for the practice was their appointment as joint architects for the new Indoor Cricket Centre at Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s home ground, Edgbaston, working alongside David Morley Architects. The centre was completed in 2001 and received an RIBA Award. BPN were also appointed to provide replacement spectator facilities at Edgbaston. The Eric Hollies stand was completed in 2002 and received several design and construction awards.

More recently BPN have been working collaboratively with artists and communities to enable a strong concept and vision for new developments, most notably, Electric Wharf, a mixed use canal-side development in central Coventry created from the shell of Coventry’s former Victorian power station and depot, Electric Light Works. Collaboration has been a very important factor in the design and construction stages at Electric Wharf and BPN continue to work closely with artists and communities to develop ideas for new projects.

Current projects include new facilities for West Bromwich YMCA, the development of Glasshouse College in Stourbridge, a new community pavilion in Dartmouth Park in West Bromwich, commercial developments in Cheltenham and Evesham, and social housing in Birmingham.

Completed projects include: Menzies City Learning Centre in West Bromwich The Old Library in Digbeth, Birmingham Albion Square in Birmingham: (ORB, Sapphire Heights and Amazon & Wexler lofts) Octahedron in Birmingham Qube Centre in Oswestry Ludgate Lofts in Birmingham

Recognition: The practice has received several awards including: RICS Midlands Award for Regeneration 2007, RegenWM Vision for Placemaking Award 2007, Coventry Design Award 2007 & 2006 for Electric Wharf; Birmingham Built In Quality Award 2005 for Albion Square; Millicent Kaye Civic Award 2003, Civic Trust Award - Special Mention 2003 for QUBE; Civic Trust Award Commendation 2004, Aluminium Imagination Award 2003, Structural Steel Design Award 2003, Birmingham Built in Quality Award 2002 for Eric Hollies Stand; Colorcoat Building Award 2002, RIBA Award 2001, Civic Trust Awards - Commendation 2002, Birmingham Design Initiative Awards - Winner 2001 for Indoor Cricket Centre.

The practice’s work has been published in New Architects and Living in the City, publications from the Architecture Foundation, and Birmingham: Shaping the City from RIBA Publications. In addition, reference to the practices work can be found in the Birmingham Pevsner Architectural Guide published in 2005.

 References http://www.ribafind.org/entry.asp?w=n&offno=2389692

External Links http://www.bryantpriestnewman.com

http://www.electricwharf.com/information/concept/

http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/news/notices/projects.html

http://www.qube-oca.co.uk/

http://www.edgbaston.com/venue/cricketcentre/