NMD as a team of designers are as much about what we offer, as about our collaboration with you & other top experts in related fields
- design & manage
- accurate & professional
delivering results for your project
our story
Nick’s career started as an architecture student designing the 1980’s refurbishment for Lloyds Bank Plc at 102 Grey Street in Newcastle, the Grade II* listed building, built in 1839 for Richard Grainger, forming a large contemporary double height banking hall & a customer business centre on the mezzanine and first floors
With other early career projects as architect team leader for new buildings within the listed buildings for the Oxford Colleges Magdalen & Pembroke whilst working with Maguire & Murray architects, then as the senior architect/project director for Apple computer, building their European headquarters in London & also the central London HQ for the Architectural Review on Roseberry Ave., with Troughton McAslan architects
He has as NMD worked across the UK in National Parks & with listed buildings, extensively for over 30 years within the historic core in York with multi award winning buildings, to currently working with scheduled ancient monuments & listed buildings across the UK
In the York ‘historic core’ winning Planning Approvals, with Ogleforth House, building the newest house within 150m of York Minster for 250 years, in the precincts of the Grade 2* Dutch House & refurbishing the adjoining Grade 2 Georgian house & also for current contemporary additions to Edge House an historic property in York’s central conservation area - all schemes within the groupings of multiple listed buildings, often sitting over the 15’ deep archaeological assets since the pre Viking era, that form the centre of York - NMD unfolds the solutions to the repurposing & regeneration of important heritage assets in our environment
Nick always brings a team that appraises cost, feasibility, design excellence & sustainability as a bench mark - whilst Nick works one to one with the client on a personal level, as the immediate point of contact & design lead with all agencies.
NMD are currently working in various city centres, historic urban cores & numerous conservation areas & National Parks, a Unesco Geological World Heritage Site & ANOB's.
Redesigning & rejuvenating listed buildings, contributing to commercial buildings, hospitality venues & private housing - all through the current challenging times & fast evolving economy. Designing everything from interiors, furniture, refurbishments & extensions - to complete buildings
Nick is also handling current interventions within scheduled ancient monuments - working with Historic England & gaining Secretary of State approval for our proposals
NMD have commercial & residential projects in central London, Scotland, Manchester, York, Newcastle - working with cost consultants, surveyors & property experts to offer real time solutions, advice & foresight in the rapidly changing marketplaces - often the design is the solution
NMD was formed in 1990, now with studios in Yorkshire & Moray
values
think this is 100% of our job
ask discover the things you don’t know
be inspired create excitement
collaborate big things aren't done alone
create nearness to need
Lloyds Bank NEWCASTLE
Magdalen College OXFORD
Apple computer HQ LONDON
Roseberry Ave LONDON
Hotel YORK
Pembroke College OXFORD
our team
NMD create modern architecture - whether it's for your own home, a commercial, hospitality or institutional project - we work with private clients, contractors, developers & organisations to guide & develop your project from the outset - bringing quality of thought & action to every small detail
NMD have a track record for creating successful public presentations, formulating your heritage responses & working with you to shape your individual or corporate mission statement - communication & realisation are the same thing
our team is made up of architectural, interior & product designers, offering you identity with your project - we offer cost, construction & management solutions
our collaborative approach draws on professional consultants from across the UK who we've worked with successfully for over 30 yrs & those 'we've just met' with youthful creative passions for structural design, cost planning, environment, planning & delivery
we lead your team
services
feasibility
every project needs to be realised
we plan with you the way forward - what you need in a building, design, cost & delivery methods
it's a personal solution, talk to us
planning
NMD have an unbroken record for delivering contemporary buildings in sensitive settings - we work with the planning consultants, conservation professionals & your local authority, developing the solution for your building that can be achieved but is always unique
we don't do mundane - we create outstanding
design
design is the creation of the exciting within the everyday - everything is designed - from a teaspoon to a notebook, a staircase to a factory
buildings are environment - your environment - they have to nurture & protect, they have to excite & provide
above all we have to enhance life
construction
it's OK designing the fancy exciting architecture - but it has to be built
NMD are construction experts, we know how to traditionally build everyday in the cold & the wet
we start every project looking forward, using contemporary solutions & materials that achieve the best solution for you
adding value
environment
we won't greenwash - we work to exceed energy regulations & offer design solutions to offer you comfort & sustainability
there is a balance between aspiration & reality, we'll guide you to a built form that is responsible & deliverable
personal
this is your project - NMD don't have an unbending 'house style' that we reproduce across every design
we create with you a bespoke solution, introduce you to the unexpected, develop your environment to create a sense of place