Architecture with Purpose Built-In

Our work is informed by context and grounded in use. We care about the social value of buildings and the environmental cost of making them.

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A portrait image from the Hopetown Darlington gift shop, with a green welcome sign

Hopetown Darlington

A heritage-led regeneration that brings together innovation, community pride and Darlington’s pioneering railway story.

Woodlands Academy

A calm, carefully organised all-through SEND learning environment for pupils, staff and families.

The Farrell Centre

A RIBA award-winning adaptation of a Grade II-listed building into a civic space for architectural learning.

Remaking Beamish Pockerley Exhibits

A careful conservation project that brings Pockerley’s Georgian farm buildings back into use.

Two SPACE Projects Shortlisted for RIBA North East Awards 2026

Beamish Museum Pockerley Exhibits and The Goods Shed at Hopetown Darlington have been recognised in this year’s regional awards, highlighting SPACE Architects’ work in conservation-led regeneration.

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SPACE @70 Launch

Friends, clients and alumni gathered at Spaceworks to mark the launch of SPACE Architects’ @70 programme. The evening brought past and present collaborators together beneath the orange-lit tree to reflect on projects, reconnect with familiar faces and formally begin our seventieth year.

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Three Wins at the National Constructing Excellence Awards

Members of the SPACE team travelled to London for the Constructing Excellence National Awards. Remaking Beamish received the Regeneration and Conservation Award, the practice was honoured with the ESG Award, and Catherine Sinclair was named G4C Future Leader.

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Seventy Years in Practice

SPACE Architects celebrates seventy years in business in 2026. @70 brings together a series of activities, conversations and outputs.

@70 Programme