Dec 23: Race Cottam Associates are proud to announce we are the winners of the Modern Methods of Construction Award for our work on the University of York Energy Centre at the Constructing Excellence Awards. The New Energy Centre is a true success story, directly addresses many of the...
Oct 23: We are thrilled to have won the Education Estates Award in the 'Project of the Year - Schools' category for St Anne's School and Sixth Form Centre and Appleton Court. Congratulations to Mark Eden and the whole team for such a fantastic job on this valuable scheme for...
Oct 23: We are delighted to have been listed in the Building Top 150 Consultants 2023 for a consecutive year. Ranking 147 in the top 150 Firms and gaining a new listing of 50 in the top 50 Architects, we are thrilled with the result and proud of our success as an SME amongst some of...
Oct 23: We had a fantastic evening celebrating 30 years of RCA! It was great to see so many of our valued clients and colleagues attend to mark the occasion.
Nov 23: We are delighted to have had our Leengate Outpatients refurbishment scheme highly commended at the Building Better Healthcare Awards, a great achievement with such strong competition! We were also finalists in three categories; our new main entrance and paediatrics project at Hull Royal Infirmary for...
Sep 23: Our board of directors has been reorganised to lead the next phase of growth as Race Cottam Associates celebrates its 30th anniversary. Paul Foster has been promoted from associate director to director while Laurie Cottam has become the practice’s MD after its current incumbent, David Speddings stepped...
Sep 23: We are so pleased to have had two of our recent education sector projects shorlisted in the national Education Estates Awards. CAPA College is shortlisted in the Project of the Year - Colleges category and St Anne's Specialist School in the Project of the Year - Schools...
Aug 23: Looking Back: I think it’s fair to say that since the millennium, technology’s had the biggest impact on our designs. Twenty years ago, the first tablet had only just been invented, smart phones and social media weren’t anywhere near as prevalent as they...
Aug 23: We are thrilled to announce our Hull Royal Infirmary New Main Entrance scheme is shortlisted for an IHEEM Award in the 'New Build Project of the Year' category. To reach the shortlist is an amazing achievement and we are so proud of the healthcare team who worked on this...
Aug 23: Our two projects St Anne's Specialist School and Appleton Court Supported Housing have been highly commended in the Building Project of the Year category at the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards. St Anne’s School, Sixth Form College & Residence is a purpose-built school for...
Jul 23: We are delighted to have re-secured a place on the NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Framework, which renewed in June and runs for four years until May 2027. NHS Trusts and public sector organisations can use the framework flexibly to appoint RCA by direct award or...
Jul 23: Five years with Race Cottam has seen Stuart Taylor progress from Project Architect to Senior Architect. With his main focus in the Education sector, Stuart has lead major DfE and SEN schemes, developing his expertise and a successful track record of schools...
Jul 23: Ellis Simpkin and Chris Parke are celebrating promotions from their graduate roles to Architectural Technologists. Their new titles provide recognition of their hard work and commitment during their first year in practice with Race Cottam Associates.
Jul 23: We held our annual summer birthday BBQ this week in celebration of another successful year for RCA. As Race Cottam turns 30 this year, we will be marking the occasion with a 30th Anniversary Party in the autumn, when we will catch up with friends and...
Jul 23: We were delighted to join Patrick Linskill for his Golden Wedding Anniversary last week, celebrating 50 years of marriage with his wonderful wife Joyce! Now retired, Patrick joined RCA as an Architectural Technician in the very beginning in 1993, and spent 28 years working with David Cottam and Pete Race (far right). ...
Jun 23: Our landmark New Main Entrance scheme for Hull Royal Infirmary is the winner of The Plannning Awards 2023 ‘Award for Design Excellence’ category. The scheme is centred around impact on the wellbeing of staff, visitor and patient and has been a complete transformation of the existing entrance. ...
Apr 23: Exposure to exceptional design quality is what drives more innovative and considered architecture. With this in mind, the Race Cottam Design Steering Group took an inaugural building visit to Halifax's beautifully redeveloped Piece Hall and new Central Library, both by LDN Architects, and the fantastic Square Chapel Arts Centre...
Apr 23: The excitement continues with a second shortlisting in The Planning Awards 2023 for Hull Royal Infirmary New Main Entrance and Paediatrics Department! Well done to Project Architect Jess Wilkinson and the team, well deserved!
Apr 23: We are thrilled to announce CAPA college has been shortlisted for The Planning Awards 2023 in the category 'The Award for Best use of Arts, Culture or Sport in Placemaking'. Congratulations to Project Architect Mark Eden and the whole team.
Apr 23: Our work for global medical technology business Smith+Nephew has reached a major milestone as planning permission has been granted for its new, flagship manufacturing and R&D facility near Hull. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s planning officer’s report...