The contemporary refurbishment and roof top extension to this derelict Victorian smokestack and warehouse in Newcastle, U.K. won a 2012 Royal Institute of British Architects Award before winning an additional two.

​An external courtyard, open at one end, has been created between the two wings of the existing building, around a Victorian chimney that has been refurbished and is illuminated at night.

​The U-shaped floor plates at ground and first floor level, wrap around this courtyard to provide 28,000 square feet of office space, largely targeted at businesses within the creative industries.

Forever Carlsbad.
"Even though I am not a Californian, I hope the Carlsbad CA, smokestack stays, for it is an iconic historical landmark, for Carlsbad CA, and it can be seen from sea, land, and air. It is also a testimony to the past, of the hard work, that past generations built, in American architecture heritage. We cannot lose old architecture heritage, for future unborn generations, need to see, what America has built, in the past, whether it be cars, houses, that smokestack, and so on. As a West Texan, who proudly lives in Carlsbad, Texas, our smokestack (which is a smaller smokestack, leveling out at 110 to 130 ft) has been in place, since the 1920s at the San Angelo State Supported Living Center, mental health facility, in Carlsbad, Texas. Our stack is an icon, and when I see our smokestack from Hwy 87, or from the sky, I know home is close by, and that is a good feeling. Keep fighting for your/our American architecture heritage."
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Sincerely/Respectfully, JD
Carlsbad, Texas