Mike O’Connor sadly passed away on Wednesday 4th January 2012 following a lengthy illness. Mike will be remembered as a local business man and Architect whose practice continues to flourish in the form of Darnton EGS Ltd. A Pontefract lad, Mike established his own practice in the mid 1960’s. He was involved in the early days of Associated Dairies (being the forerunner to Asda Stores) and provided Architectural services...

Darnton EGS have recognised the contribution of five key staff members, promoting them to the position of Associate.  

The staff members are: Tony Clayton; Mark Feely; Carl Leetham; Jim McCulloch;  Simon Watkins. The promotions further enhance our standard of service provision and keen customer focus to deliver exceptional results. Congratulations to all.

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The Marks and Spencer permanent company archive, housed within the newly constructed Michal Marks building on the Western campus of the University of Leeds, has been completed with Darnton EGS acting as architect.

Designed and constructed to BS5454 the M&S company archive houses exhibition space, learning, seminar and research areas as well as supporting offices and hospitality. Located...

Working with contractor ISG, Darnton EGS have been responsible for the detailed architectural design for the newly open M&S store on the Champs Elysees, Paris.

The opening of the 15,000 sqft store marks a successful return to Paris, being eagerly anticipated and embraced by the French public, something we at Darnton EGS are delighted to have supported....

Following the approval for outline planning permission for the development of Germany Beck, Fulford in 2007, TS Architects have launched a new public consultation for the site on behalf of developers Persimmon Homes and Hogg the Builder.  

The consultation seeks the views of local residents on details of the scheme. The consultation display can be viewed at www.bit.ly/germanybeck

Darnton EGS is delighted to announce the creation of TS Architects, a new Division formed following the acquisition of the continuing business interests of Thompson Spencer Ltd. David Robinson, formerly Managing Director of Thompson Spencer, has joined the business as Divisional Director responsible for TS Architects. This new Division is complementary to the excellent existing Darnton...

We have been busy! Darnton EGS have ranked 1st as highest monthly user of the online Planning Portal, submitting 141 online planning applications in the last month. The ranking is an excellent indication of our resource, skill base and ability to deal with high volume programmes. Whether it is a planning application for a single project or multi-site roll out we have a well-developed professional...

An extension to the Morrison’s superstore at Weymouth is the latest project to be completed by Darnton EGS, under our framework for architecture.

The extension has added additional sales floor area and also included the rebuilding of customer cafe, together with the addition of a pharmacy, dry cleaners and kiosk.

Darnton EGS have created a stunning contemporary extension to a town house in Ufton Grove, London. The scheme is designed to BREEAM Very Good standards and provides extensive open plan living space at ground floor level. A minimalist white interior has been designed and the challenge of bringing natural light into the space has been achieved by the inclusion of a feature roof lantern. Concertina sliding doors link interior...

Darnton EGS will again be represented at MAPIC 2011 from November 16-18, Cannes, France. To arrange a meeting to discuss our specialist design, planning and implementation services for Retail contact Alex Lodge. alex.lodge@darntonegs.com