The Directors of Fuse are delighted to announce the of four new Associates each of whom have made an outstanding contribution to the growth of Fuse and the very high design quality of our work. In keeping with the Fuse mission to keep the twin disciplines of architecture and interior design in perfect balance, two of our new Associates are architects and two are interior designers.
David Hall, Craig Russell, Steve Bell and David Eastwood will now be taking on additional responsibilities from resource planning and design reviews to continuing our BIM implementation and maintaining our quality assurance procedures.
Between them, they have over half a century of project experience across a wide range of construction sectors. To find out more, click on the photographs to see further details.
Craig Russell, architect.
Craig spent his first couple of years at Fuse master planning a new business park in Scotland whilst delivering a retail and residential scheme in Urmston for Ask Developments. Craig then led the Fuse team that designed a new 4 storey teaching block for Greenhead College in Huddersfield. He is now working on several mid-sized new build contemporary residential sites.
David Hall, architect
Played in a leading role on the design of Phase One of the Leeds College of Building and the recently completed newbuild VITA Student development on Westgate Road in Newcastle upon Tyne, He is presently leading the team delivering the 650 bedroom VITA Student scheme which is fast approaching completion in York.
Steve Bell, interior designer.
Steve worked on a number of the early Hard Rock projects including the cafes in Florence and Barcelona. More recently, he was project interior designer for the award-winning offices at No.1 Aire Street in Leeds. He is now working on a major project at the University of Hull and leads our work in the private rented sector residential portfolio.
David Eastwood, interior designer.
David has been closely involved in the Hard Rock workload and was lead designer for the cafe in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He also spent nearly 5 years working on the recently completed Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds. He has just started working on substantial new hospitality projects in Malta and the USA.
January 2017
After 5 years of very hard work for the team, the Fusiliers were finally able to relax and join the huge crowds attending the glittering Grand Opening event at the Victoria Gate Casino.
David Eastwood, Paul Henning, Tracy Heywood, Iain McDonald, Mandy Wright, Sami Lee and David Matthews were lucky enough to get the highly sought-after VIP tickets.
They joined 1,100 VIPs for the launch event at 6.30pm on January 26th and the doors were opened to the public at 9.00pm. Altogether, around 2,500 people came through the doors and the new venue ran at capacity until the early hours. There wasn’t a free seat at the gaming tables all evening and the bars did a roaring trade.
In his speech at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Global Gaming Ventures’ Chief Executive Andrew Herd thanked the Fuse team for a spectacular design and picked out David Eastwood and Paul Henning for a special mention for their outstanding contribution to the success of the project.
July 2016
The University of Leeds welcomes the completion of building work at the new School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.
Abigail Harrison Moore, Head of the School said:
“We are delighted with our new building. The sympathetic restoration of this historic building, — linked through its architect, Paul Waterhouse, to the architectural style that formed the beginnings of the University of Leeds one hundred years ago — has enabled the development of a School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies ready for the next one hundred years of excellent teaching and research.
“Our students are excited to be starting or continuing their degrees in the amazing new studio, workshop and teaching spaces. Studying in this impressive space for art and culture at the heart of the campus will enable them to continue to benefit from the unique inter-disciplinary approaches to the subjects that our School is celebrated for nationally and internationally”.
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