Practice Overview
IDPartnership are an award-winning multidisciplinary architecture practice encompassing the creative professional skills of architects, town planners, urban designers, technologists and visualisation experts.
IDP Studio - St Judes, Shieldfield
First established in 1982 as Smith Darby Partnership, our head office in the former Church of St Jude, Newcastle opened in 1989 as Ian Darby Partnership.
Taking pride in our ethical design approach, we reinvigorate communities and create sustainable places that enrich the lives of inhabitants and inspire people to live in an environmentally responsible manner. Our open design studio encourages collaborative discussion between professionals with diverse skillsets and expertise, fostering innovative ideas and ensuring proposals are rigorously considered from project inception through to completion.
With over 40 year experience in delivering award winning built environments, IDPartnership’s expert team are working with leading housing developers, local authorities and land owners across the UK to bring sustainable development and innovation to the forefront in designing the future of our built environments.
IDPartnership are more than just architects. We’re a team of expert master planners, architects and urban designers working with you to bring your unique project to life, introducing new ideas and helping you realise the best possible outcome.As the practice of choice we are on hand to guide you throughout your project, from the initial brief to supporting you with planning, design and project delivery.
We realise that the world we live in is constantly evolving, and the way we engage and work with the built environment around us needs to evolve with it. We are invested in the future of design, working with universities and new technologies to understand how we can bring further innovation into our projects working towards developing more inclusive, sustainable spaces.
Location of Our Projects Across the UK
Location of Work
As a practice we work across the UK for a number of clients.
Our Awards
2020 Double Winner - CENE Awards NE Residential and Innovation Category - Innovation Village, Gateshead
2020 Commended – RTPI North East Awards for Planning Excellence – The Rise, Scotswood
2018 Finalist – Northern Design Awards – Residential Development Category – Green Hills, Blackburn
2018 Finalist – RTPI North East Awards for Planning Excellence – Tree Top Village, Walker, Newcastle
2018 Finalist – RTPI Planning Excellence Awards – ‘Excellence in Planning for Health and Wellbeing’ category – Tree Top Village, Walker, Newcastle
2018 Winner – RICS Awards North East – Residential Category – The Maltings, Alnwick
2018 Winner – Insider North West Residential Property Awards – Large Housing Development of the Year – Green Hills, Blackburn
2017 Highly Commended – Inside Housing Development Awards – Best older people’s housing development (under 100 homes) – Weavers’ Court, Alnwick
2017 Shortlisted – Inside Housing Development Awards – Best older people’s housing development (over 100 homes) – Tree Top Village, Walker, Newcastle
2017 Winner – Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) North East – Award for Outstanding Development of the Year – Tree Top Village, Walker, Newcastle
2017 Winner – RICS Awards North East – Residential Category – Staiths South Bank, Gateshead (also shortlisted in Community Benefit, Design through Innovation, and Regeneration categories)
2016 Winner – RTPI North East Awards for Planning Excellence – Wynyard Gardens & Visitor Centre
2016 Shortlisted – The Planning and Placemaking Awards – Award for Making Development Viable – Wynyard Gardens & Visitor Centre
2016 Shortlisted – Constructing Excellence in the North East – Value and Sustainability Awards – Rosedale Court, Portland Green Student Village
2016 Highly Commended – RICS North East Awards – Regeneration Category – Phase 1, Central Park, Darlington
2016 Shortlisted – RICS North East Awards – Tourism & Leisure Category – Wynyard Hall Gardens and Visitor Centre
2015 Double Winner – Newcastle Lord Mayor’s Design Awards – Housing Category and Lord Mayor’s Special Regeneration Award – The Rise, Scotswood
2015 Winner – RTPI Planning Excellence Awards – Excellence in Planning to Deliver Housing – The Rise, Scotswood
2015 Winner of the RICS North East Renaissance Award – Residential Category – The Rise, Scotswood (Also shortlisted in Regeneration Category)
2015 Building for Life Outstanding accreditation – The Rise, Scotswood
2015 Shortlisted for RICS North East Renaissance Award – Building Conservation Category – Heathfield House, Low Fell, Gateshead
2015 Shortlisted for RICS North East Renaissance Award – Tourism & Leisure Category – Grand Marquee, Wynyard Hall, Tees Valley
2014 Building for Life ‘Diamond Status’ Accreditation – Hollygate Park, Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire (One of 16 schemes highly commended by Built for Life 12)
2014 Winner – Constructing Excellence in the North East – Innovation Award – Plan B Housing (with Elliott Associates and Housing Consultancy Plus)
2014 Shortlisted for the RICS North East Renaissance Award – Residential Category – Elba Park, New Lambton
2014 Winner of the Northern LABC Building Excellence Awards for Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development at The Ridings, Kibblesworth (and Highly Commended for Moorhill / Coltspool, Kibblesworth)