Factory Theatre Manchester Building
Manchester’s £110m Factory Theatre takes a big step forward with architects set to be appointed. Architects for Manchester’s new £110m Factory Theatre will soon be appointed.
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Altrincham Transport Interchange
A team of designers and stakeholders led by AHR has completed a £19 million multi-model interchange in Altrincham commissioned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). AHR has worked to redesign the station in order for TfGM to better integrate the various modes of transport – bus, taxi, rail, tram and cycling.
Science Park Hub in Manchester
Construction work has recently started on a new £10m Hub building, at the centre of Manchester Science Park. It is the first building to follow BDP’s masterplan, and will set the standard for new development within the Manchester Science Partnerships’ portfolio.
Contact Manchester Arts Venue
Architectural practice Sheppard Robson has been appointed by leading young people’s arts organisation Contact to carry out the £6m remodelling of the arts venue’s existing building, transforming the visitor experience and improving its visibility from Manchester’s Oxford Road.
All Souls Church Pods in Bolton
The new look modern interior to a Grade II* listed church in Bolton will be unveiled to the public on 6th December. It follows a £4.9m adaptive reuse project, which has been ten years in the making.
New Manchester School of Art Building
Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Winner of RIBA Northwest Regional Award. This major refurbishment and extension to the Manchester School of Art has been executed with great skill by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.
The Dockyard Bar, Salford Quay Side, Manchester
Design: Lomax Interiors. The Dockyard is a stylish new bar nestled by Manchester’s popular Salford Quay Side. With Media City bringing more people to the area, the bar meets the demand for a late night licensed bar in a location currently dominated by coffee shops.
Oliver Sweeney Store, Manchester Retail Space
Design: Urban Salon. This store building is located in Spinningfields, central Manchester, off the main high end retail street, Deansgate. The ground floor debuts a new store design for the luxury shoe brand, which is being rolled out across its store portfolio.
The glazed façade is mullion-free in order to achieve views deep into the store interior. The façade is the first of its kind. Horizontal steel rods act as wind bracing between the glazing and the building superstructure.
Manchester Central Library Redevelopment News
Design: Ryder Architecture. Through a series of controlled but fundamental interventions, Manchester Central Library is being transformed, updated and sympathetically refurbished on the existing site and within the existing building envelope.
Allied London Spinningfields Office
Design: Cartwright Pickard. The application, for the last empty plot at the prestigious Spinningfields development in Manchester, was passed unanimously. Work is due to start on the construction of the building in late spring 2014. The 22,600 sqm ‘Cotton Building’ is specifically aimed at the fast expanding TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) sector.
Lowry Centre Manchester, Salford Quays
Lowry Centre Manchester, Salford Quays, England – design by James Stirling, Michael Wilford – Salford building: Lowry Centre, Manchester architecture
Darwen Vale High School Blackburn
This reconfigured school in Blackburn offers 1,200 pupils a flexible, IT-rich environment, designed to transform teaching and learning. A new three-storey 8,000m² structure is located behind the original school building.
Furness College Cumbria Building
Global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan has completed the delivery of a new further education facility for 2,500 students and teaching / support staff in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Number One Riverside, Rochdale Council building
After a successful design competition, Faulknerbrowns were asked by Rochdale Borough Council to design a new civic office to achieve three strategic objectives.
BIMM Manchester Music College
BIMM Manchester invited BKD to design a vibrant brave design scheme that will delight and impress all users and visitors whilst supporting the key day-to-day functionality of each space.
M&S Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port Store
Cheshire Oaks, the new ultra-green superstore for UK retail giant Marks & Spencer, has picked up three prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awards: the Northwest Sustainability Award, a Northwest Award and a National Award.
St Silas Primary School – Blackburn Building
The recently opened three storey building was designed on a small, sloping, urban 2400 sqm site in just eight weeks in the summer of 2010 using BIM as a full multidisciplinary tool.