Sheppard Robson has transformed Manchester’s Grade II-listed Pall Mall from an ageing post-war office block into a high-performance workplace, carefully reconstructing its Modernist façade while introducing new public spaces, flexible interiors and a fabric-first retrofit strategy.
Carmody Groarke has completed the refurbishment of the Power Hall at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum, combining heritage restoration with decarbonisation measures to create a more accessible and environmentally efficient museum.
OMA’s new home for Factory International in Manchester, a project that is the biggest investment since the Tate Modern, is finally complete.
With genuine community engagement embedded in the design process, Citizens Design Bureau has carried out a sensitive refurbishment and extension of Manchester’s Jewish Museum. New Architecture Writers Nyima Murry and Lela Sujani speak to practice director Katy Marks ahead of the opening.
Will Alsop’s 2005 proposals for a coast-to-coast northern SuperCity may have seemed a stretch of the imagination but many of its ideas are very relevant today, argues Chris Williamson of Weston Williamson + Partners.
Sheppard Robson has completed a striking 130-metre bridge linking a helipad to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Louis Mayes speaks to Carmody Groarke about the new gallery at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, created by cloaking the interior of a Grade II listed warehouse.
