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Leeds Town Hall
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The city is located in Yorkshire, in the north of England, on the River Aire. The city is famous for architecture such as Leeds Town Hall, Leeds City Markets, Carnegie Pavilion at Headingley Cricket Club, Bridgewater Place tower and the Corn Exchange building. Famous architects with buildings in the city include EMBT and Jeremy Dixon.Edward Jones. Other key architects with work in the city include Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Heatherwick Studio, John McAslan & Partners, Aedas, Benoy and the Jerde Partnership.

Leeds Building - Latest Designs

Merrion Centre
BDP
Merrion Centre
images from BDP architects

Merrion Centre

BDP has been appointed to undertake a multi-million pound refurbishment at the Merrion Shopping Centre. The scheme known as ‘New Front’ has been given the go ahead by Leeds City Council.

Granary Wharf Scheme
Carey Jones Chapmantolcher
Candle House
photo : Hufton + Crow

Granary Wharf Leeds

Leeds Buildings

Complete set of new photography from 30 + 31 May 2009 added:
Leeds, Bradford, Saltaire, Ripon Cathedral, Fountains Abbey

Images at Leeds Architecture

Major Leeds Buildings, alphabetical:

Arc - Proposal
-
Architecture 2B
Replacement for CASPAR prefabricated housing by Levitt Bernstein
Developer: Life Property Group

Bridgewater Place tower : Leeds’ tallest building - 110m high
2007
Aedas
Bridgewater Place

Broadcasting Place - see Leeds Meropolitan University (down this page)
2007-09
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Broadcasting Place Leeds Tower
image © Will Pryce Photography
Broadcasting Place

Carnegie Pavilion, Headingley Cricket Club - Proposal
2008-
SMC Alsop
Leeds Cricket Building
For Yorkshire County Cricket Club & Leeds Metropolitan University

The Carriageworks : see Electric Press Development

Clarence Dock, Armouries Drive
2008
Carey Jones Architects

Cloth Hall Street Housing + Commercial development
2004
AHMM
£7m
Adj. Leeds Corn Exchange

Corn Exchange
1864
Cuthbert Brodrick
Leeds Corn Exchange
photo © Adrian Welch
Leeds Corn Exchange

County Arcade : see Victoria Quarter was completed in 1903

Criterion Place, Leeds
2006-
Ian Simpson Architects
47 + 29 storeys
aka Kissing Towers

Crown Street Buildings
2007
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects
AHMM : RIBA Awards 2007 shortlist – Yorkshire

Eastgate & Harewood Quarter – retail development, Leeds
2006-
Masterplan - Farrells, architects
£700m 1.2m sqft incl. John Lewis store

Electric Press + Civic Theatre, Millennium Square
2005
Panter Hudspith
The Carriageworks

Fearn Island Mills – residential new-build + mills redevelopment
-
Cartwright Pickard

Granary Wharf
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Housing: CZWG / Masterplan : Carey Jones / Hotel: Allies & Morrison

Green Bank development
2006-
Assael Architecture
31 storeys

Harvey Nichols store, Briggate
Harvey Nichols Leeds

Henry Moore Institute - conversion
1993
Jeremy Dixon.Edward Jones

Innovate Green, Leeds
-
Rio Architects Ltd
Innovate Green Leeds : RIBA Awards 2007 shortlist - Yorkshire

John Lewis store development
2008-
Acme
Shortlisted: Kengo Kuma Associates, Acme, Jacobs Architecture, Carmody Groarke

Kirkgate Market
Victorian arcades, delightful

Leeds City Markets - Kirkgate Market, Vicar Lane
Leeds City Markets : Victorian arcades, delightful

Leeds City Museum & Resource Centre
Austin Smith:Lord

Leeds College of Music - Extension, Quarry Hill
-
Allen Tod

Leeds Grand Theatre – refurbishment
2006
BDP
orig. 1878, home of Opera North

Leeds Institute
1868
-
Grade II* listed, refurbishment as Leeds City Museum

Leeds Metroplitan University - Rose Bowl
2007-
Sheppard Robson Architects

Leeds Meropolitan University – Complex + Student housing, Broadcasting Place, Leeds
2007-09
Feilden Clegg Bradley
23 storey tower for student housing; Material: Cor-ten steel; £45m
Developer: Downing Developments

Leeds Town Hall
Cuthbert Brodrick
Leeds Town Hall
photo © Adrian Welch
Leeds Town Hall

Leeds University - Performing Arts Centre
2006
DLA Architects
£3m

Leeds University Student Union - Mine venue
2006
Architect Studio Baad

Lumiere Tower Leeds
2006-
Ian Simpson Architects
Leeds skyscraper
two towers of 54 and 32 storeys linked by glazed Winter Garden
previously 47 + 29 storeys

The Northern Ballet Theatre – proposal
-
previous architects incl. David Chipperfield Architects, Carey Jones, DLA Architecture
NBT + Phoneix Dance Centre project

Northern Street Apartments, Northern Street
Northern Street Apartments

Round Foundry development
-
BDP

Royal Armouries Museum – entry redevelopment
2007-
Shortlist: AOC Architecture, Alex Graef Associated Architects, Featherstone Associates, Landolt & Brown
RIBA Architecture Competition

42 The Calls
-
David Clarke Associates


Trinity Quarter
EMBT + Stanley Bragg Partnership
Leeds building
£150m retail scheme development
EMBT project announced 2003/04, project progressing again, Apr 2007
Leeds architecture : Enric Miralles

University of Leeds expansion, Yorkshire
-
Chamberlin Powell & Bon
Masterplan by Farrells unveiled Apr 2006
Housing blocks redevelopment by Union North for Urban Splash unveiled Mar 2006

Victoria Quarter, Briggate / Vicar Lane, city centre
Victoria Quarter

Wellington Place – new city quarter, Leeds
2007-
Carey Jones + Feilden Clegg Bradley with landscape architect Martha Schwartz
Leeds buildings Approx. £500m

More Leeds buildings online soon

Leeds Eastgate masterplan
2009-
Farrells
Developer : Hammerson
Approx. £700m

Leeds Eastgate regeneration scheme
2009-
Architects: Acme Space; Benoy; Heatherwick Studio; John McAslan & Partners; Jerde Partnership
Landscape architects: Gross.Max

Harewood Court
2008-
Heatherwick Studio
retails / residential
Competition win

John Lewis store
2008-
Acme Space

Templar Street - retail development
2008-
Benoy / Jerde Partnership

Leeds Eastgate – building refurbishments
-
John McAslan & Partners

Spiracle tower
-
make with Carey Jones
proposal abandoned Apr 2008
Developer: Fairbriar with HBG Properties
£160m
24 storeys
Redevelopment of the Leeds International Pool site

The Old Post Office, City Square, Leeds, Yorkshire
restoration 2006
Garnett Netherwood Architects Ltd
refurbished as restaurants + apartments

Buildings in the west of the city centre, near the Town Hall:
Leeds Architecture Leeds Building
pictures © Adrian Welch

Buildings near Leeds

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, North Yorkshire
Fountains Abbey
photo © Adrian Welch
Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre
1993
Edward Cullinan Architects
Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre
picture © Adrian Welch
Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre

Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire
Ripon Cathedral
picture © Adrian Welch
Ripon Cathedral

Harrogate : Baths + Concert Hall building, North Yorkshire
Harrogate building Harrogate building
pictures © Adrian Welch

Saltaire - Sir Titus Salt's Mill + community, incl. church:
Saltaire building Saltaire church Saltaire church building
pictures © Adrian Welch



 




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