Mann Island development, Waterfront, central Liverpool
2006-
Broadway Malyan Architects

Mann Island - Building PR Oct 2007:



Background and Brief
Neptune Developments and Countryside Properties commissioned Broadway Malyan to design a mixed-use scheme adjacent to Liverpool's 'Three Graces'. The design will reconnect Liverpool's City Centre to it's historic waterfront via a sequence of three new public spaces, including a new covered space.

Design Response
The scheme will consist of 363 apartments (50:50 split of 1 and 2 beds), 75,000sq ft of retail/leisure, 114,000sq ft of net office space and 20,000sq ft of covered public realm e.g. internal exhibition space. It will consist of 12 commercial storeys and 14 residential storeys. Our proposals comprise of three blocks and three new public spaces including a new covered public space. Two triangulated residential builds form large objects on the dock edge whilst a third linear commercial building reinforces the Strand’s streetscape. The sequence of new public spaces reconnects Liverpool’s city centre to its historic waterfront, whilst opening up access to previously enclosed areas of dock. The residential buildings overlapping roofscapes create valleys framing key views through to the ‘Three Graces’ whilst their apexes terminate vistas from the city centre and Chavasse Park. The residential buildings flush black cladding reflects the dark foreground dock water and creates a clear visual separation between the new scheme and the listed buildings beyond.



Mann Island Liverpool architects : Broadway Malyan

Client: Neptune Developments Ltd & Countryside Properties
Location: Liverpool Water Front World Heritage site
Size/Value: 370 apartments, 110, 000 sqft office, 75,000 sqft retail/leisure / £75m

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The high profile site near Liverpool's cherished 'Three Graces' again witnesses contemporary architecture, controversial even after Will Alsop's exit
Mann Island proposals approved Nov 2006; Museum of Liverpool Life at this site

Mann Island Liverpool context : The Three Graces

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Museum of Liverpool, Mann Island site, central Liverpool
2006-08
3 x Nielsen Architects - 3XN
Northwest Regional Development Agency announced a grant in Apr 2006 of £32.7m to support the development of the Museum of Liverpool
Planning Permission granted Dec 2005
Due on site Jul 2006 with completion by 2008, exhibition fit-out by 2009/10

Fourth Grace – Cloud
2003-05 - aborted
Will Alsop Architects
dropped in controversial manner
Will Alsop's wacky Fourth Grace on the Liverpool waterfront was the centre piece of the Liverpool's winning bid to become European capital of culture in 2008. The project was cancelled

Liverpool Buildings

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Mann Island Liverpool: page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt