Manchester Architecture - alphabetical list

Manchester Building News - full list

BUILDING NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - 2007
Axis - tower, Albion St
2007-08
HKR Architects

Manchester building

Manchester Civil Justice Centre
2007
Denton Corker Marshall

Tutti Frutti competition, New Islington
2007-
Organisers: Urban Splash, houses by 26 designers

Albany Tower, Piccadilly, central Manchester
2007-
Ian Simpson Architects
54 storeys, tbc.

Ducie Street Tower – proposal
2007-11
Woods Bagot
60 storeys

Chips, New Islington
2006-08
Alsop Architects

building image © Matt Ansell

Manchester gallery project
-
David Adjaye with Maurice Shapero + Stephenson Bell

mediacity:uk, Salford Quays
-
Benoy / Wilkinson Eyre

Manchester development

Abito, Greengate, Salford
2005-07
BDP

Canopus Greengate - two towers
-
Arca Architects

Chancery Place, Booth Street
2007-08
HKR Architects

Manchester building

New Islington Bridge - Architecture Competition
Shortlisted: Glowacka Rennie Architects, Gunning Groothuizen Architects, Ian McChesney, Gollifer Langston Architects - winner tba after 23 Mar 2007

Proposed Tower, Whitworth St
2007-
HKR Architects

Proposed Tower, Salford
2007-
HKR Architects
Manchester building

South Cheshire College appoints Jefferson Sheard Architects


Manchester building photos : Adrian Welch

Manchester building photos : Matthew Ansell




Key Manchester Buildings

Manchester building - Tallest residential tower in Europe
Ian Simpson Architects

Manchester Hilton Tower - image © adrian welch

Moho Manchester building
2005/06
shedkm architects

building photo © Matt Ansell

Manchester United Stadium - Quadrant Development
Miller Partnership, Architects

Manchester United Stadium building image from Miller Partnership

Salford Masterplan, Manchester
Massimiliano Fuksas Architects

Law Courts building
2006
Denton Corker Marshall

Manchester Law Courts

Manchester Art Gallery - redevelopment
1994-2002
Michael Hopkins & Partners

New Islington, Ancoats
Will Alsop Architects
2006

building image © Matt Ansell
New Islington Manchester
Woodward Place - New Islington
2006
FAT Architects

Manchester Transport Interchange
2006
Ian Simpson Architects up to Stage C; Jefferson Sheard Architects

Manchester Transport building image from Jefferson Sheard Architects
Manchester Transport Interchange

The Green Building, Macintosh Village, south central Manchester
2006
Farrells

Manchester Piccadilly Station Refurbishment
Building Design Partnership

Manchester Piccadilly Station

Trinity Bridge
1995
Santiago Calatrava Architect

bridge photo © Matt Ansell
Trademark white sculptural bridge, over River Irwell to Salford
Manchester bridge

Beetham Tower
2007
Ian Simpson Architects

building - photo © adrian welch
tallest building in the UK outside London - 172m
Manchester building

Imperial War Museum North
1996-2002
Daniel Libeskind Architects

Salford Museum building - photo © adrian welch
Imperial War Museum Manchester

The Hacienda, Whitworth Street
1982
Ben Kelly Architects
now closed, as Fac 51 once home to Factory Records' famous club
Manchester building

Urbis
2002
Ian Simpson Architects

building photo © adrian welch
museum, exhibition and conference centre
Urbis Manchester

Lowry Centre, Salford

Lowry Centre - photo © adrian welch
Lowry Centre Salford
James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates Ltd completed as Michael Wilford and Partners Ltd then Bain + Bevington Architects Ltd

No.1 Deansgate
2002
Ian Simpson Architects

building photo © adrian welch
62m high Manchester tower, high quality urban apartments
Manchester architecture

Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square
1877
Alfred Waterhouse; extension by E. Vincent Harris
Classic Victorian civic building, possibly the best in England, rivalling Bradford and north of the border, Glasgow

Midland Bank building (HSBC Bank)
King Street
Edwin Lutyens Architect

Piccadilly Gardens Redevelopment
Tadao Ando Architect

Whitworth Art Gallery, south central Manchester
Ahrends Burton Koralek

Hulme Bridge, south central Manchester
Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Cornerhouse Arts Centre: refurbishment, south central Manchester
David Chipperfield Architects
This building was originally redeveloped to form an arthouse cinema by Ian
Simpson, one of his first buildings

Marks & Spencer Manchester
BDP Architects
Exchange Square
on completion largest M&S store in the world

Selfridges Manchester
£45m store
BDP Architects with Stanton Williams
Adjaye Associates, Vincent van Duysen, Lees Associates, Cibic & Partners, Future Systems

building photo © adrian welch
Different architects to create a distinct design for each floor of the building:
Manchester Shopping


Salford buildings

building photo © adrian welch


Manchester Buildings - alphabetical:
Arndale Shopping Centre
1972-75; 1975-79; redeveloped 2005 - Exchange Court

building photo © adrian welch
victim of IRA bomb : reputedly Europe's largest shopping centre

Bridgewater Hall
1996
Renton Howard Wood Levin Architects - RHWL
Manchester building

CIS Tower, Miller St, north central Manchester
1962

building photo © adrian welch
Manchester building

Corn Exchange - Triangle shopping centre

building photo © adrian welch
Manchester building

Daily Express Building (former), central-east Manchester
-
Owen Williams, Architect

G-Mex Centre
1876; 1982-86; 2001
Manchester International Convention Centre

Harvey Nichols Manchester
-
Lifschutz Davidson Architects

John Rylands Library
Deansgate

building photo © adrian welch
Manchester building

King Street, Manchester
1845
CR Cockerell Architect

Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square
-
E. Vincent Harris

Manchester Cathedral
north of city centre

building photo © adrian welch
Millennium Quarter: new park integrating Manchester Cathedral, urbis and The Triangle

Manchester Evening News Arena
1995
DLA Architecture

Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre Building
2006
Anshen Dyer, Architects

2 Piccadilly Place building, Manchester
2006

building photo © adrian welch
Weedon Partnership

4 Piccadilly Place
with Austin Smith Lord and Glenn Howells Architects
Manchester buildings

St George's Island, Castlefield
-
Residential slab blocks - 434 units for Dandara

Strangeways Prison
-
Alfred Waterhouse, Architect

The Hive, Stevenson Square
2007-08
HKR Architects

Manchester building

Other Manchester Buildings worth visiting:
London Road Fire Station
Midland Hotel
Palace Hotel
Portico Library
Royal Exchange
South Manchester Synagogue
Sunlight House
Victoria Station
Victoria Baths


Castlefield Buildings

building - photos © adrian welch
Castlefield Manchester

View along Deansgate:

building - photo © adrian welch

Manchester Sculpture
B of the Bang
2005
Thomas Heatherwick - Artist
56m high


Ian Simpson - key Manchester Buildings
Urbis, Manchester: 2002
No.1 Deansgate, Manchester: 2002
2-4 Chester Road, Castlefield, Manchester: 2005-
Beetham Tower, Manchester: 2006
Crown Building, central/north Manchester: 2006-
ATS Site, central/south Manchester: 2006-
Green Room Theatre, Manchester: 1996
Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester: 1996
Merchant's Warehouse, Castlefield, Manchester: 1997
Manchester Museum, Manchester: 2003
New Islington apartments, Manchester: 2005
Bury New Road, Salford: 2006-
Ossington Court, south Manchester: 2006-
Transport Interchange, Manchester: 2005
Sportcity, Manchester: -2008

Links relevant to Manchester Architecture:
Liverpool Architecture
Morecombe Bay Competition

Other examples of Manchester Architecture welcome



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