At the peak of the last boom the architect Ian Simpson working for Westgate Properties came up with a proposal for Owen Street in central Manchester near the Deansgate Hilton which consisted of five blocks from 49 metres up to 150 metres in height which of course, never got built but was a symbol of the irrational exuberance that consumed developers eager to propose towers. Read More One of the most notable unbuilt developments of the last property cycle in Manchester was the three-block Origin, a collection of prismatically shaped buildings designed by Ian Simpson Architects. Read More Kampus, with a K, sounds rather German, but it's also a new £150 million pound development set to sit on the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus that's located off Aytoun Street. Read More 70-90 Pall Mall is a newly proposed mid-rise mixed use scheme for Liverpool on what is one of the key routes through the central business district of the city. Read More The latest plans for Axis Tower in the centre of the city of Manchester, now to be residential, have been approved by the local council. Read More OMI Architects has designed a new mixed use development for the Wilburn Street Basin in Salford, Manchester. Read More |
What will be the largest Buddhist temple in Europe has been approved for a site in Birmingham. The Buddhist Maha Vihara temple is planned to stand off Hockley Circus on New John Street to the north-west of Birimingham city centre. Read More Haus Collective has designed this new 36-storey tower to stand at on the Angel Gardens site in NOMA, Manchester. Read More Almost a decade after plans for four residential buildings on this site first surfaced, marketing has finally begun on their latest incarnation, now known as X1 rather than the previous moniker of Harbour City. Read More Soon to rise above the scaffolding in Salford is a new collection of tall buildings that have been approved for the former Canopus site that overlooks the River Irwell. Read More |