By Dave Rogers2021-04-29T08:47:00+01:00
Soapworks scheme is developer’s first in region
Developer First Base has been given the green light by Bristol city council for a £175m mixed-use proposal at a site on the edge of the city centre.
The Soapworks district will centre around the grade II-listed Victorian former base of soap and candle firm Christopher Thomas & Brothers, which has more recently served as homeware showroom for city department store Gardiner Haskins.
Architect Woods Bagot was appointed in 2019 after First Base bought the site earlier that year with a view to creating a scheme featuring modern workspace, new homes, an apartment hotel, cafés and restaurants – in conjunction with the council.
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‘It goes from Medieval to Miesian,’ says Allies and Morrison’s Graham Morrison, as we contemplate 100 Bishopsgate’s faceted glassy form rising above us. The building morphs from a parallelogram-shaped footprint at ground level – generated by the angles of the original Medieval street pattern – rising to glassy four-square office floorplates nearer its top, 40 storeys above. To take a tailoring analogy, these angled facets in its envelope twist its form from spreading skirt to tightly fitted torso. ‘The shaping is intended to make it less overbearing,’ says Mo
By Jordan Marshall2021-04-26T05:00:00+01:00
Scheme to build 60-storey block has been mothballed for more than a decade
Plans for a 60-storey residential tower in Manchester have been scrapped, with HS2 buying the site from developer Ballymore.
The 188m Piccadilly Tower scheme, which was designed by architects Woods Bagot and Calderpeel, includes 701 apartments, a 220-bed hotel and 3,600 sq m of retail space and was given planning in 2005.
Source: Ballymore
How Piccadilly Towerr would have looked
But the future of the scheme, which has been on hold for well over a decade, now seems certain, with HS2 buying the site as it looks to push-ahead with the northern sections of the £100bn project.
Architecture office Woods Bagot has covered an apartment block in San Francisco s Dogpatch neighbourhood with a green wall that climbs up five floors.
Called 2177 Third Street, the residential building includes 114 condos with amenities including a private courtyard, beach access and a spa – or spaw – for dogs.
2177 Third Street is in San Francisco s Dogpatch neighbourhood
Once a hub for the shipbuilding industry, the dockside neighbourhood of Dogpatch is now home to trendy bars and cafes.
Woods Bagot designed the apartment block to take advantage of California s balmy climate, with an outdoor courtyard and individual balconies. Open pedestrian bridges link different parts of the building and allow the breeze to pass through.
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