The Factory Manchester Building, New Arts Venue, Architect, Theatre, St John?s Quarter, Planning
The Factory Manchester Arts Building
Cultural Venue at Former Granada TV Studios Site, England, UK – design by OMA, architects
12 Jan 2017
The Factory Manchester Building
The Factory Manchester Building by OMA
Design: OMA
PLANNING APPROVAL FOR NEW LANDMARK BUILDING IN MANCHESTER DESIGNED BY OMA
12 January 2017 – The plans for Factory, the flagship cultural venue for the North designed by world-leading architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas, were granted planning approval by Manchester City Council today.

The project is OMA?s first major public building in the UK and is led by project partners Ellen van Loon and Rem Koolhaas. Construction is due to begin in Spring 2017.
Factory will be a groundbreaking new venue driven by the extraordinary creative vision and breadth of Manchester?s cultural life. It will form part of the vibrant new St. John’s neighbourhood, which is being developed by Allied London, in partnership with Manchester City Council, on the site of the former Granada TV Studios.

Ellen van Loon, OMA partner in charge of the project, said: ?From classical opera and ballet to large scale performances and experimental productions, Factory in Manchester provides the perfect opportunity to create the ultimate versatile space in which art, theatre and music come together: a platform for a new cultural scene.?

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