Two Manchester Landmark Buildings, Architecture Images, Iconic Redevelopments
Two Manchester Landmark Buildings
London Road Fire Station and Old Granada Studios in England, UK ? design by Levitt Bernstein, Architects
16 May 2017
Two Manchester Landmark Buildings
Location: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Architects: Levitt Bernstein
Two Manchester Landmark Buildings

Allied London and Levitt Bernstein have submitted design proposals to reinvigorate two of Manchester?s best loved buildings ? London Road Fire Station and the Old Granada Studios at St. John?s. Both are iconic redevelopments for Manchester spaces that have been largely dormant for years, with plans carefully designed to reinvigorate the buildings themselves, the surrounding neighbourhood and contribute to the city of Manchester.
London Road Fire Station

The Grade II* listed Edwardian Baroque style London Road Fire Station, which had fallen into disrepair when Allied London purchased the building in 2015, will be sensitively refurbished and expanded to house a boutique hotel, bars, restaurants, workspace and apartments.

Throughout, wherever possible the historic building fabric will be protected and preserved, in order to celebrate and preserve its unique character. A new hotel wing will also sit in front of the existing London Road courtyard elevation, with the original façade becoming one side of a corridor connecting the two. This extension is conceived as a metal tableau, designed to reference the site?s...