Public Art: Not Just A Nice to Have
Last week UP Projects in partnership with @SheppardRobson hosted a round table, gathering public art commissioners and placemaking professionals to discuss embedding public art in places, and the role artists can play in engaging communities.
🚀Onsite works have now begun on our iconic Grade II listed Pall Mall on Manchester’s prestigious King Street!
Expect:
🏋️♂️ Free gym
☕ Independent cafe
♻️ EV charge points & cycle hub
📚 Lounge & library space
🌇 Roof terrace with panoramic views
🔗https://t.co/dConKbVedM
How do cities like Sydney prepare for future shocks and what can London learn from them? Read the write-up from our recent #FutureOfCities event to find out.
https://t.co/HM739YxCO5
Thanks to @ArupUK and @SheppardRobson for supporting the Future of Cities programme.
It’s #WorldCitiesDay, which @UNHabitat promotes to get people talking about global urbanization. We’re also launching a conversation starter on the future of cities.
Find out more about our programme here
https://t.co/xgJQjoYC0t
Thanks to sponsors @ArupUK and @SheppardRobson
Generous and distinct, Anne Lister College, University of York, by @SheppardRobson is an @RIBAYorkshire regional award winner, with Natalia Maximova named regional project architect of the year #RIBAawards https://t.co/hvUnF5IIu4
Thrilled to have our interior design specialists, ID:SR, shortlisted for three @MixInteriors Awards this year!
ID:SR have been nominated for Design Practice of the Year and for Portlands Place and BT London, in the Living and Workplace Interiors 70k+ft2 categories respectively.
Dan Burr and George Poppe are looking forward to meeting up with collaborators at the @IHIF_News (May 15-17th) We're ready to discuss all things hospitality including our recent completions, major retrofit projects and City developments.
We hope to see you in Berlin.
Recognising an exciting and productive 2022 for our Manchester office, we have been shortlisted for Architectural Practice of the Year at the North West Insider Property Awards.
Come and have a coffee and a chat with us at the #AUDE2023 higher education conference in Liverpool next week.
Following this year's theme, our stand considers our place as architects in helping universities to navigate the sector’s various challenges.
Hope to see you there!
Great to be working with @KadansScience and McLaren Property on the transformative Upper Brook Street project, Manchester, with our teams working on both student accommodation and a R&D building – as reported on Place North West.
https://t.co/0GsvkXaBsH
@wallpapermag featured our sensitive revival of New Century in Manchester. Staying faithful to the Modernist spirit and original fabric of the building, we breathed new life into the listed music venue.
https://t.co/b3ijv1FUOk
"Watching Spitalfields change over the last 40 years, I’m hooked on the multiplicity of experiences and visual juxtapositions... I have a hunch that the area’s contradictions, its volatility, and its brilliance will endure for another four decades.”
Partner Dan Burr writes about Spitalfields, a neighbourhood that has shaped him personally and professionally, in the latest issues of New London Quarterly.
Read the full piece: https://t.co/dO3GV55SPf
“The façade design was developed to enhance the sustainability credentials of the project while embracing the university’s aspirations for long-term adaptability to respond to changing academic demands” Matthew Taylor, Associate.
The SEE Building, completed for the University of Salford, opens the latest @ArchitectsJrnal Specification on Façades and Cladding. The piece details the industrial inspiration and fabric first approach for the flagship building which brings together 12 schools of science.
Our designs built upon the pioneering Alan Short-designed building – the first naturally ventilated theatre in the UK – to ensure @ContactMcr remains at the heart of the local community and continues to provide vital opportunities for young people.
We’re delighted to be on the impressive RIBA North West Awards shortlist for our refurbishment and extension of Contact Theatre in Manchester.
The full shortlist of projects can be viewed on @ArchitectsJrnal https://t.co/Isz922Qmij