Leeds architecture news: West Yorkshire buildings

Leeds Architecture News: Buildings

post updated 8 November 2026

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Leeds Architecture News in 2025

Contemporary architectural developments in West Yorkshire:

9 May 2025
Young Peoples Space, St Gemma’s Hospice gardens, Moortown, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Design: ArkleBoyce

photo © Building Narratives

9 May 2025
RIBA Yorkshire Award winners 2025 Winners

8 May 2025
Leeds Architecture Firm Enters Voluntary Liquidation

Nick Brown Architects, a Leeds-based architect practice with 22 years in operation, has gone into voluntary liquidation.

Previously known as 2B Architecture, the architecture practice was behind several major housing projects for clients including Igloo Regeneration, Citylife, and Citu. The studio’s portfolio also included a proposal for Yorkshire’s tallest building and an 8,000-seat arena in Edinburgh.

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Leeds Architecture News 2024

Leeds Building News 2024

15 February 2024

Planning Submitted for Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease

Corstorphine & Wright has submitted plans for the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds (Yorkshire, UK) run by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The planning application follows extensive stakeholder engagement sessions to create a building that meets the vision of all those involved, including clinical staff, patients, and the wider MND community, as well as the Burrow family.

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The centre has been funded by Leeds Hospitals Charity, through its Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease appeal which has now raised over £5.3 million of its £6.8 million target. It will be a hub of innovation, education and excellence in the treatment for MND for the region, bringing together holistic patient-centred care in a purpose-built environment.

The brand-new centre will see all MND services housed under one roof for the first time, in an accessible location conscious of the needs of those who visit. Supporting all aspects of the patient’s journey, the centre will create comfortable and peaceful surroundings for patients and their families, including spaces to reflect after sensitive conversations as well as places to engage and create positive moments.

The proposed building is arranged in three joined forms – an East and West Wing which house the primary clinical spaces, connected via a central atrium. This central space has been designed as a community focussed area with a mix of accommodation from reading and quiet spaces, as well as activity and dining areas. It will be a place for family members to use and will enable staff to observe patients in a more informal setting.

The first floor is designated as a staff area with a dedicated wellbeing space to provide staff working in the building with space away from the clinical areas – an important consideration when providing care to patients with such a challenging condition.

Externally, the building has presence, but still fulfills the requirements for a centre that feels like home. It takes references from the local vernacular in the form of red brick tiles and gabled roofs, providing texture to clean architectural forms. Internally, natural materials will blend throughout the spaces, adding further texture and helping to support the wellbeing of patients and staff using the building.

The new centre will make the most of the existing landscape features including mature trees and will provide landscaped gardens with access routes through zones with a mixture of textural planting which patients can engage with. It will also provide spaces for other therapy activities to take place as well as a memorial wall for private moments with projecting roof forms acting as a transitional zone for those entering and exiting the building. Targeting a sustainability rating of BREEAM “Excellent” the centre will also be built with a vision for the future, able to adapt to new innovations and treatments for MND patients as they emerge.

Architect and Associate Director at Corstorphine & Wright, Toby Ingle, said:

“As well as being adaptable for the future, one of the main visions of the new MND centre is to create a space for the MND community to come together to support one another, and this will remain at the heart of what it does. Engaging with what the community wants the new centre to be fundamentally informed how we have designed the new building, from its location on the site and the materials we will build it from, to the furniture that we will specify and the colours and textures we will weave throughout the building and landscape. The Corstorphine & Wright team is honoured to be able to deliver this building for Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds Hospitals Charity and for the MND community, and the submission of the planning application marks a positive and exciting step forward in seeing it come to fruition.”

Craige Richardson, Director for Estates and Facilities, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, said:

“Following extensive stakeholder engagement sessions, we are very pleased that the planning application for the new Motor Neurone Disease centre has been submitted to Leeds City Council. We hope our vision for this exemplary facility will be supported, having already received so much community backing. Once we move past this point, the landscape really starts to take shape, and we anticipate a rapid succession of activity over the next few months.”

To find out more about the Rob Burrow Centre for MND Appeal please visit: https://www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk/mnd

About Corstorphine & Wright:

Corstorphine & Wright is an award-winning architectural practice with a team of expert architects and designers across eleven studios and is ranked at number 14 in the AJ100. We design to create that elusive ‘must-have’ quality, translating requirements, constraints and opportunities into places that are more than the sum of their parts. That way, you get intelligently-designed places – places that Invigorate communities and maximise long-term civic and commercial value. https://www.corstorphine-wright.com/

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Leeds Building News

Leeds Architectural News 2023

19 Oct 2023
Consent Granted for Major Leeds Gateway Office Scheme As Developer Commits To Speculative Delivery

Wellington Plaza, former HQ building:

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A planning application to redevelop a landmark site in Leeds city centre to deliver 77,000 sq ft of prime, best in class workspace has been approved by Leeds City Council.

A Joint venture partnership between Asset Capital and Prescient Capital purchased Wellington Plaza, a prominent 1980’s former HQ building on Wellington Street, last year with plans for major redevelopment that would set new standards in business accommodation.

The partnership has confirmed its intent to fund and deliver the £50 million scheme speculatively with a start on site by early 2024. This transformation of one of the last remaining standalone gateway sites in the heart of Leeds’s West End business district is currently the only pipeline scheme of its calibre in the city centre to start on site in 2024.

Designed by Leeds based DLA Architecture, the approved plans will increase floor space availability from 21,000 sq ft to 77,000 sq ft with Grade A specification floorplates up to 10,000 sq ft. A total redesign of the buildings’ façade is influenced by the local conservation area and ESG credential targets including BREEAM Outstanding, minimum NABERS 5 Star, Fitwell 3 Star and Wired Score Platinum Certification.

The internal space is designed to support the post-pandemic hybrid way of working with total flexibility for occupiers fit out. Communal spaces will include a large roof top terrace, sky lounge, and business lounge linked into reception for occupiers and their guests.

Daniel Newett, CEO at Asset Capital, the developer, said,
“We are delighted to secure planning consent to redevelop this important building in Leeds city centre that has lain vacant for some time now. We have plans to not only bring the site in line with its neighbouring Grade A premises but surpass this with a specification that the city has not yet seen, redefining the term ‘super prime’.

“We are very much repurposing an existing building, in line with our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, to provide an inspirational, collaborative, sustainable and futureproof working environment that is worthy of a leading European city for business.”

Fox Lloyd Jones, strategic property advisors have been appointed joint office leasing agents for the scheme alongside Cushman & Wakefield and Knight Frank. Society Studios is appointed as branding and marketing consultants for the scheme.

Adam Cockroft at Cushman & Wakefield said,
“Wellington Plaza will offer much needed, new, super prime office accommodation with a level of specification and ESG credentials that Leeds city centre has not yet seen. Several pre-let discussions are already underway, confirming that the desirability for such high-quality workspace in a prime city centre location is still high.”

Nick Salkeld, Director at Fox Lloyd Jones, said,
“Wellington Plaza’s speculative development is a huge boost for the critically undersupplied Leeds office market. There remains an underlying ‘flight to quality’ with Grade A demand accounting for almost 80% of take up which has seen headline rents continue to rise. Wellington Plaza is the first of a new generation of offices coming forward in the pipeline which will set the benchmark for boutique ESG led workspace in the prime core and is already attracting pre-let interest.”

With an anticipated eighteen month build programme, the development is expected to achieve completion for occupation by the Spring 2026.

About Asset Capital

Asset Capital is a Leeds based private equity investor in property backed deals across all development sectors. It has formed strong and successful partnerships with leading regional and national companies, providing them with both financial and industry expertise, underpinned by specialists focused on driving value and profit for stakeholders.

With shareholding in a number of property-backed joint ventures vehicles across property and construction, Asset Capital has amassed a strong development pipeline with a GDV of more than £5 billion.

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West Yorkshire Property Development Updates

Leeds Architectural News 2022

14 Nov 2022
Globe Point Leeds Temple District Property
Building architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS); Interior Designer: Ekho Studio

photo : Tom Bird
The 37,800 sq ft, seven-storey, BREEAM Excellent and WiredScore Platinum office development by architects FCBS has been designed to provide next generation workspace for over 400 people. This striking flat iron design building has spectacular views across the city from its roof terrace gardens.

20 May 2022
Westbank Leeds South Bank Commercial Property, South Bank regeneration area
Design: DLA Architecture

image courtesy of architects practice

13 May 2022
Whitelock Street Leeds Student Residences, North Leeds
Design: Howarth Litchfield Architects, Durham

image courtesy of architects practice
As regeneration begins on a disused site in Whitelock Street, north of Leeds city centre, Alumno is planning a wide-ranging programme of artists commissions for its new development to support the city’s growing student population.

5 May 2022
2022 RIBA Yorkshire Award Winners
2022 RIBA Yorkshire Award Winners

5 May 2022
Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Beckett University
Design: Sheppard Robson

photo © Andrew Heptinstall

5 May 2022
Leeds Footbridge
Design: Gagarin Studio with DP Squared

photo © Andrew Wall

5 May 2022
Maggie’s Yorkshire Centre Building
Design: Heatherwick Studio

photo © Hufton and Crow

5 May 2022
The Alice Hawthorn, Nun Monkton, Harrogate district of North Yorkshire
Design: De Matos Ryan

photo © Nick Hufton, Hufton and Crow

15 Mar 2022
Pin Yard Leeds Apartments, Holbeck Urban Village

photo courtesy of Grainger plc

22 Feb 2022
RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2022 Shortlist News
Five projects have been shortlisted for the 2022 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Yorkshire Awards:

• Carnegie School of Sport, West Yorkshire, Sheppard Robson
• Courtyard House, West Yorkshire, Doma Architects
• Leeds Footbridge, West Yorkshire, Gagarin Studio with DP Squared
• Maggie’s Leeds, West Yorkshire, Heatherwick Studio
• The Alice Hawthorn, North Yorkshire, De Matos Ryan

photos © Andrew Wall

2022 RIBA Yorkshire Awards Shortlist

3 Feb 2022
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Design: Perkins&Will with Penoyre & Prasad and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

image courtesy of the architects office

21 Jan 2022
Church Lane Cottage, Hutton Buscel, North Yorkshire
Design: Ian Hazard Architects

image courtesy of the architects office
This a refurbished Grade II Listed building is set in a Conservation Area within the North York Moors National Park.

7 Jan 2022
British Library Boston Spa
A major construction project will transform the 44-acre site – originally a World War II armaments factory, into a modern archive for the UK national library.

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Leeds Architecture News 2021

Modern Northern England built environment designs updates.

26 Nov 2021
Lisbon Street Leeds Tower Building Development
Design: DLA Architecture

images : Rockhunter Ltd
Lisbon Street Leeds Tower Building Development
A £270 million development proposal to transform the former International Swimming Pool site at Lisbon Street in Leeds city centre has been granted full planning consent by Leeds City Council.

10 Nov 2021
Esther Simpson Building, Lyddon Terrace, Leeds University Business School and School of Law
Design: DLA Architecture

image courtesy of architects practice
Esther Simpson Building Leeds University

14 July 2021
British Library site at Temple Works, Temple District

photo © Harry Archer
British Library Temple Works Building, South Bank in the north of England

Leeds City Square Redevelopment Competition
Leeds City Square Redevelopment Competition

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Leeds Architecture News 2020

11 Sep 2020
Leeds Playhouse
Design: Page\Park Architects
$Leeds Playhouse by Page\Park architects$
photograph : Jim Stephenson
Leeds Playhouse Building
The Leeds Playhouse has been transformed by a radical reconfiguration and extension of the existing building to create a new face for the organisation and improve accessibility for all.

16 Mar 2020
CEG Temple Scheme, Globe Road, Temple District
Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS)

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Globe Point Leeds: CEG Temple District Scheme

16 Feb 2020
National Railway Museum York Design Competition
National Railway Museum York Design Competition

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Leeds Architecture News 2019

25 Nov 2019
New Student Hub for the University of Leeds
Dublin architecture office O’Donnell & Tuomey win this Yorkshire design competition:
University of Leeds Western Campus Competition

12 Aug 2019
The Wesley, Oxford Place
Project manager and principal designer: Faithful+Gould with PBA (architects) & HLM Architects (interiors)

photo : Patrick Arends
The Wesley, Oxford Place Hotel
The SNC-Lavalin Group work with the Methodist Church on a conversion of its historic Oxford Place building into an ethical and environmentally responsible hotel.

8 Aug 2019
Lakes and Dales RIBA Architecture Competition Winners News

image courtesy of McMullan Studios
Lakes and Dales RIBA Architecture Competition Winners

18 Dec 2019
International Architecture Practice BDP Opens New Studio
Major international interdisciplinary architecture and engineering practice open a new design studio led by Architect Vicky Casey:
BDP Leeds Architects Office News

26 July 2019
Leeds City Village Development
Design: Brewster Bye Architects

image courtesy of developer
Leeds City Village Development

12 June 2019
Competition to design new student ‘hub’ on the University of Leeds western campus.
RIBA Competitions launch an architectural design competition on behalf of the University of Leeds:
University of Leeds Western Campus Competition

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West Yorkshire Architectural Updates 2018

15 Feb 2018
Maggie’s Yorkshire Centre, Bexley Wing, at St James’s University Hospital
Design: Heatherwick Studio

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Maggie’s Yorkshire Centre Building
Construction of this innovative building has started on site. The Centre’s design consists of a series of contained gardens that will capture the therapeutic effect of plants.

6 Feb 2018
Leeds Beckett University Creative Arts Building, Woodhouse Lane
Architects: Hawkins\Brown

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Leeds Beckett University Creative Arts Building

30 Jan 2018
Phase 3 of Sheffield’s Park Hill Redevelopment

photo © Daniel Hopkinson
Park Hill Phase 3 Sheffield Development
The transformation of the Park Hill Estate is entering a new phase. Urban regeneration specialist Urban Splash are working with student accommodation developer Alumno Developments to create accommodation for around 350 students, new shops and facilities.

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Yorks Property Development Updates 2006 – 2017

6 Dec 2017
Citu Home
Architects: White Arkitekter

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Citu Home in Leeds
Sustainable urban developer Citu unveil designs for its groundbreaking Citu Home – a new timber framed housing system which will create one of the most airtight and energy-efficient homes in the world.

6 Nov 2017
Victoria Gate – World Architecture Festival Project of the Year
Architects: ACME

image courtesy of Bennett Architectural
Victoria Gate Leeds Building
Victoria Gate wins the Retail Project of the Year at the World Architecture Festival (WAF).

6 Nov 2017
Emerald Headingley Stadium Redevelopment
Design: DLA Architects; Structural engineering design: TRP Consulting

image courtesy of architects
Emerald Headingley Stadium Redevelopment

3 Oct 2017
Environmentally friendly Office Project
Architects: DLA Design

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Large Sustainable Office Development in Leeds
By taking a three-stage approach to sustainability – passive, active and renewable – a spectacular new office and leisure complex in Leeds is created. The property development demonstrates how investing in a highly sustainable and innovative speculative building adds to market value and attracts high-profile tenants.

2 Aug 2017
Rievaulx Abbey Visitor Centre & Museum, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Design: Simpson & Brown Architects

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Rievaulx Abbey Visitor Centre & Museum
The aim of the project was to upgrade the museum building to meet modern curatorial standards, encourage visitors into the ruins, and improve facilities. A glulam spruce central hall has been inserted into the existing L-shaped timber visitor centre.

12 Apr 2017
Sky Digital Centre of Excellence in Leeds – BCO Award
Design: BDG architecture + design, Architects

photos © Gareth Gardner
Sky Digital Centre of Excellence in Leeds Building

Stanbrook Abbey Building, Wass

Foundation Myths at York Art Gallery

Architectural City Tours
Leeds Architecture Walking Tours, England by e-architect guides.

Images at Leeds Architecture

More Leeds Architecture News online soon

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, Northern England, UK.

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Major West Yorkshire Buildings

John Lewis Store Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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John Lewis Store Leeds

Merrion Centre
Design: BDP
Merrion Centre

Granary Wharf Scheme
Design: Carey Jones Chapmantolcher
Granary Wharf Leeds

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Bradford Buildings

Leeds Architect

Sheffield Building

York Buildings

photo © Chapter Of York

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Leeds Building News in 2017

6 Nov 2017
Emerald Headingley Stadium Redevelopment
Design: DLA Architects; Structural engineering design: TRP Consulting

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Emerald Headingley Stadium Redevelopmen
Leading structural engineering specialist TRP Consulting has been appointed to the team that will deliver the £40million redevelopment of Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds.

26 Apr 2017
Award-winning Leeds Beckett designed Community Centre officially launched

The innovative award-winning multi-purpose New Wortley Community Centre (NWCC), designed and built under the leadership of Leeds Beckett University’s Project Office will officially open on Saturday 6 May.

Academics, Simon Warren and Craig Stott, have led the project every step of the way since plans began in 2009, before taking it on as their first major commission after founding the University’s Project Office back in 2013. Guided by Project Office, Leeds Beckett University’s School of Art, Architecture and Design (AAD) students were also instrumental. The community-run centre opened its doors last summer on Leeds’s Tong Road and houses services including a café, meeting rooms and a shop.

The day will see the community celebrate everyone who helped turn the dream of building the centre into a reality. There will also be a photographic exhibition at the launch, which documents the journey of the building’s creation from plans to completion.

Earlier this month Simon and Craig travelled to Portland State University in Oregon, USA to collect an international design award for the NWCC. The pair reaped the rewards of the vision and hard work when Project Office was named as one of two winners in the ‘Live Projects Network’ category of the prestigious 2017 Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Awards.

Speaking about the official opening of the Centre, Simon commented: “The building is making a huge contribution to the community and it simply puts a smile on my face each time I visit. It is always friendly, welcoming and busy. I remind myself that this is a project of immense collaboration and everyone deserves credit for getting involved, using diverse skills and knowledge to make it a great example of community action.”

Craig, said: “The architectural concept is a ‘work of many hands’, where discrete elements have been the design responsibility of specific student participants. Project Office has choreographed the work into a singular architectural statement which truly fulfils the original client brief requiring an ‘inspirational multi-purpose space with commercial functions enabling the centre to expand its reach and sustain itself in the future.’

“Live project learning and co-design between courses is a key component in the student experience at Leeds Beckett, where exposure to working professionally in multi-disciplinary environments equips students with the necessary skillset for professional careers whilst simultaneously providing vital support for third sector organisations in the Leeds City region.”

Project Office, which is run by Simon and Craig, was formed as an architectural consultancy and sits under the umbrella of Leeds Beckett University’s School of AAD, giving students at the University a chance to work with real clients, producing built and strategic design solutions with a particular emphasis on ethical, social and resilient architecture.

Funded by The Big Lottery, the new building has been seven years in the making with a total of 196 people participating directly in the project. From New Wortley locals to multi-disciplinary undergraduates, postgraduates and staff from Leeds Beckett, plus professional consultants and contractors – all working together to bring the building to life, while being coordinated and led by Project Office.

The new building is already incredibly well used – open more than 70 Hours a week and hosting a range of activities including adult education, health services, Eastern European School, The Dry Sports Café and a range of creative inclusive activities. In the February Census more than 900 people came through the doors over a one-week period.

Bill Graham, NWCC’s Community Leader, said: “It’s a fantastic looking building that really lifts the area and offers a visible symbol of hope to the local community. We plan to attract more investment and partners to the area to give New Wortley residents the opportunities they deserve.

“New Wortley Community Association, who owns the centre, is a charity founded and run by members of the local community. The board of trustees, staff and volunteers work in conjunction with other local projects, charities and public sector organisations to help residents of the local area improve their quality of life, raise aspirations and offer hope and opportunity to the people of New Wortley.

“The Centre is already well used by local residents and provides a range of activities including volunteering, adult education and health and wellbeing.
In the last 12 months more than 20 local residents have found employment after volunteering at the centre. We have some great individual stories of how lives have been turned around to bring a real life aspect to the investment in the area.”

12 Apr 2017
World-renowned landscape architect gives free Leeds talk

A top figure in the renowned Dutch landscape design and interior architecture practice, Inside Outside, will share the secrets of her success with students and practitioners in Leeds.

Jana Crepon, Senior Partner and Landscape Architect at Inside Outside, will give a free public talk at Leeds Beckett University on Thursday 4 May as part of the School of Art, Architecture and Design’s annual INSIDE/OUT lecture series. Places can be booked at http://bit.ly/JanaCrepon The talk takes place from 6 – 7.30pm at the University’s city centre Rose Bowl.

Inside Outside was founded in Amsterdam in 1991 by lead designer, Petra Blaisse, addressing both the interior and exterior space and working on commissions of small to very large scale, within the Netherlands and internationally. It is made up of a team of designers across several disciplines: art, architecture, interior design, and landscape design. Combining traditional and contemporary methods, the team uses sound, light, climate and the effects of time as their tools to trigger viewers’ curiosity and surprise.

Inside Outside design curtains, interiors, exhibitions, gardens, parks, public spaces, green roofs and masterplans. The team’s portfolio includes a range of UK-based projects, from designing the stage curtains and acoustic drapes for the Hackney Empire theatre in London to the darkening, sun-screening and sound absorbent curtains in the Mick Jagger Centre’s concert hall. Internationally, their work includes: the creation of a landscape masterplan for the new Cultural District in Kowloon, Hong Kong; a new landscape plan for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, USA, connecting the Center with the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden; and the design of the public square and outdoor areas of the new Performing Arts Centre in Taipei, Taiwan.

Edwin Knighton, Principal Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Leeds Beckett, said: “I’m thrilled to welcome Jana Crepon of Amsterdam-based design practice Inside Outside, as part of our celebrations of 50 Years of Landscape Architecture at Leeds Beckett University. It’s a fantastic opportunity for us to learn at first hand, for the first time in the UK, about their innovative and collaborative design process that has created so many stunning designs around the world. An exciting dimension of their work is its scope; from fabrics and interiors to structures and landscapes. I’m sure Jana’s talk will reach out and inspire students and practitioners from a range of creative art-based disciplines.”

Jana Crepon was born in Germany in 1970 and studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, before beginning her professional career at DS Landscape Architects in Amsterdam. She then moved on to work as the project manager on a complex 491 hectare private‐public partnership development for Strootman landscape architects before joining Inside Outside in 2007. Here she has been leading the landscape design team, working on multiple landscape projects of different scale and scope in Qatar, China, Taiwan, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States. Since 2013 she has also been very involved in the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture ‐ teaching architecture, urban design and landscape architecture students.

Jana’s talk has been organised in collaboration with the Yorkshire branch of the Landscape Institute, who will hold their annual general meeting prior to the lecture as well as a drinks reception and dinner. It also forms part of Leeds Beckett’s celebration of 50 years of Landscape Architecture education at the University.

12 Apr 2017
BCO Awards for Sky Digital Centre of Excellence in Leeds
Design: BDG architecture + design, Architects

photos © Gareth Gardner
Sky Digital Centre of Excellence in Leeds Building

29 Mar 2017
Leeds Beckett University Landscape architecture students

A team of landscape architecture students at Leeds Beckett University are among the first to showcase their innovative garden design at the new RHS Chatsworth Flower Show this summer.

Frankie Tomany and Zuzanna Golczyk, second year BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture and Design students, and Tom Rawlings, an MA Landscape Architecture student, have designed their garden, the Path of Least Resistance, for the first RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. The show will run from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 June and will be set within the 1,000-acre parkland of the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

The theme of the RHS show is ‘Design Revolutionaries’. It will celebrate garden designers of the past, especially Joseph Paxton, who was once the Chatsworth Estate’s gardener, as well as the talent, ideas and conceptual thinking of today’s generation of gardeners.

22 Feb 2017
International design award for academic architecture duo behind innovative Leeds community centre

Two Leeds Beckett University Architecture lecturers have scooped an international design award for spearheading the development of an innovative multi-purpose building, which is enhancing the lives of the community who use it.

Academics, Simon Warren and Craig Stott, have led the New Wortley Community Centre (NWCC) project every step of the way since plans began in 2009, before taking it on as their first major commission after founding the University’s Project Office back in 2013. Guided by Project Office, Leeds Beckett University’s School of Art, Architecture and Design (AAD) students were also instrumental. The community-run centre opened its doors last Autumn on Leeds’s Tong Road and houses services including a café, meeting rooms and a shop.

The duo will now reap the rewards of their vision and hard work following the announcement that Project Office has been named as one of two winners in the ‘Live Projects Network’ category of the prestigious 2017 Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Awards. They will travel to Portland State University in Oregon, USA, in April to present at the 17th annual Structures for Inclusion conference, where they will receive their award.

Simon commented: “We are astounded. Receiving this award from the live project community means that architecture live project work at Leeds Beckett is now becoming recognised internationally. Leeds Beckett University’s Project Office and students have been working with the New Wortley community for more than seven years to help realise this project. I think that the judges have understood and rewarded the collective commitment of all participants: it’s an award for all!”

Craig said: “Project Office’s main role was one of choreography, to ensure the work of many hands became a singular architectural statement. We had great fun, and support, working with our colleagues and students in Landscape Architecture, Graphics, Cultural Studies, Product Design and Architectural Technology who each designed discrete elements. The project would not have been possible without the hard work of all these people, and so this award is really testament to what can be achieved through collaborative design and team work.”

A total of 196 people participated in the project. From New Wortley locals to multi-disciplinary undergraduates, postgraduates and staff from Leeds Beckett, plus professional consultants and contractors – all working together to bring the building to life, while being coordinated and led by Project Office.

The New Wortley community were highly engaged in design activities and brought local knowledge, practical assistance and support, entrepreneurial spirit and coordination to the project, while the contractors embraced the social endeavour of the project involving local people and students in collaborative design workshops, site visits and coordination of elements designed and built by the students into the fabric.

In a statement, the Awards Jury said: “The New Wortley Community Centre project has empowered all actors involved, realising their shared vision in a meaningful and sustainable way. The Project Office was key to this success, coordinating the energy and potential of both the community and Leeds Beckett University. We commend their evolution and implementation of such a coherent design strategy in a complex and fluid context.”

Professor Peter Slee, Vice Chancellor of Leeds Beckett University, said: “Everyone here at Leeds Beckett University is proud of the pioneering work of our University’s Project Office. Simon Warren and Craig Stott have led a talented team of students and staff in groundbreaking work. The New Wortley Community Centre is everything a building should be – functional, sustainable and beautiful. Their international award demonstrates very clearly the world class nature of the work undertaken at Leeds Beckett University.”

For information on all the winners and honourable mentions of the 2017 SEED Awards, visit here and for the official announcement see here: http://liveprojectsnetwork.org/lpn-awards/

21 Feb 2017
Leeds Beckett welcomes New Head of Architecture

Internationally-renowned architectural educator and historian, Professor Raymond Quek, has been appointed as the Head of the Leeds School of Architecture at Leeds Beckett University.

Professor Raymond Quek:

A published author and qualified architect in two countries – the UK and Singapore – Professor Quek joins Leeds Beckett from the Leicester School of Architecture at DeMontfort University where he was Head of Leicester School of Architecture. He was the initiator and founder of the Association of Architectural Educators (UK & Eire), a thriving organisation which runs an international conference series and publishes ‘Charette’ – a peer reviewed journal on pedagogy in architectural education.

Speaking about his appointment, Professor Quek commented: “I am absolutely delighted to be here. This is a school with a long history and reputation for excellence and we will continue to be a strong and leading school internationally.”

Professor Quek is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was Professor of Architecture and Head of Discipline (Architecture) at the Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University on the Gold Coast, Australia. He has held faculty-level positions at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, as well as having taught at institutions in Liverpool, Manchester, Singapore and New Zealand. He has been invited to lecture at several universities across the world.

Professor Quek’s academic research explores architectural representation in the history of ideas as a problem of knowledge; the meeting of east and west circa 14–18c and problematic dissemination of leading paradigms particularly in art and architecture.

Architectural City Tours

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Leeds Architecture Walking Tours, England
The city is located in Yorkshire, in the north of England, on the River Aire. The city is famous for architecture such as Leeds Town Hall, Leeds City Markets, Carnegie Pavilion at Headingley Cricket Club, Bridgewater Place tower and the Corn Exchange building.

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Leeds Building – Latest Designs

22 Jul 2013
John Lewis Store Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

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John Lewis Store Leeds
A planning application has been submitted for Victoria Gate and the John Lewis Store in Leeds. ACME has designed the three buildings comprising the first phase of Victoria Gate retail development.

Merrion Centre
BDP

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Merrion Centre
BDP has been appointed to undertake a multi-million pound refurbishment at the Merrion Shopping Centre, now known as ‘New Front’.

Granary Wharf Scheme
Carey Jones Chapmantolcher

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Granary Wharf Leeds

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Contemporary Leeds Buildings

Complete set of new photography from 30 + 31 May 2009 added:
Leeds, Bradford, Saltaire, Ripon Cathedral, Fountains Abbey

Images at Leeds Architecture

Major New Leeds Buildings, alphabetical:

Arc – Proposal
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Architecture 2B
Replacement for CASPAR prefabricated housing by Levitt Bernstein
Developer: Life Property Group

Bridgewater Place tower : Leeds’ tallest building – 110m high
2007
Aedas
Bridgewater Place

Broadcasting Place – see Leeds Meropolitan University (down this page)
2007-09
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

image © Will Pryce Photography
Broadcasting Place

Carnegie Pavilion, Headingley Cricket Club – Proposal
2008-
SMC Alsop
Leeds Cricket Building
For Yorkshire County Cricket Club & Leeds Metropolitan University

The Carriageworks : see Electric Press Development

Clarence Dock, Armouries Drive
2008
Carey Jones Architects

Cloth Hall Street Housing + Commercial development
2004
AHMM
£7m
Adj. Leeds Corn Exchange

County Arcade : see Victoria Quarter was completed in 1903

Criterion Place, Leeds
2006-
Ian Simpson Architects
47 + 29 storeys
aka Kissing Towers

Crown Street Buildings
2007
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects
AHMM : RIBA Awards 2007 shortlist – Yorkshire

Eastgate & Harewood Quarter – retail development, Leeds
2006-
Masterplan – Farrells, architects
£700m 1.2m sqft incl. John Lewis store

Electric Press + Civic Theatre, Millennium Square
2005
Panter Hudspith
The Carriageworks

Fearn Island Mills – residential new-build + mills redevelopment
–
Cartwright Pickard

Granary Wharf
–
Housing: CZWG / Masterplan : Carey Jones / Hotel: Allies & Morrison

Green Bank development
2006-
Assael Architecture
31 storeys

Harvey Nichols store, Briggate
Harvey Nichols Leeds

Henry Moore Institute – conversion
1993
Jeremy Dixon.Edward Jones

Innovate Green, Leeds
–
Rio Architects Ltd
Innovate Green Leeds : RIBA Awards 2007 shortlist – Yorkshire

John Lewis store development
2008-
Acme
Shortlisted: Kengo Kuma Associates, Acme, Jacobs Architecture, Carmody Groarke

Kirkgate Market Building
Victorian arcades, delightful

Leeds City Markets – Kirkgate Market, Vicar Lane
Leeds City Markets : Victorian arcades, delightful

Leeds City Museum & Resource Centre
Austin Smith:Lord

Leeds College of Music – Extension, Quarry Hill
–
Allen Tod

Leeds Grand Theatre – refurbishment
2006
BDP
orig. 1878, home of Opera North

Leeds Institute
1868
–
Grade II* listed, refurbishment as Leeds City Museum

Leeds Metroplitan University – Rose Bowl
2007-
Sheppard Robson Architects

Leeds Meropolitan University – Complex + Student housing, Broadcasting Place, Leeds
2007-09
Feilden Clegg Bradley
23 storey tower for student housing; Material: Cor-ten steel; £45m
Developer: Downing Developments

Leeds University – Performing Arts Centre
2006
DLA Architects
£3m

Leeds University Student Union – Mine venue
2006
Architect Studio Baad

Lumiere Tower Leeds
2006-
Ian Simpson Architects
Leeds skyscraper
two towers of 54 and 32 storeys linked by glazed Winter Garden
previously 47 + 29 storeys

The Northern Ballet Theatre – proposal
–
previous architects incl. David Chipperfield Architects, Carey Jones, DLA Architecture
NBT + Phoneix Dance Centre project

Northern Street Apartments, Northern Street
Northern Street Apartments

Round Foundry development
–
BDP

Royal Armouries Museum – entry redevelopment
2007-
Shortlist: AOC Architecture, Alex Graef Associated Architects, Featherstone Associates, Landolt & Brown
RIBA Architecture Competition

42 The Calls
–
David Clarke Associates

Trinity Quarter
EMBT + Stanley Bragg Partnership
Leeds building
£150m retail scheme development
EMBT project announced 2003/04, project progressing again, Apr 2007
Enric Miralles

University of Leeds expansion, Yorkshire
–
Chamberlin Powell & Bon
Masterplan by Farrells unveiled Apr 2006
Housing blocks redevelopment by Union North for Urban Splash unveiled Mar 2006

Victoria Quarter, Briggate / Vicar Lane, city centre
Victoria Quarter

Wellington Place – new city quarter, Leeds
2007-
Carey Jones + Feilden Clegg Bradley with landscape architect Martha Schwartz
Wellington Place Leeds buildings Approx. £500m

More Leeds buildings online soon.

Leeds Eastgate masterplan
2009-
Farrells
Developer : Hammerson
Approx. £700m

Leeds Eastgate regeneration scheme
2009-
Architects: Acme Space; Benoy; Heatherwick Studio; John McAslan & Partners; Jerde Partnership
Landscape architects: Gross.Max

Harewood Court
2008-
Heatherwick Studio
retails / residential
Competition win

John Lewis store
2008-
Acme Space

Templar Street – retail development
2008-
Benoy / Jerde Partnership

Leeds Eastgate – building refurbishments
–
John McAslan & Partners

Spiracle tower
–
make with Carey Jones
proposal abandoned Apr 2008
Developer: Fairbriar with HBG Properties
£160m
24 storeys
Redevelopment of the Leeds International Pool site.

The Old Post Office, City Square, Leeds, Yorkshire
restoration 2006
Garnett Netherwood Architects Ltd
refurbished as restaurants + apartments.