Liverpool Architecture Designs: Buildings News
Contemporary Merseyside Architectural Developments. Modern properties in northwest England, UK.
post updated 13 November 2026
Liverpool Architecture Designs – chronological list
Liverpool Architecture
The city is famous (apart from The Beatles and Liverpool FC!) for historic architecture such as the Catholic and Anglican Cathedrals, and for the Three Graces. More recently it has witnessed the controversial Fourth Grace debate as first Will Alsop then Broadway Malyan and 3 x Nielsen try and add a building at this key Merseyside site.
Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include CR Cockerell and Gilbert Scott. Liverpool was European City of Architecture in 2008.
Liverpool waterfront buildings : photo © Tim Collins
e-architect editors select major contemporaryLiverpool Architecture. We cover completed Merseyside buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Liverpool.
Our website focus is on contemporary Liverpool buildings but information on traditional Merseyside buildings is also welcome.
Liverpool Architectural Walking Tours
e-architect operate bespoke tours in most major cities globally. We established our Merseyside offering around 2011 with a tour for the Architectural Association of London (AA).
This involved taking a large group of architecture students to see the important buildings, such as the Three Graces, but also to see the regeneration of the docks. A highlight was the visit to the amazing Titanic Hotel, a very dominant building with large floor-to-floor heights and a tough demeanour.
We have 4 pages of Liverpool Architectural selections.
Liverpool Architecture : news + key projects (this page)
Liverpool Buildings : A-Z
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Liverpool Architecture Designs
Best Contemporary Merseyside Buildings
This architectural selection includes Unity Liverpool, the BBC Radio Merseyside offices, Bling Bling building for a hairdresser, Paradise Street and the amazing Rotating building art installation.
Three Graces from the River Mersey
photograph © webbaviation
Museum of Liverpool building on the waterfront
photo © Philip Handforth
Liverpool Waterfront
image from architect
Oriel Chambers, Water Street
Design: Peter Ellis Architect
picture © Adrian Welch
St Georges Hall Building Refurbishment
Renewal Design: Purcell Miller Tritton
picture © A Welch
Lime Street Gateway
photo © Paul McMullin
Liverpool ONE masterplan + buildings news
image from ArcelorMittal
Liverpool FC Stadium building
design image from LFC
Anglican Cathedral
Design: Giles Gilbert Scott Architect
Liverpool Cathedral Building
Catholic Cathedral
Design: Frederick Gibberd architect
building photograph © Adrian Welch
Liverpool Catholic Cathedral
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Merseyside Architecture Designs – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
11 November 2026
James Stirling: A Liverpool Education exhibition
photo : John Donat | RIBA Collections
As the RIBA Stirling Prize celebrates its 30th anniversary, James Stirling: A Liverpool Education, the new exhibition at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool, uncovers how the city of Liverpool shaped the life and work of James Stirling. One of Britain’s most celebrated architects, his legacy is honoured through the UK’s most prestigious award in architecture.
5 October 2026
1848 Stanley Dock Pumphouse Restaurant
image courtesy of Harcourt Developments
The owners of Stanley Dock in Liverpool have revealed the name of a new restaurant set to open this winter in the historic Victorian pumphouse, following a £1.5 million transformation.
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Liverpool Architecture : major property developments news + key projects
Liverpool Buildings : A-Z for all Merseyside properties
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Liverpool Building News 2023
25 Oct 2023
RIBA North exhibition, Mann Island
photo © Peter Mullin
RIBA North exhibition
Opening this week, on Friday 27 October, the free exhibition marks the revival of RIBA North – a world-class architecture centre that has been closed since the pandemic – and the official start of a new partnership between RIBA North and Tate Liverpool.
5 July 2023
Liverpool Townhouse Competition Winner Announced
Harrison Stringfellow Architects win First Prize:
image courtesy of architects practice
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has announced the winners of a competition to transform vacant terraces in Liverpool.
The Liverpool City Region Townhouse of the Future Competition was launched in 2021 to showcase how design can transform the built environment, activate residential properties, and bring communities back to life.
25 + 24 Apr 2023
Red Deer X Kinrise – Martins Bank Renovation News
image courtesy of Kinrise
Martins Bank Liverpool Building Renovation
Upon completion in 2024, the historic Grade II* listed building will house community-focused spaces, F&B and 140,000 sqft of sustainable Grade-A offices. Alongside beautifully designed workspaces unlike anything else in the city, Kinrise plans to create welcoming, publicly-accessible spaces within the spectacular former banking hall on the ground floor of the building.
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Liverpool Architectural News in 2022
26 Sep 2022
Stanley Dock Pumphouse Restaurant
images by Casa E Progetti / Stanley Dock Properties
Stanley Dock Pumphouse Restaurant
Liverpool City Council have granted planning permission for a new £120 million 200-seat super-restaurant in Liverpool, which will be the city’s finest waterfront restaurant. Stanley Dock Properties has been granted detailed planning consent from Liverpool City Council to transform the historic Grade II* listed Victorian Hydraulic Pumphouse Station in Stanley Dock into Liverpool’s finest new luxury waterfront restaurant.
27 Apr 2022
The Old Library
Design: OMI Architects
photo © Paul Karalius
The Old Library, Liverpool Building
This much-loved community asset closed in 2006 – had fallen into a state of neglect and disrepair, on ‘Buildings At Risk’ register.
More Liverpool Building News and new construction design updates on e-architect soon.
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Liverpool Building News 2021
21 July 2021
Liverpool stripped of UNESCO World Heritage status
Liverpool has been stripped of its World Heritage status after a UN committee found developments threatened the value of the city’s waterfront. The decision was made following a secret ballot by the UNESCO committee at a meeting in China.
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Liverpool Building News 2020
7 Oct 2020
Planning For New Residential Development At Peel L&P’s Liverpool Waters
image courtesy of Peel L&P and Your Housing Group
Patagonia Place Liverpool Waters Property
The development will consist of 278 homes and marks the fifth residential development at Princes Dock, one of five neighbourhoods at the £5 billion waterfront development.
29 June 2020
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool
12 June 2020
The new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane
Design: BDP, Architects
photo : Paul Karalius
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Aintree
The maritime city of Liverpool has a striking new form on the city skyline, that of the curving prow of CCC-L, which has prompted its nickname of The Liner.
5 June 2020
Plaza 1821 at Liverpool Waters
image courtesy of Peel L&P
Plaza 1821 Liverpool Waters Property
The next phase of residential development at Princes Dock, part of Peel L&P’s Liverpool Waters, has opened its doors to residents, as property company Redwing nears completion of its £21 million residential development, Plaza 1821.
More contemporary Liverpool Building News on e-architect soon.
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Merseyside Property Update in 2019
4 Sep 2019
The Royal Liver Building
image courtesy of architects
The Royal Liver Building
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Existing Liverpool Buildings
Albert Dock buildings
Design: Jesse Hartley
photograph © AW
Albert Docks
Cunard Building, Pier Head
Design: Willink and Thicknesse, Architects
image © Isabelle Lomholt
Middle building of the three Graces
Lime Street Station, Lime Street
Design: John Fowler
photograph © AW
Lime Street Station
Liverpool Town Hall, Castle St
Design: John Wood of Bath Architect
picture © AW
Liverpool Town Hall
Northwestern Hotel, Lime St
Design: Alfred Waterhouse Architect
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Liverpool Hotel Building
Port of Liverpool Building, Pier Head
Design: Arnold Thornley
photo © AW
East building of the three Graces
Royal Liver Building, Pier Head
Design: W Aubrey Thomas Architect
image © Isabelle Lomholt
West building of the three Graces
Tate Gallery
Design: JSMWA
picture © AW
Tate Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery, William Brown St
Design: HH Vale, Architect & Cornelius Sherlock
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Liverpool art gallery
White Star Line building, Strand
Design: Richard Norman Shaw
photograph © AW
Liverpool building
More Liverpudlian Buildings online soon.
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Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, Northwest England, UK
Genting Casino Liverpool Renshaw Street is set in a Victorian building at the very heart of the city centre.
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Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architecture selection from e-architect below:
Buildings / photos for the Contemporary Liverpool Architecture Designs page welcome.