Pier Head Ferry Terminal, River Mersey Beatles Museum Building, Architects, Photos, English Architecture, Date
Pier Head Ferry Terminal Liverpool : Architecture
New Liverpool waterfront building, England, UK – Merseyside Beatles Museum
19 Oct 2009
Pier Head Ferry Terminal
Giving contemporary architecture a bad name
Pier Head Terminal
Photos © Steve Parish, 19 Oct 2009, with his titles:
Awful planning – Three Graces, ruined view:
Appalling! New ferry terminal and Beatles Museum in front of the Three Graces:
Port of Liverpool Building – behind the new ferry terminal:
The Council should never have allowed development on the site. Ironically the seeming desire to fit in – solid stone-coloured walls rather than say glazing – makes the situation worse by hiding the building(s) behind and by making more of an impact in all views.
Adrian Welch
Photos taken on 13 Feb 2009:
Pier Head Ferry Terminal
Date built: 2009
Design: Hamilton Architects
Facilities: ferry terminal; Beatles museum ; rooftop restaurant
Approximate construction cost: £9.5m
Carbuncle Cup 2009 1st Prize winner
Ferry Terminal building works underway in front of The Three Graces – Mann Island:
photo © Adrian Welch
2 Oct 2010
The Pier Head and Canal Link wins the 2010 RIBA CABE Public Space Award
The Pier Head & Canal Link, Liverpool by AECOM has won the 2010 RIBA CABE Public Space Award.
This award is presented to the architects and landscape architects of the best RIBA Award-winning public space in the UK. It recognises the valuable contribution that well-designed public space makes to the quality of the built environment, and our daily lives.
photo © Lee Carus
Pier Head and Canal Link, Liverpool
Liverpool waterfront buildings : photo © tim collins
Ferry Terminal neighbour : Pierhead – Museum of Liverpool, Mann Island site
photo © webbaviation
Ferry Terminal context : White Star Line building
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