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Case study: 3 Arena Central by Make Architects 20 April 2021 By AJ Contributor. photography by Make Architects 1/11 Source: Make's commercial office building in Birmingham's Arena Central was envisaged as a 'jewel' and is clad in repeating metallic hexagonal panels This 14-storey commercial office building stands in the middle of Birmingham’s Arena Central masterplan. To the north it opens onto a new square, Bank Court, with a double-height colonnade encouraging connectivity with the open space. Advertisement The core is located along the eastern elevation, optimising simple and...

Love them or loathe them, it looks like despite a significant slowdown in building skyscrapers during the spring and summer in 2020, there was not the downturn feared because of the pandemic. According to New London Architecture’s annual review of skyscrapers over 20 storeys or more, there are 587 tall buildings in the pipeline in London – with 310 granted full planning permission and 127 under consideration. A total of  35 tower blocks were finished last year. The 42-storey “cucumber” tower at Paddington’s Merchant Square was finished last year. It  has 436 flats and is n...

Love them or loathe them, it looks like despite a significant slowdown in building skyscrapers during the spring and summer in 2020, there was not the downturn feared because of the pandemic. According to New London Architecture’s annual review of skyscrapers over 20 storeys or more, there are 587 tall buildings in the pipeline in London – with 310 granted full planning permission and 127 under consideration. A total of  35 tower blocks were finished last year. The 42-storey “cucumber” tower at Paddington’s Merchant Square was finished last year. It  has 436 flats and is n...

Last modified on Sat 3 Apr 2021 08.02 EDT Hanging plants smother the walls of a new office block proposed for Salford, giving it the look of something from an abandoned post-Covid city, reclaimed by nature. The ivy-covered tower, designed by Make Architects, has been trumpeted as “fossil-fuel free”, set to run on 100% renewable energy and reach net zero operational carbon, with tenants enjoying the “biophilic” benefits of dangling foliage. But not everyone is convinced. “It’s strange to see something described as ‘fossil-fuel free’ when it is made of concrete, steel and glass,...

Place North West, the council declined to comment on the potential occupier and said talks were ongoing. The office, part of Muse Development’s Talbot Gateway masterplan, will not be built speculatively and construction would only start if an agreement had already been signed with an occupier, according to the council. Muse Developments submitted outline plans for the office building last December and is in the process of appointing a lead contractor for the project. Under proposals designed by Make Architects, a 2.4-acre site bounded by Deansgate, King Street, Cookson Street, Charles St...