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Housing Design Awards 2012

June 25, 2012

MBLA’s Bowes Street Regeneration project for Manchester City Council is shortlisted for the 2012 Housing Design Awards. The scheme entailed the face...

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Housing Design Awards 2012
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MBLA’s Bowes Street Regeneration project for Manchester City Council is shortlisted for the 2012 Housing Design Awards. The scheme entailed the face lift of 97 properties across multiple tenure status, upgrade of the public realm and the modification of 64 no council owned properties for sale on the open market. See Awards Website HERE See Project Information...

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Commendations at 2012 MSA Awards

May 18, 2012

MBLA Architects + Urbanists received two commendations for recently completed buildings at the 2012 Manchester Society of Architects annual awards....

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Commendations at 2012 MSA Awards
Bowes Street by MBLA Architects + Urbanists
MBLA Architects + Urbanists received two commendations for recently completed buildings at the 2012 Manchester Society of Architects annual awards. Mere Lane Health Centre, Liverpool was commended in the community category and the new build housing development at Bowes Street, Manchester was commended in the residential category. Mere Lane – Exhibition Board                   Bowes Street – Exhibition...

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Hallé Phase 1 Awarded Planning Permission

May 14, 2012

MBLA’s proposed refurbishment of St Peter’s Church in Ancoats, Manchester for the Hallé Orchestra has received planning permission. The building...

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Hallé Phase 1 Awarded Planning Permission
Hallé at St Peters by MBLA Architects + Urbanists
MBLA’s proposed refurbishment of St Peter’s Church in Ancoats, Manchester for the Hallé Orchestra has received planning permission. The building will act as a rehearsal base and occasional performance venue for the renown Hallé Orchestra and a number of their ensembles and choirs. Tenders are currently being sought with construction expected to commence in the autumn of 2012. The facility Read More »

Mere Lane Health Centre Opens

May 4, 2012

The £6m development is the twelfth new health centre opened by Liverpool Primary Care Trust since 2007 as they seek...

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Mere Lane Health Centre Opens
Mere Lane Health Centre by MBLA Architects + Urbanists
The £6m development is the twelfth new health centre opened by Liverpool Primary Care Trust since 2007 as they seek to deliver a wider range of health services closer to peoples homes. The site was formerly a stone quarry and more recently a children’s playground in an area of Liverpool enjoys an elevated position in the city and commands significant Read More »

Doncaster Gate Completes

April 28, 2012

MBLA’s scheme for Great Places Housing Group has just completed in Rotherham. On a steeply rising site close to the...

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Doncaster Gate Completes
Doncaster Gate by MBLA Architects + Urbanists
MBLA’s scheme for Great Places Housing Group has just completed in Rotherham. On a steeply rising site close to the town centre the scheme contains 8 no 4 person/2 bed apartments and 12 no 3 person/2 bed apartments arranged in a linear manner so each apartment is serviced from a gallery access/amenity deck reached via a single core containing stairs Read More »

Lord Line Student Campus, Hull

April 5, 2012

MBLA have submitted a planning application for a 1231 bed student accommodation campus in Hull. Arranged in a series of...

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Lord Line Student Campus, Hull
Lord Line Campus by MBLA Architects + Urbanists
MBLA have submitted a planning application for a 1231 bed student accommodation campus in Hull. Arranged in a series of six buildings the campus exploits the amenity of the existing dock location to take advantage of the vista across the Humber and will contribute to the active use of the pedestrian and cycle path along the edge of the estuary. Read More »