Falconer Chester Architects - elevation winter 05 06

Dear all

Welcome to the latest edition of elevation, where we hope to make clients and friends aware of the latest developments at Falconer Chester.We are very pleased with the current level of activity in the North West and are finding our involvement in some of the region’s major urban regeneration projects both challenging and rewarding. I hope you find the projects selected here of interest and would welcome any observations you may have.

Best wishes for Christmas and wishing you a prosperous New Year.

Paul Falconer
(Chairman)

We are pleased to announce our winning entry within the Public Realm category for the ACE/RIBA Award for Religious Architecture 2005
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool.

The masterplan for the cathedral precinct opens up a formal approach, and finally realises the vision of a grand stepped entrance that aligns the building with Hope Street and the Anglican Cathedral, completing a key axis that links the two.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

A revised planning application has now been submitted for the vacant and under utilised site adjacent to Liverpool's Lime Street Station. This proposal seeks to provide a mixed use development combining a 160 bedroom hotel, residential and commercial spaces in two blocks - one at 28 storeys the other at 14. The scheme, if approved, would form part of the cluster of tall buildings emerging at the “Lime Street Gateway.”

Planning permission has been obtained for this dramatic, mixed use residential and commercial development occupying a prominent gateway location from the northern approach into Liverpool City Centre. The design for 116 apartments, and two floors of commercial/retail space, draws on a "pin wheel" approach to the arrangement of four blocks which capture four key axes onto the site and cascade in massing from 12 storeys on the periphery to 8 on the city centre frontage.

A detailed planning application has now been submitted for the Vermont Development's proposal for the corner of Sefton Street and Parliament Street Liverpool. The scheme provides for a mixture of uses including 398 residential apartments,132 hotel bedrooms, retail, commercial & public realm.

The former Ritz Cinema on Lord Street Southport provides the setting for a new five star Vincent hotel. 58 bedrooms will be provided above restaurant, deli, gym and screening room cinema. This facility will provide a quality hotel operation previously not provided in Southport. A planning application has now been submitted and a start on site is anticipated early next year.

A planning application has now been submitted for The Wireworks, mixed use development in Warrington and provides 613 apartments above leisure, commercial and retail units, with private, communal landscaped areas provided for residents at first floor level.

The scheme also incorporates a cinema, commercial offices and hotel, along with three storeys of car parking underground. A decision and start on site are envisaged in Spring next year.