The Foundation offices are sited to the east of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral adjacent to the nexus of Liverpool University where the pedestrian precinct intersects Brownlow Hill, immediately opposite the Victoria Building.
This articulated and prestigious corner building responds to the mass of the Victoria Building and addresses the landscaped piazza to the foreground of the University of Liverpool Student Union. The volume and placement of this building was determined by the desire to create an elongated landscaped courtyard which opened up views of the Lutyens Crypt frontage. Additionally the design provides an ante space route to the Crypt entrance, and a setting for the existing Chaplaincy building. The design is of appropriate scale, articulated to resolve the corner junction, of ‘modernist’ design, and composed of limestone and zinc to complement the Cathedral design palette.
Case Focus: Commercial
Client
Neptune Developments
Date
Spring 2005