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Architects wins approval for hotel-led refurb of Central
TODD Architects has won planning permission to refurbish and redevelop Birmingham’s Grade II* Listed Central Methodist Hall into a destination hospitality and leisure scheme. The design includes up to 150 new
Methodist Hall
‘Playing Pieces’ exhibition designed by Nissen Richards Studio for two venues
Nissen Richards Studio has completed an exhibition for two different clients in two different venues: MUNCH in Oslo and KODE in Bergen. Playing Pieces is a collaborative exhibition for the art collection of Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, together with the teams from MUNCH and KODE. The studio was asked to create a single concept exhibition that would be the same for both venues, while also uniquely suited to the different spaces and the graphic identity of each institution. Pippa Nissen, of Nissen
Richards Studio, commented: ‘The key to this unique challenge was to design a spatially-simple approach that could work in both spaces, with a clear exhibition identity created by bold use of a series of colours and texture, which are individual to the particular artist or group of artists that forms the focus of each main segment of the exhibition.’ Playing Pieces has now opened
at Oslo’s MUNCH and will transfer to KODE in Bergen, where it will run from 22 November 2022 to 26 February 2023.
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hotel rooms and eight new bars and restaurants at ground and basement levels. Birmingham City Council planning oficers said the plans, drawn up on behalf of Press Up Hospitality Group and sister company Oakmount, would retain the ‘distinctiveness’ of the building and improve its appearance.
Originally built in 1904, the Central Methodist Hall became the legendary Que Club in 1989, attracting major artists such as David Bowie. Despite becoming an important part of Birmingham’s cultural scene, the club went out of use in 2017 and the building declined onto Heritage England’s At Risk Register. Seamus Lennon, principal, TODD
Architects, commented: ‘We are thrilled to see our hotel-led proposals for the refurbishment of Birmingham Central Methodist Hall granted
approval...The Central Methodist Hall offers the opportunity to mix the height of Victorian grandeur with a fresh and contemporary take on the modern hospitality offer. Whilst it remains necessary to extend the building vertically to ensure the project is commercially viable, Birmingham City Council planners recognised our proposals will ensure this is done sensitively and allow the full restoration of the Central
Hall...to be enjoyed by generations to come.’
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Shewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, ‘grandparent of skyskrapers’, open to public
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings has opened after a £28 million restoration programme. Known as the ‘grandparent of skyscrapers’, the Main Mill structure paved the way for modern-day skyscrapers as the world’s first iron-framed building (built 1796–1797). The public can now visit the site and its
new exhibition, ‘The Mill’, telling the story of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, its role in the industrial revolution and those who campaigned to save it.
The site, consisting of eight listed buildings, has been closed for the past 35 years and, following Historic England’s redevelopment, four have opened for the first time as a visitor destination and workspace, with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios the architect on the project. The works have allowed the site to open
for local people, visitors and businesses, and it is hoped the restoration of the remain buildings will commence at a future date.
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