Given that this blog is a new venture I thought it might be an idea to show some of the projects and schemes photographed last year in more depth. (I’ll add other archive projects in between the new and/or current projects which will follow in due course.)
First off is the new Sidell Gibson Beaney building in the city centre which I covered in September shortly after it opened. The project was partly Heritage Lottery funded and was engineered by Campbell Reith
Here is the original High Street frontage:
And this is the new rear structure in context:
Designed to replace and expand the existing (1897) Victorian structure, the new building retains much of the original but adds significant aspects to the rear of the site including a new entrance to the large library, new gallery space upstairs, cafe on the groundfloor, lift access etc.
This is a view of the library:
A couple of views of the main atrium staircase and ramp:
The Library again
The common area between the old and new buildings
Looking out towards the new side entrance:
The new entrance canopy
And the very gradual stairway up from street level to the main level of the building
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