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by Tom Bloxham MBE, Jonathan Falkingham, and Nick Johnson.

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© Urban Splash, 2011

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When Tom met Jonnie 5Work talks 7A space, called home 23Places matter 39From old to new 51

Royal William Yard, Plymouth 52Lister Mills, Bradford 60Chimney Pot Park, Salford 66Fort Dunlop, Birmingham 74MoHo, Manchester 82The Matchworks, Liverpool 88Midland Hotel, Morecambe 94Budenburg HAUS Projekte 2&3, Altrincham 102Rotunda, Birmingham 1083Towers, Manchester 114Chips, New Islington, Manchester 120Park Hill, Sheffield 128Lakeshore, Bristol 136Saxton, Leeds 144Longlands, Stalybridge 152

Conclusion 159Projects 160The final word 164Acknowledgements 166

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LonglandsStalybridge

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The oldest surviving cotton mill in the area, Castle Street Mill was built in 1805. It was a boom time for Manchester’s textile industry and there were already eight mills in Stalybridge. Founder George Cheetham struck while the cotton was high, adding to his four-storey building with new spinning blocks in the 1820s. But in 1896, the Boulton & Watt engines fell silent for the first time in decades, and it was another ten years before the Longlands Mill Company stepped in and revived the place.

Longlands was a working mill until 1961, when theproduction of rayon put lots of cotton manufacturers out of business. The place saw the birth, growth and death of an industry. It’s a beautiful building, full of the echoes of life and work. We like to think that George Cheetham would be happy to know that we’ve found a new life for his mill, safeguarding its future.

Pattern House and The Mill, Longlands, Stalybridge

Project LonglandsLocation StalybridgeSector Apartments / Office / Retail / LeisureSize 1.9 ha / 103 homes / 10,643 sq ft commercialBuilt 1805: The MillTransformed 2007: The Mill / 2011: Pattern HouseArchitect Space CraftPartner North West Development Agency Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

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' Pattern House is a striking apartment block to complement the company's refurbishment of the historic Longlands Mill.' Manchester Evening News

Tom‘We wanted to pick up where the cotton industry left off, bringing this once thriving mill back to life. We love restoring old buildings but we’re just as fascinated by new ones (which we hope one day will also become listed!). Here we want people to see the contrast between the old of The Mill, and the new of Pattern House.’

We liked the approach of the designers, Space Craft, not just to buildings but to whole areas. They looked to create new public spaces, gardens, new routes around and through the development, new shops, new restaurants – all introduced with empathy for the long-established surroundings of The Mill.

Pattern House has a steel frame which is modular, but within there is a series of apartments that fit together a bit like the 1980s video game Tetris. This is expressed on the outside of the building through concrete panels that outline each apartment.

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Designers Space Craft

' Pattern House may appear to be a stark contrast to the mill building, but this is only partially true. Much of its design is derived directly from the mill building which previously stood on the site, and its setting.' Space Craft

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ContactUrban SplashTimber Wharf16 - 22 Worsley StreetCastlefieldManchesterM15 4LD

0161 839 2999www.urbansplash.co.uk

305 awards for design, architecture, regeneration and enterprise.

We would like to thank everybody that has been a part of the Urban Splash story. There are too many of you to name individually but you know who are.

Photography and CGI's Adrian BurrowsAndy BrownBen BlackallBristol Records OfficeCharlotte Wood PhotographyDaniel HopkinsonDuerden CollectionHugh BurdenJason LockJoel Chester FildesJonathan KeenanJonathan Moore PhotographyKaren WrightLen GrantLuke UnsworthMartin CrombieMcCoy Wynne AssociatesMorley Von SternbergNic Gaunt Nick Hufton Paul GroomPeter Bennett PhotographyPrice & MyersPlymouth Naval Base Museum Robert Whitrow Richard Cooper, PhotoflexSimon Webb Shaw + Shaw Tim SmithTom BennTrevor Burrows Uniform

Design Mhairi Smith, Urban Splash

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Architects and designersAdjaye AssociatesAlison Brooks ArchitectsAlford Hall Monaghan MorrisArkheionAustin-Smith:LordBDPBen Kelly DesignDavid Morley ArchitectsDalton MaagDe Metz Forbes KnightDesign StudioDSDHAFATFeix & MerlinFerguson MannFielden Clegg Bradley ArchitectsFlacqFoster + PartnersFuture SystemsGareth Hoskins ArchitectsGillespie Yunnie ArchitectsGlenn HowellsGrant AssociatesHawkins\BrownIan Simpson ArchitectsIce ArchitectsKineticLatham ArchitectsLevitate ArchitectureMakeMatthew HeywoodMaurice Shapero ArchitectsNORDNorthPlanitProject OrangeQuerkraftQ2Reiach and HallRichard Rogers PartnershipRiches Hawley MikhailRyder ArchitectureshedkmSMC AlsopSnookSpace CraftStephenson BellStudio 3Studio Egret WestUnion NorthWeston Williamson

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