Urban Regeneration in Manchester Set 1: The Bridgewater Hall and the Gret Bridgewater Site Development

Synopsis: The creation of the Bridgewater Hall, the first free-standing concert hall built since the Festival Hall, London in 1951, has provided Manchester with an exciting concert venue fit for the twenty first century. The slide set and commentary provide details of the building from the design processes which lay behind the project to the final form. Included in the set are details of the contiguous commercial development designed as part of the Great Bridgewater site.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2005
Year of production: 2004
Documentation: 10-page text with introduction by John Parkinson-Bailey.
Subjects: Architecture
Keywords: architectural design; Manchester; urban regeneration

Name: Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design
Email: c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk
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Address: The Visual Resources Curator
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