BDP - Liverpool One Is BCSC Supreme Gold Winner
Photo courtesy of: © David Barbour/BDP
BDP’s masterplan for Liverpool One, the new 42-acre retail district in the heart of Liverpool city centre for client Grosvenor, is joint winner of the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) Supreme Gold Award. The exclusive Gold Awards are leading accolades within the shopping centre and retail destination industry. They are designed to reward excellence in retail-led developments and recognise projects that generate improvements in the quality of the built environment. The other joint winner was Westfield London, for which BDP was lighting designer of the main malls and entrances. Both schemes were also Gold Award winners in the In-Town Retail Scheme (more than 300,000 sq ft) category.
Neil Varnham, Chairman of the BCSC Gold Awards Jury said: “Liverpool ONE is probably one of the most challenging regeneration projects of our time – achieving the maintenance of the urban grain, with a revitalised retail offer linking the scheme to the dock area. It is undoubtedly a benchmark for the UK shopping centre industry in demonstrating successful delivery of the Government’s urban agenda. It has truly regenerated one of our most well known cities.
Terry Davenport, head of BDP’s northern retail team and the man behind the Liverpool One masterplan, said: “The recognition for Grosvenor’s Liverpool One by the industry’s leading award caps a remarkable achievement for the project. It is seen nationally and internationally as creating the highest quality buildings, streets and public spaces that have had a truly transformational impact on Liverpool city centre. The BDP team worked on all facets of the project; masterplanning, concept and technical design through to landscaping and lighting. The whole process being a remarkable team effort. Liverpudlians are rightly proud of their city and what has been achieved over the last few years.”
Liverpool One, which officially opened in October 2008, has a tally of 22 top industry and design awards to date, including being shortlisted for the UK’s top architectural award, the Stirling Prize, and winning Best Urban Regeneration Initiative at the MAPIC Awards.
The site itself consists of 175 retail units totalling 1.4 million square feet of retail space, as well as 230,000 square feet of restaurants, cafes and bars and a 14-screen multiplex cinema. 600 new apartments, two hotels, offices, a five-acre park and a transport interchange are also part of the scheme. BDP’s challenge was how to integrate seamlessly all these features including the harmonious linking of nearly 40 new buildings designed by over 20 different architects.
The project is also an exemplar of collaboration with many teams contributing to the successful delivery of the masterplan vision. These included a range of local, national and international architects in addition to several teams across BDP. A particularly close association was formed between BDP and Pelli Clarke Pelli on the masterplanning, design and ultimate delivery of the 5 acre Chavasse Park.
Another BDP scheme, Elements Square in Livingston for Land Securities, received a commendation in the In-Town Retail Scheme (more than 300,000 sq ft) category.
3 December 2009
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