SUSTAINABILITY
Aerospace Bristol
In parallel , Purcell has been tasked with creating a home for a different kind of modern icon at Aerospace Bristol , for Concorde . Elsewhere , Purcell has worked on the Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool – the Frederick Gibbard structure needed significant conservation and restoration advice – while other iconic buildings in northwest England benefitting from its advice include Manchester Town Hall . “ Overseas , we ’ re working on a project in Hong Kong ,” adds Blake . “ It ’ s one of 16 buildings that remain of the
historical core followings years of redevelopment . We ’ re retrofitting and transforming those buildings into an arts hub featuring a gallery , auditorium and ten restaurants .”
Purcell ’ s expertise has also been brought into the Battersea Power Station project . “ We ’ re aiming to minimise intervention while consolidating and conserving an iconic national landmark ,” says Blake . “ An unusual period and content , it includes a variety of artefacts internally along with the switchgear room . It ’ s not just the chimneys – which ,
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