AVRO
by stephenson hamilton risley STUDIO
Client Urban Splash (Brownsfield Mill) ltd
Award RIBA North West Award 2023 and RIBA North West Conservation Award 2023
Located on the Rochdale Canal in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, Avro provides 31 traditional, canal-side loft apartments in the former Brownsfield Mill. Constructed in 1825 and Grade II listed, the mill building features the oldest surviving mill chimney in Manchester. Taking its name from the Avro biplanes that were once constructed in the building, each apartment reflects a sense of the building’s history, with exposed mill boards – thick timber planks spanning between main beams without joists – and the reuse of salvaged materials throughout.
Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.
Contractor Urban Splash Construct
Environmental / M&E Engineer Max Fordham
Structural Engineer Civic Engineers
Project Management Turner and Townsend
Landscape Architect Reform Landscape
Gross internal area in m2 4525