Creating places to live in Manchester

Chapman Taylor’s Manchester studio is currently designing and/or delivering some of the most desirable places to live in the city, including Build-to-Rent schemes and private rental and private for-sale residences. The buildings range from landmark city gateway towers to smaller-scale townhouses and low-rise apartment buildings, catering for a popular market which urgently requires a diverse range of new residences.

Our projects, both refurbishments and new-builds, are designed to create beautiful and relaxing spaces with a number of complementary functions, helping to bring about a sense of place and the basis for successful and sustainable communities. Below are some of the Manchester residential projects currently under way.

Kampus, Manchester, UK

Kampus is a Build-to-Rent development in a prime location in Manchester city centre. The site, formerly part of Manchester Metropolitan University, will see over 500 apartments delivered in new-build and refurbished buildings, entirely for the Build-to-Rent sector, alongside a mix of flexible, commercial spaces.

The development will host an extensive range of artisan retail and commercial spaces set around a secluded garden and central courtyard. Residents will have a private landscaped podium, secure parking and cycle spaces and unparalleled views across Manchester.

Chapman Taylor was appointed by Mount Anvil as Architect and Lead Designer for phase one, which will see 475 units completed by 2020. Landscape architecture firm Exterior Architecture has been appointed to design the green spaces and public realm.

MediaCityUK Phase Two, Manchester, UK

MediaCityUK Phase Two, Manchester, UK

The £1 billion, 211,000m², second phase of MediaCityUK gained planning consent in September 2016. Already home to the BBC, ITV, University of Salford and over 250 creative media businesses, MediaCityUK is a major digital media hub, centre of learning and established visitor destination.

The Phase Two scheme includes a major residential component, comprising 1,800 private sale and Build-to-Rent city apartments and townhouses. It will also deliver over 55,000m² of additional office space, retail and leisure uses, as well as a sequence of new public spaces.

Chapman Taylor’s role on Phase Two includes the development of the overall masterplan and individual plot briefs, coordinating the work of six other architects on ten plots and also designing three of the buildings, including a 470-unit Build-to-Rent apartment building with ground floor restaurants surrounding a landscaped court.

Sawmill Court, Manchester, UK

Sawmill Court is one of six developments within Phase One of a Manchester Life Development Company programme which will see more than 1,000 predominantly privately-rented homes developed on the eastern edge of the city centre.

The scheme will provide 158 1,2 & 3-bed rental apartments complete with a residents’ courtyard and lobby, secure car and cycle spaces and a club room and gym for residents. It also hosts a number of commercial units, which provide an active frontage to the street and form a gateway to the residents’ courtyard, contributing towards the emergence of Ancoats as one of the city’s most vibrant and attractive neighbourhoods.

Chapman Taylor was appointed as Delivery Architect on the Sawmill Court scheme, developing the detailed design set out by the Concept Architect in the detailed Employers’ Requirements for Eric Wright Construction, the principal building contractors.

MeadowSide, Manchester, UK

Located at the northern gateway to the city centre, Meadowside will comprise 756 apartments, penthouses and townhouses to cater for a wide range of needs and provide the basis for a diverse and vibrant community. The project, being delivered by Westfields CZHK on behalf of the developer, Far East Consortium, involves the phased construction of four residential buildings located around Angel Meadow, which will provide residents with a relaxing parkland space in which to escape the bustle of the city.

Chapman Taylor has been appointed as Executive Architect to deliver two urban apartment towers on Plots 2 and 3, providing 286 apartments in total. The Gate (Plot 2) and The Stile (Plot 3), will stand 22 and 17 storeys high respectively, with modern glazed façades and solid podium bases. The design seeks to complement and reflect the surrounding Victorian and industrial architecture.

The ground floor area will house a boutique lobby and shared workspace together with independent retail and restaurant units, providing active frontage to the surrounding area. An additional gym and private dining space will be available to residents on the upper podium level of the Stile.

Manchester Goods Yard & No 1 Grape Street, Manchester, UK

One Cutting Room Square will provide 28 apartments, three townhouses and a ground floor commercial unit, all facing onto Cutting Room Square, as well as a 115-space residential car park with access from Jersey Street. This peaceful public space sits in a prime location at the heart of the Ancoats Conservation Area, among Manchester’s highest concentration of listed buildings.

Adjacent to One Cutting Room Square, providing a beautiful backdrop to the square, is St. Peter’s Church. Dating back to 1858, this now Grade II listed church is home to The Hallé, Manchester’s Symphony Orchestra and Choir.

Chapman Taylor was appointed as Delivery Architect on One Cutting Room Square, developing the design set out by the Concept Architect in the detailed Employers’ Requirements for Eric Wright Construction, the principal building contractors.

Chapman Taylor is an industry-leading practice of global architects and masterplanners, with decades of experience in the Residential sector. We create high-quality, attractive and well-considered designs which develop into positive and sustainable places for people to live, to the great satisfaction of clients and residents.

Vesta Street will provide 169 one, two and three-bed apartments along with three four-bed townhouses for sale. Eight of the apartments are roof-level duplexes. The townhouses are designed to complement the scale of the Islington Wharf Mews and Lock Keeper's Cottage opposite – helping to integrate the development with the neighbourhood.

The eight and nine-storey apartment blocks enjoy the benefit of a waterfront location adjacent to the Ashton Canal, close to the New Islington tram stop and within a ten-minute walk of Piccadilly, Manchester's main public transport hub. Ground floor apartments and communal residents' facilities include outside terraces overlooking the waterfront.

The site will have 62 secure surface parking spaces and secure parking for 132 bicycles. Eric Wright Construction appointed Chapman Taylor to develop the detailed design created by Manchester Life's concept architect for the scheme, Rafael Vinoly.

Chapman Taylor is an industry-leading practice of global architects and masterplanners, with decades of experience in the Residential sector. We create high-quality, attractive and well-considered designs which develop into positive and sustainable places for people to live, to the great satisfaction of clients and residents.