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Lottery gives £27m to schemes by Adam Khan, Richard Murphy, Purcell and Evans Vettori
The National Lottery has named seven heritage projects which it will support with more than £27 million of cash
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News stories about and completed buildings by Purcell
Purcell’s Manchester Town Hall revamp costs soar by a further £76m
The cost of Purcell’s troubled retrofit of Manchester Town Hall has soared by another £76 million amid technical challenges and legal claims
Hawkins\Brown leads swathe of life sciences approvals in Oxford and Cambridge
Hawkins\Brown has led a swathe of life science consents this week with a major project approved in Cambridge and a second in Oxford
Glasgow School of Art picks architects to test Mac rebuild brief
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has appointed Reiach and Hall with Purcell to ‘robustly test’ its existing rebuild plans to restore the fire-ravaged Mackintosh building
Purcell wins approval for £6 million Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
Purcell has been handed planning permission for a new Shoemakers Museum in the village of Street in Somerset
Purcell’s Manchester Town Hall retrofit costs rise by £67 million
Purcell's £330 million retrofit of Manchester Town Hall is facing delays of up to two years and fresh budget hikes as a result of a series of ‘unpredictable factors’
National Portrait Gallery reopens to the public after major revamp
A refurbishment led by Jamie Fobert Architects, working with Purcell, has increased the National Portrait Gallery’s public space by a fifth, enhanced the entrance and added a learning centre
RIBA South names Stirling Prize-winning architect among 2023 honours
A house by last year’s Stirling Prize winner, Níall McLaughlin Architects, is among the winners of this year’s RIBA South regional awards
Purcell’s £15m transformation of Manchester Museum opens with new South Asia Gallery
The redevelopment includes the UK’s first permanent gallery to celebrate the lived experiences and contributions of the South Asian diaspora
McLaughlin’s seven-year-old Oxford college undergoing repairs by Purcell
The AJ can reveal that Purcell is overseeing the repairs on an Oxford university building by Níall McLaughlin Architects suffering from ‘rapid decline’ of its window surrounds