Rylands Building
Woolgar Hunter has been appointed as the civil and structural engineer on the refurbishment and vertical extension of the Rylands Building in Manchester.
Client: AM Alpha Holdings
Architect: Jeffrey Bell Architects
Rylands Building
Woolgar Hunter has been appointed as the civil and structural engineer on the refurbishment and vertical extension of the Rylands Building in Manchester.
The Rylands building was originally constructed as a textile storage warehouse for the Rylands family between 1928-1932, then transforming to become Paulden’s department store in 1957 and then being rebranded as Debenhams in 1973.
The building was sold to AM alpha in 2017 and has recently been granted planning approval. The refurbishment includes the introduction of a central atrium to enable the conversion of 258,000sqft of unoccupied space into offices as well as the restoration and strengthening of the existing frame to support an additional 4 storeys of office space to add a further 40,000sqft of office at the roof level.
The planning permission includes stringent criteria associated not only with Its Grade 2 listed heritage status but also the development is aiming to achieve a low carbon status as part of the refurbishment.
Image Credit: Jeffrey Bell Architects
The Rylands building was originally constructed as a textile storage warehouse for the Rylands family between 1928-1932, then transforming to become Paulden’s department store in 1957 and then being rebranded as Debenhams in 1973.
The building was sold to AM alpha in 2017 and has recently been granted planning approval. The refurbishment includes the introduction of a central atrium to enable the conversion of 258,000sqft of unoccupied space into offices as well as the restoration and strengthening of the existing frame to support an additional 4 storeys of office space to add a further 40,000sqft of office at the roof level.
The planning permission includes stringent criteria associated not only with Its Grade 2 listed heritage status but also the development is aiming to achieve a low carbon status as part of the refurbishment.
Image Credit: Jeffrey Bell Architects
Client: AM Alpha Holdings
Architect: Jeffrey Bell Architects