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Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool Building

Recollections of the Blue-Coat Hospital

Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool design by Biq Architects, oldest surviving city centre building: Arts centre extension, English Grade 1 Listed building restoration (originally built as a school in 1717) and a new 2250 m² extension built – a new arts wing housing a flexible performance space and four art galleries.

Bluecoat Liverpool City Centre Building

Bluecoat Liverpool City Centre’s Oldest Building

It is Liverpool’s oldest surviving city centre building and a fine example of Queen Anne-style architecture, yet the builders and architects responsible for creating Bluecoat have remained unconfirmed – until now. New research has discovered fresh information about the origins of this much-loved Liverpool building, which dates from 1717 and started life as a charity school before becoming a centre for the contemporary arts.

Lime Street Liverpool Renewal, Gateway

Lime Street Liverpool Renewal

Design: Broadway Malyan + Austin-Smith:Lord Architects. The £39m regeneration of Lime Street proceeds after the Court of Appeal rejected heritage campaigners’ bid to overturn planning permission. Regeneration Liverpool, with developers Neptune, propose a new hotel, retail and student accommodation complex.