News archive
Today's terrace house is playing it smart
Date: 22/08/2009 | Source: Times Online
The modern terrace is a far cry from drab Coronation Street. Now they’re all colour, balconies and... read more
First resident moves into CHIPS development in Manchester
Date: 19/08/2009 | Source: 24Dash.com
First resident moves into CHIPS development in Manchester If you’d told 28 year old Vicky Williams (pictured) six months ago that by the summer of this year she would be the first to reside in one of Manchester’s most iconic and eagerly anticipated residential buildings – she would not have... read more
The Good, the Standard and the Ugly: Chips
Date: 05/08/2009 | Source: ManchesterConfidential.com
Jonathan Schofield on a day-brightening addition to Ancoats and chats to architect Will... read more
In Place - Chips, Manchester
Date: 31/05/2009 | Source: Regen.net
Urban Splash's new Chips development in New Islington,... read more
Chips, New Islington, Manchester, by Alsop Architects
Date: 22/05/2009 | Source: The Architects Journal
Standing at the centre of Manchester’s almost empty New Islington site, Alsop Architects’ Chips carries a great weight of expectation, writes Rowan... read more
Chips, Will Alsop and the regeneration of Manchester
Date: 26/03/2009 | Source: Times Online
New-build apartments in Manchester are bucking the national trend and are still selling off-plan, given high-quality design and a good... read more
Bloxham urges government aid
Date: 14/11/2008 | Source: Property Week
The property-led revival of Britain’s deprived cities will stall unless more government money is available, a leading developer has... read more
Nooks and crannies
Date: 19/09/2008 | Source: Inside Housing
With development land still at a premium, homes are being shoehorned onto sites of all shapes and sizes. Kath Grant reports on the art of building between the... read more
Project Orange is both composer and collagist
Date: 19/09/2008 | Source: BD Online
The work of Project Orange partners James Soane and Christopher Ash’s has wide... read more
Magnetic North helps New Islington regeneration
Date: 15/09/2008 | Source: How-Do News
Magnetic North has created a website for New Islington in collaboration with Urban Splash. New Islington onlineIt’s part of the regeneration of the area, from one of the city’s most rundown areas to building a new community with almost 2000 new homes, offices, a waterway and... read more
Thousands turn out for festival
Date: 07/09/2008 | Source: Manchester Evening News
GRAFFITI knitting, 'pimp my barge' and a host of live bands and DJs pulled in thousands of urban folk in Manchester. About 4,000 people turned up at the third New Islington Festival on Saturday to hear dynamic emerging music acts on stage, from folk to hip-hop and... read more
Urban Folk Festival: a moving proposition
Date: 04/09/2008 | Source: Metro
Festivals may regularly be used to sell beer and mobile phones, but it's rare to find one that's aiming to sell you a new flat. Bringing Manchester's summer of outdoor adventures to a close this weekend, the Urban Folk Festival may not be directly asking you to stump up the cash for a new home, but it does... read more
FESTIVAL: New Islington Festival, Ancoats, Sat 6 Sep
Date: 03/09/2008 | Source: North East Manchester Advertiser
WITH most music festivals, thereâ⠬⠢s a strong emphasis on an old-fashioned, back-to-nature approach â⠬â think big, grassy fields and a hippyish return to the great... read more
Knitting cosies for trees
Date: 22/08/2008 | Source: Manchester Evening News
A TEAM of knitters is bringing a splash of colour to a corner of Manchester by making 'cosies'... for trees. Sarah Hardacre, Rachael Elwell and Louise Woodcock have knitted the covers - more usually seen on teapots - as part of an art... read more
Twins in perfect harmony
Date: 17/08/2008 | Source: Manchester Evening News
IDENTICAL twin sisters Abi and Sophie Wyles are used to serving stir-fry from their days working at a city centre restaurant but now they're creating a different kind of stir with their new band, The Mouse... read more
New Islington Festival - 06/09/2008
Date: 07/08/2008 | Source: Place North West
On Saturday the 6th September 2pm - 8pm New Islington, Manchester will be turned into a playground for Urban Folk, in celebration of the heritage of the area and the brand new community thriving... read more
BBC2 plans property series with Urban Splash
Date: 04/07/2008 | Source: Digital Spy
BBC Two is to follow a group of amateur designers as they build homes 'with a difference' in a street in Manchester.The project, provisionally titled Street Of Dreams, is a joint project with renowned design firm Urban Splash, which has already picked the designers in a... read more
Housing
Date: 13/06/2008 | Source: BD Online
Residential schemes that redefined affordable housing, and David Cowans of Places for People looks... read more
Project Orange picks up Tutti Frutti 'bookend'
Date: 10/06/2008 | Source: The Architects Journal
Project Orange has won the competition to design the first 'bookend' building for the Tutti Frutti 'pick'n'mix' development in New Islington, Manchester (on the site of the pink block shown at the right of the image)... read more
Manchester's new Islington Millennium Community
Date: 29/05/2008 | Source: Property Week
Construction Excellence looks at the sustainable approach clients EP and Urban Splash have taken in East... read more
