I love this style of building, the dark brick and chunky, angular form make it feel like a modern castle, reinterpreted for kings not of countries, but of construction recruitment & facilities management.
If you live in northern England long enough, you become so desperate to see the sun after a long winter that even the way it bounces off the purple palace in the afternoon becomes romantic.
One of my favourite views in Manchester – The Mark Addy.
The roof of the building looked a bit like a mix between a bus shelter and a strange conservatory.
– Remembering Manchester and Salford’s original riverside pub that sank
It appeals to me on both counts, the curved glass is great and has a real nostalgic-futuristic feel about it.
You might think the black PVC detracts, but it’s a reasonably sympathetic renovation, compared to a gloomier day in Jul 2022 (courtesy of Google Street View).
