RIBA opens competition for Preston mosque

Recall Properties is seeking to introduce a food and drink-led offer in shipping containers to Moor Lane in the city’s university district.

The revamp of the grade one-listed museum, gallery and library in Preston's Market Square won planning approval yesterday, as the city council awaits the outcome of its £4.5m bid to the National Lottery Fund to support the scheme. 

Eden Grove Investment Properties' plan to convert listed buildings and introduce new houses at the historic Garstang Road site looks set to meet with disappointment at Preston’s planning committee next week.

The overhaul of Preston’s grade one-listed museum, gallery and library has progressed, with the submission of a planning application for the project.

The council has granted planning consent to a sloped 21-storey residential block containing 80 apartments in the city centre, and a redevelopment of a derelict former orphanage.

The Heaton Group’s conversion of an office block on Ormskirk Road into 130 apartments is due to complete before June 2021, the developer said as it released further images of Studio KMA’s designs for the project.

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

The architecture practice has won a £450,000 contract to work with The Harris museum in Preston on its plans for a £10.7m Heritage Lottery-funded refurbishment. 

The floating visitor centre at the Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Brockholes Nature Reserve is significant in its simplicity, writes Alban Cassidy of Cassidy + Ashton.