AVRO

by stephenson hamilton risley STUDIO  

Client Urban Splash (Brownsfield Mill) ltd 

Award RIBA North West Award 2023 and RIBA North West Conservation Award 2023

Located on the Rochdale Canal in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, Avro provides 31 traditional, canal-side loft apartments in the former Brownsfield Mill. Constructed in 1825 and Grade II listed, the mill building features the oldest surviving mill chimney in Manchester. Taking its name from the Avro biplanes that were once constructed in the building, each apartment reflects a sense of the building’s history, with exposed mill boards – thick timber planks spanning between main beams without joists – and the reuse of salvaged materials throughout.  

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Urban Splash Construct

Environmental / M&E Engineer Max Fordham

Structural Engineer Civic Engineers

Project Management Turner and Townsend

Landscape Architect Reform Landscape

Gross internal area in m2  4525