Paradise Project - BBC Radio Merseyside (Site 2)
A new Radio Merseyside building has been created as part of the Paradise Project in a building which will also house the Friends Meeting House and a number of shops.
It was built on a site between School Lane and Hanover Street, next to the striking Abney Building.
The site sets a challenge as the new building needed to reconcile the difference of scale between the relatively low Bluecoat Chambers and the tall Abney Buildings.
It also acts as a new entrance to the Bluecoat Chambers, and an additional garden space.
A semi-circular space focusing on the Bluecoat Chambers and taking the central cupola as its centre point has been created. The resulting building form steps back from the listed building to the west, whilst forming a strong edge to Hanover Street on the east and bringing the scale of the street down from the Abney Buildings.
The southern corner of the building marks the entrance to College Lane from Hanover Street.
Work started in spring of 2005 and was completed earlier than scheduled in April 2007.
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