A cluster of Zaha Hadid-designed buildings are one step closer to being built in the centre of Bristol after the council approved a strategic partnership with developer Legal & General.

Plans to build a Populous-designed arena on the five-acre Temple Island, by the city’s main rail station, were scrapped by mayor Marvin Rees last summer – who said a mixed-use scheme would cost less and be better for the local economy.

L&G have long been eyeing up the site and commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects last year to design a scheme with a conference and exhibition centre, a 345-room hotel, two office buildings and 550 new homes, even though the Populous scheme had planning consent.

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