Donald Insall Associates wins planning for John Rylands Library refresh

John Rylands DIA

Grade I-listed Manchester building to get new entrance, event space and an imaging lab

Plans by Donald Insall Associates for a £7.6m transformation of Manchester’s grade I-listed John Rylands Research Institute and Library have been approved by the local council.

The city-centre library on Deansgate is considered to be one of the finest neo-gothic buildings in the country.

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