FCBS reveals £210m vision for Huddersfield

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The new library that would be delivered in an extension to grade II-listed Queensgate Market

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FCBS' Huddersfield plans also include a new art gallery on Queen Street

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Concept image for the new entertainment and events venue that would be built next to Queensgate Market, under the FCBS plans

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FCBS' proposals for a new public square in Huddersfield

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A new public park is part of the Huddersfield proposals, worked up by FCBS and Re-Form

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Inside the museum that would be created at the current Huddersfield Library building, under the FCBS proposals

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Inside the food hall that would be delivered at Huddersfield's grade II-listed Queensgate Market under the FCBS plans

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A new public park is part of the Huddersfield proposals, worked up by FCBS and Re-Form

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Public gardens are part of the Huddersfield proposals worked up by FCBS and Re-Form

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Queensgate Market in Huddersfield was built between 1968 and 1970 to designs by J Seymour Harris Partnership

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Overview of the cultural heart proposals for Huddersfield town centre, led by FCBS

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Aerial view of the site earmarked for Huddersfield's new cultural heart

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Huddersfield Station. The grade I-listed building was designed by J P Pritchett of York

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has revealed its £210m regeneration vision for Huddersfield that aims to provide a new “cultural heart” for the West Yorkshire town.

Its proposals, which have been put out to public consultation this week, include a new multi-purpose entertainment and events venue with a capacity of up to 2,200, a new art gallery, and repurposing the current Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery building as a museum.

FCBS’ proposals would also see the refurbishment of the grade II-listed Queensgate Market building to become a vibrant food hall and the delivery of a new multistorey car park.

An extension to the market building, which was designed by the J Seymour Harris Partnership, would house a new community-focused public library to replace services currently provided by the town’s existing main library and art gallery, which was designed by E Ashburner and is also grade II-listed.

Consultation documents acknowledge that some of the structure surrounding Queensgate Market would require “careful removal” to accommodate the proposals. The small shop units along the Piazza would also be removed.

“This will help reveal and celebrate the unique concrete roof shells that form part of the building’s character and connect the space to the new public square,” the documents said.

“The external artworks on the building along Queensgate will be revealed by the removal of lesser quality trees, which will be replaced with lower level areas of greenery.”

FCBS was appointed to the Huddersfield project by Kirklees Council last year. The local authority said the proposed new developments would be linked together with “attractive, accessible and inviting outdoor public spaces” that everyone would be able to enjoy.

Kirklees said FCBS’ “cultural heart” vision was the centrepiece of its £250m Huddersfield Blueprint to revitalise the town over the next decade.

The project team also includes landscape architect Re-Form, Turner & Townsend, Queensberry, Pegasus, Arup and IPW.

The latest incarnation of the proposals is out to public consultation until 14 September.