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Hawkins Brown submits downsized Manchester Met Library scheme

By 2025-12-16T11:48:00

All Saints Dec 4

New scheme has cut floorspace by almost half compared to original plans

Manchester Metropolitan University has unveiled pared-back proposals for its new Hawkins Brown-designed library following a cost-cutting redesign.

The original £90m scheme to replace the university’s All Saints Library, approved in February last year, was a 13-storey building with a distinctive zig-zag design punctuated with small circular windows.

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