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Hawkins Brown unveils pared-back Manchester Met Library plans after cost-saving redesign
University forced to chop four storeys off £90m scheme in new plans to be submitted this December
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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