Ryder has been drafted in as executive architect on OMA’s troubled Factory arts project in Manchester.

The £180m scheme, which has been dogged by problems, was previously operating without an executive architect.

It is understood that most of the problems have centred on the design, with the job becoming bogged down by a complicated design process and delays in getting design information to site – with covid restrictions meaning staff from Rotterdam-based concept architect OMA have been unable to get to Manchester from their base in Rotterdam as much as previously planned.

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