Phil Griffin

  • The Rotunda bar’s glass chandelier.
    Features

    Union North’s Midland Hotel

    2008-09-19T00:00:00

    Architect Union North eschewed 1930s pastiche in its refurbishment of the Midland Hotel in Morecambe.

  • Illustration by Sandra Howe
    Features

    Will Liverpool be known for its architecture or its Ugg boots?

    2008-05-16T00:00:00

    Architectural commentator Phil Griffin looks at the positives of the city’s newest mega-retail development, Liverpool One

  • The reception area is smart and stylish.
    Building Study

    Yorkshire fast forward

    2007-12-06T00:00:00

    Bauman Lyons has delivered the showpiece of the Remaking Barnsley masterplan, with a nod to the county’s heritage and even a flavour of Tuscany

  • Building Study

    On the terraces

    2007-06-15T00:00:00

    Urban Splash assembled a winning team to deliver its Chimney Pot Park in Salford, which turns traditional concepts of terraced housing upside-down

  • The new library is entered via the adjacent gallery building, completed by Pringle Richards Sharratt in 2002.
    Building Study

    Oldham's double bill

    2006-06-09T00:00:00

    Pringle Richards Sharratt's new library and learning centre joins its four-year-old Gallery Oldham in the city's burgeoning cultural quarter. This phase of the project may be PFI, but the architect has triumphed, creating a striking, highly usable space.