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East London practice Bell Phillips is working with emerging local practice Intervention on the detailed plans for 408 build-to-rent homes in one of the earliest phases of the major regeneration site, near New Street station in Birmingham city centre.<\/p>\n

The proposed homes will sit at the heart of the 17ha masterplan (on plot 4A) as part of a mixed-use building overlooking a major new public space known as Manor Square.<\/p>\n

The 13-storey building \u2013 with a part 18 and part 19-storey \u2018crown\u2019 \u2013 will also include ground-floor shops, bars and restaurants as well as a first and second-floor \u2018leisure unit\u2019. The top floor includes a communal rooftop garden and pavilion.<\/p>\n

The architects said the scheme, which uses an \u2018industrial\u2019 red and brown material palette from the Smithfield Design Code, aims to respond to the local context and \u2018provide a sense of retreat and home whilst still embracing the lively 24-hour nature of the site\u2019.<\/p>\n

The building falls within Phase 1 of the masterplan, and would be the first residential plot delivered on site.<\/p>\n

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The council named Lendlease as its joint venture partner on Birmingham Smithfield in 2018, and granted\u00a0<\/span>planning permission in June<\/a> for the \u00a31.9 billion regeneration plans for the area, following a lengthy planning process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 17ha masterplan, a revision of an earlier version, was drawn up by a design team<\/a> including Prior + Partners and David Kohn Architects<\/a> and submitted in October 2023.<\/p>\n

It provides for more than 3,000 new homes, offices, restaurants, caf\u00e9s and bars on the brownfield site, and will mean Birmingham\u2019s historic Bull Ring Markets (which have been on the site for 800 years) is housed in two new buildings.<\/p>\n

The Manor Square site, where Bell Phillips and Intervention\u2019s housing would sit, once housed a moated manor house. The building would face a proposed square which sits over the archaeology of the medieval moated site and echoes the moat with circular landscaping.<\/p>\n

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Bell Phillips and Intervention Architecture\u2019s scheme for Smithfield Birmingham (pictured left<\/em>) with David Kohn Architects’ revised market building (pictured centre<\/em>)<\/p>\n\t

Source:Lendlease\/Cityscape<\/p><\/div>\n

Lendlease\u2019s outline masterplan application was embroiled in controversy in the weeks leading up to its approval last summer, with campaigners accusing it<\/a> of falling \u2018far short\u2019 of the city\u2019s green space guidelines.<\/p>\n

But Birmingham planning officers concluded that, while the scheme fell \u2018below a policy-compliant position\u2019 on open space, its overall benefits outweighed the concerns over green space.<\/p>\n

An original application was lodged in January 2023,<\/a> before a revised masterplan was submitted to address concerns raised by Historic England over harm to the historic cityscape.<\/p>\n

The design was led by Prior + Partners<\/a> along with New York High Line lead James Corner Field Operations<\/a>. It includes buildings by Stirling Prize-winners dRMM and Haworth Tompkins and up-and-coming local practice Minesh Patel Architects<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smithfield director of masterplanning Selina Mason said the approval for the Bell Phillips and Intervention Architecture plans marked a \u2018key milestone that will kick-start the delivery of 3,000 homes for England\u2019s second city \u2013 creating jobs, wider opportunities and making Birmingham an even better, lively and welcoming place for people to live and work.\u2019<\/p>\n

A future timescale has yet to be set out.<\/p>\n

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January 2023 plans – the originally proposed open market building and rag and indoor market by David Kohn Architects and Eastside Projects. The scheme has been significantly altered<\/p>\n\t

Source:Pixelflakes<\/p><\/div>\n

Project data – plot 4A<\/h3>\n

Location<\/strong> Smithfield, Birmingham
\nLocal authority<\/strong> Birmingham City Council
\nType of project<\/strong> Mixed use
\nClient<\/strong> Lendlease
\nArchitect<\/strong> Bell Phillips and Intervention Architecture
\nLandscape architect<\/strong> LDA
\nPlanning consultant<\/strong> Turley
\nStructural engineer<\/strong> Robert Bird Group
\nM&E consultant<\/strong> AECOM
\nQuantity surveyor<\/strong> Quantem
\nPlanning application reference<\/strong> 2024\/07367\/PA<\/p>\n

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