Victorian Railway Arch and Glass Tower, Century Street Manchester

25 September 2019 · Manchester

Century Street, Manchester. A Victorian railway viaduct frames the glass curtain wall of a contemporary tower — two eras of building locked into a single compressed view. The overcast sky pulls the palette flat, letting the contrast between aged red brick and reflective glass do all the work. Old and new in Manchester rarely sit this close to one another without one asserting itself over the other; here, the arch holds its ground.