101 Manchester — Twin Glass Towers and Urban Regeneration

3 October 2019 · Manchester

Two glass-curtain office towers rise from Manchester's city centre, the completed 101 building anchoring the left and its neighbour still under crane. A cobblestone walkway lined with granite bollards draws the eye straight into the development hoarding below — the gap between finished and unfinished is the whole picture. Overcast light flattens the sky and lets the blue-grey facades hold the frame without competing with a strong horizon. Active regeneration on one of the oldest occupied sites in Manchester, caught mid-sentence.