Why are we so hard on architects? I’ve never designed a building, so I suppose that should instantly disqualify me as an authorized critic. Even so, as an appreciator of all things artsy, my subjective views of new buildings is still relevant, and ultimately unsullied by formal training, or the clutches of any official status. Although we’ve featured numerous hits and misses, it seems as though new architecture geniuses are few and far between, as it all seems to be the same. This makes it all the more sweet when we come across something that is a true diamond in the rough, such as the Tribeca Development. Alison Brooks Architects have designed three buildings for the “Tribeca” development in Liverpool, which will act as a ‘beacon’ at the prominent corner of Great George Street and St James Street. The buildings will be a combination of 93 apartments and colonnaded commercial space at street level.
Property Developer Urban Splash invited four architects to work with them on the project: Liverpool’s shedkm, London-based Alison Brooks Architects, Riches Hawley Mikhail, and Austrian practice querkraft. Urban Splash revealed earlier this year that its development will be called Tribeca. It will be the largest residential scheme in the city to date with over 700 new homes being created. The site forms three distinct triangles, so Urban Splash put the phrase together “Triangles Beneath Cathedral” to create Tri-be-ca, Tribeca. It echoes its famous New York counterpart which was named because the area was made up of a series of triangular sites which sat beneath Canal Street.
