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Doughnut City
The Doughnut is a strategic, research based project undertaken by Sheppard Robson to explore opportunities for sustainable city development in Manchester.   Read full feature...

Raph, aged 16
Photographer and writer Len Grant suggests an Ancoats teenager may be a ‘barometer’ for the ongoing changes occurring on the eastern edge of Manchester’s city centre at New Islington.   Read full feature...

Furniture Vs Forests
Over the last few months, Ralph Capper Interiors have been researching environmental aspects in connection with many large internationally renowned furniture manufacturers. We have been looking at the sources of raw materials and production methods etc. T...   Read full feature...

Brutus
Preston Bus Station is facing demolition; Twentieth Century Society & English Heritage are not best pleased. Lee Garland went to have a look for Concept For Living Magazine...   Read full feature...

Introducing oube
“oube” is the third site that FKDA (a small architectural practice located in Manchester’s Northern Quarter) have built to provide a resource for architects and designers. It began in 2004 with a website called architecture-nw.com as a response to Richard...   Read full feature...