Kirkstall Brewery Student Accommodation – Leeds Beckett University

Kirkstall Brewery Student Accommodation – Leeds Beckett University

Leeds Beckett University

Kirkstall, Leeds

Bowman Riley transformed the derelict Kirkstall Brewery in Leeds into award-winning accommodation for over 1000 students.

This significant education project entailed the design of a new building and the re-use of a series of substantial 19th century listed buildings adjacent to the Leeds – Liverpool canal forming part of the regeneration of this area of Leeds.

The development involved the adaption and re-use of listed buildings with a massing of new build forms that maintain the strength and stature of the original brewery.

A safe and accessible student village was created, which is an imaginative social use for the site and an opportunity to conserve and enhance the character and identity of this area.

Kirkstall Brewery Residences won the City of Leeds Award for Architecture, was praised by Professor Derek Linstrum FSA architectural historian and featured in the RIBA publication: Leeds, Shaping the City.

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