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Manchester Town Hall

Returning civic pride to a landmark building

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Camden Town Hall

Restoring and reviving a historic public building

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Drapers’ Hall

Preserving one of the City’s grandest buildings

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Ledston Hall

Rescuing a stately home

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Holyhead Market Hall

From crumbling ruins to community cornerstone

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Townhouses

Extensive experience across luxury townhouses

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Public

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Civic Trust Awards 2024: Manchester Museum and Oxburgh Hall named Regional Finalists

Our new, accessible, and inclusive extension to the Manchester Museum and ambitious conservation of Norfolk’s Oxburgh Hall have both been shortlisted as Regional Finalists in the 2024 Civic Trust Awards.

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Oxburgh Hall

Raising the roof to secure the future

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Purcell’s 2023 project highlights

2023 has been another fantastic year for Purcell around the world. Our expertise and breadth of experience conserving, repairing and adapting buildings of all types and scales is more in demand than ever. We'd like to share some of our milestones from the last year with you here.

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Exploring the historic buildings of Yorkshire

To celebrate Yorkshire Day 2025, Purcell’s York studio team revisit some of the remarkable buildings in the historic county of Yorkshire they’ve had the privilege of working on.

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Shoemakers Museum

A carefully crafted dialogue between past and present

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Meeting Joe Witchell, our new Regional Partner

Joe recently joined Purcell as Regional Partner - we spoke to him about what interests him about heritage architecture, how he’s found his first few weeks, and what he’s looking forward to in the new role.

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Norfolk County Hall

An inclusive and re-imagined workspace

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Climate resilience and adaptation

Purcell’s Chairman, Elizabeth Smith, recently addressed an audience of Historic House owners on the topic of protecting historic properties from the threats of climate change, especially the impact of increased rainfall and flooding events.

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Auckland Castle

Art, faith, and heritage safeguarded through restoration

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Rebecca Stone

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Heritage as opportunity: how to unlock the power of heritage capital for a sustainable future

Tom Brigden, Partner at Purcell, explores how our historic built environment holds untapped potential to deliver economic, social, and environmental value.

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Wildernesse House

A Georgian mansion revived

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Jamie Coath

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Kresen Kernow

Cornwall’s new archive and cultural hub

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Theo Manzaroli

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God’s House Tower

A new visitor extension for an ancient monument

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Wordsworth Grasmere

Immersing visitors into William Wordsworth's Grasmere

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Shoemakers Museum unveiled in Somerset

The Shoemakers Museum in Street, Somerset has opened its doors to the public, celebrating 200 years of Clarks’ heritage in the village where the company began.

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Purcell projects win at The Georgian Group Awards

We are delighted to share that Stowe House and The Inner Hall at Windsor Castle have both been awarded prizes at the 2023 Georgian Group Awards.

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Stowe House

Restoring a neo-classical masterpiece

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Reflections: Purcell’s place in architecture

Purcell’s Chairman and Regional Partner, Liz Smith, reflects on Purcell's place in architecture following our shortlisting in the 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize.

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Elizabeth Tower wins Civic Trust’s Michael Middleton Special Award

The restoration of the world-famous Elizabeth Tower has claimed both the Michael Middleton Special Award and the AABC Conservation Award at this year’s Civic Trust Awards.

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Terri Moylan

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Vulcan Works

Revitalising heritage for creative futures

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Jo Deeming’s Canterbury Tales of the Unexpected – Turning site safety into a public experience

Purcell Partner, Jo Deeming, explores how to turn a restoration challenge into funding opportunities that can enhance, rather than diminish the public experience.

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Melbourne Metro

Supporting heritage on new stations

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Castlefield Viaduct: From vacant transport infrastructure to a park in the sky

Over a thousand years of innovation, prosperity, engineering marvels, and commercial success are visible at this confluence of transport infrastructure, offering a tangible reminder of Manchester’s position as a global force.

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Maribyrnong Civic and Community Precinct

Breathing new life into a civic landmark

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Purcell projects make major awards shortlists

Awards season is here and once again Purcell have made it on to some of the most prestigious shortlists in the industry.

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Sally Humphries

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities to open at the University of Oxford

A new landmark for learning, collaboration, and sustainability.

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Restoration of St Barts Hospital’s grade I-listed North Wing completed

Our completed restoration of the Grade I-listed North Wing at St Bartholomew’s Hospital marks the renewal of one of London’s most treasured historic landmarks.

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Hilda Besse Building, University of Oxford

Repairing, enhancing, and future proofing a Modernist building

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Justin Metcalfe

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Auckland Castle wins three RIBA awards

Hailed by judges as a ‘valuable extension’ to Bishop Auckland, the series of interventions and restoration of the 900-year-old Grade I-listed Auckland Castle has been handed the top prize at the RIBA North East Awards, winning Best Building as well as the Conservation Award and Regional Award.

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Emma Bryant

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Battersea Power Station

Reviving a brick-built giant

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Spencer Mill

Bringing new life to a historic mill

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The Longford Academy: Conservation Course

Brittany Elliott, our Sydney studio architectural graduate, shares her experiences at The Longford Academy; a seven-day, hands-on building conservation course.

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Stamford Endowed School

New facilities for a leading sporting school

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We need to retain more of our existing built environment

We need to retain more of our existing built environment, but not through a Grade III listing, writes Liz Smith for Building Design.

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Madeira Terrace

Restoring and regenerating a Victorian seafront promenade

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Cardigan Castle

New life for a Welsh landmark

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Senior Heritage Consultant

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Assizes for Devizes project achieves major milestone

Wiltshire Council has granted planning permission and listed building consent for the restoration and redevelopment of the Grade II*-listed Devizes Assize Court.

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Retrofit Meets: Ethics at The Building Centre

On 10 September, Purcell’s Head of Sustainability, Laura Baron, will join the panel at Retrofit Meets: Ethics, part of the Retrofit 25 series at The Building Centre.

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Heritage Consultant

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Radley College

Blending tradition and technology

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Purcell, Idle and Wonder, and Customs Bureau present The Glasshouse Urban Retreat

Purcell and a multi-disciplinary team present a biophilic hospitality concept at HIX LDN.

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The Roden Centre for Creative Learning opens to the public

London-based architecture practice Lawson Ward Studio, with support from Purcell, has transformed the National Gallery’s existing Learning Centre into a new, state-of-the-art space designed to inspire and engage people of all ages.

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National Gallery

Three decades of facilitating evolution

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Andrew Clark

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Welcoming Ruth Atkinson to Purcell as Partner in the London Studio

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ruth Atkinson as a Partner in our London studio, where she will help strengthen and expand our expertise in the Cultural and Public sectors.

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Elevating to Band 3 Architectural Consultancy

Our Hong Kong studio has achieved a notable recognition to Band 3 Architectural Consultant Registration with The Association of Architectural Practices Ltd (AAP).

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Fiona Lauchlan

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David Burne

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Purcell and the City of London Corporation launch Heritage Building Retrofit Toolkit

The nine-step methodology aims to enable business owners to ‘responsibly retrofit’ historically significant buildings.

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Richard Battye

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University of Cambridge names teams for £80m framework

We are delighted to be continuing our relationship with the University of Cambridge and their world-famous estate through our selection for the University Estates Division’s new Consultant Framework.

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Melbourne Arts Precinct

Australia's largest cultural infrastructure project

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Windsor Castle’s renewed splendour revealed

A major upgrade to the State Apartments at Windsor Castle to significantly improve visitor facilities, accessibility and bring renewed clarity to the architectural route through these magnificent rooms.

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Purcell Design Programme 2024: Timber at Hooke Park

Purcell's 2024 Design Programme focussed on timber, from its cultivation as a material to methods of joinery. In the first such collaboration, the school was hosted this year at Hooke Park, the Dorset woodland campus of the Architectural Association.