The 8-acre Quarry Hill site in Leeds City Centre is being transformed into a new cultural destination with offices, apartments, and leisure uses connected by squares, piazzas and gardens. The redevelopment will add over 500 apartments, offices, restaurants, and public spaces to the site, which is already home to cultural organizations. The landscaping will include open spaces for public art and improve access to the city center.

1. Quarry Hill, Leeds
Client: Caddick Developments
Contractor: -
The 8-acre site in Leeds City Centre is set to
Service Engineer: -Silcock Dawson & Partners change into a thriving new cultural destination
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Quantity Surveyor:RBA with new offices, apartments, and leisure uses
Contract Value: £100 million
linked via a series of attractive squares, piazzas
Project Completed: 2010
and gardens. The contemporary landscaping
incorporates open spaces for public art displays
and improved city centre access.
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2. Quarry Hill, Leeds
We are progressing detailed proposals for this major new
Residential and Office/Leisure quarter in Leeds. The mixed use
philosophy of Quarry Hill will provide a range of uses including
prestigious offices, restaurants and city living with further
environmental and social benefits including the provision of high
quality public realm and a vibrant new public space for the City.
The site is located within one of the cities ‘Prestige Development
Areas’ and with an area of approximately 3.27 hectares (8.1
Acres) will form the eastern ‘Gateway’ into the city.
There is already a fascinating mixture of uses upon the site with
the West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Northern College of Music,
The Yorkshire Dance Company, the BBC North HQ and The
Northern Ballet Theatre Company, providing a vibrant cultural
base.
Our scheme will add to this over 500 new apartments with a
mix of 1 and 2 beds plus a further mix of studios and crash
pads. The introduction of health facilities, creches, fitness and
convienience retail are also being considered.
The Design’s maintain the strong east/west axis
through the site, and introduces an informal
geometry to the massing to introduce a human
and pedestrian friendly approach to the new and
existing buildings.
“Creative landscaping that incorporates open spaces for public art
displays and improved city centre access is a major part of the strategy
to transform the historic site.”
Andrew Gardner, Partner