Broadcasting Place by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios in Leeds, England

Broadcasting Place by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Broadcasting Place exterior building details

Broadcasting Place exterior building style

Broadcasting Place floor plan

Broadcasting Place interior design architecture

Broadcasting Place site plan

Lighting at Broadcasting Place

Broadcasting Place exterior facade

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has designed a building Broadcasting Place in Leeds, England. The buildings are conceived as solid landscape forms which draw on Yorkshire’s rich geological and sculptural heritage. The lower buildings rise as a continuous rake from 3 storeys, adjacent to low rise listed buildings, up to 5 storeys. The taller buildings drop from 8 storeys down to 6 before rising to the scheme’s highest point of 23 storeys. The strong roof pitch is reflected in the massing of the buildings which have sharp triangular corners and angular cantilevered projections. Through this massive form, windows were conceived as the flow of water cascading through a rock formation. This design intent is reinforced by the selection of cor-ten steel as a solid, sculptural and weathering material, constructed as a rain-screen façade. The development overcame difficult site challenges with a masterplan which manages an inner city motorway passing alongside whilst also enabling future growth. This is a key central Leeds location and a new public space linking key urban spaces forms a significant landscape element in the scheme. A key success of the scheme is the innovative approach to the design of each elevation. We developed our own software programme to undertake a rigorous computational analysis of each small section of the building facades. The result is a varied appearance highly specific to this scheme, optimising daylight and reducing solar penetration.

Photographs: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Cloud9Photography & Sapa: Architectural Aluminium Solutions