Architectural and urban design practice WW+P and its parent company Egis have together opened a new office at 117-119 Portland Street, in Manchester city centre, signalling the businesses’ commitment to the region.
The opening of the northern base, located within Bruntwood SciTech’s newly named ‘Thread Works’ innovation cluster, is the latest move from Egis as we look to support local economies and create jobs throughout the country. With existing offices in Bristol, Edinburgh and London, we are set to establish a footprint for the business to deliver expertise across regional infrastructure and the built environment.
The former textile factory similarly marks WW+P’s first permanent residence in the city, having worked in and around the region for the past five years. The new studio will reinforce the firm’s involvement in developing Manchester’s architecture and infrastructure.
With a new office opening in a city home to the world’s oldest surviving terminal railway station, Liverpool Road, we are now set to play an important role in future developments to rail in the north of the country.
The Thread Works name pays homage to the building’s first ever tenants, Schill Seebohm & Co, shipping merchants who sold locally made textiles in the 1880s, and the concept of a ‘thread’ in technology typically being the smallest set or sequence of instructions that a computer handles.