Waterfront to create 1,000 jobs

MORE than 1,000 jobs will be created by the £100m revamp of Wakefield's waterfront, developers revealed this week.
Oliver Quarmby, of CTP St James, the company behind the development, said the figure was a “conservative estimate”.
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Wakefield wins again!
September 30 2005 

The regeneration of Wakefield’s historic heart today received a major boost with news that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has confirmed its support for The Hepworth, Wakefield – a state of the art gallery to be built on the headland site of the Wakefield Waterfront conservation area. This Stage One grant of £4.9 million will help  <more--->

Plans passed for Skills Centre site

Controversial plans to transform the former Skills Centre site in Wakefield have been passed for the second time. <more--->

Waterfront Deal Clinches Development’s Future

A key development in the progress of Wakefield’s Waterfront Scheme has seen an exchange of contracts between Wakefield Council and Peter Wilkes of Wilkes Group Services for the sale of the Rutland Mills complex.  <more--->

Plans to Transform Wakefield's Waterfront Unveiled

An application for planning permission to transform Wakefield's historic waterfront into a mixed-use development of international significance for the 21st century has been submitted today.   <more--->

A PUBLIC LECTURE GIVEN BY DAVID CHIPPERFIELD
At Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 26 February 2004

The lecture given by the winning architect for the recent RIBA competition to design a prestigious and distinctive landmark gallery on the waterfront in Wakefield was given to a full house.  <more--->

WINNING DESIGN ANNOUNCED FOR HEPWORTH ART GALLERY

After much thought the winning design for the new Hepworth Art Gallery , chosen from the six finalists, has been announced as David Chipperfield Architects who also designed the River and Rowing Museum at Henley, Museum Island at Berlin, the Natural History at Verona and the Neues Museum in Berlin.  <more--->

WAKEFIELD WATERFRONT GALLERY

Six practices have now been selected for the shortlist in a competition to design a prestigious and distinctive "landmark" gallery on the waterfront in Wakefield.  <more--->

GRAND DESIGNS

TOP ARCHITECTS TO BATTLE OVER PRESTIGE ART GALLERY PROJECT
BY ALAN YORK
Courtesy of Yorkshire Post Newspapers. Originally published YEP 6 February 2003

MAJOR international architects are to he invited to compete for the design of a multi-million pound art gallery at Wakefield, the YEP can reveal. The designs are for the proposed Barbara Hepworth Gallery, part of the £40m Wakefield Waterfront project on the banks of the River Calder near Chantry Bridge.  <more--->

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