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The Chorlton Park Apartments, is an award winning ''"green"'' apartment building in Chorlton, Manchester, England. It was designed by architect Roger Stephenson and built as part of collaboration between Tom Bloxham's development company Urban Splash and Irwell Valley in 2002. The development won a number of awards including the Housing Design Award in 2001,〔(Housing Design Award )〕 Roses Design Awards - best residential project in 2002〔(Roses Design Awards - best residential project )〕 and in 2003 won the MSA Design Award in the residential section.〔(MSA Design Award )〕 Its most prestigious award came in 2004 when it was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA Award.〔(RIBA Award )〕 Architect Roger Stephenson liked the design so much that he bought a top floor apartment for himself. ==Background== The site was formerly a contaminated petrol filling station at 417 Barlow Moor Road, an arterial route connecting Cheshire to Manchester city centre via the suburb of Chorlton-cum-Hardy.〔 〕 The site was acquired by the Irwell Valley company in the late 1990s. The company, concerned it was acquiring the image of a ''"worthy-but-dull"'' organization,〔(Building for Life )〕 instigated a limited invited architectural competition in 1999 to design a scheme for approximately 20 homes on the site and invited four high profile architects including Stephenson Bell (now Stephenson:ISA Studio), MBLC and Sterling Award winners Ian Simpson and Stephen Hodder to compete for the instruction.〔 Each submission was submitted anonymously and the design brief was to provide ''"space, light and warmth, flexibility, integration of external environment, and the maximisation of natural heat, ventilation and light"'' with Manchester City Council planning department requiring a distinctive landmark design providing variety to a location predominantly made up of two-storey semi-detached residential properties and low-rise retail units.〔 The design by Stephenson Bell won the competition. Tom Bloxham, of Urban Splash, one of the judges, admired the scheme so much that he offered to become a joint venture partner in the development.〔(Urban Splash sells out in chorlton )〕 After Urban Splash came on board the scheme was altered slightly to provide underground parking with additional duplex units along its front elevation on Barlow Moor Road.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chorlton Park Apartments」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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