Leeds Design Innovation Centre

In 1990 Allen Tod completed the radical conversion of a redundant steel framed warehouse to create the Design Innovation Centre, a concept jointly developed by Allen Tod and the developer, which provides flexible studio, office and workshop spaces for designers and design related businesses, around conference facilities and gallery/exhibition space.

The development took advantage of a riverside location in the centre of Leeds known to be attractive to designers, and provided all the riverside offices and studios with external balconies suspended over the river together with a full length balcony at ground level, much used for office gatherings and parties.

The building's commercial success has paved the way for the subsequent renaissance of this stretch of the Leeds riverside.

The project has received the RIBA Regional Award for Architecture and The Leeds Award for Architecture.

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