Tonkin Liu creates pair of glulam buildings for craftspeople restoring York Minster
London-based architecture studio Tonkin Liu has added two timber buildings on either side of York Minster, which contain facilities to aid the restoration of the Gothic cathedral.
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London architecture studio Tonkin Liu has created two timber buildings on either side of York Minster, which contain facilities for workers restoring the Gothic cathedral.
Named The Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills, the buildings include the rectangular Heritage Quad and the triangular Technology Hub, both of which give working stone masons views of the Grade I-listed York Minster.
"These are the first two buildings to be built with historical precedent in a hundred years; it was important that they responded to the setting and heralded a new chapter for heritage craft," Tonkin Liu co-founder Mike Tonkin told Dezeen.
"The restoration of York Minster needed to be accelerated because climate change is increasing its degradation," he continued. "The two new buildings will speed up the conservation by four decades within the next century."
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