Scheme comprises around half of the homes on early phase of the wider £2bn urban extension
Whittam Cox has replaced Corstorphine & Wright as build-to-rent architect on the first phase of the £2bn York Central development.
The London-based practice has been brought in to draw up new plans for the 500-home plot, which had been submitted with Corstorphine & Wright at the helm in December last year.
The scheme is set to comprise around half of the homes on phase 1C of the 2,500-home regeneration vision for land around York Central station, which is set to increase the size of York city centre by around a third.
The wider project, the largest single development in York’s history, is being designed for a partnership between Network Rail, Homes England, City of York council and the National Railway Museum.
Corstorphine & Wright has declined to comment on its departure from the scheme.
Whittam Cox’s appointment to the build-to-rent plot was revealed in a series of amendments to several plots on the phase submitted to York city council at the end of last month following a design review process with statutory consultees over the past six months.
Other plots on the phase include an affordable housing scheme designed by Haworth Tompkins, a government office designed by Sheppard Robson, a 144-home residential neighbourhood designed by Cartwright Pickard and a hotel and station entrance by 3D Reid.
Changes made by Whittam Cox to the build-to-rent scheme include revisions to the proposed building heights, massing, facades, material palette, townscape integration and public realm areas.
There is no suggestion that Corstorphine & Wright was replaced as lead architect on the plot due to feedback from consultees.
The project team on the plot remains otherwise unchanged, with Gardiner & Theobald on costs, Buro Happold on sustainability, Tate Consulting Engineers on MEP, Hexa Consulting Engineers on civils and structures and ID Planning on planning.
Amendments to other plots include changes to massing and detailing on Cartwright Pickard’s residential scheme, new road layouts on Haworth Tompkins affordable housing scheme and more cycle parking stands on a plaza designed by Grant Associates.
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