Albert Dock Welcome Pavilion Liverpool, Mersey Waterfront Building, Architect
Albert Dock Welcome Pavilion Building
Gower Street Estates: Salthouse Quay Architecture, Merseyside, UK – design by K2 Architects
17 Mar 2018
Albert Dock Welcome Pavilion
Design: K2 Architects
Location: Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, North West England, UK
Planning application in for new Welcome Pavilion at Albert Dock Liverpool
A planning application for a new Welcome Pavilion to be built at Albert Dock Liverpool – the first phase of a masterplan to upgrade the attraction to meet the evolving needs of future visitors to the Grade I listed estate – has been submitted to Liverpool City Council.

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Gower Street Estates, freeholders of Albert Dock, propose a glass structure on Salthouse Quay, covering a total floor space of 400m2 (including outside canopy space), that will not only act as a welcome, information and event space, but also celebrate and showcase the history and heritage of Albert Dock with curated content through multi-media platforms.
photograph © Adrian Welch
The scheme also includes improvements to the public realm of the area to open up views of the UNESCO World Heritage waterfront and provide a more pedestrian-friendly arrival space for visitors. Importantly, the scheme will reconnect the middle ground between Albert Dock, Liverpool ONE and the wider city context.

photo © Adrian Welch
Landscape architects, Planit-IE, were first commissione...