Manchester Gallery brought a new spatial sensibility to one of the city's most significant cultural institutions. The commission required a design that could sit respectfully within an existing historic structure while bringing a genuinely contemporary interior language.
The approach was additive rather than transformative - a carefully considered interior architecture that revealed the existing building's qualities rather than competing with them.
Craig's long connection to Manchester, both through academic posts and professional practice, informed the design sensibility throughout - a spatial response rooted in a genuine knowledge of the city and its culture.