Bold visions to renew Bradford's Odeon

摘要

Bradford Council has received three formal bids from teams vying to regenerate the city's abandoned Odeon cinema. The most audacious vision for the empty 1930 landmark, which was almost flattened to make way for a Carey Jones Architects-designed office development ('"Blank canvas"for Bradford Odeon as controversial plans scrapped'- AJ 21.09.12), comes from Saltaire-based Ranee Booth Smith Architects. The practice, working with Turley Associates and Rex Procter (£) Partners, has proposed turning the former cinema into a swimming pool as a part of an ambitious £30 million 'City Reflections' vision, which includes a 160m indoor running track. Meanwhile, Hackney Empire-mastermind Tim Ronalds Architects has teamed up with local businessman Lee Craven under the 'Bradford Live' banner in a bid to convert the building into a 4,000-seat music venue.