The chips are down

摘要

The residents of WillAlsop's 'Chips' building in Manchester are not frying. In fact, for most of last week they were freezing. For three nights the good people in Urban Splash's multi-coloured .£20 million New Islington centrepiece were without both heating and hot water. Hie cause, the AJ understands, was a broken 'environmentally friendly' boiler. As there was no back-up boiler, a temporary one had to be installed by the developer.