How did we approach the brief?
With such an incredible, historic location full of rich, social and industrial stories waiting to be told, we were excited to capture the regeneration of this extraordinary place.
We wanted to tell the story of the many of lives of the Flaxmill Maltings, from its ground-breaking design featuring the first use of an iron frame, often referred to as the “grand-parent of the skyscraper”, to its use as a temporary barracks during the Second World War.
So many lives were impacted and shaped by the Flaxmill, and we felt it was essential to show its significance on both a local and international scale.