User:Ballpointbiro/Phoenix Initiative, Coventry

The Coventry Phoenix Initiative was an urban regeneration project that took place in the centre of Coventry, England. The idea for the scheme was formulated by Coventry City Council in the early 1990's, and a selection process to choose the designers and contractors for the project finished in 1997. Construction eventually began in the early 2000's, completed in 2004.

Background
A combination of rapid population growth in the early 20th century and the devastation of the Coventry Blitz in the Second World War led to a large amount of redevelopment in Coventry in the post war years. The projects were ambitious; large parts of the city centre were entirely replaced with new buildings. In the 1970s and 80s Coventry was affected deeply by the downturn in British manufacturing, and by the start of the 1990s had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Coventry City Council decided a new redevelopment scheme was required to capitalise on the city's major tourism assets and rejuvenate the city centre.

Design and construction
MJP Architects won the contract to masterplan the scheme in 1997,


 * http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/casestudies/regeneration/coventry_phoenix/description.php.html
 * http://www.cwn.org.uk/phoenix-initiative/
 * http://mjparchitects.co.uk/projects/phoenix-initiative/
 * https://www.rummey.co.uk/project/coventry-phoenix-initiative