Tag: Tower Works

New mural celebrates the history of Holbeck’s Tower Works

There’s a stunning new public artwork at the Tower Works development in Holbeck. Artist Zoe Power has created a 300 square meter mural, A Common Thread, which incorporates cogs from factory machines and patterns from woollen weaves, nodding to Leeds’ industrial past and referencing the site’s previous use as a

Tower Works build to rent scheme completes in Holbeck

Sir Robert McAlpine has achieved practical completion of 245 new homes at the historic Tower Works scheme on Globe Road in Holbeck. Established in the 1860s as a steel pin factory for carding and combing in the textile industry, Tower Works closed in 1981. The neighbourhood is today home to