--- title: Circle Square Car Park date: 2025-09-01T08:30:00+01:00 author: Laura Bradley​ canonical_url: "https://brickability.co.uk/projects/circle-square-car-park" section: Projects --- ![Circle Square 02 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_864x560_crop_center-center_none/Circle-Square-02-Beccy_2025-09-04-151601_xdrx.jpg) # Circle Square Car Park [![LBT](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/logos/LBT.svg)](https://brickability.co.uk/businesses/lbt-brick-and-facades) ![Circle Square 02 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_864x560_crop_center-center_none/Circle-Square-02-Beccy_2025-09-04-151601_xdrx.jpg) Project sector Mixed-use Project location Manchester Year complete 2019 Main contractor Russell Construction Sub contractor Creagh Concrete Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley / Leach Rhodes Walker ## Products used on this project ![Brick slips installed internally in Scotland home](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_414x333_crop_center-center_none/Brick-slips-installed-internally-in-Scotland-home.jpg)[Brick Slips ](https://brickability.co.uk/bricks/brick-slips) ![Oasis Academy Silvertown 54 Large](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/Products/Bricks/Prefabricated-Brick/_414x333_crop_center-center_none/Oasis-Academy-Silvertown-54-Large.jpg)[Prefabricated Brickwork ](https://brickability.co.uk/bricks/prefabricated-brickwork) ![Usk](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/bricks/_180x140_crop_center-center_none/Usk.jpg) ## Explore the brick range Browse hundreds of brick types using the filters in our Brick Finder. [Go to the Brick Finder](https://brickability.co.uk/brick-finder) - ![Circle Square 01 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/Circle-Square-01-Beccy.jpg) - ![20220422 122813](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/20220422_122813.jpg) - ![Circle Square 02 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/Circle-Square-02-Beccy_2025-09-04-151841_jwaa.jpg) - ![20220422 122107](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/20220422_122107.jpg) - ![Circle Square 03 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/Circle-Square-03-Beccy_2025-09-04-151846_kqbj.jpg) - ![20181214 080810](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/20181214_080810.jpg) - ![20190424 101619](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/20190424_101619.jpg) - ![20220422 122852](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_636x414_fit_center-center_none/20220422_122852.jpg) 01 / 08 ## Project Overview Part of the £750m Circle Square masterplan in central Manchester, the Circle Square car park provides over 1,000 spaces for visitors, residents and businesses across this major new urban quarter. Spanning nine floors, with a hotel situated above it, Circle Square car park is defined by the eye-catching circular openings featured across the brick facade, elegantly referencing the area in which it sits**.** [LBT Brick & Facades](https://brickability.co.uk/businesses/lbt-brick-and-facades) were pleased to work with architects Feilden Clegg Bradley to build on their original concept and bring it to fruition. Ultimately, LBT arranged the creation of 5,000m² purpose made linear [brick slips](https://brickability.co.uk/bricks/brick-slips), which were produced in Germany before being sent to Northern Ireland. Here, Creagh Concrete cast them into concrete panels, to be shipped to site for installation. ## Design Concept Circle Square car park is positioned prominently next to the A24 Mancunian Way and therefore required a strong architectural presence for those travelling through the city. The design team at Feilden Clegg Bradley also wanted to draw on the warehouse and viaduct architecture of industrial Manchester while still delivering the ventilation and daylighting that it required of modern-day car parks. The resulting design, utilising [red brick](https://brickability.co.uk/brick-finder?brickColour=9851&brickFinish=&brickType=&brickSearch=&page=1) typical of Manchester’s vernacular and circular openings that occur rhythmically across the car park elevation, is one that combines memorable identity with a robust and structurally impressive building. ![Circle Square 01 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_640x700_crop_center-center_none/Circle-Square-01-Beccy.jpg) ![20190424 101619](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_640x700_crop_center-center_none/20190424_101619.jpg) ## How we helped Creating the circular motifs posed many challenges to the LBT team, especially when introducing the [linear ](https://brickability.co.uk/bricks/linear-brick)nature of the desired bricks, as these led to accuracy concerns during the pre-casting process. To resolve this issue, ensuring the project design was achieved as desired, LBT were able to source and supply purpose-made [brick slips](https://brickability.co.uk/bricks/brick-slips) to the project which were already profiled ready for casting. The [pre-cast panels](https://brickability.co.uk/bricks/prefabricated-brickwork) not only guaranteed the design but also significantly accelerated the installation process at Circle Square’s tight city centre location. Since completion, Circle Square car park has achieved a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating with a focus on carbon reduction as the building achieved a 34.2% improvement on Building Regulations for the conservation of fuel and power. ![Circle Square 03 Beccy](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/_1312x700_crop_center-center_none/Circle-Square-03-Beccy_2025-09-04-151852_zldi.jpg)Share on ![LBT](https://brickability.co.uk/uploads/images/logos/LBT.svg)Speak to our team Get in touch with our knowledgeable teams to get the information you need and start your project. 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