Leaving his mark Architect behind centre's transformation to retire

A MAN who designed much of Bristol city centre's 21st-century look has announced his work is done and he’s retiring after 40 years of transforming the city.

- Tristan CORK

Few people in Bristol will have heard of Mark Osborne, but everyone will have seen the impact he had on the city, particularly on both sides of the Floating Harbour.

In a career that began back in the early 1980s, he was the architect who designed many of the landmark buildings and areas of the city, as the old industrial docks were transformed in the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Mr Osborne's list of things he designed or drew up the masterplans for is long and impressive, and covers almost the entire transformation of the harbourside area from St Augustine’s Reach to the New Cut.