March 11 2005

The winning ideas for panopticons in Burnley, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley have been unveiled, in a scheme which aims to build a series of six new landmarks in the East Lancashire hills by 2007. The Panopticons scheme, co-ordinated by Mid Pennine Arts, is part of the wider Regional Park initiative led by the East Lancashire Partnership and funded by the NWDA and ELP.

Designs for Blackburn, Pendle and Rossendale have already been chosen, with construction to begin in the spring. The winning design ideas for the next three panopticons are by Tonkin Liu Ltd Architects (‘The Singing Ringing Tree’, Burnley); Peter Beard Architect (‘A new landscape on the hill’, Hyndburn); and artist Nayan Kulkarni (‘neoSCOPE’, Ribble Valley).

Nick Hunt, director at Mid Pennine Arts, said: “The steering groups have chosen three very talented design teams. Each will bring something special to East Lancashire, and a good deal of kudos. Now we want local people to help shape their ideas into final designs we can all be proud of.”

The winners have been asked to develop their ideas into final designs for resubmission to the steering groups in April. More public consultations will take place before final designs are approved.

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