The West Yorkshire Archive Building is to be built in Kirkgate. When complete in 2016 it will store more than 10 million historical records over three floors.
The building has been designed by architect Broadway Malyan with a perforated metal mesh wrap, which will be back-lit in the evening to provide a changing façade.
The project is being jointly funded by the five West Yorkshire councils, West Yorkshire Joint Services and Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) which has awarded a £3.9m grant to create a new permanent home for the region’s archives.
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