The Leeds-based practice, formerly known as 2B Architecture, designed major housing schemes for developers such as Igloo Regeneration, Citylife and Citu – as well as a plan for Yorkshire’s tallest building and an 8,000 seat arena in Edinburgh.  But the company, whose accounts show it employed up to nine people in 2020, stopped trading on 23 April with total debts of £334,000, according to a statement of affairs published by liquidator David Robson of Gaines Robson Insolvency.  The document reveals that the practice had £43,000 in cash when it stopped trading, but £222,000 owed to it is not expected to be recovered, meaning there is a £291,000 shortfall in cash owed to creditors. Advertisement Those set to lose out include Barclays (owed £61,000), Leeds City Council (£13,000) and the owner of the practice’s office, John H King Developments (£64,000) – as well as former practice directors Nick Brown (£40,000) and Martin Cook (£13,000).  Robson declined to comment while Brown did not respond to requests for comment.  Nick Brown Architects’ plans for an 8,000-seat Edinburgh Arena fell by the wayside, with a replacement scheme by HOK winning planning permission in June 2024. Meanwhile, its plans for what would have been Yorkshire’s tallest tower were downsized from 42 to 30 storeys.  The practice once worked with Leeds rock band Kaiser Chiefs to help overhaul a rundown studio in the city, with other projects including a private gallery in east Leeds and a replacement for Levitt Bernstein’s short-lived Caspar modular housing scheme.  Nick Brown Architects joins Tooley Foster, Michael Hyde & Associates and Plymouth's ADG in shutting up shop in the last six months. Advertisement