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An historic Liverpool-based architecture firm has been bought out by two of its existing team members - and announced its appointment to a £100m Bristol project.

KKA has been acquired by architects Kasia Borkowska and Chris Long, who have both been with the firm for more than ten years. Each has each acquired 50% of the company's shareholdings.

KKA, which launched in Liverpool 70 years ago, works around the º£½ÇÊÓƵ in sectors including sport, retail, hotels and student accommodation.

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The change in ownership is in accordance with the firm's succession plan, and comes as a result of KKA's previous directors taking retirement and pursuing other interests.

The practice has just been appointed to work on the Ashton Gate Sporting Quarter, a Bristol development valued at over £100m that is focused around a 4,000 capacity sports and convention centre and a 230-bed hotel.

Amongst KKA's high-profile projects is the Robins High Performance Centre - a state-of-the-art training centre for Bristol City FC that officially opened last week, and a Hilton Garden Inn hotel overlooking the finish line at Silverstone racing circuit.

KKA's work in Liverpool includes the LFC Flagship Megastore at Anfield and the new multi-story car park and energy centre within Paddington Village in the city’s Knowledge Quarter, which is set to complete this summer.