Fuente: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Fotografía: Hufton+Crow

This major extension to the Manchester School of Art, which began life in the 1830s, has provided an engaging and lively environment for students and staff to work and study and has helped re-assert both the Art School and the University’s profile on the national stage.

A highly visible new Vertical Gallery space acts as a shop window providing a showcase for the School of Art to the University and the wider City. Behind the gallery is an interactive ‘hybrid’ studio designed to break down traditional hierarchies and foster creative collaboration between disciplines instead.

Project Manager:
Turner & Townsend

Structural Engineer:
Arup

M&E Engineer:
Arup

CDM Consultant:
Turner & Townsend

Cost Consultant:
Turner & Townsend

Landscape Architect:
Dan Pearson Studio

Contractor:
Morgan Sindall

Photography:
Hufton+Crow

Client:
Manchester Metropolitan University

Location:
Manchester

Construction value:
£23,000,000

Completion:
April 2013