University Of Leicester Engineering Building

James stirling and james gowan.

University of leicester engineering building. James stirling buildings and projects. Geography geology and the environment school of. These are attached to a low engineering workshop complex. Leicester university road sk 50 se 17 10009 engineering building university of leicester ii star university engineering building.

Pair of multi storey towers one for offices and one for research set above a pair of lecture theatres with raking undersides placed upon a brick podium. Red engineering brick red tile clad surfaces and patent glazing. The university of leicester has published diamond tipped the story of how the ambitious refurbishment of its engineering building was accomplished. The commission was given to architects james stirling and james gowan and the building was completed in 1963.

The innovative use of the 45 degree glass making the roof still provides inspiration to designers and architects today by optimising the amount of. Hailed as one of the top 10 most architecturally important post war buildings in the uk the engineering building at the university of leicester is a unique and inspiring place to learn. Michael atiyah building ma english. Genetics and genome biology department of.

Opened in 1963 and widely regarded as one of the most architecturally important buildings of its era the engineering building at leicester is utterly distinctive. Engineering building eng engineering design laboratory. A striking building for a royal university in 1957 as university college leicester gained its royal charter and became leicester university plans for new campus buildings included an engineering building on a site near victoria park. Flat roofs to towers.

English local history centre for. The university of leicester s engineering building is an early example of post modernist design and continues to inspire architects today. The engineering building comprises large ground level workshops heavy machinery covering most of the available site and a vertical ensemble consisting of office and laboratory towers lecture theaters and lift and staircase shafts james stirling michael wilford and associates. It stands out among the older and new parts of campus forming with the attenborough tower and the charles wilson building one third of the architectural triptych that defines the university s silhouette.