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Gateway House, Manchester
Building in Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gateway House in Manchester, England, is a modernist office block above a row of shops designed by Richard Seifert & Partners and completed in 1969. It replaced a row of 19th-century railway warehouses on the approach to Manchester Piccadilly station. The building, which differed from much of Seifert's contemporary work in that it departed from the bare concrete brutalist style which had become his trademark, was nicknamed the "lazy S" and was reputedly designed as a doodle.
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Gateway House | |
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![]() Gateway House and Piccadilly Station approach pictured in 2011 before the 2017 refurbishment | |
Alternative names | Piccadilly House |
General information | |
Architectural style | Modernist |
Location | Piccadilly, Manchester, England |
Current tenants | empty |
Completed | 1969 |
Renovated | 2017 |
Owner | Realty Estates |
Height | 36 m (118 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 9 |
Floor area | 12,861 m2 (138,430 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Richard Seifert |
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