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Faraday Building, Manchester
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The Faraday Building is a university building in central Manchester. It is part of the campus of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Faraday Building | |
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General information | |
Type | Academic |
Location | Manchester |
Coordinates | 53.4735°N 2.2341°W / 53.4735; -2.2341 |
Completed | 1967 |
Owner | University of Manchester |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Harry Fairhurst |
Architecture firm | H.S. Fairhust & Son |
The Faraday Building's architect was Harry Fairhurst, of the long-established Manchester firm of H.S. Fairhust & Son. It was constructed in 1967 by J. Gerrard & Sons.
The building housed, until mid-to-late 2007, part of the University of Manchester School of Chemistry. The School of Chemistry is now located mainly at the Chemistry Building on Brunswick Street, however a significant number of former Faraday-based academics researching biologically related chemistry are now based in the nearby Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre.
Appropriately, given its chemistry roots, the building houses a mural called The Alchemist's Elements, by Hans Tisdall.
As part of the closure of the North Campus, the building was closed in 2015, and partially demolished in 2016.
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