Facilities
The School
The Architecture Building is a listed Edwardian building facing the Quadrangle (the oldest part of the University campus). The School is centrally located on campus with easy access to all university facilities and services. The Robinson Library is two minutes walk away, the students' union is also close by and you can access all the city has to offer with a short two minute walk to shops, restaurants, bars and public transport. The Quadrangle has recently been re-landscaped as part of the University’s £200 million campus development and is a beautiful place to sit in the summer and provides a wonderful backdrop for graduation photos!
The School has a range of state of the art facilities including a workshop, studios, exhibition spaces, crit rooms, seminar rooms and IT suites. To find out more about our facilities and view images please visit our Gallery.
Students have access to the Architecture Building 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can use their dedicated studio spaces at all times.
The fully staffed workshop is open between 09:00am-17:00pm Monday to Friday and provides facilities for a full range of model making and woodwork activities. It is equipped with a range of modern machinery including 2 powerful CNC laser cutters and a Zcorp 3D printer. Advice and instruction is provided by our expert technical staff.
The Architecture Building is home to the student ran Kofi Bar and serves hot and cold drinks, snacks and sandwiches from 10:00am-16:00pm Monday to Friday.
Planning students are based in Claremont Tower and have access to a dedicated planning studio with computing facilities. Planning students can also access the Architecture Building for use of Kofi Bar facilities and to visit the School's main reception.
As part of the wider campus development the School has also undertaken its own redevelopment projects, including refurbishing crit and gallery space, extending and updating the workshop, a new student-run coffee space, newly refurbished ateliers, and updating all student computing and printing facilities.
The University
The University provides excellent facilities for students and staff including:
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the award-winning Robinson Library. The Robinson library regularly updates its stock with suggestions from the School. During term time the library is open from 08:30am-24:00am Monday to Thursday, 08:30am-21:00pm Fridays and 10:00am-21:00pm Saturdays and Sundays.
- state of the art Sport Centre is open during term time from 07:00am-22:00pm weekdays and 10:00am-17:00pm at weekends.
- award-winning Careers Service
- extensive cultural facilities and attractions
To take a virtual tour of the University please click here.