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 Facilities 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 over recent years, including refurbishing crit and gallery space, extending and updating the workshop, a new student-run coffee bar, newly refurbished ateliers studios, a new planning social space and updating all student computing and printing facilities. Further redevelopment work is planned for Summer 2012.
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 24 hours a day. To find out the library opening hours today please visit the Library Calendar.
- 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
The Robinson Library is the University's main library and is within two minutes' walking distance of the School. The Library:
- is open seven days a week, with 24 hour opening during exam periods. Current opening times are available on the Library website homepage
- has over 1,500 study spaces, including areas for group discussion and silent research
- provides access to 360 computers connected to the campus network
- contains over 1,000,000 print books; the largest collection of ebooks in the country; 14,000 journals, and a wide range of specialist online resources for Architecture, Planning and Landscape including Avery Index, Bridgeman Images and Oxford Art Online.
For an overview of the library's resources for The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, information about access to libraries and resources elsewhere, advice on getting the best out of the library, and regularly updated news, please visit our library subject guide
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Banner Image: Metis: Mark Dorrian + Adrian Hawker, Section, Northwich Cultural Centre (2009)