The Centenary Building is a building at the
University of Salford
, caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford
, mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things"
, established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...
in
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tamesid ...
, England. It was completed in December 1995 and opened in
1996
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and was designed by the architect
Stephen Hodder.
The building won the
RIBA Award and
Stirling Prize
The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The S ...
in 1996 and the
Civic Trust Award in 1997.
Site and brief
The site is situated on the edge of the city of Manchester and lies within the campus of the University of Salford.
The brief for the building came from the predecessor of the
University of Salford
, caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford
, mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things"
, established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...
towards the end of 1994 and demanded a building which was a ''"fusion of design and technology"'' to house the ''Spatial, Graphic and Industrial Design Department'' of the university.
Hodder had 11 weeks to finish the design stage and begin development on site in order to ensure the EU grant was eligibl
Architecture
The building consists of two separate glazed structures set as a frame to an informal galleried atrium.
The service towers and studio and seminar accommodation are housed within a four-storey orthogonal block on the "City side" of the development.
The tutorial accommodation and technology suites are situated in a fre