University of Leicester Engineering Department
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Academic building to house the university engineering department's workshops, laboratories and lecture theatres
The building comprises a tower and adjacent workshops and laboratories, with the glass room sitting on triangular struts running at 45 degrees to the face of the building.
The ground floor holds extensive workshops and laboratories, while the vertical mass contains offices and lecture theatres. The top storey of the tower, the 11th floor, is a water tank that supplies a pressure head to the hydraulics laboratory on the ground floor via enormous pipes that run down the side of the main staircase.
The exterior of the building is a bold combination of red brick masonry and full height glazing. The workshops have an industrial toughess, with saw-tooth factory glazing cutting across its roof at an acute angle.
Data
- Begun: 1959
- Completed: 1963
- Sector: Education
- Address: Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: James Stirling, James Gowan
- Project architect: James Stirling
- Client: University of Leicester
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