Manchester School of Art
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Extension and refurbishment to the Manchester School of Art
The architect has overclad and rationalised the school’s nine-storey Chatham Tower and its plinth to provide studios for art students. Alongside the refurbished tower an 8600m2 new building contains design studios, workshops and a gallery.
The 1960s arts tower and the new studio building are linked by a seven storey 'vertical gallery', designed to act as a shop window to the school itself.
Data
- Begun: Apr 2011
- Completed: Apr 2013
- Floor area: 17,320m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £23.6M
- Address: Manchester Metropolitan University, Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BR, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Client: Manchester Metropolitan University
- Structural engineer: Arup
- M&E consultant: Arup
- Quantity surveyor: Turner Townsend
- Landscape architect: Dan Pearson Studio
- Cladding consultant: Montrésor Partnership
- Project manager: Turner Townsend
- Building inspector: Turner Townsend
- CDM coordinator: Turner Townsend
- Main contractor: Morgan Sindall
