Faraday Building (Manchester)
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The Faraday Building is a university building in central Manchester
. It is part of the campus of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
The Faraday Building's architect was Harry Fairhurst, of the long-established Manchester firm of H.S. Fairhust & Son. It was constructed in 1967.
The building housed, until mid-to-late 2007, part of the University of Manchester
School of Chemistry. The School of Chemistry is now located mainly at the Chemistry Building on Brunswick Street, however a significant number of former Faraday-based academics researching biologically-related chemistry are now based in the nearby Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
.
Appropriately, given its chemistry roots, the building houses a mural called The Alchemist's Elements, by Hans Tisdall.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. It is part of the campus of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
The Faraday Building's architect was Harry Fairhurst, of the long-established Manchester firm of H.S. Fairhust & Son. It was constructed in 1967.
The building housed, until mid-to-late 2007, part of the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
School of Chemistry. The School of Chemistry is now located mainly at the Chemistry Building on Brunswick Street, however a significant number of former Faraday-based academics researching biologically-related chemistry are now based in the nearby Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
The Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre , also called 'The John Garside Building', is a research institute of the University of Manchester, England which has been designed to enable academic communities to explore specific areas of interdisciplinary quantitative bioscience, largely through the...
.
Appropriately, given its chemistry roots, the building houses a mural called The Alchemist's Elements, by Hans Tisdall.