Faraday Building, Manchester
University building in Manchester, England
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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.
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| Type | Academic |
| Location | Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53.4735°N 2.2341°W |
Completed | 1967 |
| Owner | University of Manchester |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Harry Fairhurst |
Architecture firm | H.S. Fairhust & Son |
The Faraday Building's architect was Harry Fairhurst, of the long-established Manchester firm of H.S. Fairhust & Son. It was constructed in 1967 by J. Gerrard & Sons.
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 housed a mural called The Alchemist's Elements (1967) by Hans Tisdall.[1]
As part of the closure of the North Campus, the building was closed in 2015, and partially demolished in 2016.
