Gardens · West Midlands
Alan Turing Building
Alan Turing Building — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
N Chadwick — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Alan Turing Building is a garden of interest in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Alan Turing Building is a building in Manchester, England that is home to the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. Named after the mathematician and pioneer of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Alan Turing, the building also houses the Photon Science Institute and the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester. Located in the Chorlton-on-Medlock district of Manchester, on Upper Brook Street, the building is adjacent the Henry Royce Institute, Kilburn Building and University Place. While under construction, the project was known as AMPPS : Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics and Photon Science. The building was shortlisted for the Greater Manchester Building of the Year 2008 prize, which is awarded by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The manager of the building project was awarded a silver medal in the Chartered Institute of Building "Construction Manager of the Year" awards.
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Background
Architecture
The £43m building was completed in July 2007, and was designed by architects Sheppard Robson. and grey zinc exterior cladding. At the time of completion this was the largest photovoltaic array in North West England, and helped the architects to win an award for "Business Commitment to the Environment". One condition for planning approval was that the project included corridors for pedestrian access and visual transparency between Upper Brook Street and Oxford Road. This was to counter complaints by the residents of Brunswick, on the other side of Upper Brook Street, that previous university developments seemed to be creating a wall to them. The pedestrian walkway between the second and…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.4680, -2.2314
- District
- Manchester
- Parish
- Manchester, unparished area
- Postcode
- M13 9PY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Established
- 2007
- Official site
- www.piccadillymanchester.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q4707939 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Alan Turing Building (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Alan Turing Building?
- Alan Turing Building is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode M13 9PY), in the parish of Manchester, unparished area.
- When was Alan Turing Building built?
- Built or established in 2007.
- Who owns Alan Turing Building?
- Alan Turing Building is owned by University of Manchester.
- How do I get to Alan Turing Building?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode M13 9PY. It sits within the Manchester Rusholme parliamentary constituency.