Faraday Building (Manchester)

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.

Faraday Building
General information
TypeAcademic
LocationManchester
Coordinates53.4735°N 2.2341°W / 53.4735; -2.2341
Completed1967
OwnerUniversity of Manchester
Design and construction
ArchitectHarry Fairhurst
Architecture firmH.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.

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.


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