Castle Meadow Campus
Castle Meadow Campus | |
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General information | |
Type | University campus (former tax office) |
Address | Nottingham, NG2 1AB |
Coordinates | 52°57′N 1°09′W / 52.95°N 1.15°W |
Elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
Construction started | 1992 |
Completed | September 1994 |
Inaugurated | 19 May 1995 |
Cost | £54m. |
Client | Inland Revenue |
Owner | University of Nottingham |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Concrete and brick |
Floor area | 120,000 square feet (39,000 sq m) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Hopkins |
Architecture firm | Michael Hopkins and Partners |
Structural engineer | Arup Group |
Services engineer | Arup Group, Christian Bartenbach (lighting) |
Main contractor | Laing Management |
Castle Meadow Campus is a distinctive and large series of buildings in the west of the centre of Nottingham, completed in 1994 and occupied by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from its construction until 2021,[1] when it was purchased by the University of Nottingham.[2]
The campus comprises seven buildings with tree-lined boulevards. It is built on a former railway goods yard off the A453 off Castle Meadow Road, next to the Nottingham Canal.
Design
The buildings were designed by Hopkins Architects with engineering by
natural ventilation. The main Amenity Building has a fabric roof suspended from four raking steel masts. The design employs the thermal mass
of the concrete to cool the building at night. There are 1,052 pre-built deep brick piers with 863 concrete ceiling beams.
In May 2023 the buildings were listed at Grade II.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Nottinghamshire Live https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/former-hmrc-offices-recognised-special-8499115
- ^ "University of Nottingham acquires landmark HMRC site which was on market for more than £36m - Business Live". 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Nottingham: An illustrated history
- ^ Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1481344?section=official-list-entry