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Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9PL

I was shocked and stunned to find that the Maths Tower has gone. Was it not enough that I studied within its lofty confines for three years? Apparently not. In fact, it was demolished in 2005, before it had reached forty years of age. It was a landmark in the area, providing a counterpoint to Waterhouse's tower over the road (Image]). Pevsner described it as one of the best of the university's buildings. Shame on the University of Manchester for pulling it down, and an extra dollop of shame for replacing it with something so innocuous (thrillingly called University Place).

This modern building is home to a number of University services including: the Accommodation Office, the Central Academic Advisory Service, the Disability Support Office, Social Work, Student Experience, the University Visitors' Centre, and the Institute of Health Sciences.

This modern building is home to a number of University services including the Accommodation Office, the Central Academic Advisory Service, the Disability Support Office, Social Work, Student Experience, the University Visitors' Centre, and the Institute of Health Sciences.

"Move Fast and Brake Things" was a signature commission for Corridor of Light. The curved surface of University Place was used as a vast canvas for a new video inspired by the first computer to store and run a programme, which was built nearby at the University of Manchester. The video was the creation of Antonio Roberts, an artist and curator whose work has featured at galleries including Tate Britain, the Barbican and the V&A. It was a dynamic, fast-paced projection exploring the comparatively innocent origins of computing and the thrill of innovation – but also how the messy and chaotic future we’re now living in may have been unforeseen.

This redoubtable building houses the University of Manchester's School of Computer Science. It used to be reachable by the elevated walkway which ran from the Precinct Centre to the Maths Tower so may well date from Wilson & Womersley's work in the early 1970s (Image]).

176 - 188 Oxford Road, known as Waterloo Place, is a terrace of 7 three-bay, two storey houses built in the 1830s. They are now the property of the University of Manchester.

The Gothic Revival street frontage which continues to the Whitworth Hall has been ingeniously integrated by three generations of the Waterhouse family.

This terrace of 19th century houses is home to Manchester University's Humanities Departmental admin offices.

The Vivarium houses a collection of live amphibians and reptiles including many critically endangered species. It is unusual for a museum to care for live animals, but Manchester Museum has done so for over 50 years, offering a unique opportunity to see rare and beautiful creatures and watch conservation in action.

A nice late-Georgian terrace, Waterloo Place, whose doorcases have Doric columns and fanlights (Image]). Built c1830. The attic additions are early C20th. Grade II listed. All are now in use as offices by the University of Manchester.