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Redevelopment at the site of the former BBC New Broadcasting House building on Oxford Road.

Under the name Studio Vertigo, light artists Lucy McDonnell and Stephen Newby design objects that transform our day-to-day environment and turn the world upside down. For Corridor of Light, Our Beating Heart featured a giant mirror ball in the shape of a heart that slowly rotated on a vertical axis, creating a visual spectacle of thousands of spots of light moving in fantastical, swirling and changing patterns across Manchester’s newest neighbourhood, Circle Square.

The site of the former New Broadcasting House, the regional headquarters of BBC North West. The building which was built on a site bounded by Oxford Road, Charles Street, Brancaster Street and the River Medlock,was built between 1971 and 1975; it was officially opened by Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1976. The building was vacated in November 2011 when the BBC completed its move to MediaCityUK and, less than a year later, is now just a pile of rubble.

Looking towards the city centre.

On Oxford Road, part of the NCC Group https://www.nccgroup.com/en/ . See also Image

Current broadcasting office of BBC Manchester. Soon to be relocated when their new building is completed. The new complex will be a 'media city' and based at Salford Quays near the Lowry. The BBC say they will move several major departments - Children's, Sport, New Media, Five Live and Research and Development - out of London to Salford by 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/buildings/new_dev/move_north.shtml

This site, bounded by Oxford Road, Charles Street, Brancaster Street and the River Medlock, was home to the regional headquarters of BBC North West for more than 35 years. New Broadcasting House was built between 1971 and 1975; it was officially opened by Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1976. The building was vacated in November 2011 when the BBC completed its move to MediaCityUK and, less than a year later, is now just a pile of rubble.

The Circle Square Development.

Striking with its cantilevered top storey, all clad in white concrete and white tiles. The street-level alterations, c2000, to incorporate shops are described by Pevsner as "unfortunate". By Cruickshank & Seward, 1964. They had a penchant for white concrete.

BBC New Broadcasting House, The regional headquarters of BBC North West on Oxford Road, was officially opened by Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1976. The building is due to close in 2011 when BBC North West will relocate to the BBC's new northern "media hub" at MediaCity:UK, currently under construction at Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. Update: The building was vacated in November 2011 when the BBC completed its move to MediaCityUK and, less than a year later, was just a pile of rubble (Image]).