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One student walking sedately down the stairs as another dashes up at full speed. The stairwell is in the Renold Building of Manchester University, viewed from Altrincham Street. See also Image

The Renold Building, a typical 1960s Brutalist concrete and glass structure with a large glass-sided stair tower on the side, was opened on 23 November 1962 for the Manchester College of Science and Technology as part of a major expansion of its campus after it gained university status (the college was renamed as UMIST –University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology – in 1966). The building, which consists of a two-storey base supporting a six-storey tower, contains a number of lecture halls of differing sizes, including a 500-seat theatre, as well as seminar rooms and exhibition spaces. Although it has attracted some criticism, the Renold Building narrowly missed out on being awarded listed status in January 2008 (https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/science-engineering/2019/03/19/north-campus-the-names-behind-the-buildings/ University of Manchester) and is one of the University’s more eye-catching buildings. UMIST merged with the Victoria University of Manchester in 2004 to became part of The University of Manchester.

The Renold Building, a typical 1960s Brutalist concrete and glass structure, was opened on 23 November 1962 for the Manchester College of Science and Technology as part of a major expansion of its campus after it gained university status (the college was renamed as UMIST –University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology – in 1966). The building, which consists of a two-storey base supporting a six-storey tower, contains a number of lecture halls of differing sizes, including a 500-seat theatre, as well as seminar rooms and exhibition spaces. Although it has attracted some criticism, the Renold Building narrowly missed out on being awarded listed status in January 2008 (https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/science-engineering/2019/03/19/north-campus-the-names-behind-the-buildings/ University of Manchester) and is one of the University’s more eye-catching buildings. UMIST merged with the Victoria University of Manchester in 2004 to became part of The University of Manchester.

An interesting building consisting of a main block with windows set back deeply in boxy modules above a projecting base. By Cruickshank & Seward, 1962. Built for the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology to provide a variety of lecture theatres. As far as I know it fulfils the same function for the new merged University of Manchester. The projecting floor appeared to house a bar.

In one corner of the university campus is this field of daffodils. A nearby sign reads: A Marie Curie 'Field of Hope' Planted November 2002 with donations from UMIST Staff and Students At present they all seem to be in bud.

An old limbless tree trunk lies between picnic tables in the former UMIST campus of the University of Manchester. On the left is the Pariser Building Image On the right is the Renold Building http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour9/area9page13.html

Outside the Renold Building at the University of Manchester is a sculpture. A plaque on one side simply reads: MARSHALL HALL COMBUSTION 1994 A fellow contemporary student tells me that Marshall Hall was a fine art student at Manchester Metro Uni 1991 to 1994, in the sculpture department. He made welded steel objects, which he let rust, I wonder if he was inspired by an article in Vol 5 of The Journal of science and the arts published in 1818: "On the spontaneous Combustion of Cotton Goods, which have been imbued with Linseed Oil. By Marshall Hall, M.D. It is well known that cotton goods, either intentionally, or accidentally, imbued with linseed oil, are likely to take fire spontaneously. ... Many fires in cotton mills are probably owing to this accident." https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QhA_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq=marshall+hall+combustion&source=bl&ots=P0Dza8jLJp&sig=F0UJ8pgtSRm3f09dhWb3CjMiuZo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR-KKQ5KjZAhWlLMAKHfxiC0wQ6AEIQDAG#v=onepage&q=marshall%20hall%20combustion&f=false

In one corner of the university campus is a granite monument. The plaque on it reads: This monument was unveiled by Professor John Garside, Vice Chancellor, on the 8 September 2004 to commemorate 180 years of educational excellence at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). It also heralds the beginning of a new era of higher education in this City, with the establishment of The University of Manchester on the 1 October 2004.