University of Leicester Engineering Building Book, Department Workshops, Stirling and Gowan
University of Leicester Engineering Building
UoL Roof Renewal Publication, central England, UK 20th Century Architecture
6 Dec 2017
University of Leicester Engineering Building Roof Book
University of Leicester Engineering Building Roof Reconstruction Publication
6th December 2017 – The ?happy ending? to the story of ambitious project to refurbish iconic Engineering Building
University of Leicester publishes account of the challenging build from the perspective of its lead designer
The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world?s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture has been captured on the page by the lead designer of the project.
Photo credit: University of Leicester, photographs by Simon Kennedy
The University of Leicester has published Diamond-tipped, the story of how the ambitious refurbishment of its Engineering Building was accomplished. Written by Thomas Pearson, an architectural conservationist at Arup, it offers an unrivalled insight into the Grade II* listed building, completed in 1963 to designs by architects James Stirling and James Gowan.
Published by the University of Leicester, the new book is available to purchase at the bookshop of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Diamond-tipped: Conservation at the Engineering Building, University of Leicester) or from the University of Leicester at Diamond-tipped: Conservation at the...