Manchester Metropolitan University Arts and Humanities Building

This expansion of the university's teaching, cultural and public spaces, dovetails with the adjacent Grade II listed Grosvenor Building - the original Manchester School of Art - to create a unified arts centre at the heart of MMU's All Saints campus. The building is designed to encourage strong public engagement through a porous and active ground floor with many uses. It will bring together a dynamic mix of the performing arts, media, and languages alongside the newly established Manchester Poetry Library, a cafe/restaurant, public foyers, exhibition space and a 180-seat studio theatre. The project strengthens the bond between the university and its city, showcasing its creative strengths and cultural artefacts.