Architecture of Knowledge: A History of The University of Manchester and Its Buildings

Author:   Martin Dodge ,  Benjamin Blackwell ,  James Hopkins ,  Matthew Steele
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781807073008


Pages:   392
Publication Date:   02 June 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Architecture of Knowledge: A History of The University of Manchester and Its Buildings


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Architecture of Knowledge presents, for the first time, a campus history of The University of Manchester. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, the book tells the story of how a handful of small, city-centre buildings expanded to become two large, distinct campuses. It charts the creation of the huge campus on Oxford Road, a marker of the city’s reinvention in the twenty-first century. The book explores the architecture of over fifty key buildings – from the Victorian grandeur of Whitworth Hall to the cutting-edge design of the National Graphene Institute – that have been home to an amazing breadth of research, as well as supporting the teaching of thousands of students. Lavishly illustrated with architectural elevations, perspective paintings, technical drawings, old campus masterplans and historical photographs, Architecture of Knowledge is the definitive guide to one of the world’s most important universities. -- .

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Author:   Martin Dodge ,  Benjamin Blackwell ,  James Hopkins ,  Matthew Steele
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9781807073008


ISBN 10:   1807073009
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   02 June 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Timeline Foreword by Diana Hampson Introduction 1824–1899 Origins and the Owens College Era 1900–1939 Gradually Growing Campus 1940–1959 Postwar Expansion 1960s Science and Technology Boom Times 1970–1999 Enlargement and Consolidation 2000–2013 The Millennium and Merger 2014–2024 Major University Campus Renewal Epilogue Lost Buildings Index -- .

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Benjamin Blackwell is a Lecturer in the Manchester Architecture Research Group at the University of Manchester Martin Dodge is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester James Hopkins is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and teaches at Manchester Grammar School Matthew Steele is a Lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture -- .

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