Hollings Building, Manchester – Miniature Concrete Model

Hollings Building, Manchester – Miniature Concrete ModelModel 019_Hollings Building Miniature Concrete ModelHand cast in fine concrete. Shaped by memory. Some buildings carry a nickname that sticks for generations. The Hollings Building in Manchester is better known as the Toast Rack. A Brutalist icon whose curved concrete frame and vertical fins made it one of the citys most recognisable post war structures. Built as part of a domestic science college in the 1960s, its both sculptural and strange, full of

A slender fragment of the city's old skyline

This model celebrates a rare moment when art and architecture were allowed to merge

still in useBrief Overview:The Roger Stevens Building was commissioned as part of the University of Leeds’ post-war expansion and named after Sir Roger Stevens

Built as part of a domestic science college in the 1960s

however Twentieth Century Society finally got a Listed Status application approved in 2013

5cm deep (approx)• Laser-etched cork base with building name• Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

their unyielding presence evoking strength and solidity

A small cast of a tower that helped define a movement

senate chambers and daily social spaces

loved it from afar

standing quietly by the harbourside since the 1960s

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