Various parts of Sheffield photographed recently...
First one is the well known Arts Tower with the newly restored Weston Park in the foreground. Restoration work has been ongoing in Weston Park and will be completed in 2008 returning the park to its former glory.
Second picture is the nearly completed Jessop West building.
Located at the heart of the Sheffield campus near the Brookhill roundabout, the new energy-efficient home for the Department of History and the Schools of English, and Modern Languages and Linguistics, was designed by German-based architects Sauerbruch Hutton in collaboration with British architects RMJM.
Third picture is the award-winning Sinclair Building designed by Project Orange. The new premises replaced the old 2-storey building with two levels of retail and four upper stories of apartments. It was designed to make a bold statement - its black facade so unlike anything on the Glossop Road had been chosen to "project aspiration and in an area where there is already plenty of luxuriant terracotta faience".
The next picture is the “Sound House” on Gell Street which is part of Sheffield University’s Music department. Instead of the usual metal/ timber cladding you see everywhere in the immediate area, this one is clad in a rubber/ fabric type cladding and only time will tell how well this new material performs.
The pictures that follow are the Peace Garden with its fantastic Goodwin fountain and jets. This feature usually provides hours of fun for kids and adults, who find it hard to resist not getting wet running through between the jets. Nearby across the road from the Crucible Theatre is the Winter Garden and Millennium Gallery.
Lastly, is the Information Commons with its bold jagged pre-patinated copper facade and contrasting black terracotta rainscreen tiles on a concrete podium. The building combines a library and IT resource providing students with various types of environment including different acoustic requirements.
There are loads more interesting buildings and spaces in Sheffield, so watch this space or if you cant wait, visit the following:
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