Castle Meadow Campus Explained

Castle Meadow Campus
Map Type:United Kingdom Nottinghamshire
Altitude:300NaN0
Building Type:University campus
(former tax office)
Structural System:Concrete and brick
Cost:£54m.
Address:Nottingham, NG2 1AB
Client:Inland Revenue
Owner:University of Nottingham
Coordinates:52.95°N -1.15°W
Start Date:1992
Completion Date:September 1994
Inauguration Date:19 May 1995
Floor Area:120,000 square feet (39,000 sq m)
Architect:Hopkins
Architecture Firm:Michael Hopkins and Partners
Structural Engineer:Arup Group
Services Engineer:Arup Group, Christian Bartenbach (lighting)

Castle Meadow Campus is a distinctive and large series of buildings in the west of the centre of Nottingham, completed in 1994 and occupied by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from its construction until 2021,[1] when it was purchased by the University of Nottingham.[2]

The campus comprises seven buildings with tree-lined boulevards. It is built on a former railway goods yard off the A453 off Castle Meadow Road, next to the Nottingham Canal.

Design

The buildings were designed by Hopkins Architects with engineering by Arup Group.[3] The design employs natural ventilation. The main Amenity Building has a fabric roof suspended from four raking steel masts. The design employs the thermal mass of the concrete to cool the building at night. There are 1,052 pre-built deep brick piers with 863 concrete ceiling beams.

In May 2023 the buildings were listed at Grade II.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Nottinghamshire Live https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/former-hmrc-offices-recognised-special-8499115
  2. Web site: University of Nottingham acquires landmark HMRC site which was on market for more than £36m - Business Live . 22 November 2021 . 23 November 2021.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=h2K7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA64-IA15 Nottingham: An illustrated history
  4. Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1481344?section=official-list-entry