Blizard Building

Blizard Building
The Blizard Building
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General information
LocationWhitechapel, London, England
Coordinates51°30′59″N 0°03′41″W / 51.5165°N 0.0613°W / 51.5165; -0.0613
Named forWilliam Blizard
Construction startedNovember 2003
CompletedMarch 2005
Cost£45 million
Design and construction
Architect(s)Will Alsop
Main contractorAMEC

The Blizard Building is a building in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It houses the Blizard Institute, formerly known as the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, part of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

The building is named after William Blizard, who founded the London Hospital Medical College in 1785.[1]

  1. ^ "About Sir William Blizard". Blizard Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2019.