The John Lennon Art and Design Building (formerly the Art and Design Academy) in Liverpool, England, houses Liverpool John Moores University's School of Art and Design. The school was formerly located at the Grade II listed Liverpool College of Art, which now houses LJMU's School of Humanities and Social Science.
It is located at Duckinfield Street in LJMU's Mount Pleasant Campus, immediately adjacent to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The six-storey building was constructed between 2005 and 2008 at a cost of £27 million.[1] The RIBA award winning John Lennon Art and Design Building was designed by Rick Mather Architects, during construction the contractor was Wates Construction and the structural and services engineer was Ramboll UK.[2] The building was officially renamed on the 1 July 2013 after John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, gave the university her blessing to use the Lennon name in recognition of her husband's links with the College of Art and the City of Liverpool.[3]
The John Lennon Art and Design Building has a gross internal area of 11,608 m2 (124,950 sq ft)[4] and contains 175 m2 (1,880 sq ft) of public exhibition space, alongside a number of lecture theatres, seminar rooms and a large auditorium.[5] ICT facilities, workshops and a café are also located in the building. The building houses a public gallery and a public café.
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- ^ "Art Day's Night! LJMU to rename arts academy after John Lennon". liverpoolecho. July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Property Data: Art and Design Academy". Liverpool John Moores University. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "Conference Venue and Facility Hire". Liverpool John Moores University. Retrieved 3 October 2010.