Kilburn Building

The Kilburn Building
The Kilburn Building seen from the Oxford Road in 2011
Map
Former namesComputer Building
General information
Location53°27′50″N 2°13′51″W / 53.4639°N 2.2308°W / 53.4639; -2.2308
Construction started1969[1]
Completed1972
Cost£1.5 million[1]
OwnerUniversity of Manchester
Technical details
Size76 by 76 metres square
Design and construction
Architect(s)Building Design Partnership
Website
www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/about/maps-and-travel/

The Kilburn Building is a building on the Oxford Road in Manchester which is home to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. The building was designed by the Building Design Partnership and completed in 1972,[2] with three storeys[3] in a square shape, measuring 76 by 76 metres.[4][1][5] The building was formerly known as the Computer Building changing its name in 2001 in honour of Tom Kilburn who died in the same year.[6]

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  2. ^ Anon (2002). "The Kilburn Building". manchesterhistory.net.
  3. ^ Anon (2010). "Kilburn building floorplans". manchester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
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  5. ^ Anon (2023). "How to find us". cs.manchester.ac.uk.
  6. ^ Wilkes, Maurice; Kahn, Hilary J. (2003). "Tom Kilburn CBE FREng. 11 August 1921 – 17 January 2001". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 283–297. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0016. S2CID 71234844.