Manchester Metropolitan University’s library project, designed by Hawkins\Brown and Schmidt Hammer Lassen, has gained city council approval
The new Manchester Metropolitan University library project will see the current library at All Saints on Oxford Road replaced with a modern and dynamic learning environment.
Architects Hawkins\Brown and Schmidt Hammer Lassen were commissioned to design the new library, and demolition works are expected to begin on site in the Autumn of 2024.
The new library will mark 200 years of the university
Plans were announced for the new Library in November 2023, ahead of Manchester Metropolitan’s 200th birthday.
The new Manchester Metropolitan University will feature digitally enabled teaching and research facilities to enhance students’ data science and analytical skills and flexible break-out spaces.
It will also house the University’s Special Collection Museum and the Manchester Poetry Library – the North West’s first public poetry library, plus a new gallery and event spaces.
The new library will provide a vibrant learning, research, and collaboration hub
Andrew Fallon, director of estates, facilities and capital development at Manchester Metropolitan, said: “This project reinforces Manchester Metropolitan University’s commitment to providing outstanding academic and student experiences.
“Our continued campus investment makes this possible, providing a world-class, state-of-the-art, digitally-enabled estate fit for the 21st century.
“The new Library will be a striking addition to our estate and the Oxford Road skyline, serving as an iconic All Saints architectural gateway to our University. Once built, it will provide a vibrant learning, research, and collaboration hub, empowering our University community and fostering creativity and engagement for future generations.”
Construction is due to complete in spring 2028, with the library ready for the start of the 2028/29 Academic year.
