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Project Specs

The John Garside Building, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
Manchester, England
Anshen + Allen

the People

Owner:
The University of Manchester

Architect:
Anshen + Allen
One Oliver’s Yard
City Road
London
EC1Y 1DT
+44 (0)20 7017 3100
+44 (0)20 7017 3101
www.anshen.com

Director in charge: David Martin, AIA

Project Architect: Dean Murphy, RIBA

Interior designer:
Anshen + Allen

Engineer(s):
Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers:
FaberMaunsell

Consultant(s):
Landscape:
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

Lighting:
FaberMaunsell

Acoustical:
FaberMaunsell

General contractor:
Shepherd Construction

Photographer(s):
Daniel Hopkinson
+44 (0)161 236 8333

Peter Cook/VIEW
+44 (0)20 7284 3658

 

the Products

Structural system:

Exterior cladding:
Masonry: Rocomat (supplier)

Metal/glass curtainwall: Longworth (copper)

Climate wall and structural glazing: Portal

Roofing:
Sarnafil (roof covering)

Windows: Velfac

Glazing:
Glass: Saint Gobain, Interpane

Insulated-panel or plastic glazing: Okalux

Doors: Leaderflush + Shapland

Sliding doors:  Geze

Hardware:
Allgood – DLINE series (door hardware)

Interior finishes:
Acoustical ceilings:  SAS Ltd.

Resilient flooring: Epoxy Resin, Freudenburg, Altro Flooring (rubber flooring)

Carpet:  Heuga, 530 Quantum, Interface Europe Ltd.

Carpet fiber: DuPont Antron Excel Nylon

Carpet backing: Graphlex bitument and non-woven polypropylene

Furnishings:
Office furniture:   Labflex Byrum
Randers

 Fixed seating:  Office Image

Chairs: Randers Office Image Ralph Capper

Tables:  Labflex Byrum
Randers

Upholstery: Quadrat

Lighting:
Whitecroft

Conveyance:
Elevators/Escalators: Kone

Plumbing:
Twyfords

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