1 The Avenue

Building in Manchester, United Kingdom November 2019 1 The Avenue 2 Spinningfields Square 1 The Avenue, Spinningfields.jpg no Office, retail Post modern Steel Allied London Spinningfields,Manchester city centre United Kingdom 2007 2009 5,100 sqm Sheppard Robson Capita Symonds 1 The Avenue http://www.spinningfields-manchester.com/page/416/spinningfields/spinningfields2/masterplan/the-buildings/articles/1-the-avenue Spinningfields Manchester 13 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120310024828/http://www.spinningfields-manchester.com/page/416/spinningfields/spinningfields2/masterplan/the-buildings/articles/1-the-avenue 10 March 2012 usurped 1 The Avenue is a building in Spinningfields, Manchester, England. It is situated on Deansgate adjacent to the Grade I listed John Rylands Library. Architecture The building consists of two mirror-image parallelograms, stacked one on top of the other, resulting in a three-storey 23 m on cantilever on the east end of the building. The cantilever is supported by an inclined steel 'diagrid' structure.No 2 Spinningfields Square Manchester http://www.steelconstruction.org/resources/design-awards/2009/commendation/no-2-spinningfields-square-manchester.html steelconstruction.org 13 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130223011142/http://www.steelconstruction.org/resources/design-awards/2009/commendation/no-2-spinningfields-square-manchester.html 23 February 2013 dead A diagrid is similar in shape to a triangle The Design of High-rise Buildings Using Diagrid Structures https://www.arch2o.com/design-highrise-buildings-diagrid-structures/ Arch2O 3 January 2022 and other buildings have used a diagrid structure, such as 30 St Mary Axe in London.Moussavi Farshid 2012 30 St. Mary Axe http://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/issues/35/30-st-mary-axe Harvard Design Magazine Harvard Graduate School of Design 3 January 2022 Reaction to the glass clad building has been mixed due its proximity to the Grade I listed Rylands Library which, along with Manchester Town Hall, is considered the finest piece of architecture in the city and one of the finest interpretations of Gothic Revival in the world.By John Rylands Library I sat down and wept... http://www.msa.mmu.ac.uk/continuity/index.php/2009/01/15/by-john-rylands-library-i-sat-down-and-wept%E2%80%A6/ Manchester School of Architecture 15 January 2009 13 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319143226/http://www.msa.mmu.ac.uk/continuity/index.php/2009/01/15/by-john-rylands-library-i-sat-down-and-wept%E2%80%A6/ 19 March 2012 dead2 Spinningfields Square: an awkward fit or just right? Griffin Phil http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Property/2-Spinningfields-Square-an-awkward-fit-or-just-right Manchester Confidential 16 September 2008 13 April 2012 October 2026 yes Gallery References External links 1 The Avenue at Spinningfields 53.48008 N 2.24935 W type:landmark_region:GB title Category:Buildings and structures in Manchester Category:Office buildings in Manchester