| New Broadcasting House | |
|---|---|
BBC Manchester Studios NBH | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Television and radio studios |
| Architectural style | Precast concrete panels, with bronze-tinted solar-heat-rejecting glass |
| Address | Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ |
| Coordinates | 53°28′23″N 2°14′21″W / 53.47312°N 2.23925°W |
| Completed | July 1975 |
| Inaugurated | 18 June 1976 |
| Demolished | 2012 |
| Landlord | BBC |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | 5.4 acres (1.66 ha) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete structure |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Floor area | 30,400 m (99,738 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | R. A. Sparks[1] |
| Architecture firm | BBC Architectural and Civil Engineering Department |
| Structural engineer | Ove Arup |
| Services engineer | Haden Young |
| Civil engineer | D. G. Nimmy |
| Other designers | Acousticians – Sandy Brown Associates[2] Mechanical Services – Building Design Partnership |
| Quantity surveyor | Bare, Leaning, and Bare |
| Main contractor | Higgs and Hill |
New Broadcasting House (NBH) was the BBC's North West England headquarters on Oxford Road in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. The studios housed BBC Manchester, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department. It was known as a Network Production Centre, the others being in Birmingham (the now also demolished Pebble Mill Studios) and Broadcasting House, Bristol.
New Broadcasting House was vacated during autumn 2011 when the departments were relocated to MediaCityUK outside of central Manchester in Salford Quays. The building was demolished in 2012.[3]
- ^ BBC Engineering March 1976 Number 102
- ^ Acoustics
- ^ Your Manchester; August 2013, p. 22