The Alfred Denny Building is a 7-storey
red brick
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building in
Sheffield
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,
England
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named after the first Professor of Zoology at the department. It is part of the
Western Bank Campus
The Western Bank Campus is the main campus of the University of Sheffield. It lies one mile to the west of Sheffield city centre and is bounded by Upper Hanover Street to the east, Glossop Road to the south, Clarkson Street to the west, and Bols ...
of the
University of Sheffield
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
, established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions:
– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
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, linked to
Firth Court
Firth Court is a Grade II listed Edwardian red-brick building that forms part of the Western Bank Campus of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Located on the northern side of Western Bank, it is the main administrative centre fo ...
via the Addison Building.
Contents
The building itself houses the University of Sheffield's Departments of
Biomedical Science
Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. Such disciplines as medical microbio ...
and Animal & Plant Science including its associated museum. It also houses the Perak Laboratories, used by students reading degrees from
Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...
to
Bioengineering
Biological engineering or
bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...
, a computer centre, several
lecture theatres and the Hillsborough Centre,
for disabled and dyslexic students.
Axordia, a university spinout company dealing with human
embryonic stem cell
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre- implantation embryo. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4–5 days post fertilization, at which time they consi ...
s (hESC) also works out of the building although their offices are in the
Sheffield Bioincubator.
History
Originally planned as the Administrative Building, but later revised to be the Biology Building, it was part of major redevelopment of the site from 1957, and building commenced in 1965. However the announcement that the
University Grants Committee would provide no further funds from 1966 delayed this and other projects. It was completed in stages in 1971, using the same red bricks as the 1905 buildings close by.
Alfred Denny was a professor at
Firth College
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
, established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions:
– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
, type = Pu ...
who became the first professor of biology of the university in 1905, when he started a museum of biology in Firth Court. This grew and was named the Alfred Denny Museum in 1950.
It was later relocated to the new Biology Building and in 1990 the building was renamed the Alfred Denny Building.
In Praise of Air
From May 2014 to January 2016 the south wall was used to display a poem "In Praise of Air" by Simon Armitage, on a specially treated cloth which it is claimed destroyed certain pollutants by
catalytic oxidation
Catalytic oxidation are processes that rely on catalysts to introduce oxygen into organic and inorganic compounds. Many applications, including the focus of this article, involve oxidation by oxygen. Such processes are conducted on a large scale ...
. It was estimated that two tons had been removed from the air in this way.
[In Praise of Air]
/ref>[The Tab 16 January 2017]
Alfred Denny building poem has removed more than two tons of pollution
See also
* Firth Court
Firth Court is a Grade II listed Edwardian red-brick building that forms part of the Western Bank Campus of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Located on the northern side of Western Bank, it is the main administrative centre fo ...
* Western Bank Campus
The Western Bank Campus is the main campus of the University of Sheffield. It lies one mile to the west of Sheffield city centre and is bounded by Upper Hanover Street to the east, Glossop Road to the south, Clarkson Street to the west, and Bols ...
References
External links
University of Sheffield
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Sheffield University buildings and structures