Broadcasting Tower is a university building in Broadcasting Place in Woodhouse Lane,

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

, England. Adjacent to other university buildings, it forms part of

Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The univ ...

; it houses the Faculty of Arts, Environment and Technology, while the main tower section consists of student flats. It was designed by

Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The S ...

-winning architects

Feilden Clegg Bradley Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (also known as FCBStudios) is a British architectural design firm, established in 1978, with offices in Bath, London, Manchester, Belfast and Edinburgh. The firm is known for its pioneering work in sustainable desi ...

. It is clad in

COR-TEN Weathering steel, often referred to by the genericised trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as corten steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rus ...

weathering steel, which has given it the rust-like appearance it is known for. The owners, Unite, are one of the UK's largest operators of purpose-built student accommodation. They provide accommodation for over 46,000 students in 133 properties across 28 of the UK's university cities. From September 2016 the accommodation space within Broadcasting Tower will be solely for Leeds Beckett University students. In June 2010, Broadcasting Place was the recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building in the World award by the

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States ...

References

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External links

Broadcasting Tower website

Downing Developments - Liverpool

The Broadcasting Tower - Downing Information Page

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios website
Halls of residence in the United Kingdom Residential buildings completed in 2009 Buildings and structures in Leeds Weathering steel 1986 establishments in England Leeds Beckett University