Wolfson Centre

The Wolfson Centre is an academic building within the city of Glasgow, Scotland and part of the University of Strathclyde's John Anderson Campus. The structure, completed in 1972 houses the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and is a celebrated example of Brutalist architecture within the city, and is protected as a Grade B listed building.

Photo: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: University building
Description: university building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “106 Rottenrow, University Of Strathclyde, Wolfson Centre” and “Wolfson Centre, University of Strathclyde, 106 Rottenrow, Glasgow”
Address: 106 Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 0NW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glasgow Cathedral and Provand’s Lordship.

Glasgow Cathedral

Church

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Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. Glasgow Cathedral is situated 1,400 feet east of Wolfson Centre.

Provand’s Lordship

Museum

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Provand's Lordship is a medieval historic house museum in Glasgow, Scotland. It is in the Townhead area, at the top of Castle Street within sight of Glasgow Cathedral and next to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. Provand’s Lordship is situated 860 feet east of Wolfson Centre.

Glasgow Queen Street railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glasgow Queen Street is a passenger railway terminus serving the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line terminals; the larger is Glasgow Central. Glasgow Queen Street railway station is situated 2,100 feet west of Wolfson Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Townhead and Merchant City.

Townhead

Quarter

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Townhead is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship.

Merchant City

Quarter

The Merchant City, a new name introduced through urban renewal by the Scottish Development Agency and the city council in the 1980s is one part of the metropolitan central area of Glasgow.

Glasgow

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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside in the Central Belt. Glasgow reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.

Wolfson Centre

Categories: building and education
Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.86209° or 55° 51′ 44″ north

Longitude

-4.24111° or 4° 14′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C7QVQ65+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 77664362

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q17813773

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