Hollings Building, Manchester

£40.00

A modernist oddity, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

Hollings Building, Manchester

Name: Hollings Building, Manchester
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_019
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£40.00

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Bring the Toast Rack home in solid concrete. Whether you studied inside or passed it on the bus down Wilmslow Road, celebrate Manchester's most lovable oddity.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

Express processing available for UK orders

Shipping

All Spaceplay models are made to order and are usually made and posted within 30 days.

All orders are sent using a tracked postal service, and you’ll receive tracking details once your model has been posted.

UK orders usually arrive within 3 working days after posting. International orders usually arrive within 8 working days after posting, although customs and local postal services can sometimes cause delays.

If you need your order for a specific date, please let me know before ordering and I’ll do my best to help.

UK customers can also select Express Shipping at checkout to have their model made and posted within 8 days.

Returns

You can return unused and undamaged items within 30 days of delivery for a refund, excluding return postage costs.

If your model arrives damaged, faulty, or incorrect, please email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the issue. I’ll arrange a free replacement to be made and posted to you.

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Building Information

Location: Manchester, UK
Architect: Leonard Cecil Howitt
Completed: 1960
Status: Grade II listed, currently disused

Brief Overview:
The Hollings Building, affectionately known as the “Toast Rack,” was built to house Manchester Metropolitan University’s Domestic Science College. Its unique curved frame and striking vertical elements made it a standout example of playful Brutalism. Though no longer in use, it remains one of the UK’s most distinctive modernist buildings.

Making my concrete model

Hollings Building, Manchester

Manchester calls it the Toast Rack, and once you see it you can't unsee it. The Hollings Building miniature concrete model captures Leonard Cecil Howitt's 1960 domestic science college in Fallowfield. Its row of parabolic concrete frames makes one of the most playful silhouettes in British modernist architecture. It's Grade II listed and no longer in university use. This concrete model of the Toast Rack keeps that row of curves at 9cm, a piece of concrete art with a smile built in, made for a desk, shelf or kitchen windowsill. It's for Manchester Metropolitan alumni, Fallowfield locals, architects and anyone who has done a double take on Wilmslow Road. As a gift, it makes people grin. Each miniature concrete building is hand-cast in solid concrete, so no two are the same.