Renold Building, Manchester

£40.00

Renold Building, Manchester

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A modernist pioneer, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

Renold Building, Manchester

Name: Renold Building, Manchester
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_042
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£40.00

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Hold your Manchester years in solid concrete. Whether you studied or taught in the Renold or admired its confidence from the street, honour the place that changed you.

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: Former UMIST campus, Manchester, UK
Architect: W. Arthur Gibbon (Cruickshank & Seward)
Completed: 1962
Status: Grade II listed, part of the University of Manchester estate

Brief Overview:
The Renold Building was an early and innovative teaching block for UMIST, designed around the concept of flexible learning rather than traditional lecture halls. Its exposed concrete structure, crisp geometry, and functional clarity made it one of the most significant educational buildings of its era. Today it remains a key part of Manchester’s post-war architectural legacy.

Making my concrete model

Renold Building, Manchester

If you studied at UMIST, the Renold Building miniature concrete model is a piece of your university. W. Arthur Gibbon designed the 1962 teaching block with Cruickshank & Seward, swapping traditional lecture halls for flexible learning spaces. Its exposed concrete frame and crisp geometry made it one of the most forward-thinking campus buildings of its time, and it's now Grade II listed. This concrete model of the Renold Building captures that clean, rational massing at 6.5cm, ready for a desk or shelf. It's made for UMIST and University of Manchester alumni, engineers, architects, and fans of Manchester modernism and Brutalist architecture. It's a graduation or reunion gift with a real link to place. Each piece is hand-cast in solid concrete, heavy and unique.