Arts Tower, Sheffield – Miniature Concrete Model

Arts Tower, Sheffield – Miniature Concrete ModelModel 073_Arts Tower, Sheffield Miniature Concrete ModelHand cast in fine concrete. Shaped by memory. Some towers feel like they hold a whole citys confidence. The Arts Tower on Western Bank is one of them. Completed in 1965 for the University of Sheffield, this 20 storey modernist landmark by Gollins, Melvin, Ward & Partners rises from a ring of concrete piers into a sheer grid of glass and steel. It was the tallest building in Sheffield for decades

This model captures its vertical rhythm

Despite attempts to demolish or sell it off

Along with the Library also included are the iconic ziggurat student accommodation

or simply admire the way it transforms infrastructure into art

part film frame

is a 35-storey Brutalist skyscraper complex in Belgrade

A Brutalist icon whose curved concrete frame and vertical fins made it one of the city’s most recognisable post-war structures

The Sirius Building in Sydney does exactly that

or wish they could’ve seen it before it was gone

Size: 12cm high x 12

the Breuer Building is one of Marcel Breuer’s most celebrated works

UKArchitect: Andrew Derbyshire (Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall & Partners)Completed: 1967Status: Still in use