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1 The Avenue

Building in Manchester, United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	1 The Avenue
former_names	2 Spinningfields Square
image	1 The Avenue, Spinningfields.jpg
mapframe	no
building_type	Office, retail
architectural_style	Post modern
structural_system	Steel
landlord	Allied London
location	Spinningfields,
Manchester city centre
location_country	United Kingdom
start_date	2007
opened_date	2009
floor_area	5,100 sqm
architecture_firm	Sheppard Robson
structural_engineer	Capita Symonds
references

Manchester city centre 1 The Avenue is a building in Spinningfields, Manchester, England. It is situated on Deansgate adjacent to the Grade I listed John Rylands Library.

Architecture

The building consists of two mirror-image parallelograms, stacked one on top of the other, resulting in a three-storey 23 m cantilever on the east end of the building. The cantilever is supported by an inclined steel 'diagrid' structure.

A diagrid is similar in shape to a triangle and other buildings have used a diagrid structure, such as 30 St Mary Axe in London.

Reaction to the glass clad building has been mixed due its proximity to the Grade I listed Rylands Library which, along with Manchester Town Hall, is considered the finest piece of architecture in the city and one of the finest interpretations of Gothic Revival in the world.

Gallery

File:2 Spinningfields Square construction.jpg|1 The Avenue under construction File:1 The Avenue cantilever under construction.jpg|Cantilever under construction

References

"1 The Avenue". Spinningfields Manchester.
"No 2 Spinningfields Square Manchester". steelconstruction.org.
. ["The Design of High-rise Buildings Using Diagrid Structures"](https://www.arch2o.com/design-highrise-buildings-diagrid-structures/).
Moussavi, Farshid. (2012). "30 St. Mary Axe". Harvard Graduate School of Design.
(15 January 2009). "By John Rylands Library I sat down and wept...". Manchester School of Architecture.
Griffin, Phil. (16 September 2008). "2 Spinningfields Square: an awkward fit or just right?". Manchester Confidential.

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