Unintentional forces of serendipity
In many ways this website has been a massive joint effort, a mutually collaborative process and a whole lot of fun.
Civic Universities
Birks: Building the New Universities
Several years after Beloff's The Plateglass Universities, architectural historian Tony Birks published, Building the New Universities.
Leeds: A whole of three parts
Guest post: architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon understood the fundamentals at the University of Leeds. Lisa Brown investigates.
Sheffield: A new chapter
Guest post: Barely a week goes by at Sheffield Modernist HQ without an image of The Arts Tower. Helen Angell takes us on a campus walk.
Swansea: waterfront campus
Guest post: Swansea University's Fulton House and residence halls were designed by architect Percy Thomas, responsible for Salford Civic Centre. Catrin James takes us round the campus.
Keele: Plateglass pioneer
A trip to Stoke-on-Trent provided a perfect opportunity to visit nearby Keele University - a pioneer among the new universities.
Edinburgh and George Square
Redevelopment at one of the UK's oldest institutions with Sir Basil Spence and Sir Robert Matthew.
Colleges of Advanced Technology
In 1964 the Department for Education and Science issued an update on education, simply called ‘Update on CAT’s’
Universities: a brief overview
The term ‘Plateglass’ was a name created by Michael Beloff for his book, The Plateglass Universities (1968).