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Tony Halliday

Tropical modernism

Guest post: Peter Halliday transports us back to the 1950s when his Dad worked under Maxwell Fry and Jane Dew in Nigeria.

Prince Philip greeting dignitaries inside Salford Technical College

Campus art gallery

Guest post: William Mitchell's Minute Men brought the atmosphere of the stars and space travel. An artistic tour with Natalie Bradbury.

EC Stoner Building

Leeds: A whole of three parts

Guest post: architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon understood the fundamentals at the University of Leeds. Lisa Brown investigates.

The University of Sheffield Arts Tower

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 University

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.

Paternoster lift in the Chemistry Tower, 1986

Building a picture of the past

Guest post: Alexandra Mitchell explores the archives to understand what makes them special - there's even a forgotten paternoster lift!