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- Toast_Rack_(building) abstract "The Toast Rack, or the Hollings Building by its official name, is a Modernist building in Manchester, England. The building was completed in 1960 as the Domestic Trades College, became part of Manchester Polytechnic then Manchester Metropolitan University until closure of the \"Hollings Campus\" in 2013. It was designed by the city architect, Leonard Cecil Howitt and is known as the Toast Rack due to its distinctive form (reflecting its use as a catering college).The pre-eminent architecture critic Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as \"a perfect piece of pop architecture\". It was Grade II listed in April 1998 by English Heritage who describe the structure as, \"a distinctive and memorable building which demonstrates this architect's love of structural gymnastics in a dramatic way\". To others the building symbolises the ideals of the Festival of Britain and architectural positivity following World War II.The building's structure consists of a concrete frame with a brick infill on the bottom half of each storey. The building is seven storeys high and its hyperbolic paraboloid frame continues on the exterior, hence the toast rack comparison. Although the building's unorthodox form is playful, its tapering shape also helps to divide space into varying sizes for larger and smaller classes. A semi-circular restaurant block is attached to the west and is informally known as the Fried EggManchester Metropolitan University left their Hollings Campus in 2013 as the consolidated their facilities towards the city centre. The Toast Rack is now up for sale and it is hoped it will be renovated.".
- Toast_Rack_(building) buildingStartDate "1957".
- Toast_Rack_(building) location Manchester.
- Toast_Rack_(building) owner Estrela_Properties_Ltd.
- Toast_Rack_(building) thumbnail Fallowfield_campus,_Manchester_Metropolitan_University.jpg?width=300.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageRevisionID "671694972".
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLink Brick.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLink Festival_of_Britain.
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLink Manchester.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLink Modernism.
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLink Nikolaus_Pevsner.
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hollings Building".
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Toast Rack building".
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Toast Rack".
- Toast_Rack_(building) alternateNames "The Toast Rack".
- Toast_Rack_(building) architect "LC Howitt".
- Toast_Rack_(building) architecturalStyle "Brutalist".
- Toast_Rack_(building) buildingType "Academic".
- Toast_Rack_(building) caption "The Toast Rack and Fried Egg".
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- Toast_Rack_(building) imageSize "250".
- Toast_Rack_(building) latitude "53.4473854".
- Toast_Rack_(building) location "Fallowfield, Manchester".
- Toast_Rack_(building) longitude "-2.2167121".
- Toast_Rack_(building) name "Hollings Building".
- Toast_Rack_(building) openedDate "1960".
- Toast_Rack_(building) owner Estrela_Properties_Ltd.
- Toast_Rack_(building) renovationDate "1994".
- Toast_Rack_(building) startDate "1957".
- Toast_Rack_(building) status "Grade II".
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_building.
- Toast_Rack_(building) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Manchester_B&S.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) subject Category:Manchester_Metropolitan_University.
- Toast_Rack_(building) hypernym Building.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) type Building.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) type University.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) comment "The Toast Rack, or the Hollings Building by its official name, is a Modernist building in Manchester, England. The building was completed in 1960 as the Domestic Trades College, became part of Manchester Polytechnic then Manchester Metropolitan University until closure of the \"Hollings Campus\" in 2013.".
- Toast_Rack_(building) label "Toast Rack (building)".
- Toast_Rack_(building) sameAs Q7811413.
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- Toast_Rack_(building) sameAs Q7811413.
- Toast_Rack_(building) wasDerivedFrom Toast_Rack_(building)?oldid=671694972.
- Toast_Rack_(building) depiction Fallowfield_campus,_Manchester_Metropolitan_University.jpg.
- Toast_Rack_(building) isPrimaryTopicOf Toast_Rack_(building).
- Toast_Rack_(building) name "Hollings Building".